Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-01-14
WILLMAR, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IL 1914
LOCALS LOSE FUNNY GAME

LOCALS LOSE FUNNY GAME
Litchfield Wins Basket Ball Game
From High School Saturday
Evening.
In one Of the funiest and most pc.
culiar games of basket ball ever play.
ed in this city, since the sport was
introduced in Willmar, took place last
Saturday evening in the High School
gym, when the Litchfleld High School
basket ball team defeated the local
High School, by a score of 5-4. AS
far as memory goes that is the lowest
score of boys basket ball game in
the local history of the game.
With his first team all shot to pieces
thru members being below in their
work, Coach McEnroe was forced to
send in almost the entire second
team. At that he wasn't notified of
this until Friday so didn't have much
time to drill second team men for the
game. With Norling, Aim, Holt and
Yarrow on the side lines, the local
representatives gave sorry exhibi-
tion of basket shooting. Time and
again pot shots were offered, cou-
pie Of which would have put the
game on ice, but they were not forth
coming. The same might be said of
Litchf1eld, as they had any number
of shots at the basket and failed to
connect. Herb Hoglund, Walter Er-
ickson, Art Limperich, Roy Carlson
and Fred Danielson composed the
Willmar team. A small crowd was
in attendance as the game had not
been advertised at all. A familiar
figure among the visitors was Gott-
hard Lindholm, who formerly attend
ed the local high school, and who now
is teaching science in the Litchfleld
high school.
At the high school, they have ma
terial for a very good team and one
that would be able to uphold the re-
putation basket ball teams of this
city have set in the past few years.
It is to be hoped that when the re.
turn game with Litchfield is played
every member of the first team will
be up in his work, and on his toes to
annihilate that bunch on their own
floor.
Norling this year gives promise of
developing into a splendid running
guard to succeed "Hank" Johnson.
He is fast, covers his man we'll, and
is one of the best basket shooters on
the squad. At the other guard, Hog.
lund, Danielson and Osmundson are
fighting it out, with the winner still
in doubt. Walt Erickson, the only
regular leftover from last - years
team, who was elected captain, will
again be seen at center. With his
added weight and strength, and a
years experience he should prove a
good one this season. It looks like
Alfred Aim would hold down one for
ward as he is a good shot and has
had more or less experience, which
counts heavily with this years green
team. The fight for the other posi-
tion is merry one. Holt, Yarrow
and Severinson are all in the scrap,
as is Roy Carlson. The best shot OF
the bunch is Harold Severinson, al
tho he is very light, he fights back at
his man all the time, and makes up
in spirit what he lacks in weight
Art Limperich is another to be reck.
oned with before the final selection
is made. Taking everything into con.
sideration it should be a prosperous
season for the sport at the high
school. A good schedule will be ar
ranged again, and some of the best
basket ball Of recent years will be
seen this season, The St. Joe Juniors
Of Minneapolis will in all probability
again make the trip to Willmar, prob
ably on the 18th and 18th of Febru
ary. Should this team come again, a
record crowd will turn out to greet
Art O'Shea, Elmer Theis and the rest
of the stars composing the aggrega
ton,
Prospects at the Seminary took q
decided jump upwards the first of the
week, when "Bilp' Gordhamer, wear
ing his famous "smile that won't come
off," wended his way to the institu
tion and enrolled as a student. Last
year Bill played his first basket bal
and developed very rapidly with nc
coaching and this year under the
careful direction of Harstad, he
should prove a corker. Should
"Rudy" Larson decide to do likewise
it would give the north side quint an
aggregation hard to beat, and one thai
would hold it's own with anything
around here. Nordstrom, of last
years team is back in school and IL
as good or better than ever, which IL
enough said. Olson, a new man
shows signs of developing into a pret
ty good center, and Roy Christian ant
Kannikkeberg have been playing
guards so far. In all non-high schoo
games, Harsted will be in the game
which will make them almost unbeat
able. So far the only game scheduled
is with the Wahpeton State Scienc,
School at Wahpeton, next week. TIL,
boys don't say they will win the gam
but the trip will be we'll worth while
On Saturday evening Of this weel
it is probable there will be doubl,
header in the local high school gym.
The Granite Falls boys and girls
teams will furnish the opposition, ami
two good games are expected as bootl
girls and boys teams FROM Grant,