Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
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In one Of the best basket ball games
of recent years, the city team defeat.
ed the high school, last Saturday eve
ming by score OF 1926.
Without in the least detracting from
the excellent showing made by the
winners it can truthfully be said, the
high school team failed to display the
form they were capable of. They
went into the game, for the most part,
over confident, with the result that
once the city team secured a lead.
they held it easily thruout the game,
adding to it In the second halt. The
defeat will in no way injure the high
schools prospects for a successful
season, but should on the contrary,
prove blessing, as it was thoroly
demonstrated that they were not un.
beatable.
The game itself abounded in many
startling plays, chief among which
was the wonderful shooting of Buck"
Johnson in the last half. Never, in
a basket ball game in this city, have
so many seemingly impossible shots
been made. His all-around play feat.
ured the work of the winners, as time
and again he intercepted passes and
broke up the team work of the op-
position. Running him a close second
in offensive ability were Nordstrom
and Rocky Aim. The former played
his usual brilliant game, securing
more baskets than any other man on
the floor. However it was the work
Of Rocky Aim that surprised, as he
seemed to have overcome his former
tendency of nervousness when max
ing pot shot"
Norling and Kanikkeberg contented
themselves with sticking to the de-
fensive for the most part, altho the
former pivoted the team work of the
winners.
The outstanding feature OF the high
schools play was the alarming man.
ner in which they missed easy shots.
No special player was guilty in this
respect, but all were about on par.
The first half, in particular, found
the high school bunch outclassed, re-
| sulting in a. 1874 score against them.
Their team work was good, on the
whole, but their absolute inability 10
| shoot baskets more than Offset this
| advantage.
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| er stood out in the work Of the los
| ers, as very encouraging. Erickson
and Nelson led in scoring with five
| and four baskets, respectively.
Another outstanding feature OF the
game was the lack of rough playing
| by either team. But four fouls were
called on the high school and two on
the city team. The score:
High School City Team
Severinson ...F.... Nordstrom
Nelson ......... .F............ Aim
Erickson c.. ....... Norl1ne
Limperich .......G. ...... Johnson
| Osmundson ..... &C.,. Kanikkebere
Subs: Danielson for Limperich;
Sather for Osmundson. Baskets
Nordstrom ~; Johnson O; Aim
! (6); Norling, Erickson (5); Nelson
a.; Severinson (2); Sather. Fouls:
Severinson, johnson.
| Referee: Hengstler; umpire, Bend
er.
The boys and girls basket ball
teams Of the high school will play the
teams of Granite Falls, at the local
gym, Saturday evening of this week.
| This will be the first game in the ser
| les for the Seventh District cham
pionship, for the local boys team,
and, profiting by the game last Sat
urday, they expect to win. This game
| will open the season for the local
girls team.
Walter Erickson, veteran center OF
the high school team, was chosen cap
tain at a meeting of the players just
| before the game last Saturday eve
ming.