Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-30
BEATRICE SHOWS CLASS LES DARCY is SECOND FIYz
After Two Defeats Queen City Five
Makes Great Fight Against
Central. e ~
SIX rvEs HAVE CLEAR SLATE


Coach Milton Jones OF Beatrice Hieh
school athletics sent cold chill through
tho hesrts Of Omaha rooters Friday even.
ing by importing a team That had been
heraided as a Loser and which nearly
defeated the local five. II took moro than
an hours argument before the score was
decided. 30 close was the game. -
The Beatrice team was conapieto air.
prise With two defeats by Crete ard
lincoln and only a close victory over
University Place a. a record. the team
invaded Omaha and played Mulligan's
pupils in the fastest game Of the season
on tho local floor, The fighting spirit.
excellent teamwork ana pcloae qua riding
of the Queen City five marked Il as an
equal Throughout. only poor basket shoot
ing on the part. Of the visitors resulted
in the their defeat. As for Central High.
the team had IN off-night.
Fremont and Falrniont travelled through
the week Of q fair pace. winning games
from North Bond and Friend. North
Bend waseasy FOR Coach 0fiddeirs pupils
Of the Dodge. the score being 90 to 49,
Seward took q fan out OF Hampton, the
strong Hamilton cosfnty five, by defeating
the latter BY a sc0re o. a 70 H. Hampton
was also defeated by q score OF n TO II
by the, Grand Island Business college
Craig. another strong team in the north
west. Is still adding Victories tho last
one being from. Lyons by a score OF %
10 y. ~
Thlrd City Lads Lose.
Grand island suffered two consecutIve
defeats BY Gothenburg and I<erney. The
score IN the frat Same was 20 20 II and
IN the latter. % to q. Kearney has a
veteran squad. but - not allowing up so
well this year in comparison with other
teams OF tho state. P1attsmouth took q
fall out OF Nebraska CITY, but the vic
tory can easily be attributed TO the lcss
of Sam Kellogg. star c1ntef, who grads
uated the week before. South High de-.
feated Nebraska City with KehogE IN
the iine-hp on their own floor weak
before. Plattsmouth has fast second
AIRY team. nevertheless. and should Climb
high in the second dlvislon.
Definite announcement came from I.in-
coin last week that not less than six
teen teams would compose the first d.
vision Of the state tournament 20 be
held At the Capital City March 8, ?. 10
and H.. Assistant Director OF Athletics
Guy Reed. who win have personal charge
OF tuo toufuomcutI HNHouutcd tu1t INC
plans Of the management OF the tour
nament 10 date are 70 place. n poastblel
thirty-two ieading teams Of the state In
tho first division and divide the other
two CLASSES about the same. TO date
10 hlgh schools of Tho. state have re-
qUcsted entry blanks. This does not
mean that ali win enter. but Il IL quite
probable that 100 teams will be entered
az least. W
SIS Have Clean states.
Al present Central and South High
schoola. Hebron. Falrmont. Craig and
MHnden are the only teams that have
clean records, The first three are OF
first class caliber and win probably play
well into the later rounds OF. the etats
tourney Bedtrice, Geneva. Fremont
Crete. lincoln. Hastings and Universlt,
Place are real corners among first a.
vision candidates The summary OF
games Tor the week.