The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-20
from Mondays Daily.

the Mankato league basketball {
games Of the season. The crowd
filed the gallery and the side lines
on the playing floor. Two OF the
most evenly mached games OF the
season were pulled off. The people
divided into four crowds to support
the respective leans and cheered
vociferously. All four teams were
well represented and we'll supported
by their respective rooters. The
first game was between the Com
college and the "Y' and
ended in a score Of 25 to 90 in favor
of the "Y." '- p. H''. IT,.
In the second game the highs
trimmed the normals to the tune or
"a to 49, 1t was played as follows.
Tuberg, of the highs made the hrst
basket On the next try the highs
fouled and the .normals failed on the
tfes. aro# s}eEs5 Johnson "
xq.F SID thPeN another basket after
s,:t .s's,.a. tEsh q. ~is.s. z la&Fs 8 'fF.iiihe
and the norEla.o a%ai# missed the
r4Tea bose - GormalS got Gusy
Efilen and .%aeLtie- and, Images made
the ru&t two baslI sts. The high
school came Nome NTH HnQthCG BIS.
ket made by Smith. Both teams
fouled twice and both missed the
free throw This ended the half.
The game, started in the second
as briskly as in the first and John.
son got a. basket on the free throw
after the normals fouled. Thayer OF
the normals made his try for bas-
ket and this was followed by an
other one for the teachers by Bra
Zier Smith made one for the highs
after which the nOrmals were sue
cessful in the free throw after the
high school foul Three more bas-
kets were made in the high schoofs
favor by Smith, Tuberg and He'd
berg. Then foul by the highs
and the teachers again made the
free throw. Johnson made the next
basket and Wachtler counted an
other for the normals. Wise and
| Tuberg put two more through the
ring and both sides fouled and made
baskets on the free throws. This
ended the game, making the high
school boys the winners by a score
of "a to IL.
The lineup for this game was rs
follows: &. e.,
High School-Dewey Johnson, RI;
Lyndon Hedberg, If; Winfield Smith
C; Ed Wise, rg; Adolph Tuberg, lg
Normal School-Dayton Thayer
rf; William Brazier, If; Wesley
Wachtler, G.; Ellis Schweickhard, re-
John Valesh, lg. -... ..>r-. :.
The officials were, N. B. Eldridge
referee; Ivan Pratcher, umpire;
Nichols of the normal was time
keeper for the first game and Hutch
inson of the Commercial college
timed the second game.
.- Game at Normal "Gym."
Next Wednesday evening, Decem
Der IS, the first midweek league
basketball game will be played a
the normal gym" between the nor
mails and Company H. This will bt
the first game for Company Fl ant
the company is expected to be on
in uniform to celebrate the occa
sion. Friday evening, December 20
another double header will be play
ed between the Y and Company t
and the Commercial college and thu
high school. The games will b.
pulled off at the high school gym
So far a great deal Of enthusiasm
has been worked up among thu
supporters of the five league teams
more in fact than has, ever beef
evinced in any season previous. A
the end of the season a $40 troph.
cup will be given to the champion
team, and at, present the teams
seem to be so we'll matched tina
some very hard and fast contest
for it are expected.
l. L. Macbeth of St. Clair was il
the city yesterday
r. l.. III. Lord of Fairmont spen
Saturday in Mankato.
Attorney s. B. Wilson went I
Owatonna today on legal business.
Mrs. H. A. Patterson went to 81
Paul today for a few days visit.
. G.. A. and A. D. Week and Eal
Stevens of Slayton visited in tn
t city Saturday.
) Mrs. Ada Wilson and Miss Laur
, Clapper of Garden City were i
, Mankato today.
Judge Lorin Cray is in Chicag
,on a business trip. He will b
: away two or three days.
5 Mrs. D. J. Harrison went to Oh
cagO SATURDAY 10 dItenu Gle luhei"
of her father who died Friday.
9 r. F. Lamb Of Slayton is visitin
$ here this week with his brother-iI
law, Chief of Police j. w. Donahu'
w. r. Spornitz and family return
: ed Saturday night from a visit !
\ Fond du Lac and Milwaukee, Wis
e and Chicago.
: j. w. Doyle, superintendent of tn
y Minnesota division of the Chicag
1 and Northwestern railway, passe
e through Mankato yesterday in hi
I private car.
o Robert Bradley has returned froi
Ruel, Ontario, where he has bee
y employed by the Widell compan.
o Mr.. Bradley states that the compan
e has eleven months more work Their
d but he will remain in Mankato Tn
t balance of the winter.
e No Revenue From This Source.
h 1t is said that parties are sellin
g soap in this city, claiming that tn
proceeds therefrom are devoted !
d the fight against the white plagu
e Mr.. Easton,> executive secretary