The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-03-20

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ing last in one case settled champion.
ship and in the other increased the lear
to such position that 1t is practically
impossible for any other team to pas
them, says copper copper county pa
per. Hancock girls won the champion
ship of the copper country basketball
league by defeating the L'Anse team
by score of 16 to 8. The L'Anse las
sizes played good basketball but Han.
cock played better and for this one
reason did the game 60 the way it did.
The L'Anse boys defeated Hancock by
a score of 38 to 26, which gives L'Anse
q lead in the basketball league which
can only be overcome by the Calumet
highs in case L'Anse loses to Houghton.
This however does not seem likely at
present and the high school basketball
races were probably settled last even
ing, the girls championship going to
Hancock and the boys to L'Anse.
The girls game was played first and
was started at 8:15, with Edwards, of
L'Anse, as referee. Hancock took the
lead from the start and were never
headed, though the L,Anse lassies
always were close behind. The first
half ended to in favor of Hancock.
The second half started out much
closer and faster. No scores were
made for the first ten minutes and then
both sides loosened up bit and Han
cock made seven points while the
L'Anse girls made three points. This
made the final score 16 to 8 in favor Of
Hancock.
Hancock started out to win the boys
game and had lead Of six in the first
few minutes but could not keep it and
were soon overtaken by L'Anse who
did not relinquish the lead throughout
the remainder of the game. The first
half ended with the score % to 16,
L'Anse leading. In the second half rs
in the second half of the girls contest,
the scoring slackened during the first
part and then increased toward the end
of the game. Brennan made every
point for L'Anse in this half with the
exception of three points made by Nc
Kindles on throws from fouls. In fact,
during the whole game Brennan was
the big scoring machine of L'Anse and
registered eleven field baskets and
three fouls or 25 points out of the 38
made. McKindles made two field bas-
kets and three fouls or seven points,
and Crebassa, with three baskets or six
points completed the score Of 38.
In the second Hancock had nine
chances to score on foul goals but not a
single tally was made in this manner,
Smith missing nine chances and Kilvari
two. In the first half, Smith managed
to throw three out of five, thus making
thirteen missed throws after L'Anse
fouls. Campbell and Ruthstrom did
well for Hancock while Brennan, Nc
Kindles, LeDuc and in fact the whole
L'Anse team played good basketball.
The lineup of the teams were, Han
cock H. S. girls: Right forward, Cap
tain Jean Scott; left forward, Jean
MacDonald; right guard, Florence Hall;
left guard, Elaine Shields; center, Bes-
sic Fisher; side center. Ida Antila.
L'Anse H. s. girls: Right forward,
Flora Trudeau; left forward, Mae
Crebassa; left guard, Theresa Hike;
right guard, Marie McKindles; center,
Frances Campbell; side center, Captain
Clara Menard. L'Anse H. S. boys: r.
forward, Brennan; left forward, Nc
Kindles; center, Crebassa; right guard,
Captain LeDuc; left guard, Peterson.
Hancock H. s. boys: Right forward,
Kilvari; left forward, Campbell; center,
Captain Smith; right guard, Ruthstrom;
left guard, Coughlin.
Edwards of HAnse refereed both
games and gave the best of satisfac-
ton to both parties at all times.
Starrett acted as umpire in the girls,
game while Brown, officiated in the
same capacity in the boys contest.
The other officials were timekeepers
Steinbach of L'Anse and Linder of
Hancock, and Scorers Schultze, o.
L'Anse and Trangmar, of Hancock.
All members of both L'Anse teams
and those who accompanied them re-
turned to their homes on the night
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