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

md basket BAH games played III Oro-
illp with all the variations of good
Bad and Indifferent, but no game has
kVcr been staged prossessing so many
khrils as that OF last Friday evening
Rhen the Okanogan huskies went down
10 defeat before the Oroyille bantams
Reurettable TO state only Il compara-
lively few town people were presen;
10 encourage the boys and witness a
Rume that had thingS III it to start the
bet blood jumping every minute Of
hr session. Those who were present
sot the full value OF their money, and
h they did not say SO in words they
ertainiy gave ample evidence of that
kind OF satisfaction in continuous
foar that made the concrete walls OF
he gym fairly yibrate. 1t was the most
Exciting contest ever seen i'll Oroville,
bnd the way the locals snatched vic
ory out of what promised to be either
hefeat or nerve racking close score,
Stamps the present high school team
Is one of the best that the high school
has ever possessed. Among the boys
General team work, and the lads thrCw
their whole souls, skill, agility and
Resources into the one object in view,
bnd that is, winning. Basket ball is
klifferent from football in the respect
That Drawn is the potential element
that enters into success in the latter.
while agility, a keen eye and head
Work makes for the winning score III
the former Hence size and muscle are
hot always an assurance OF winning
Basket ball team.
The first half of the game Friday
evening was as pretty an exhibition
|Cf basket ball as could be seen any
Where. The teams at the outset seemed
SO equally matched that any kind oil
IA fluke might win or lose the game.
[F'rom the jump off the playing was fast
land furious, and the score board iGdi-
Icated first one side then the other in
the lead by very small margin. The
ball was in constant motion, eager
youths hotfooted it back and forth.
pushing, clawing. scrapping, wrlgg-
hing out of reach uf determined op-
ponents, tossing Tor baskets With
more or less accuracy, locked in any
&thing but loving embraces when not
chasing the bounding or flying sphere,
hnd above the tangled gladiators the
|crazy inhabitants of the gallery Were
pn their feet making the welkin and
Everything else in the neighbOrhood
XGn;v 81. rin Will
lion
The referee was generous in owe.
booking palpable fouls, and during tic
8first canto Oroville was charged up
with only one and Okanogan with
six. Okanogan failed to score on fouls
while McMahan made three ringers
q the inning Orovi'le missed num-
ber of chances to score, while Okano-
8ean also had much trouble finding the
Basket although their chances were
much fewer. When time was called,
3putting an end TO this exciting session
8Oroville had Is points to the good
with Okanogan close aboard with Ii,
leaving the natural impression thai it
~ as anybodys game.
81 The hackers of the locals had Wis
8ons of defeat for their favorites at
the expiration OF the first half and
#there was no great joy in circulation
#othe rthan the eXilaration naturally
5treated by close contest, but those
4yisions speedily evaporated when tho
Fsecond half started, for right oil the
{reel. Cole, who had had his sights adj
justed, commenced shooting basket
after basket from any and every an
gle, having able assistance from II :
Mahan. The jig was evidently up, as
Okanogan had wilted, and had TO
chance to increase the score OWNS to
the fierce defense the Oroville team
put up. The locals showed more snap,
better staying qualities, iiercer often
sivc than their Dccfy opponents, who
were evidently Winded by the strain
Of the first chapter. The ball was kept
in Oroville territory very largely, as
is indicated by the fact chat OkanoSoD
made but one basket in the second
half and could score but once on FOULS
in four trials. AS the score grew for
the locals pandemonium broke loose
on the upper floor, and those who
turncd their lungs inside out were
justified in straining those useful or
gans. In the second half, OroYille pill
ed up twenty-five points, winning by
the total score of 81 to II.
For Okanogan. Bainas made goals,
Greenwood 4, Moss |, and Graham |
on foul. For Oroyille Cole attached 3
goals. McAlahan 4, Bair 2, and Nc
Mahan scored points on fouls, max
ing the great record OF seven ringers
out of ten trials. Every man on both
teams did his part in the game and
both the Orovillc substitutes tried ont
proved of equal metal to the regulars.
Considering the new and stricter rules
comparatively few fouls were made,
and those more through accident than
intentional Interference, OrCville beinG
guilty Of five and Okanogan ten. The
following was the line Up OF the play
ers:
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