Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-16
DAVENPORT BOWS
To LOCAL QUINTET
RIVER CITY BASKETBALL TEAM
IS TRoUNcED By RED AND
WHITE FIVE.
OTTUMWA SENSATION
Upset All Dope and Win Three Con.
test in One Day-Entire Squad
Puts Up Fine Game in
All Contests.

In the best game of the tournament
and one of the best ever played on the
Grinnell floor, the OttumWa hlgn
school basketball team clinched her
claim to the championship of south.
eastern Iowa by defeating the 1ast
Davenport five by the score OF 81 10
20. These two teams will represent
the southeastern part of the state at
the tournament to be held at iowa
City, Friday and Saturday. The team
returned home last evening ana al
/ though tired is in the best of CONDITION.
The tournament which has become
classic in Iowa athletics was an unus-
ual success this year. Ten well pal
anced teams took part. Ottumwa,
Davenport Iowa City, Grinnell, MUS
catine. Fairfield, Oskaloosa, Columbus
Junction and Newton sent teams ana
in ten games displayed the fastest
and scrappiest playing ever seen IN
high school meet.
The Ottumwa team was easily the
feature of the tournament. 1t began
by defeating Muscatine in the morn
ing and eliminated Iowa City in the
afternoon by terrific playing. At night
when eyery one expected them to be
nlayed out they sprang their finals sur
mise nv rushing the Davenport team
off it's feet in game featured oy re-
markable team work, guarding ana
long shots.
The game was free from any IN
necessary roughness and was fast
throughout. both sides fighting every
minnie of the game. OttumWa ex-
ceIIed in team work playing the ball
from one end of the floor to the other
without having it intercepted. Inc
fact that they were playing thelr thru
game on the same day olu not ue.e,
the players in the least as they playeu
better in this one than IN any other
contest.
Team Work Feature.
II would be unfair to pick an indi-
vidual star for Ottumwa as eacn nlan
played his position in nrst Grass
shane. Anderson kept the basKet>hot
with his shots in the first nail anu
completely outplayed his opponent
CAPTAIN Kelly, Davenport's star man.
Kobel was the chief point maker OF the
evening scoring seven goals "hlle
CAPTAIN Erskine outclassed Kaufman;
the big center and scored two Daskels'
| The work of the locals guards, sumner
and Sheehan, was revelation as they
broke up play after play anu were
mainly responsible for the many trles
at baskets which the forwards ana cen
ters received Kelly was the lndlVlo-
ual star for Davenport, scoring tnree
baskets and six free throws. Inc
lineup:
Ottumwa. Davenpolt.
Anderson r. F. Fort, MakeeVer
l>oO' Kelly
Frskine .......C.. Kaufman, kipp
Sumner Il. e. Kelly, Kaufman
Sheehan re-. ,..... klhs
Baskets-Kobel Z, Anderson D. shee-
han 3. Kelly 8, Erskine e. Makeever H.
Fort, Kipp. Free throws-kelly o.
Anderson 8.
Down Iowa City.
Saturday afternoon the fast Iowa
CITY quintet was overcome by a score
Of 20 to 20 in a hard fought contest.
| The Red and White team showed
MAINLY the effects of its hard contest
| With Muscatine in the morning ana
| was fought to standstill BY It's
lighter opponents. Iowa City led at
the start of the game but its lead was
soon overcome by the local team.
The first half ended 20 to 10 in favor
of Ottumwa and in the second Dotn
sides fought evenly, each scoring the
same number of points. The game
! was marred by the rough tactics OF the
! Iowa CITY players who soon after the
! start of play resorted to rough work.
The lineup o...
Ottumwa. iowa Clty.
! Anderson r. F....... Grlgnam
Kobel IF. Dondore,
Kepler
! Erslline ........ g.. HARRISON
Sumner l.. G.. Moss, SWisher
Sheehan ..R.G..... -. Prentiss
Baskets-Kobel 6, Kepler 5. Ander-
son 3, Sumner, Sheehan, Harrison,
swisher. Free throws-Anderson g.,
brigham 4.
Will Go to Iowa City.
Ottumwa and Davenport will go to
Iowa City Friday and Saturday OF this
week, to take part in the state cham
pionship tournament. Corning, Red
Oak Jefferson City, Clinton, Fort
! Dodge. Marshalltown, Sioux City,
East Waterloo, and Burlington will
also send teams. Friday five games
will be played which eliminate five
teams. On Saturday the teams will
! draw for opponents and two prelimin-
aries will be staged, the finals to be
played in the evening.
Heidi Helps Coach.
/ Carl Heidi who had charge of the