Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-03-15
PUT UP HARD FIGHT.
DEBORAH High School Basket Ball
Team Won and Lost at Cedar
Rapids.

The DEBORAH high school boys
basket ball team arrived home Sun
day night from Cedar Rapids, where
they had been competing in the
state preliminary gaines. They only
played two games, the first one with
Mt. Vernon winning by a score of "a
to %. In the second game they were
pitted against Cedar Rapids, and
despite the fact that they were
badly crippled, made showing to be
proud of against the fast Cedar Rap
ids team, losing by score of 81 to
Ia. While they will not compete in
the championship games of the state
tournament finals at Iowa City next
Saturday, nevertheless they gave an
excellent account of themselves at
Cedar Rapids. as the following from,
the Cedar Rapids papers will attest
Closest Game.
The Mt. Vernon-Decorah game
was the closest one OF the Day the n
nal score being "a to %. Five times
~ "a .Ie ny "as
at no time did either side have more
than a 6-point lead. The first half
ended Is to | in favor of Mt. Yer
80 lao.a' ~ baoi ~ 80 nu ,ia ~ 70,
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.no -, 30, So us .t"' mao Deen
tn,
ava 'N'' SUNNI
MI. vernon Decoran
Hedges, t. Marsh, f..
Browning, f. Risti, f.
Miller, C. Weiser, c..
Hogle, &. Schlatter, G.
Brunette, 6 Meyrick, 6.
There were no substitutions.
Field baskets. Hedges 4; Brown
ing 2; Miller l. Risti 4 Weiser 3;
Marsh 2; Schlatter /; Meyrick 1.
Foul baskets: Hedges out of Z:
Weiser out of 4.
Referee-Martin of Coe.
Umpire-Yuiil of Coe.
The class of the evening games. as
noted above was that between De-
corah and Mt Vernon. The Mt. Yer
nonites had undergone a severe
strain in eliminating Marion 21-lS IL
the afternoon and were unable to
stahu the gan OF announcer similar pat-
tie' althoush they leu uhe WHINE,
shlek county lads 1911 at the end
ol lhe hrst nan. me Decorah iaas
were pay ing III me Irst '0urnaIhen.
game Oh thelr careers anu showed
thelr nervousness throughout the
opening period. A sllght attack OF
arrival IN CEDAR haplus' also serNeu
10 weaken at leasl TWO Oh the DECOR
an iads, ana a tniru was lorceu 10
play Win lootDaii MASK over n's
race MS nose having peen orokeu
IN practlce last week.
Asainst lhese cuds tne raiiy s-aseu
ov the Decorah team III the lhai
hall, Wneh they prayed over oneli
nonfidonco sbown hp tbe;r snnerin.
| tendent of schools, Mrs. Eva Nj
Fleming, who accompanied them
here as the tea-a manager, was little
short of marvellous and their uphill
fight won them strong following in
the galleries attendant at the EN-
counter.
nh Co.. s,s
! >,
| Ceaar RAPIDS opened tue seili-h
nails IN the afternoon with us victor!
over the crippled Decorah nVe
Coach Finger sent In three supstl
tutes, the hremers Drotners Den'
the only regulars started.
Coach Gamerls1elaer was aeprV
ed or the services OF ms star basket
shooter, captain Earl Marsh "hos
hose ~aa IT, TIL
eviction of Sweezv plavinp center
for nersona, fowls in the first half
forced still further substitutions
and the Tiger Kttans had little trou
HE in winning ~ to IA. the first hal
closing 16to
LINENS and summaries.
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