Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-03-28
INDEPENDENCE DEFEATED In
FINAL GAME ON SALEM
COURT BY SCORE OF
Is TO 10.
GAME FAST AND EXCITING
Independence Boosters Outnumber
Dallas; But Latter Makes Up in
Enthusiasm: Band is Still When
Dallas Lead; Independence Out
classed in All Departments.

After posing for numerous moons
as the states high school cham
peens", publishing 'highfalutin"
dope in Portland papers, having their
"picture took'' and printed in the
Sunday journals, the Independence
High School team settled forever
their claims for the honors they
claimed by dropping the final game
to Dallas High on the Willamette
court at Salem Tuesday night by the
score of 10 to Is. Special trains
from Dallas and Independence carried
300 fans to the capital city.
Floor is Creased.
In the endeavor to have everything
"run off smoothly" the Salem pro-
moters who wanted the game played
there, used up several gallons of lin
seed oil. This precaution caused the
game to lag in the first half and
worked to the detriment of Independ-
ence who went at the game with too
rapid strides in the first half, and at
times two of their men were dug out
from under the seats while the game
was at fever heat. Manager Cadle
had prepared for this emergency and
provided the Dallas athletes with
shoes having suction soles and vac
uum cleaners on every heel. So the
first half ended with the gloomy score
of six to five in favor of the boys
whose fathers kept the court house
from going to Independence.
First Few Minutes Breathless.
When Referee Jamison called the
first foul after ten minutes Of hard
work without a point, the tears ran
down the cheeks of the Dallas girls
it was a double foul-Boydston miss
ed and the independence fellow
plunked the basket. Face powder
was below par and the band played
on. The luck was hard against Dal-
las, the basket being in the wrong
place and the ball too lively, so the
girls said.
Band Plays On.
At this juncture bunch of Inde-
pendence "tooters" who accompan-
led the Independence and Monmouth
innocents to the slaughter, paraded
the streets of the capital town and
blew blasts that shattered the dome
of the capital building, let loose with
"Get Your Whiskers Cut-Here
Comes the Wind". Soon after, Mr.
Herzog of Dallas made a handsome
toss for the basket, missed by a mar
row margin and before the sleepy fell
lows from Independence could find
their senses the Dallas boy had re-
covered the ball and slipped it into !
the receptacle. Boydston shot an
other to the goal, then another Dal- ,
las man made it safe, a foul was ,
gently deposited by Boydston, the .
athletes from Dallas closed in on ,
their adversaries, the leader of the
independence windjammers went out i
to wet his whistle. the musicians
rubbed alum on their lips and ran :
Dut of wind and the girls from the /,
city crossed their toes
and wept. !
Game Was Rough. :
In the second half Russell of In !
attempted to unbalanee
Barham who was playing a powerful
yame for Dallas by striking him on
he head with his chin. The little
fellow Strengthened out on the floor.
rave a couple Of quivers similar to ;
he last will and testament Of
yround squirrel which had run up 4
Igainst a 22-shOrt caliber-and, there j
,eing no music to revive the fellow 7
le was given an osteopathic treat v
nent and another took his place. r
Team Work Wins Game.
Woods, Matheny, and Boydston 4
Fere always with their men and did !
emarkable work, Woods making sew n
raj difficult shots. He Is the small I,
st man on the Dallas team, yet Is \
ne Of the fastest and strongest. His 4
TOrk was exceptionally good on Tues !,
Iay night and was a feature of the n
anne Matheny showed his usual =
trength and his opponent who J.
ought him hard for every point. at =
smpted to Trough Il" until ''Maf" 4,
ave him 9 demonstration Of the Dal- =
IS jujitsu-and be, too. joined the :,
and, faded away as Il were ..
Crowd Is Wen Behaved n
Conductor McCarser carried about
9 on the motor car from Dallas.
'rof. Ford Of the High school. and
ther Instructors accompanying the N