Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-02-16
Town and High School Teams
go Down to Defeat.
ENT AUS|ASM RA n L |GH
Town Team Makes Good Show
ing, High School Fairly Well.

The climax OF the basket ball season
was reached in Grangeville last Thurs
day and Friday evenings when the
team from the Lewiston State Nor
NAL played the Grangevile town
team and the High School team on
successive nights, and while the out
come was not entirely satisfactory
from a Grangeville standpoint where
victory is the chief consideration yet
the final result was not complete
route.
Members of the town team entered
into the contest without any previous
training or team work and to this
one feature can be attributed their
defeat. Time and again they worked
the ball from the opposing team and
advance it down the field only to
lose it on long or ill-timed shot,
when with better team work it would
have been passed quickly to waiting
and unguarded forward.
On this point Fisher, Harper and
Arnold were unusually strong, and
although Fisher and Harper secured
number of spectacular scores yet
with a little more team work their
score could have been doubled
At the guard position Greenough
played the only safe game for the
home team and his man was held
level. The game played by the Nor
NAL team was exactly the reverse and
although they did not gain possession
of the ball as often as did the Grange
vile team, yet when they did series
of quick and accurate passes from one
Lewiston player to another secured
the desired score. The game as
whole was clean, fast and interesting,
although one of the Lewiston guards
developed habit of shouldering at
critical periods. The final score -
to 81 in Lewiston favor gives fair
idea of how the game was played
Members of the town team have
but one regret, regret that another
game can not be played this season.
With two weeks training they claim
the score would be reversed.
The High School game on Friday
attracted a larger and most enthusias-
tic crowd the first real mark of loyalty
and support that Grangeville audi
ence has ever given Glangeville
Basket Ball team. Perhaps the real
key note Of the whole situation is
struck when it is remembered that
lack of support heretofore has been
the real reason why it has been i'm
possible to get good outside teams to
come to Grangeville.
The High School players are well
trained and have some fine talent but
the style of the game played by the
Normal team, was something new tc
them and they were taken completely
by surprise. Dikes, one Of the Lew.
iston forwards, stepped all kinds Of
fancy steps in quick and rapid sue
cession and before members of the
High School team could fully realize
what was happening they were delega
ted to the "also ran class.
From financial standpoint botl
games were decided success anc
with such support another season
Grangeville can hope to develop teams
that can cope with some of the better
aggregations.
Prof Harper has produced gooe
results with the High School team
decidedly the best team in the his
tory of the school, their only weak
I ness being lack Of experience agains
first class teams. Algie, Cheesmai
aud Harper ofliciatea with satisfac
tion to all.