Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-05

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Playing a bang-up article of basket
ball every minute Of the game, the
high school team triumphed over tue
Seminary in the first game of the SER
les last Thursday evening. The score
was "a to 10. The game produced
some of the most remarkable playing
of the season. The team work of the
winners was their strong point, and
they kept the ball on the go nearly
all the time, using the short pass to
good advantage. They were way OF
on pot shots, however, missing many
simple shots, not due to any hard luck
but due to inability to gauge the dis
lance to the basket. On the other
hand the Seminary had very little
team work, and were seldom able to
work the ball down under the basket.
They did however, have q lot of hard
luck on shots from near, and beyond
the center of the floor. Often when
Canton and Kanikkeberg shot, it seem:
ed as tho the ball must certainly 90
thru the net, but fate ruled otherwise.
Several minutes elapsed after time
was called before point was scored,
Canton dropping one thru the net for
the nOrthside team, counting the first
points of the contest. Erickson fol-
lowed a moment later with one, tying
the score. The same man shot a foul,
and then Gagged another from the field,
giving his team lead Of S to 2. Chris
tian added point on a free throw,
followed by a sensational basket from
the corner of the floor by Nelson. The
only other counters made during the
first half, came as the result of field
shot by Kanikkeberg, and the half
ended with the high school leading
to 5.
Soon after time was called for the
second half. Kanikkeberg tied the
score at all by shooting q pretty
field basket. Baskets by Severinson
and Nelson put the high school team
into the lead again, and they main
tanned it until the finish. Until the
last four minutes of play the score re-
manned fairly close, being 16 to 10,
but in the closing moments good
shooting, as the result of accurate
team work allowed the winners to pull
away, giving them One-sided victory.
The game was fast and clean, little
rough playing marring the work of
either team, and was thoroly enjoyed
by the fair sized crowd in attendance.
The score:
Seminary High School
Nelson ..........F...... Gordhamer
ncyso
Erickson ........G.... Kanikkeberg
Limperich ......G........ Christian
Subs: Govig for Gordhamer. Bas-
kets: Severinson, 4; Nelson, 3; En-:
ickson, 2; Limperich; Osmundson;
Kanikkeberg, 2; Canton; Norling.
Fouls: Christian, 2; Erickson, 2. Ref
cree, Hengstler.
beatable the Seminary team won the
second game of the series from the
high school. Monday evening, on the
Seminary floor, by a score of ~ to -.
The game resembled the contest Of
Thursday evening in some respects,
only conditions were reversed. From
the start the winners played with a
vim and confidence which was lack
ing in their play of the first game.
In the first ten seconds of play, Sew
crimson was injured and was forced
to remain on the sidelines during the
first half. This hurt the play of the
high school to g. great extent, and the
first half ended with the score IL to
8 against them. Severinson got back
in the game during the last period OF
play, and scored three of the four field
baskets his team made. 1t is almost
certain that the result OF the game
would have been the same, even had
the high school lineup been! intact
thruout, altho the score might have
been closer.
Never were so many sensational
shots made by team in one game
as was the case with the Seminary
Monday evening. Beginning with
Kanikkeberg's dribble the length Of
the floor, thru the entire high schoo
team, resulting in a wonderful one
handed shot, followed by a sensation
al basket by Canton from the extreme
corner of the floor, when he seemed
guarded as close as a man could be
followed by Gardhamer's great back
hand shot, that went thru the ne
Clearly and so on, thruout the entire
40 minutes the winners pulled play at
ter play that seemed impossible. Theil
teamwork was immense, and the abil
ity of their defense is shown by thu
fact that but five field baskets were
made by the high school. The score
Seminary High School
Canton ..........F ........ johnson
Gordhamer .....F.......... Nels0l
Norling .........C. ..... Osmundso1
Kanikkeberg ....C.... Erickson
Christian ..G........ LimDericl