Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-15
sAaARsHALLToWN DEFEATS EAST
WATERLOO IN FINALS At
CEDAR FALLS.
WIN WAY TO STATE
MEET At IOWA CITY
Will Compete With Seven Other
Teams For State Championship FRI
day and saturday-Team Work and
Physical Condition Enable Team to
Take Four Games.

day night in finals Of the northwestern
Iowa district meeting at Cedar Falls,
the Marshalltown high school basket
ball five won the district championship
and the right to compete IN the state
championship tournament at Iowa City
next Friday and Saturday. The decid-
ing game was hard fought and clean
cut resulting in victory for Mar
shalltown by a score OF 20 to IA. rms
Is the first time MarshalltoWn team
has worked its way to the finals Tor
state championship.
The winner and runner-up at three
of the tournaments are to go 10 the
state meeting, while only the winner OF
the Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids
meetings get a chance for the title.
! This Is due to the fact that the teams
which played in these two tournaments
represented only one section OF the
state, the tournament being split to Ia
cilitate the elimination The eight sur
! yivors OF the elimination tests. VINO
will compete at Iowa City, are as fol-
lows:
Des Moines district-Red Oak and
Corning.
Ames district-Fort Dodge and JET
6erson.
Cedar Falls district-Marshallto
Cedar Rapids district-C1inton.
GrinneII district-Ottumwa and DAY.
export.
Newcomer Wins Honors.
The brilliant door work of Ne1 conner
turnout the day Saturday marked him
as the best individual all round player
at the Cedar Falls meeting. Boardnan
was a close second, with Stubs, OF
East Waterloo. third. Newcomer and
Packer were credited with playing star
basketball in the finals Saturday even
ing.
Marshalltown won the tournament by
its supurb team work and its superior
physical condition. Coach Maricle had
his team trained to adapt itself to
conditions, and it would have made lit
tie difference whether the games had
been played on q large or small floor.
His men were also in fit condition phys
tcally to carry them thru three games
on the final day.
In the final contest Marshalltown
took the lead when Boardaan Gagged
free throw early in the game. The lead
was maintained only by close guarding
and stubborn battling. Waterloo fought
desperately, but failed to break UP the
perfect field play of the local five The
first half ended IL to I, and the Sec
ond half was neck and neck to the
close. The lineup follows,
Marshalltown Position. Waterloo.
Newcomer right forward. Stubs
Boardman right forward %. Becker
Packer center Simpson
Ward ........ right guard ...... Reed
McCreery 80. left guard ....... Rath
Field goals-Newcomer 3. Packer A.
Boardman, Stubos 2, Becker. Rath.
Free throws-Boardnan 4, Stubs 6.
Seymour, Of Springfield, refereed the
game.
Summary Of Meeting.
Following is summary of the Cedar
Falls meeting, showing how Marshall
town worked to the championship:
First round
East Waterloo. -: Cedar Falls -.
Mason City, 80; Independence, 20.
West Waterloo. 20; LaPorte City, -.
Marshalltown, Sc; New Hampton, 70.
Northwood defaulted to State Teach
,ers' College high.
Waverly defaulted to Arlington.
S., Nashua defaulted to Manchester.
/ Second round
81 Marshalltown. 81 State Teachers
high, IS.
! Arlington defaulted to West Water
Hoo.
Semi finals
,saars,,al!to~n. q: west Waterloo, 70
East Waterloo, 90; Mason City, lS
Finals
darshalltown, 20; East Waterloo, A.
Prepare For State Meet.
The Iowa State Interscholastic AS
sociation championship tournament will
lie held at iowa City Friday and Sat
nrday, March 19 and 20. Officials in
the various colleges, under whose AL
spices the sectional preliminaries were
held. reported today to Prot N A
Kellogg, OF Iowa university, director OF
the coming tournament, those eligible
for the title matches. Four of the eight
teams will be eliminated in Fridays
games, and the remaining four vii
compete Saturday for first, second
third and fourth places. Iowa Eniver-
eity will banquet the visiting teams
Following the games Saturday.
The results Of the sectional Journeys
,occasioned little surprise except at the
,Anes meeting, where dark horses
claimed the honors. Sioux City and
Spirit Lake, considered two OF the
strongest teams in the state, We're
eliminated, and Fort Dodge and Jeffer-
aon. the latter considered an outsider
Nwere the successful competitors.
u
Ottumwa, title holder Of the Grinnel
district. are considered two Of the most
Formidable teams entered. It is moi
Thought the winners of the Des Moines
district are as CLASSY as the winners il
0lher sections.
MarshaIltown Has Chance.
lnArshalltown's good showing in the
Cedar Falls meeting gives the local five
m excellent chance in the state meet
1nI. insofar as comparative scores fol
s5 nhe seasons work is concerned, team:
competing at Cedar Falls having mad'
= good showing against winners IL
some Of the other sections. Ottumwa':
Atrong finish at Grinnell makes tina
u 4eam q big factor in the meeting, Will
ryJinton's good showing at Cedar Rap
! lds IL little more than was expected o
Anat team.
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