Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26
PAYETTE MAKES
POSITION CLEAR
Claims Right to Meet South
eastern Champions for
State Honors.
(capital News Special service)

Capital News Special Service)
Payette, March 25.--In order TO set
forth the claims Of Payette In regard
to the Idaho basketball Championship
the following statement has been is
sued by the manager Of the local team:
1t becomes necessary in defense "
the rights of those basketball teams
which deserve the proper rank for the
championship Of Idaho, to correct some
errors made in an article published in
last Sundays Statesman.
When Payette defeated Caldwell by
a score OF 20 to is, the championship
of southwestern Idaho was clearly set
tied. The victory for Payette was UNI
disputed By any Of the teams OF this
section and put her in line to play thu
champions of southeastern Idaho to
decide the state championship AR
rangements were being made to chal-
lenge Mountain Home on the Caldwell
/ floor to declare the state victors, for IL
was thought by all who had witnessed
the games of the southeastern section
\ that the Mountain Home team was by
far the strongest. However, the sun
day following the victory for Payette
there appeared in the Statesman
claim to state championship by Rupert
and challenge by them to play any
team in the state a series of two or
three games on Rupert's own floor. OF
course 1t was up to Payette TO abandon
the idea of clashing with Mountain
Home and to meet the challenge uf
Rupert. This she did by sending to
Rupert formal challenge by tele-
gram to play for the championship on
a neutral floor and suggested the Cald-
well floor. This challenge was also
published in the papers. AT first Rn-
pert would not even answer and two
kilograms were sent attempting to get
a reply. After two days they answered
by turning Payette down and saying
they intended to play Ontario Ore, to
decide the championship.
Claim Is Called Ridiculous.
1T would have been all right for 4
team to play Ontario, Ore, for the
} eastern Oregon Idaho championship
7 after the Idaho state championship had
been settled. But to play Ontario. Ore,
for the Idaho state championship be-
fore the championship Of Idaho had
been decided by Idaho's own teams WAS
ridiculous, and 1t readily appears that
Rupert forfeited all claims over Payette
for the championship when she refused
to play the Idaho team that accepted
her challenge, namely, Payette Her
challenge was to play any team in the
state and Payette accepted her chaI-
lenge when she offered to meet them
on neutral floor. But even then Ru-
lpert refused to meet them. BY this re-
fusal to hold to her challenge Rupert
forfeited any claim she may have had
TO the championship to Payette. This
also leaves 1t to Mountain Home high
school and Payette high school to de-
eide the championship between south
eastern and southwestern Idaho. the
winner of which will be state cham
! pions.
AS TO the rank which Rupert gave
Gooding we need but say that Payette
and Meridian, both of this section, de-
feated the Gooding quintet by decisive
scores and Payette beat Meridian. This
puts-Gooding below Payette
In order then to decide the state
championship Payette challenges Noun
tain Home on~a neutral floor and we
suggest the Caldwell floor. Although
: Mountain Home won from Payette IN
the Mountain Home floor the opinion
is that It should not be final because
the advantage was with the Mountain
Home aggregation and when it was
! played there was no thought Of it being
l a championship game
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