The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-02-19
School Notes

School Notes
The first basket ball games Of the
season for the Milbank High School
were played at SissetOn on Friday,
February II, when the players of the
visiting teams won some glory and
good name for clean playing. Those
who saw the teams leave Milbank
were much amused that the players
were SO concerned lest their coach
miss the train. The coach evidently
felt that good supper was prime
requisite for success on such venture
and the fact that he got the tickets for
the party neminute before the train
pulled out did not seem to worry him
in the least.
Arriving at SissetOn at 1880 the team
were ready for the game by eight O.
clock, and from that time the excite
ment Of the games lasted for more
than an hour. The M. Fl. S. girls
started the double header in snappy
manner and held the sa me pace
throughout the contest They played
a consistent game and their team
work was credit to their coaches
Miss Englund and Miss Brodeen.
The Sisseton girls were aggressive at
all stages of the game, but they could
not retain the ball long enough to make
anything like a close contest Of it, In
the second half especially the Nil
bank forwards did some good basket
shooting, and the final score Of 23-l2
leaves no question as to which was
the better team.
The girls team consisted Of: Doris
Rix and Irma Schneck forwards;
guards, Katherine Messmer and Hill
fred Johnson: center Bethel Finley and
center guard Ella Chapman, Miss
Englund who acted as referee gave en-
tire satisfaction to both teams and
showed that she was thoroughly famil-
lar with the playing rules Of the
The game between the boys teams
followed the first game and hotly con-
tested from start TO finish. That Sis
seton won was due TO the fact that
they had bit the best of the argument.
Their superiority is perhaps due to
an experience OF three games that
they had played before this game.
However the Milbank boys showed
plenty of pep and kept the Sisseton
players worried all the time, and this
in spite of very slippery floor. At
one stage of the game the NJ. Fl. S.
team was leading in the score and the
final result of 49, IS shows that the de-
feat was not q severe one. The team
work and rushing was rated by some
as much better than that of SissetOn.
Bleser and A. Allen are given credi t
for some of fine best work. but Their 8
w. Fenner, Ed. Bagdons and Capt.
Bingham.
The treatment of the teams by the
Sisseton crowd and High School was
quite up to the standard that was es-
tablished during the foot ball season.
The crowd was described as patient
and courteous; and some of the spec
tators remarked that cleaner and
faster basket ball games had never
been seen in Sisseton. Mr.. Hill as
referee seemed to satisfy both teams.
After the game a reception was
given for the players at the high
school and the players We're guests at
the homes OF Sisseton players unit
their return on saturday afternoon.
On March 9TH when the Sisseton teams
play in Milbank the NJ. Il. 5. PLAYERS
are determ ned TO show Il at they are
Just as good as entertainers as at
playing the game
This week tn. boys team only has
a game. The fast te am from Appleton
MINI. will be in Mibank for a game
on Friday night, and the boys are
hoping that the experience of their
game last week will make them strong
er for this.
The girls of the senior class have
voted unanimously that they will
make their own commencement dress
es for this year. This will be easy
for those who are in the domestic
science classes, and Miss Vaughn has
agreed to help out those who have not
been taking that work this year. The
girls also decided thatthey would limit
the cost of these costumes, but what
the limit will be has not yet been de-
termined.