The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-06
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Basket Ball the Reigning Fad,
With Games Coming Off
Fast and Frequently
SEVERAL DURING LAST week
Oroville Takes Omal- Into Camp,
and Loomis Does Unpleasant
Things to Croville

The most exciting and best played
basket ball game so far this season
was that of last Saturday evening,
When Omak and Oroville high came
together for the return game in the
high school gym. The largest crowd
that has attended game in Oroville
was present, and much enthusiasm
was manifested. Applause was spon-
taneous and noisy and while naturally
the home team came in for the great
er demonstration the visitors were
given the glad hand at every good
play. The Omak boys showed up
strong in practice, and the dexterity
with which they tossed the ball into
the basket at from almost any angle
left the impression that the locals were
in for slaughter, especially as they
had played a game the evening be-
lore, were up most of the night, and
had made 20 mile drive There were
no signs of stiff joints or defective
vision among the players when the
two opposing teams came together on
the floor. 1t was hammer and torgs
from the moment the ceaters bumped
the ball into the arena until some agile
and skillful performer had plunked
| the sphere through the iron circlets.
Victory hung in the balance from start
| to finish, first one side being point
or two ahead, and then the advantage
would swing to the other. Oroville
missed far more chances to score
than Omak, yet managed to win out
in the end by score If II to 16
the same figures that marked the
game OF the night before at LOomis,
only in that case the II belonged away
from home. The Omak squad is made
up of a fine lot of boys who play a
sklllful, swift and aggressive game,
and take and give in the scramble with
the cheerful good nature OF manly
sports, which they are. McCliment
was almost the whole show in
himself, making IA OF the 16 points
to the credit of the visitors. OF
course, making points Is the result
Oh the chance coming in the way of a
player, but McCliment went after
chances as well as falling heir to a
number. Fiker made the other two
points of the total. This does not
mean that the other three of the quin-
tette were idle during the proceedings
OF very exciting nature. They did
their parts manfully and we'll, making
1t possible for McCliment and Fiker
to get within reach of the baskets.
The three Ps. Powell, Provo and
Prince starred for Oroville, Powell
scoring 8, and Provo and Prince
points each. The following was the
lineup for the game:
Omak Oroyille
Fiker rf Provo
Porter If Powell
McCliment Prince
Hampson rg w. Cole
Whiting liz Vincent
The Omak basket ball team under
charge of Prof. N. e. Wilson spent
Sunday in Oroville, and while here
the members of the local high school
did all in their power to make their
stay pleasant. The visitors were taken
to the movies as guests of the Oroville
high, and such other cOurtesies were
extended as were possible.
The grade basket ball teams of the
Riverside and Oroville public school
met in the high school gym Tuesday
evening, and before a large and en-
thusiastic crowd of rooters played a
cracking fast game. The young lads
put much pepper in the performance,
and the two teams were so equally
matched that the final result as to
which side would carry of the palm
was not settled until the very last
minute of the play There is much
good material in the younger pupils
of the local school, and some of the
graders will yet make their mark on
the high school five. Riverside fin
ally won out by score of IA to II.
Those who took part in the game
were Edwards, Buckley, and the
Holmes brothers for Riverside, and
Pratt. Prince, Mills, Simpair and NAL
lory for Oroville.
Friday last both the boys and girls
basket ball teams of the high school
hiked out for Loomis to meet the
teams of the school of that camp in
friendly contest. Miss Downs, Miss
Murray, Miss Griffith and Prof. w. E.
Courtnay of the teaching staff accom-
panied the party. When leaving here
it was the suposition of the excursion
lists that the games would be largely
in the nature of practice exhibitions.
as all the advantage of skill and prac-
tice was obviously upon the side of
the players from the larger town. By
the time the games were played and
lost 1t dawned upon the visitors that
the Loomis ball jugglers were not
wholly ignorant of the finer points
OF the game, and are foemen worthy
of any Of the teams in the county The
game between the boys was very close
ending in victory for Loomis by a
score of II to 16. There is a disposi-
| ton to place the blame for the defeat
upon the referee, who is generally the
! goat when team loses. In the game