Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-03-17
SCALPED REDMEN
JAMESTOWN COLLEGE WON
CLOSE GAME 2O.10. FATS
LOST TO LEANS

| Tuesday night was basket ball
night at jamestown and contests
were pulled off between the fat men
end the jamestown College, and was
witnessed by large crowd of basket
ball enthusiasts. jamestown COL
lege defeated the Red Men 20 to 19
in a fierce game replete with scrim-
images and rough play. In the game
between the Fats and Leans avoirdu-
pois was overcome by length, the
score being 13 to in favor of the
shadows.
The game between the College and
Aberdeen Red Men was one of the
most exciting played on the high
school floor this season and the last
ten minutes with the score tied brot
the spectators to their feet time and
again. With but few seconds left
to play the Aberdeen official at
tempted to throw the game to the Red
Men by an unwarranted decision and
the contest ended at that point with
jamestown leading by one score.
The victory was earned by James,
town.
The Aberdeen Red Men started
with squirt that netted them four
field baskets, points, before James,
town scored and in the first half had
the better of the College making IA
points to the 12 by Jamestown. How
ever, toward the latter part of this
half the college team got together
and by rushing the ball hard played
the visitors almost even, and got
within striking distance of a victory.
The second half was one long
long scrimmage from start to fin
ish, the players mixing it frequently
and fighting bitterly for every point.
! Aberdeen scored first again, and ran
up their total to 10; then jamestown
spurted and on three free throws and
one field basket, brot their score up
to II, but two behind Aberdeen.
There was short scrimmage and
again jamestown scored tying the
visitors 19 to 19. The ball was a.
gain put in play; Aberdeen, fighting
desperately broke the rules, and Nor
ris Severn dropped the ball into the
| basket for the winning point upon a
| flee throw.
The Red Men were unable to ac-
cept defeat and in the next scrimmage
three piled on Bert Nierling against
the rules and Jamestown's official
called a foul. Without justification
| the Aberdeen official called double
foul but refused to state reason.
There was long dispute and finally
the Aberdeen captain tried a free
throw, missed, and the game was won
by jamestown.
The playing of both teams was fast
| and excelled in team work, the visit
hut jamestown was better in general
playing and kept the ball at their
| end the greater part of the game.
Bert Nierling at center, Morris Severn
| anu bNWClL lOIWdluS,l IulOu duO
Neal Severn guards, lined up for
Jamestown.
The game between the Fats and
Leans played between halves aroused
great merriment in the audience. At
center Shadow" Steinbach, six feet
four in his stockings, lined up against
Shorty" Hoffman, height five feet
seven. In the first half the fats
| scored points thru the marvellous
| work of Dr. R. G. DePuy, "Polly"
Paulson, Gus Koth, and Professor
Buland, while the Leans negotiated
two field goals only, Game reaching
up and dropping them into the bask-
ct. But in the last half superabund-
ant avoirdupois proved the down.
fall Of the heavyweights, who played
in this period with only four men,
and the Leans romped away with the
| game Is to g.