Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-01-07


Won had it .Tony" Lundquist usually
sat on him until the ball was out Of
danger. Whenever the other three
members Of the champions got their
hands on the ball they waltzed around
the floor In great style. Yea, verify
it sure were some game.
Collins was the chief offender, when
it came to carrying the ball as nearly
every time he got the ball he walked
anywhere from two to eight steps be-
fore letting It 60. We are not trying
tosmake out that the visitors were do
ing all the rough playing, as that
would be foolish, because anyone
knowing the six men who played for:
Willmar, know that they can rough 1t
with the best Of them, if it Is neces-5
sary, and it seemed to be necessary
Monday evening. .s.s=st
The Ascensions shot fifteen field
baskets during the evening, to eleven
for the losers. The first half ended
16-9, with the visitors on the long
end, and In this period they shot eight
field baskets to four for Willmar.
THE sIast hall llff deInnt haNeqer.
and each team secured seven baskets
from the field. Won connected for two
foul baskets, to Nordstrom's one, Civ
ing the Ascension's the best of the
scoring in this period, by one point. :.
The only feature of the winners
work that stood out strongly over the
losers was their splendid floor work.
Always knowing just where to pass
the ball and knowing that there
would be some one there to take it,
they had no trouble to speak of with
their team work. Their basket shoot
ing from pot shots was very poor, and
they missed shot after shot, like
school boys, instead Of men that have
played together for four or five years.
The guarding of both teams was
good, but that of two Willmarites
stood out prominently above the rest.
One was "Big Tony Lundquist, who
played before home crowd for the
first time in his life and he was pitted
against Won, reputed to be the best
center in the west In independent
basket ball circles, What Tony did
to Won is history. Two baskets, one
a rank fluke, for Won, and one for An.
ton tells the story. Outside of about
three minutes at the start of the game
Won was never loose, and when he
got the ball, he usually found himself
on the floor with Tony contentedly
helping him hold the ball. Never in
the history of basket bal in this city
has man been put thru the awful
grind that fell to the lot of Won. He
was the most feared man on the WIS.,
itor's team and Anton had his instruc-.
tion to guard him. He did. In JUS:
tice to Won it must be said he was
one of the best natural players we
have ever seen, and no matter how
hard a pummeling he received, he
was always game, and came back for
more, (which he got).
After the game Won payed Anton
the compliment that it was the hard
,est. battle any center had ever given
him and: d:Ae' has played against several
du1ihk' his basket. bail career, at that.
Hanscom. was.. the. .dt}rer local, player
VITO put. up Sd good g Hefehsixe game.
He played against Donahue, the last
half and held him to one basket,
which was made while Aust" was
trying to guard three men at the
same time. .s.s e:zz 5.zz .sss
Nordstrom was the bright star Of
the locals offense. He secured SIX
field baskets and two fouls for q total
of IA points. Taylor, playing the last
half only, made two nice Baskets
while Carlson, Larson and Lundquist
added the others. Many Of the .lo-
calls baskets were made from the mid
die Of the field, while Donahue drop
ped one thru from the center also.
The crowd was q large and enthusi-
.astic one and more than once during
the last half they gave expression to
their disapproval Of Referee Barrys
decision.
The Ascensions have always been
known % team impossible 10 beat
on their home floor, @ no omcial's
gdecision was given 6 inst them.
J Judging from the way they Ind thfngI
their own wy Gonday evanipg, g.
specially s. M Slncalnlie
with the hall and NE ibblin Sc
looks as Il thess ~ &
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