The Mankato free press., 1912-01-19

and Summerfelt, forwards; Glotz
back, center; Hill and Harrington
guards.
Badger Made Nine Baskets.
For Mankato, Badger made nine
baskets. Johnson one, Hughes four
Wise one, Tuberg one, and Weed
one. Johnson made one from fow
and was awarded another from fowl
For Sleepy Eye, Glotzbach made one
basket and Kleinschmidt made one
from fowl, making the three points
The next game that the Mankato
high school team will play will be
held at the local high school gym
nasium on January 26, when they
will take on the fast Faribault team
These two teams have always been
close rivals in basketball, and a
swift game is expected.
The Sleepy Eye boys did not ar
rive until after nine O'Clock last
night on account of the delayed
trains, and SO preliminary was
played between the high school
freshmen and the Loyola Cubs. II
resulted in victory for the Fresh
men with score of twenty-seven to
fifteen. This game showed a little
lack of training, as the players had
picked up what they knew from
mere practice work. The game was
considered good one from all
standpoints. Harold Northrop for
the freshmen starred and Kelly got
the most baskets for the Cubs.
. Defeated New uIm. ..
Quite a pleasant surprise was Civ
en- basketball followers this morning
when the Mankato Commercial team
returned from New Ulm and an.
nounced that they had defeated the
fast militia team at that place 26 to
%. The militia team is considered
one of the fastest teams in this part
of the state, as they have defeated
the high school team at New Ulm.
and victory by the Commercial
boys meant more than All ordinary
game. Aufterheide is captain for the
business boys.
In game featured with brilliant
basket shooting and team work the
Loyola team last night defeated the
fast normal five. Conlin was the
individual star of the game shooting
six field goals, as many as the EN-.
tire normal team.
The normal quint had good team
work but lost out in trying to break
up the team work of the Loyola boys
in which they were unsuccessful. The
Loyola team came up to the eXpecta-
tions of Captain Conlin, who had
them trained for hard battle.
Farrell Did As He Pleased.
Farrell the tall Center-man did as
he pleased at the pivot position on
account of his height, and did some
sensational basket shooting in the
last half bringing his team to the
front. Blissenbach at left guard
held Thayer, the fast normal for
ward, scoreless throughout the entire
game. Balkenhol played q star game
at right guard doing some clever
passing and dribbling, and, at times
had the entire team at his mercy.
team play but had very hard luck
in shooting. Brazier, the normal left
guard, was the star Of their team
Janda to one field goal and
worked the ball down the field time
and time again only to have his
team mates lose it. ~.v.
First Glass Referee.
Wald. Scherer, who refereed !. the
game, must be given credit for being
a first-class referee as, he had the
game in hand at all times and show
ed no favors. The lineup:
Normal-Shimota, IF; Thayer, If;
C; Nielsen, re-; Brazier, lg.
Janda, IF; Conlin, If; Far
rel, C; Balkenhol, rg; Blissenbach, lg.
Baskets: Conlin 6, Farrell 4,
Shimota. 3, Wachtler 3, Janda 1.
Free Throws: Wachtler 6, Conlin g,
Shimota 1. Referee, w. Scherer;
umpire, M. A., Nichols. Time of
halves, twenty minutes.
The bowling scores at the Loyola
club for the week were as follows:
.... LoyoIa Club. ..--
Joe Huettl .162 IT'S ITO