The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-23
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DROPS CONTEST
Strong Team Loses to Power House
Quintet In Commercial League
Game Last
Night.
ARE TIED FOR THE LEAD
Unlocked For Defeat Of League Lead
ers Upsets Dope and Adds
Interest TO the
Outcome.
League Standing.

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Purity Oats ............ 10y
For the first time in many
N cons the Irwin-PhilIips basketball
team lost a game-dropping one by
one point last night to the power
house five, Is to IA, in a hard fought
\ and strenuous battle. The only three
games the Irwin-Phillips team has
lost in three years have all been by
one or two points, and the power
house team has won two of these.
The Commercial league fans will
now begin to sit up and take notice
for the pennant is not cinched. and
there will be lively fight for the
last three rounds to decide whose
halls the flag shall decorate THIS
year.
The first game of the evening was
. scrappy battle. put up by the E1ec-
tries against the Overlands. the lat
ter winning, 1873. The Electric team,
strengthened by the addition of Stad-
Ter, drafted man, played by far the
best game this season. but seemed
fated to lose. However the scrappy
way they, fought against the odds
game and intend to win berth above
the bottom.
As usual, Captain Smith won most
OF the Overland's points, but the
whole team is improving In floor
work and passing. They will be right
there for the grand finish when the
league closes a couple of days before
Christmas. For the Electrics, Stad-
Ter led the scoring with two baskets.
and the >~-ey shirted men held the
lead for large part of the first half,
being unable TO hold 1T however,
after the Overlands got their scor-
dng machine running. The work of
Frank frank and Good at guard was esrec-
lally noteworthy.
Plenty of Pep.
In the second game, the spectators
rooted themselves out of their chairs
on various occasions, at close shots
and difficult plays by the men of
both teams. Without a doubt the
power house team was in the best
form it has been in all season, and
the Irwin Phillips team was not up
to par by any means. McQuoid was
unable to get any close shots, owing
to the close guarding of Kane, and
Dutch" Hoffman, who has come
back into the game to put a little
pep into his bunch. Venning and
King tied for scores, with three bas-
kets each, and Kane got one just to
make the game sure. For the Irwin
Phillips team, "Hoppie," the tall cen
ter, was the shooting star, breaking
his record and taking the laurels
with five baskets. The power guards
were too short to interfere seriously
with his hands when he had shot.
The Up. team at times showed spurts
of old time form, and while they were
five points behind at the close of the
first half, came back strong as is
their custom, and all but won the
game From the first five minutes
of the second half. it was anybody's
game, and when the gong sounded,
there was a free throw coming to
Up, which would have tied the
score-but the free throw was miss
ed, and the power house team had
trodden one more step toward victory
at the expense of the quintet that has
had everything it's own way for the
last two years. AS last nights games
were the first ones Of the second
round, and as there are three rounds
to he played, the outcome is merely
a conjecture and there is enough diff
ference of opinion among the differ
ent teams as to who Is the best to
make a good season with a lot of
first class basketball for the fans to
enjoy.
Lineup and score Of the first
game:
Overlands, Is. Keoluk Electrics, 8
SDeDCPr Stadler