Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-09
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TRIBUNE SPORT COLUMN .

A letter was received at the higl
school last week from Beardsley
stating that there were no baske
ball teams in that vicinity who coul(
give the !Beardsley bunch even Q
practice game. They won each game
they played by a ratio of six OF
seven to one. "Couldn't Willmal
please come up and give them a,
least a practise gamer" was the sub
stance of the letter. Yes, Wilma,
could do just that, as Benson had
cancelled the game scheduled TO,
last Saturday here. So Friday after
noon the members of the team headed
by Coach Bender and Capt. Eckie
boarded the train and HE'D them
selves to the scene of battle. After
long and tedious ride Beardsley
was reached at $3.50, and it was a
rather tired team that took their
places an hour later to battle for a
chance in the finals for the Seventh
District championship. A little ap.
prehension was felt by some of the
rooters at home, owing to the in.
eligibility Of Nelson, one of the star
point getters Of the team. Those on
the inside. tho, knew Bob Johnson
was most capable substitute.
The first play Of the game saw
Eckie get the tip off, slip the ball to
Severn, who passed to Bob Johnson,
and presto, Bob Gagged it. The next
play saw Eckie tip again to Severn,
who passed to the captain, and Will
mar had four point lead, after play
ing less than one minute. That decid-
ed the game, then and there. From
that time on Willmar had things their
own way, steadily adding to- their
score until at the end of the first per-
iod read Willmar 10. Beardsley 4.
Coming back fresh in the last half,
the Willmar five dazzled their oppon-
ents with an exhibition of team play
and basket shooting never before
equalled on the Beardsley floor. Even
the most rabid supporter of the home
team admitted that, after the game.
Eckie and Severn We'd with each 9TH
er in basket shooting during this per-
iod. The former Gagged the ball five
times, to six for the forward. One by
Johnson and another by Limperich
added the remaining points, making
total Of ~ for the half All this
time, Limperich and Osmundson were
putting up such a guarding game that
humphrey, the home teams right for
ward was the only man able to pene-
trate it, and score from the field. He
also shot three fouls, totaling five
points for the half.
Art Limperich's work at the guard
position was such that no one would
ever have thought he had been for
ward all his life, and the work of
"Osmus" at the other defensive posi-
ton was of the highest caliber.
Allen. left guard Of the Beardsley
team, was the star of their aggrega-
ton. Fast and aggressive, he was in.
to every play. The home team had
fast, clever bunch, who had fine
team work, but the close guarding of
the visitors more than Offset this. The
score:
Willmar Beardsley
Johnson ........ .RF. go. humphrey
Severinson ...... L.. Zimbrick
Erickson .C....... Henratty
Osmundson rig. $500. Stephens
Lmperich .... ZIG. ......... Allen
Baskets Erickson 8, Severinson 8,
Johnson 3, Limperich 2, humphrey g,
Zimbrick.
Fouls-Erickson, 4 out of 4; Lum-
phrey, out Of five. Referee, DR..
Hayes of Browns Valley. Umpire,
Bender of Willmar.
The Granite Falls town team en-
deavored to play the locals last Sat-
urday evening, and after pressing the
adding machine into use, the official
scorer found Willmar had run up IS
points to Is for the visitors. The
game didn't even afford good practice
for the city team, altho it gave them
a chance to work up some sensational
team work at times. There were
times in the first half that the ball
was passed from one man to another,
were unable to follow it's flight. Gull
Hckson, forward for the visitors shot
three baskets from out past the CEN
ter of the floor. Nordstrom managed
to shoot twelve field baskets, while
Aim connected for nine, Norling sew
en-, Buck five and Kanikkeberg two.
Buck Johnson again took keen de-
light in standing near the center of
the floor and dropping them in clean
ly. Kanikkeberg pulled the real SEN
sation of the evening tho, when, in
the last half he dribbled the length
Of the floor and shot basket. The
score:
Willmar Granite Falls
NOrdstrOm .......F. ........ w. Day
Aim F. ...... GullicksOn
Norling .........C...... Gunderson
johnson ........G........ Koelfgen
Kanikkeberg C.. r.. Day
Subs-Nelson for Johnson, Johnson
for Norling. Baskets II,
Aim 9, Norling Z, johnson S, Kanik.
keberg 2. Gullickson 3, w. Day 2.
Fouls-Johnson 4, Norling, w. Day 4,
Gullickson.
The Seminary team met their first
defeat Of the season last Friday eve
ming, at the hands of the fast Belview
quint, by a score of 1922, at the latter
place. Several things combined to
cause the downfall of the Willmar
team, chief among which were the
inability to shoot pot shots and the
slippery floor upon which the game
was played. Fish and A. Nelson were
the chief offenders in the scoring line
for Belview, the former with seven
and the latter six baskets from the
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