Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-12
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The basket ball season was brought
to a fitting close last Friday evening.
when the Seminary and high school
teams met in the third and deciding
game Of their series. After the most
brilliantly contested game Of recent
years. the latter team was returned VIC
tors by a score of % to IA.
The game marked the Anal appear
ance in high school basket ball Of Cap
tain Walter Erickson. Harold Severin-
son and Art Limperich Of the winning
team, and they more than outdid them
selves, in the farewell performance.
Captain Kani<keberg. Orlean Christian.
Arthur Canton and Tim Norling were
playing their last game under the
Seminary colors, and they, too, per-
formed in great style.
The wonderful teamwork Of the two
teams stood out as the most prominent
characteristic Of their play. Time and
again. one team worked the ball down
the field under the basket, only to have
one of the opposing men gain possess
sion Of it, and start the performance
for his side.
Six minutes Of the first half went by.
before Nelson sent the first basket from
the field thru the net. Previous to this
Erickson had put his team in the lead
with foul goal. Following Nelson's
field basket, Erickson connected for an
other foul shot, and Christian counted
the first point for the Seminary with
a basket from the foul line. A moment
later Canton sent a thrill thru the
crowd by shooting one of his favorites.
from the extreme southwest corner of
the floor. while seemingly guarded by
two men. BY some beautiful team
work. Severinson got his first chance to
shoot, and took advantage of it by drop
ping two dandy shots thru the net. This
gave the high school a lead of to 3,
which was increased to 10 when Linz
perich grabbed the ball from an oppon-
ent, and by a seemingly impossible
shot from beneath the basket, sent the
ball thru the net Canton followed this
with another corner shot. from the op-
posite side Of the floor. the ball again
going thru the net clearly. This ended
the scoring for the half, giving the
high school the long end Of it, 10 to s.
The last period opened with Canton
shooting for the Seminary, after q few
minutes of strenuous work by both
teams. Erickson then counted his first
basket of the evening. Kanikkeberg
then had two shots from the foul line
and missed both of them. Canton fol
lowed with free throw, and Severin-
son and Nelson connected for field bas-
kets. putting the high school in the
lead by a score Of 16 to 8. The Semi
nary seemed to take a great squirt at
this time. and twice worked the ball
the length Of the floor, Norling and
Gordhamer shooting baskets, bringing
them to within four points Of a tie
Time was here taken out, and the shor,
respite gave the high school athletes q
new lease ON life. Erickson, Severin-
son and Nelson shooting baskets in
! quick succession. With but g. minute
left to play, Gordhamer shot again fol-
the Seminary, and time was called soon
after with the score standing % to IL
The first time in the history Of the
two institutions it. was necessary this
year to play deciding game. Always
in the past, one team has been able to
win the first two games, thus ending
the series in straight games. Consid-
ering the stubborn fight each quint put
up. 1t really is remarkable when one
stops to figure that in the three games
! a total of nineteen fouls were called
| on each team. With the exception OF
a slight mixup in the second game. the
best of feeling prevailed between the
members of the teams, and the games
were fought fairly and squarely On
their merits. The teams are to be con.
graduated on the splendid exhibitions
they put up, especially in the last con.
test which was one of the cleanest ever
witnessed in Willmar. The score:
| Seminary High School
Canton ..........L F...... 'Severinson
Norling ..........C..... CO. Erickson
Kanikkeberg CO. r Co.. Limperict
ickson, 2; Limperich; Canton, 3; Cord.
out of Z; Severinson, 0 out of l; Chris.
tan, out Of 4; Canton, l out of d
Kanikkeberg, 0 out of 1. Referee
Hengstler.
The preliminary game between the
girls team of the two schools was east
ly the best girls game seen In a long
time. The high school team won by a
score Of 10 to 2, Ruth Beck shooting
several sensational baskets. Craze
| Sperry was the bright star for the
Seminary, her guarding preventing
Pearl Bitterness from scoring more than
one field basket. Norma Hanson scored
| the only basket made by the Seminary
in the first half.
The girls team played a preliminary
to the game the previous Monday eve