The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-01-14
BASKET BALL GAMES
oskaIOosa IsAgain winner, Defeat
ing Oftumwa.

The hoodoo has been broken. The
hard luck which has overshadowet
Oskaloosa basket ball teams, IN tbs
past. has been overcome and It nov
looks as il tn Quaker city baske
ball teams will make name for them
selves this season. Friday eyenint
the Penn College five defeated th'
Buxton Ave by he score Of SO to 23
and Saturday night the oskaloosa \
NJ. G. A. ex,Juniors defeated ottum
wa Juniors, IS to %.
The game was played at the Y. M
C. a. gymnasium and was witnessed
by about fifty to seyenty-fve members
of the Y. NJ. G. A. and friends of the
institution. The game was a clean
interesting contest. 0skaloosa being
larger in stature than the visitors
and outplaying them throughout the
game. The Ottumwa lads put up 9
brilliant game and although handi
capped by height they played a clean
contest.
The first half started off with a rush
and oskaloosa had a goal after a few
seconds play. Both sides played clean
ball, the ball being in Oskaloosa's
possession the greater part of the
time. At the close of the first hall
the score was IL to IL in favor OF
Oskaloosa. $50.
Oskaloesa started off in the second
half with a greater rush tnan IN the
first half and it looked as though the
locals would swamp Ottumwa this
half, the score the first few minutes
sof play being very onesided, bur OF
tumwa braced up and Mier's clever
work at throwing baskets saved the
visitors from a big. defeat.
OF all the players in the game
Mier's, the diminntive forward of the
visitors, was the star, Although
guarded by a man foot higher than
he, Mier managed to get away from
his man. secure the ball thrown down
the field by his fellow players and
throw goal, he making nearly all OF
Ottumwa's % points. ..
For the locals they all played star
game, Kalbach being very efficient
at locating the basket, while Porter
the other forward, also made some
pretty throws for goal. Dodds played
a good game at center and although
his opponent was much heavier man
than he, he outplayed him. Russell
the guard, was very good at throwing
foul goals and in the second half he
threw seven out of ten free throws
Abrams played a very good game, al
though bis opponen. was one of the
gamiest players seen on the local
field this season, in Jakey Miers.
wormhoudt, the big center for
ottumwa, was slightly injured in the
second half and had TO retire, Eager
" being substituted,
The lineup of the two teams was
as follows:
Oskaloosa- Kalbach, right forward; ;
Porter, left forward; Dodds, center;
Russell, right guard; Abrams, left
guard -. .... ,,....
OttCmwa-B Bartlett, left forward;
Mier, right forward; Wormhoudt-Eug.
erly, center; Finnessey, left guard;
Vinson, right guard.
Referee-Doe; umpire, Hunning.
.. High School Schedule.
The Oskaloosa high school basket
ball team, under the management OF
Walter Fairah, has heavy schedule
ahead of the team for this season
playing their first home game in
the city next Friday evening at the
Y. M. c. A. gymnasium, with the
washington high school. There are
only a. few open dates on the schedule
and these will be filed in a short time
The following is the schedule;
Tuesday. Jan. II, Pella at fella.
Friday, Jan. 10, Washington at Us
kaloosa.
Monday, Jan. %. Fairfield at oska
loosa. ............,,
Friday, Jan. 2s, GrinneIl at oska
loosa.
Friday, Feb. 5, Washington at Wash
ington. .-..--.--... ........
Friday, Feb. u, Fairfield at Fair
field, ..
Friday, Feb. 10. Knoxville at oska
loosa.
Friday, Feb. 26, Grinnen at Grin
nell. ~
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