The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-14
KenOsha H. S. Basket Ball
Five Must Meet Racine to
Get Into State Fight.
TO Meet ON NEUTRAL FLOOR
Promoters OF State Basket Ball Cham
pionship Arrange for Elimination of
Many Teams Before Big Gathering at
Lawrence College March 2Sth.

Forty teams have been eliminated
in the race for places in the eighth
annual Wisconsin high school basket.
bail tournament to be held at Law
renee college, March %, 20 and 80
leaving twenty-six teams still in the
running for the eight places.
Twenty-Five teams had entered for
the three places in the east central
division, but after carefully consider
ing the records submitted, the Law
renee committee i'll charge Of the tour
nament was able to eliminate sixteen
of them, and the other nine teams will
have to play special elimination games
on neutral floors and with neutral Of
fcials to decide which teams viii be
admitted.
lola is scheduled to play Amigo
next Friday evening and the commit
tee has ordered that neutral officials
have charge Of the game and the loser
Will be eliminated, while the winner
will meet West Green Bay for place
i'll the tournament.
Wausau and Oconto have been or.
dcred to meet in the Lawrence GYM
nasium, the loser to be eliminated and
the winner to meet Appleton on neu'
trail floor for the second place in the
tournament.
Menasha and Fond du' Lac will have
to play an elimination game in Osh'
kosh, the loser to be eliminated and
the winner will meet Oshkosh on a
neutral floor for the third place in
the east central division.
Half of the sixteen teams entered
in the southern division were eliminat-
cd on their records and special games
have been ordered for the other eight.
Baraboo and Jefferson were ordered to
play in Madison, but word was just
received today that Baraboo had de-
feated Jefferson in the latter city,
which eliminates Jefferson. Racine
and Kenosha are ordered to meet Oh
a neutral floor, the loser to drop out
and the winner to meet Baraboo and
the winner of that game will play
Madison for place in the tournament
Columbus and Montello have been
ordered to meet in Portage, the losel
to be eliminated and the winner to
play GAINESVILLE for the other place
from the southern division.
All but six of the eighteen teams
entered in the western division have
been eliminated. Glenwood City and
Menomonie have been ordered to meet
in Chippewa Falls and Stanley and
Neillsville will meet on the same foola
the two winners to play for one OF
the places in the tournament, while
Chippewa Falls and Lacrosse will
meet on neutral floor, to be agreed
upon, for the other place.
By defeating both Ladysmith and
Barron with neutral officials known to
the members of the committee, Rice
Lake eliminated both these teams and
earned the right to meet the winner
of the Superior A hland contest for the
place in the tournament from the
northern division. Ashland recently
defeated Superior q to Is, with Coach
Catlin officiating, but as the game was
PLAYED in Ashland, Superior is to be
given another chance, the two teams
being ordered to play or neutral
floor and with neutral officials.
All the elimination games must be
PLAYED before March % and it is ex
pected the preliminary games will be
pIayed the last of this week as in some
instances three games must be play@
and allowing one game each week
would bring the last contest on March
y % or %, Just week before the tour.
pament begins.
All players coming to the tourna
mont win have to be certified to The
board of control of the Wisconsin In
1erscholastic Athletic Assn. by the
principal Of the high school as to THEN
ages, number of years in athletics
hours of work and grades in each sub
iect, aud no player will be permitted
to participate in the tournament who
has not been passed. upon by the state
hoord