Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-03-04
JOY RElGNs SUPREME
At the High School Following Chas.

At the High SchooI Following Cha8-
ing Of Jinx Last Friday Evening.
Great chunks of Joy were seen
floating around at the high school the
first of the week, following the victory
of the basket ball team over the Madi-
son team last Friday evening. This
is the second game the locals have
placed on the winning side of the
ledger this year, and is the first VIC
tory over any team of note. They de-
feated Raymond in the first game of
the season, but since then thru one
reason or another, th.v were never
able to come across with the punch
at the right time, to salt away q VIC
tory, altho the team has played some
very good basket ball. In fact the
game they put up last Friday evening
was far from being as good an ex-
hibition as they showed against the
Indians or st. Joe Juniors. There
team work was ragged and their abil-
ity to shoot baskets was worse. But
how they did shine on the defense!
The first half developed some of
the poorest and slowest playing seen
here in long time. Each team had
chances enough in the first half to
win ten games but neither bunch
could connect regularly.
About the only feature of this half
was the number of fouls called. OF
course this made things slower than
ever. Ten fouls were called on Mad
ison in this half and six on Willmar.
Neither foul shooters were any good
so these free shots didn't help much.
During the second half the Willmar
bunch played the game the way it
should be played. Credit for the fine
showing of the boys in this half
should be given to last years coach,
who had little talk with the local
tossers between halves. This seemed
to have the desired effect and they
played as if their very lives depended
on the outcome during the last per-
iod. The visitors only had a couple
of shots for the basket during this
period, and they never came close to
making either of them. So close was
the guarding of the locals that Madi-
son had to be content with four points
CLEANED from free throws.
The officials seemed to take keen
delight in seeing who could call the
most fouls. The result was that in
the last half ten fouls were called on
Willmar and eight on Madison. The
value of sure shot from the fifteen
foot line was demonstrated clearly in
this game, when out Of a possible
thirty-four chances but thirteen bas-
kets were made. Had Madison pos
sessed reliable shot they would
have won the game on their foul
shooting and Willmar could easily
have added many points to their to-
tai.
For Madison Westly and Smogart
at the forward positions and Berg at
center did the scoring. Madison had
the proud record Of scoring just two
baskets from the field. A, team work
the visitors outclassed the locals
easily but they were no earthly good
at shooting.
For Willmar Holt was the leading
point getter with nine to his credit.
He was followed closely by Erickson
with six while Aim secured one field
basket.
At times in the second half the
work Of the locals recalled the more
prosperous days of last season. The
stuff is there all right and all it lacks
is some one to develope it.
The preliminary game between the
high school second team and Aggies
was bitterly fought. The final score
was 1912 in favor of the former. The
first half ended with the Aggie lead
ing 8-5. Art Paulson starred for the
Aggies, while Limperich and Della
Hunt we're the shining lights for the
winners. The score: