The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-15
PORTAGE is BEATEN
State Champion Basketball Team
Defeated by the Kenosha
Five tuesday Night
L0CALS!PLAY BRILLIANT GAME

-Evanesceut-yes, ephemera1
Is the athletes crown of fame
"Laureled heroes!" ssThen C1ang hammers.
Those poor Holsters lost a game!''
Voices hoarse from whoops of vict'ry,
Worn with gush about "our boys"
Haste to knock, all il moment,
Like kid mad at his toys.
From Musings ofia Portage Forward
Kenosha,g 33;a.Co. F. Portage, the
much heraldedsstste champions, IL
were the figures which showed on the
board whenAthe dust of battle had
settled afterstheggame in the Y. M. C.
A. gymnasium Tuesday night.
1t was asfastuand clean game from
start to finish, full Of sensational
passing and goal throwing which the
giant soldier boysscou1d not stop, and
the fnalsresult twas never in doubt
The Kenosha9 five started like a
whirlwind and had ten points before
the Portage six footers chad found
thier bearing sbutEfrom that on they
worked for everyspointss made, as the
first half endedswithsthe score II to 9.
The seconds'ha1f proved battle
royal, as the Gl2ortage giants were
anything but cutters, and the way
they slammed sinto the walls was
amusing, although alarming at times,
since times was twice taken out for
players who needed breath. The Ke-
nosha boys, however, were playing
with confdencessnow sand made only
two fouls in theS last twenty minutes
while securingseight field goals. The
forwards, Haag and Kent, looked like
dwarfs whens theysjumped against the
Portage guards, but they played the
game of theirs1ives when'it came to
signal work with the scenter, Rowan,
who was ablesto get the. ball on every
toss, althoughGhis opponent was much
larger. Eachssof Sthe .three secured
five fe1dsgoa1s, but much of the honor
goes to thesKenosha BACKS sZens and
Brine, whose arepeateds sb1ocks were
cheered loudly by the gegaudience.
Mahon andsEbert, the cleft forward
and center, .played the sbest game for
Portage, eachnego rotating three goals.
The detai1edlscore follows;
Co. F. Portage Kenosha
Ebert. center Rowan
Rawson right forward ............ Kent
Mahon .......... left forward ;. ,s5......... Haag
Kelley ........,....right back. Brine
Hinick1e. .........1eft back 49,! Zens
Field goals-Ebert 3, Rawson 1, Mahon 8,
Hinick1e D. Rowan 5s..Kent 5, Haag 5. Free
throws-Rawson 1, Hinick1e ?, Kent 2, Haag l.
Referee Ernsperger ~of Portage; Umpire
Burnett of Kenosha.
Notes of thesGame
The Portage .iboys declared them
selves wel1spleased with the Kenosha
hos pita1ity and satisfied with the
score, as theyEhadshard1y hoped to win
on the smal1gfoor.a Is They are used to
large square 'armory and they hope
to make sbetter sshowing on the
Evanston Y. M. C. A. court next
Thursday, when they.meet the Lewis
Institute FIVE instlle first round of the
A. A. U. championship.
That man Rowan .can jump some
he has not met his match this year.
The visitors were a fine crowd of
fellows and possess the ability to play
wonderful game on large court.
The referee was much better than the
usual visiting officials have been. Not
a complaint was heard from the gal
1ery on his account.
Johnnie Haag makes good forward
if he is small. He threw them from
all angles Tuesday night.
In the preliminary athletic contest
three events of the intermediate class
annual meet were run off and the fol-
lowing new records were made: Run
ming high jump, 4 #. 10 in, Alvin
Hansen, former record, 4 #. 6 in. Is
I'D. dash, As sec, Alvin Hansen, for
mer record, 21-5 sec. Long under
swing, Z fit. 6 in, Edward English,
former record, z #. AZ in.
In the Junior class the winners
were: IS I'd. edash, Chas. Jackson,
21-5 sec; high jump, Herman Grams,
fl; underswing, Carl Huck, 3 #.