Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-03-29
CLAIM CHA MnlO
Basket Ball Team Makes
Perfect Record, Winning
Every Cams

The local high school basket blL
team has ended the best season in 81
history Of the school, not losinx. q
game and claims. the high
championship Of Minnesota. The ho6n
has oettainly demo onstrated Its rikht 70
he clAsssd among the fastest hjxh
school teams IN the state. IL has ~
some ot tho best and scored VICTORIES
in every case. The team has: proyedt z
stumbling block for several teams wtth
championship aspirations. :.
Decisive victories have been scoroE
over such teams 40 Detroit, Aitki1,8t.
C1ond. St. Cloud Athletics, avery faass
Independent team and StlllWatlE.
claimants Of the southern Minheso6a
championship by the narrow Dar1iR
Of one point on their own fiOor andat3
two TO nothing for non-appearance %
the local floor. This first game ~
ended in dispute; the assistant tiuso-
keeper, who was q Saltwater in1an.
blowing his whistle Just as the lou1ii1
made q basket, attempting to ston t3ie
game, when there was yet 80 sec0n{e
to play. The basket put the locals In
the lead by one point =, ya@ssSSss @sSsfs;'s -
The only team in the northern parf
like that of the locals is the DuhitR
Central high. they having lost but -
game, that to the Superior, Wis.
NAL five. not having been defeated "
a. Minnesota" quint. It is reRrett6d
very much by basket ball enthusiasts
Of this section of the state as we'll. Is
the losal players that they vera ua-
able to meet the Zenith city qutnt,
Gerhart Bundle, coach and nanagefd
the local quint, on several occasions
attempted to pin the manager of; IA
Duluth team down to date, but wae
unsuccessful. EARLY in the season
manager Bundle wrote to w. n,
Schilllng, coach of tho Duluth team
for two games, ore to be played on tbs
local floor and the other in the Zenith
city. but Mr.. Schilling refused 6
answer bis letters, which shows thai
he did not care to have his team ueot
the "Big Six. Last season the
Duluth five was hailed, as the fastest
team in the history Of, the Zenith ,citY
school, but the locals defeated them 81
the scofe of III to %. This season the
Duluth five contained but one veteraR
of last year, while the locals wee0
represented by. the same five. a. A con.
parison: of the Duluth -Aitkin and. tba
Little Falls Aitkin Games shows -
superiority Of the big Six, over tf1
Zenith city, i've. Duluth defeoted
.Aitki1 261tu 17a while the locals 49, ~,
from Aitkin tvttessby tho scors q &
"a id ma Us 6o96. :.'s e .S5s' ~.
Other high school teams that 3sau,
written to and who refused TO- meet tae
focal :quint were, 1T 1T Paul Centrai.
Brainerd, Staples, Wadeua, Long Prai-
RE, Alexandria. Glenwood, Saulr
Rapids. Sauk Centre and Grand
Rapids. A comparison OF scores shows
the superiority Of the big Six" over
the teams above. st. Paul Central WA
decisively defeated by Saltwater q to
Z. Brainerd and Wadena were defeated
by Altkin by the large score Of 46 to 4
and 81 TO ii respectively. Alexandra.
Long Prairie and Sauks Centre were de-
feated by Mvlroee, who in turn was de-
featad by the st. Cloud High 30 to 8 on
their own floor, while the Saints ware
bested by the locals 80 to 21. Manager
meeting the Brainerd five. but G.. A.
the team. admitted frankly that they
were not in the same class as the 10
calls The up:river quints string az
victories include = Benidji, Staples,
Walker and Akeley: The following Is
tho record Of games played:
~: Little FAMs S., Business College IL.
-, L1ttle fails 81, Alumni 10;
~ w. Little FaAs' A. Milaca 25..
j., Little Falls 80, st. Cloud Athletics 1e.
r. Little EAlls 26, Saltwater Is.