The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-28

cMahan l.f. Greenwood
Ashby -. Sheore,
| Ford l.~ Baine.
Dallam Sub. Wennel
Fuller Sub. Ricl
Referee. Robert Rogers, Nelson
umpire, Beverley Powell time keeper
&C. G. Hedger; scorers. Boone anC
Bovee.
Af,e. the game a dance was given
in honor of the visitors by the higf
school pupils in honor of the visitors
which, as a matter of course, proved
to be very pleasant finale TO the even
ing's entertainment.
The Friday night game Will be the
last on the home grounds for several
weeks.
The locals go to Republic today to
play a return game with the high
school team Of that place.
Referee Rogers gave perfect salts
faction and the absence of all wrang-
ling over decisions was very pleas
ant feature.
When practicing prior to the game
the Okanogan lads looked like giants
as compared with their opponents, and
the impression prevailed generally
that Oroville was due for Il trouncing.
But how different was it in the morn
ing.
The Okanogan team is made up of
Ia genial and pleasant lot of young
men. They took their lacing in the
spirit of real high school sports. If
there were any sore spots they did not
come to the surface. With all their
size and weight they played a clean
game and did no intentional roughing.
Spectators expected to see them fairly
walk over the home bunch but the Wis
itors did not abuse their strength and
in what little roughing there was done
honors were even.
Big Moose Moss was everlastinglj :
getting in the way of the ball, but none
of his lighter opponents hesitated to
tackle him at every opportunity, and
in consequence his falls were numer-
GUS.
Prof. Davis can well feel proud of
his aggregation. He has seven or eight
rafting good players and in making
rup team it is difficult o~sslect, as
there is mighty little choice as to abil-
ity
McMahan was much more proficient
handling fouls than in the Republic
game, which helped to pad the score
There was much disappointment on
account of the meagre attendance. The
high school athletic association de-
serves a far better patronage from the
people of Oroville than they are re-
ceiving. There could be no excuse on
this occasion on account of weather,
for the going was good. The boys
should be encouraged at every oppor-
tunity and the way to encourage them
is to get out at the games, root and
cheerfully contribute the small amount
of admittance. There is considerable
expense to be met in carrying out q
high school schedule of genes, be the
games what they may, and the only
source of income is from the door re-
ceipts of the games. The local school
Has always ldu tcdHlS worthy Ol sup
port, be they football or basket ball,
and the present basket ball team is as
good as any the school has ever pro-
duced The next time game is played
here every resident of the place should
invest in ticket. even if they do not
attend.
Owing to the schedule of train SER
vice the Okanogan team had to come
up Thursday night and remain in town
all day Friday, returning home Satur-
day morning.
Those who failed to turn out Friday
night are now regretting their mis-
take They missed a kind of game they
may never be able to see again The
game was the talk of the town Satur-
day and those who were not there were
made to feel bad by the glowing ac-
count of the contest that was on the
tongue Of all who We're so fortunate
as to be present.