The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-03-19
Two CLOSE GAMES
South Siders, In a Terrific Battle,
Defeat the Local Highs at
the Princeton Armory,


Pull Off Contest In Which
Latter Are Victorious.
By the close score Of % to % the.
basket ball team Of the South Side
high school, Minneapolis, defeated
the local high school team at the
armory last Friday night. 1t was
an exciting game from start to finish
and both teams played their best
brand of basket ball. Fortune
favored the more experienced players
from the flour city and they finally
walked off with the long end of the
score, but only after a hard, grind
ing contest in which the locals
fought it out with them for every
point. What really turned the tide
of battle in favor of the South Siders
was the clever work of young Cor
bett, who played left guard for the
visitors. This youngster displayed
some real big league basket ball and
did some of the most spectacular
basket shooting ever seen on the
local floor. Time after time he got
possession of the ball away down on
his own goal line, and would then
work it up to the middle of the
floor, mainly through his own efforts
and ability, and then would take a
long distance shot at the Princeton
basket. He seemed to be dangerous
anywhere near the middle of the
floor, and several of his prettiest
shots were made from his own terri
tory. Moriarity, the other South
Side guard, also did some stellar
work for his school, but his fellow
guard stood head and shoulders above
his team mates in Individual work
and also in team play. ~
Although defeated the Princeton
ians have good reason to feel proud
of their excellent showing against
one of the fastest high school teams
in the city of Minneapolis. During
the first half the locals outplayed the
visiting team and started the game
with suc}, a rush that the South
Side defense was momentarily swept
aside and Princeton grabbed COM
Portable lead of four or five points.
About the time it began to look like
a possible Princeton victory the
South Siders woke up, stopped the
local scoring and began to run up
their own score by clever floor work
and accurate basket shooting. At
the end of 20 minutes of the fastest,
scrappiest basket ball the score stood
10 to 10.
In the second half South Side took
the lead early and maintained it
throughout this last period of play,
although the locals were never very
far behind them, and not for a
moment did they give up the idea Of
overtaking the light-footed players
from the metropolis. At the end of
the second half the score stood 26 to
% in favor of the visitors.
AS curtain raiser for the regular
game the girl teams representing the
town and high school played an in
teresting game in which the town
team proved too much for the high
school girls and defeated them IL to
II. The score was so close, however,
that the town players have nothing
much to brag over, for their OPP
ponents we're never far behind them,
and one-point lead in basket ball
game is too small a margin to wax
very enthusiastic over. at-
The play was interesting and ex-
citing from start to finish and the
speed and agility of the players of
both sides was big surprise to the
large crowd which had gathered at
the armory to see the double header.
The forwards on both teams also dis
played considerable skill in basket
shooClng, ana pulled OF some fine eX-
hibition stuff that made the boy
teams wish they had not been billed
as the headliners for the evenings
entertainment. Some very clever
work was also done by the PLAYERS
covering the guard positions, and
many merry little scrap was pulled
off between the guards and forwards
representing the two teams. The
contest held the close attention of
the crowd throughout, and frequent
bursts of applause greeted the players
of both sides for their good work.
Coach Morton refereed both con-
tests, and his work as an official was
beyond reproach. His decisions were
absolutely fair and impartial, and
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