The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-10
Will SEND TEAM
TO TOURNAMENT
uiOh School B. B. Qulnt Likely viii
Go to Ishpeming

principal II. r.. Johnson OF the fiah-
ni,,n. school Is i'm receipt of let
80 from the lshpeming Y. NJ. Z. A., re-
Imp the Hancock nigh school bas-
I'll team To attend the annual
basketball tournament to be heiu Il,
,.,,,eming. Feb. 10 and IA. Princlpal
,.,,,sor and Coach Bedingcr of the
,,.ol mint nave conferred on the mat
and il is probable IN" Hancock
team viii go.
o,,o ,eam went To Ishpeming last
and made a crcditable showing.
rb.v look third place in the tourna-
,,opt and second place among the
Inns representing the high schools al
The upper peninsula
.rb, teams attending this tourna-
mon, are divided into TWO classes, the
,'an school class and the older class
aosi.ring Of Y. NJ. <. \. teams and
,,depcndent city teams.
letters have also been sent Ia the
,,lomct high school and Y, NJ. 1. y
and il is probable they will send
INNS as they did last year. Coach
,v,,uer of the Houshton high school
I'm has also received "a letter dcsir-
,rc The presence of his team.
Tbe Hancock team has been prac-
,i.ip, regularly of late under the di-
recrlon of +. NJ. BedinSer instructor IN
,bc commercial department. The boys
.r. developing into a fast lot of bas-
nor rosscrs and the coach is assured
that they viii be credit To their
school if they are sent To the annual
tournament,
Although the team which will repre-
cont the Hancock school in the inter
scholastic basketball schedule has not
bocu selected a squad of likely can
didaIcs have been picked out by the
coarh and have been practicing in the
basketball hall owned by the North
star Temperance society. Practice
games are played every week with the
Michigan College Of Mines squad which
mas helped materially i'm rounding the
local PLAYERS into form.
On January II the high school team
will play the Hancock eXpressmen in
he North Star Temperance hall, the
came being an exhibition contest for
the purpose of giving the highs some
good practice. McGlynn, Mette. Merke,
Martin Larsen. Ross. Anthony, Rehner,
Ross and Fisher are among the men
who have been selected as likely can
didates for the school team and from
this squad the team will be selected
10 play the seXpressmen.
Other School Notes.
Pupils of the English classes have
been holding debates on some of the
important questions of the day. sew
cra Of the pupils OF the English IA
class debating yesterday morning.
debate has also been arranged by Miss
Smart. teacher in English in the high
school, for next "Wednesday morning
and in the future these debates will he
held once or twice week throughout
the school year.
New shelves in tho library have
been Installed. 1t is expected that some
new hooks will be purchased before the
end Of the present school year.
I'm the inter-class games scheduled
for '1st Thursday afternoon the higher
classmcn were again successful in, de-
tcatiug the lower class students. The
sophomore team defeated the ga quint
80 10 Z and the Commercial depart
mcnt team won over the freshmen 20
10 49,
The girls team representing the
sophomore class won IA decisive VIC
tory over the freshmen girls by
score of II 10 &.
The opening exercises in the high
school were under the auspices Of the
senior class yesterday morning. Prin-
cpal Johnson has planned To devote
one day during each week TO pro-
grams in charge of different classes of
ihc hich school. The seniors have
already had their turn at entertaining
'hc students and the junior, sophomore
and freshmen classes win entertain
some day in each of the next three
weeks
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