Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-09
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Willmar High school Team Net Defeat
with Honor &c Northnold.

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Last week occurred the first annual
basket ball state tournament at North.
field and In which the ;Willmar High
School team participated The local
team arrived in Northfeld W Wednesday
afternoon. At one O'clock Thursday,
the teams met together at the Sayles-
Hill gymnasium for instruction and
drawing. Wtllmar drew Fosston There
were three games that afternoon and
three in the evening. On Wednesday
evening. Red Wing and Winona played
of. Red Wing was victorious by the
score OF IS to 23..s At 2 o'clock Thurs
day, Mountain Lake defeated Blue Earth
with 9 score Of 40 to 9 in. the first game.
The next game was between Fosston
and Willmar. Willmar was defeated
by their speedy opponents by the score
of ~ to 20. There were a great many
fouls called Taylor got 2 field baskets
johnson and Branton one.
ss In the final game Of the afternoon,
5PlainvieW defeated Austin 29 to 90. For
the first game in the evening, Faribault
was defeated by Mankato q to s21. In
the second game Luverne defeated
Grand Rapids, "a to Is. In the last
game for the day, saltwater held Madi-
son without field basket and beat them
"a to S. Friday afternoon, Mountain
Lake defeated Red Wing 46 to 81. In
the second game, Fosston defeated
Plainview 38 to 27 and in the last game
.Luverne defeated Mankato 36 to 49,. The
next morning the semi-finals were pulled
of. Fosston downed Luverne 38 to 28.
Mountain Lake triumphed over Stillwat-
.er 36 to "a. This left Mountain Lake
and Fosston to fight for the champion
ship in the evening. The first half end
ed Is to 16 but when the final whistle
blew, the score was 29 to ~ in favor Of
Fosston, thus giving them the cup and
championship.
The fosston team averaged about 100
lbs. and was by far the best team that
played. Their team work was Of the
short pass variety and this certainly
was great. The Willmar team held
Fosston to. the lowest score with the
exception Of Mountain Lake. .$ sss
On Friday night banquet was given
the teams in the gymnasium. At this
permanent organization was formed
in order that an annual tournament
might be held. Saltwater was the team
that was supposed to be the best but
when the tournament was i. over they
found themselves among those at the
bottom Of the ladder. The rules were
Interpreted word for word and this help
ed to defeat a number of teams who
were used to being allowed more free
dom. There were no disputes and ev-
erything was carried on in fine shape
and the Willmar team reported the fair
est treatment and a good time in gem
eral. Here's hoping that Willmar can
be represented by a team at this annual
tournament each year This trip f1n-
ished the High School basket ball sea-
son which was one of the most success
full ever experienced in this town. The
team won IL out of II games played and
up to the time Of the game with Foss-
ton, no team had scored more than sew
en- field baskets in any game The whole
team was evenly balanced. Coach Wal
ter Crosby must be given credit for his
untiring efforts to develop winning
team. He spent a great deal of time
helping the boys. ss..