Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-16

The OregOns And Dallas College Fin
ish Week With Decisive Victories
In Basketball.

Last week closed quite successfully
for the basketball players of Dallas,
both at home and abroad. The Ore
gons finished their play in Iowa with
game against the crack Shenandoah
aggregation, Thursday night, and
were matched against the team in
Kansas City, Missouri, Friday night.
Saturdaythey played against the Has
kell Indian Institute.
The game at Shenandoah decl ared
by the basketball fans of that city to
be the fastest and cleanest game they
had ever witnessed, was victory for
the Oregons by score of 81 to 10.
This was the Shenandoah teams
fourth defeat out of SO games played.
The Kansas City game resulted in a
score of 81 to 90 in favor of the Ore
gons, who threw 10 field goals to their
opponents two, The Kansas City
team seemed to depend entirely on
foul throwing to win, 10 Of its points
being scored in that manner.
The report from the Haskell game
did not reach Dallas until last night
through some mistake, but the dis
patch, when it did come, merely con-
firmed the expectations of the local
fans, announcing another victory for
the Oregons by a score of 23 to 13.
On Friday night the Dallas College
team in this city returned the defeat
it had received at the hands of the
Newberg earlier in the year, with full
interest, scoring 81 to its opponents
81. The College men are playing
much stronger and more consistent
game than they put up earlier in the
year and will probably be able to fin
ish we'll up in the League if they hold
their present pace. A preliminary
between the Dallas Public School and
the College third team, was won
by the latter the final score being 23
to 10.
The advance schedule for the Ore
gons will bring them to Lincoln, Ne
braska tonight, where they will be
matched against the Y. M. @. A. team
of that city. Wednesday night they
will play against Peru, Nebraska.
All mail for members of the team
should be addressed to Salt Lake City.
On the home floor in Dallas, We'd
nesday night, February II, the Dallas
College team will line up against the
famous quintette from Los Angeles,
entour for Honolulu under the man
agement of G. W. Hahn.
This team left Los Angeles Decem-
Der II and has played SO games on
the road, of which it has lost only
two to the Washington State College
and the Salt Lake Y. NJ. @. A. Mr..
Hahn was the manager of the Chicago
Meteors that toured this section in
1906. He expects to embark for Homo
lulu February 81, to play three games
on the islands. After returning to
San Francisco he will bring his quin-
tet north for a series with the Oregons
who will have returned from the East
by that time. Mr.. Hahn will endeavor
to arrange for series Of three games
in this city for the championship.
He was in Dallas, Saturday and
arranged for Wednesday nights game
with Manager Robert Van Orsdel of
Dallas College. This game will give
the basketball fans OF Dallas an
to watch the Los Angeles
players in action and calculate the
results of the big series between them
and the Oregons. While the local
team has little hope of winning the
game, it will put up hard fight and
give the people one Of the best exhibit
tions Of basketball that has been seen
in Dallas this year.
Mr.. Hahn'has commended the work
of the Oregons in their tour most
highly and expects that the meeting
between the two seasoned teams-the
Oregons and the Los Angeles five
after their return from their extended
tours, will result in one Of the most
exciting contests that has ever taken
place on the Pacific Coast