Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-21
ONE SIDED MIX
Went TOLOCALS
oTTUMWA HIGH SCHOOL OVER.
WHELMINGLY DEFEATED
GRlNNELL SATURDAY.
MUCH ROUGH PLAYING
Exhibition Was Far From Being 4
Dainty Affair; Jakey Mler's
Clever Work In Shooting.
Baskets, a Feature.
MUCH ROUGH PLAYING

Baskets, a Feature.
In 4 battle featured by the basket
shooting Of Jakey Mier, and the rough
playing of both quintets, the OttumWa
HIGH school basketball five overwhelm-
ingly defeated the Grinnell high school
aggregation at Coach Eigenmann's
arena Saturday p. m, by the score OF
so to 10. Not once did the Grinnellites
do anything threatening and the youths
of Principal Hammitt's institution on
the hill never were in the danger zone.
They took the lead few seconds after
Referee Morrissey put the ball IN play
and as the game progressed, the o.
tumwans increased the lead. The VIC
tory being assured by such a large
margin, the fans and fannettes in the
balcony started toward the various
exits several minutes before the game
was ended.
Game Was Thriller.
Despite the lop-sided tally, the game
was thriller from start to finish. Hav-
ing seen the Grinnell players exhibit
their pugilistic abilities in Oskaloosa,
the locals expected the rough ana
tumble game, but they returned the
same brand of work. The rough ana
tumble playing continued until Re-
fierce Morrissey's shrill whistle con-
cluded the game. CHANGING at the en-
thusiastic faces of the local players
and their supporters In the gallery,
one could see that they preferred the
wrestling, tussling, scrappy game to
the NOW don't you touch me roughly
affair. They surely got their moneys
worth Saturday, from the top or the
eagles head on the two-bit piece
over to the thirteen stars on the re-
verse side. The old motto, What is
home without a mother" coined into
basketball phrase would be, What is
a basketball mix without rough play
ing" A basketball game without rough
playing to furnish thrills and snap
piness would be as interesting as would
be city burlesque show to deai
mute who was blind in one eye and
could not see out Of the other.
Mier's Work Was Brilliant.
While the rough and tumble playing
added thrills to the contest, the big
rest and brightest feature Of the
whole show, as the circus man would
mutter it, was the clever basket shoot
ing of Jacob Matthew Mier, who surely
displays his basketball attachments
like his big brother Michael. Jakey was
the star Of the show and his clever
work In throwing the tannish hued
ball into the iron rings was worth the
whole price Of the exhibition and some
mazzuma besides. The black haired
youngster played wonderful game
Saturday, securing twelve goals from
the field and three from the foul line.
Many Of the goals were negotiated by
throwing the ball from very difficult
angles. His partner on the head end,
Wormhoudt, who later went to the
pivot Job, was the next highest tally
maker for the Ottumwans, having
copied half dozen field goals. LODI
wick and Lynch, doing guard duty,
also played strong game, Lynch let
ting his man down without basket.
while Gaylord could only sneak two
field goals over on Lodwick. Lester and
Nevin, although new at the pastime,
played well. Martin made the most
points for Grinnell but none OF the VS.
itors played a stellar game.
Visitors Were outpIayed.
Ottumwa outplayed them in all de-
partment OF the sports. Despite the
fact that the Grinnell team has been
nearly intact this season they per-
formed like a bunch of giddish girls
playing the game Of "old maid" When
it came to shooting baskets they had
.blinkitis" in it's worst form. Once
or twice they missed the goal boards
and thre-y the ball into the audience.
While they followed Ottumwa players
around closely, some OF them going as
far as to embrace their opponents, they
could not keep the locals from scoring.
Jake Mier started the tallying for Of
tun1wa, getting basket in about one
minute Of play. He followed with two
more in quick succession. It was sew
eral minutes before Grinnell scored a
basket and the lead which the locals
cot was Increased during the remainder
Of the game. The first half ended %
to 6,Oin Ottumwa's favor, and the
slaughter was worse in the second
chapter.
Both sides had difficulty in throwing
foul goals and Ottumwa only got four
out Of eleven chances. Grinnell Jared
worse, not getting free throw out OF
twelve opportunities.
Good Attendance at Mix.
One thing which aided the locals
in coping the victory was the roofing
OF the high school supporters Their
words Of encouragement gave the red
and white sweatered gents lots Of pep
per. The attendance at the game was
excellent for matinee attraction. The
balcony was filed. with big and little
fans and fannettes, while the chairs
on the playing floor were covered with
male students Of the high school and
other admirers.
A summary and lineup OF the
slaughter follows:
Ottumwa- Grinnell-
Mier .......L. F. Gaylord -. IL. F.
W~nsoudt. r.. F. Hopkins-Ross :.