Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-21
OMAHA AND CRETE
ARE THE LEADERS
Showing Best Glass Among the
Basket Ball Squads Of the
State.
BIG STATE TOURNEY NEXT

Central High OF Omaha and c etc High
school are clearly the leaders in the state
basket ball arena Judging from the show
ing made by both teams In their final
tests OF the season. Coach Squirrels men.
displaying the some consistent attack
and prowess that they evlnced in their
flourish through the first half Of the sen
son. came through the week with two
Victories marked up over Beat ice and
Hastings. two recognized leaders. by
overwhelming scores. Central's defeat
over lincoln left their record void OF
defeat and they are easily in direct line
for championship honors.
The developments OF the week showed
Up several OF the seconda squads In
their true form. Columbus took n tight
saTse from Beatrice on the Beatrice floor
by a margin OF one point. This made II
quite clear that although the Columbus
five IL one OF the fastest in the state Il
cannot compare with either Central High
or Crete. II seems certain that the fight
for the state title will slft to these two
ouintets. with the odd In favo OF the
Cretans. Cretas only close game was
played with Geneva and since that team
has bee ndefeated by Lincoln and oceola
there IL strong argument against the
sudden efficiency OF Coach Thieson's
students.
Builds Good Five.
Coach A. b. Geiwick. producer OF the
champion Geneva five Of 1919 sprung d
surprise on state followers by moldinp
the osceoIa five into not only first a.
vision but championship caliber. osceola
has defeated both Geneva and the Ne.
braska AgEies. The latter team suo-
ceeded In walking on Coach Patton'u
South High warrio . at the farm gym
floor Friday evening. winning the game
by score OF 20 TO IS The Packer
record IL sufficient issue IN itself 20 point
20 the strength OF the Merrick county
FIVE. Along with these two splendid vic
tories Gelwiek's five had a list Of ten
or more other . OF lesser note.
West Point handed Fremont a defeat
on It's own floor Friday evening by a
score OF II 20 IT, Coach orinneIl's five
walloped the " eat Point team by big
score ON its own floor earlier in the sea
son. Friday'e result az least assures the
public OF the strength OF the West Point
quintet. and itn entrance into Class A
ably be unaaestioned. Grand Island, a
team that has hardly won a victory this
year. defeated Broken Bow, a fast ouin-
tet Of last years tourney, by a score OF
% TO II. showing up the worth OF the
latter team. Geneva eliminated Hebron
easily BY winning a game with Coach
Janda's team by n score OF a. TO II
Thursday night on the Geneva floor.
NIahra. ~ sasfl
In the first division by reason Of having
defeated York easily on the York floor
state Tourney Nest.
The season Il about concluded as far
IS the respective schedules are concerned
Teams have shown their comparative
worth and all that Is left Is the state
tournament at Lincoln, March s. ?. Il
and II. About 100 teams are expected e
enter. twenty-five OF these probabl,
making UP the first division IN the classi
fieauOn at the Capital city this week
official announcement will probably b,
ready for the public at the opening OF
next week. The tournament will not onl,
be one OF the hardest fought ia years
but win be the largest In history ant
will be topped by teams that repreaen
some OF the smallest towns in the state
The principal games OF the week;
West Point. ~; Fremont. Is
Central High, ~. Lincoln i5
Osceola. p; Geneva, n.
5OthenburR. co. Overton. o
Nebraska Aggies. %; South High, Is
Fairfield. 80; Superior. H.
craig. n: Lyons. T.
Crete. q. Beatrice IL.
Crete. %, Hastings. s.
Hebron 81: York. -
Columbus. 90. Beatrice. ..
Geneva. IS. Hebron. "a
Bebron, 81 Fairfield, 26
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