Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-01
QUINTET WINS
BY FIVE POINTS
HIGH scHooLERs PUT UP BRIL-
LIANT BATTLE AGAINST oP-
PoNENTs LAST NIGHT.
GAME WAS MARRIED

,.. 80
GAME WAS MARRIED
Rough Playing Of Three Y. N. c. A.
Players Spoiled Excellence Of Con-
test-Bot "Sore' Because
Didn't Have Walkaway.
In hotly contested game, full Of
excitement and fast playing, the Y. NJ.
G. Al quintet defeated the high school
five by the close score of 80 to 25 last
night. The excellence of the game
was marred however by the rough
playing of three of the "Y' men, John
son, Epps and Jake Mier. Their treat
ment of the red and white players
was entirely uncalled for. The one
great trouble was the feeling Of the
so-called "old heads" that they were
going to walk all over the high school,
ers and when they found themselves
UP against the real article and in dan
ger of being defeated, they used rough
ness The school five played clean
ball all the time, although they had
reason to retaliate with the rough
stuff Coach Eigenmann regrets very
much that the brilliant contest was
marred by the rough playing.
The victorious team found them
selves up against worthy opponent
in the unsophisticated school players
on the toss of the ball. The red and
white men put up brilliant battle.
but as usual they showed up weak on
the basket tossing, several beautiful
shots being missed. The ~" players
displayed much better team work all
through the game. The great defense
OF the red and white men was the
cause Of irritation and brought on the
rough work The high schoolers COW
cred up beautifully, staying with their
men and spelling the excellent work Of
the "Y." The latter scored in streaks,
tearing off three and four. baskets one
right after the other, only to be held
for the next three or four minutes.
The high schoolers scored steadily.
That they played consistent ball is
evidenced by the fact that they held
the association players to six and
Ave point lead in the two halves.
Wormhoudt tossed basket just as
the whistle blew. for the first halt and
Lit was hard matter to tell whether
or not the ball left his hands before
time was called. Referee Law ruled
out the basket on the grounds that the
whistle sounded before the toss was
made. E
Game Was Rough.
Although fast and furious, the game
was unnecessarily rough, due in a
great measure to the tactics Of the
"Y'' men. Johnson turned several
tricks that were unnecessary, one OF
which resulted in injury to Worm
houdt's left wrist. His actions met
with disfavor with all witnesses Of the
game. Windsor Epps disappointed
many by his playing, not because OF
his lack of ability but through his
treatment of the high school players.
He did not play his usual clean game.
Jake Mier was also affected by the
|aggravating battle put up by the locals.
His brother, Mike --ier and Leisen-
ring displayed nothing but clean ball.
The high school men had reason to re-
taliate but they refused to do so and
held to the commendable game all the
time. They roughed it because they
were compelled to hold their own but
it was a clean roughness
Epps made the most goals, ringing
ND nine in the two frames, six In the
first and three in the second. Early
In the first half he was unable to con-
meet with the basket In the second
half Wormhoudt played the ball in.
stead Of the man and held Epps to
three goals. Jake Mier secured only
two goals, both in the second half, of
Lodwick, the red and white star
guard. Lodwick played his usual
brilliant defensive game last night
Lester last night gave demonstration
of "stick-to-itiveness" when he held
Mike Mier to one goal and this in the
first frame. Mike played good ball
but he found tartar in Lester. Mike
can congratulate himself on getting
the ore basket. Schafer secured -four
goals. He played hard all the time
last night and was responsible fol
much of the broken team work Of the
"Y" men. Wormhoudt did not have
his eye on free throws last night, max
ing only FIVE out Of twelve shots.
Lineup and Summary.
Y. M. c. A. HightSchool
Epps .....L. FL Nevin e......L. F
J. Mier ...R. F. Schafer ....R. F
M. Mier ..... .CI Lester ...... &C
Leisenring L. G.i Wormhoudt
Erskin -. l.. G
Johnson -. .R. G.I Lodwick ...R. G
Field goals--Epps 8, Schafer 4
Nevin 8, j. Mier 2, Leisenring 2, John
son 1, M. Mier /, Wormhoudt /, Lod
wick /. Free Wormhoudt 5
Nevin 2. Score by halves-Y. M. c
A. 1880; High school, 1928. Referee
- Law, Ottumwa. Umpfre-Reece
Ottumwa. Time of halves-20 minutes