The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-02-16
PLAYED GREAT GAME
COlfaX and Whitman Basket
Ball Teams Meet.
Second Half is Fiercest Rattle of
Season, With Score in
Doubt 10 End.

Ia the fercest, fastest battle in the
history of basket ball in Colfax. or in
southeastern Washington for that
matter, with the lightning team work
and fo0twork Of the Colfax players pitted
against the weight and skilIfnl Juggling
OF the ball by Whitman, the college team
from Waila Walla went down to bitter
defeat at the armOry last Tuesday night
With score of 20 to IA 1t was such a
game as warns the chilled blood OF the
ancient and makes the baywindowed
man willing to trade years of his life to
be youthful and athletic just for one
more brief, mad Whirl in the contest for
physical supremacy.
There have been more scientific games
played at the armOTy and games cleaner
and more within the rules, but there
have been none so thrilling or more
gamely contested than the COIiax Whit
man game. On both sides it was an
exhibition of gamsness and endurance
through pace SO fast that at times it
was difficult to keep track OF the ball in
play.
Whitman was somewhat handicapped
in the first half because Of the hard.
smooth floor which prevented the visit
Ors making good on their running and
long cross throws. In the second half.
however, they cut out the runs to some
extent and worked closer to the ball and
their antagonists and it was in this half
that the fans were given the treat of
their lives. The result was in doubt up
to the finish.
Whitman started in on practice with
the long cross throws but the COlfax
players we're especially coached for inter
terence on this play and interfered 80
successfully that the visitors we're con-
slderably ratified at first. The team
work OF COlfax was never better dis
played than in last nights game and
demonstrated the extraordinary value
OF set OF players who obey orders even
against great odds.
Additional interest was given to the
game because OF the fact that Whitman
and Colfax had each won a game and
the fur her fact that Harry Davenport,
son 0f the mayor, was playing his first
game against his home team. Follow
ing il the line up
Coliax Whitman
Canutt................ Center ......... RfQsbv
StapletOn guard ............ Barrett
MCPhee ............... guard .......... . house
Bragg ....-....... forward. ...... .LOughridge
kimbTOugh .-....... forward ......- Davenport
For COlfax Canutt threw field baskets
bragg :, kllnOrOugh l. Stapleton throwing
foul
For Whitman Rigsby threw fields and
FOULS and Loughrige fields
Colfax fouled e and whitman 6. Score 20 to a.
In the game last Friday night against
the Lewiston high school boys and girls,
COlfax won another double header with
brilliant playing which completely showed
under the girls team and gave score of
33 to p for the boys. The line up:
Colfax Lewiston
Canutt Center ........-..... .Sempert
McPhee .....-.-..... guard . Fem & Phillips
Bragg ........... forward. ........ Lundstrum
kimbrOugh ..-.... forward ............F. Smith
3, klmbrOugh3. Canutt threw one foul.
Lewiston: Sempert threw field baskets; G.
Smith l. +. Smith 2. Sempert threw fouls.
Cofax made 10 fouls; Lewiston O. Score, 33
to D.
COlfax Lewiston
Lois Boyd --.......- Center -..-.. Maud Vernon
Maud Smith guard. Katherine Fix
Edna Dryden guard. and ga Haan 9FGape[ HaJeT
Lunette POcock forward - Hattie Palmer
Pearl Hoffman .... forward ...... Zoe Kerns
ColfaX: BOyd fields, smith 4, PocOck 2, Hof-
man |. Smith threw fouls
Lewiston made fouls Colfax A. Score, 21 too.
PendletOn is to play here Friday, Feb.
%, and the Spokane Amateur Athletic
rIuh viii pIaV March .