Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
LOCAL SPORT DOPE

The opening game of the basketball
season here, panned out just about AZ,
was expected. The city team won from
their lighter and less experienced RI
walls by a score of 36 to Is. The game
was q good tryout for both squads,
and showed up the strong points in the
play of each team, as we'll as the weak
nesses that must be corrected before
either will be in line for any cham.
pionship honors.
The most glazing fault, Of course,
was the inability of the players to
shoot pot shots" but this is to be ex.
pected so early in the season, and can
be overcome by practice. A pleasing
feature Of each teams work, was the
nice team play shown for an early sea.
son game. The high school, in partic-
ular had excellent team work, while
the ball was under the city teams bas-
ket, but when they worked It down the
field, their opponents were generally
on hand to break it up. On the other
hand, many of the winners points
came from shots following short pass
es the length Of the field.
For the high school, Frank Sather's
,
and the scrappy game put up by Mint
LundQuist was the subject Of much
favorable comment. He led his team
in scoring, with three field baskets.
Erickson played the first half, only,
but showed himself to be the same
old pivot, capable Of making trouble
for them ALL Osmundson was content
during the first half, with guarding
Severinson, and did his work we'll. He
played center during the last half.
Kleve, Frye, Chef Nelson, F. Johnson
and Rasmussen all played during the
course Of the game.
Severinson led the scoring for the
winners with seven field and four foul
baskets. With little practice to get
the range of the basket, he is going to
be the same old shot. Bob johnson,
at the other forward played a nice
game, getting into the team work
nicely and annexing three baskets in
the first half. Norling was at his old
place at center, and played his usual
consistent game. Holt at running
guard played his man to stand still,
and would have had two or three bas-
kets to his credit, but for hard luck
in shooting. The most pleasing thing
about the work Of the winning team,
was the fact that Bill Johnson seems
to have "come back with all his old
tricks. He played swell floor game,
and contributed two nice baskets to
his teams total. Rocky Aim relieved
Holt in the latter part Of the game,
and aided In the good work of the
team.
With Obbie Nordstrom and Buck
Johnson reporting this week, real
practice for the seasons work starts.
The score:
High School City Team
Lundquist ......L F..... Severinson
Kleve ..........R F..... r.. Johnson
Erickson ....... C.......... NOrl1ng
Sather ...,..,...L G. ......... Holt
Osmundson 800. r. G.. w. S. Johnson
Subs-Frye for Kleve; Kleve for
sather; sather for Kleve: F. Johnson
for Lundquist; c. Rasmussen for
Kleve; Osmundson for Erickson; c.
Nelson for Osmundson; Aim for Holt.
Field Observation-Disclosures z; R.
Johnson 3; Norling 4; w. Johnson 2;
Lundquist 3; Frye; G. Nelson; Erick'
son. Fouls Severinson, out of S;
Erickson, out Of 3; Osmundson, Q
out of 3; Frye, 0 out OF 2; Lund'
quist, out Of I. Personal fouls
Severinson 2; Norling 2; Holt; w. s.
Johnson; Lundquist; Kleve; w. Err
ickson; C. Nelson. Referee, Edmond
Nelson.
Edmond Nelson refereed the game
in true "big league" style, not de-
cision being questioned.