Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-17
LOCAL SPORT DOPE


A mere handful of persons watched
the Cosmos team of this city down
the Benson town team at the high
school gym last Friday evening. The
final score was Al to rs. In spite OF
the seeming one-sidedness of the con-
test, there were times when the play
was fast and furious, particularly in
the last half. Jumping into the lead
in the first minute Of play, the Co.'S
mos bunch were never headed. Nord-
strom connected for the first basket,
and the scoring came as follows after
that: Severinson, Nordstrom, Buck
Johnson, Severinson, Nordstrom, CIV
ing the locals a lead Of IA to 0. Eros
haug then shot a basket for Benson,
followed by two for Nordstrom; B.
Peterson connected for one followed
by shots by Severinson, B. Peterson
and Froshaug. Just before time was
called Buck dropped another one thru.
The score at the end of the half was
"a to 16. The last half saw the Will
mar team covering little closer,
with the result that Benson had to be
content with ten points, while the
winners rolled up q. B. Peterson
and Froshaug starred for Benson,
while each member of the winning
team played good ball. The quick,
short, underhand pass, used by Will
mar share of the time, had Benson
guessing.
Edmond Nelson refereed the game
and gave satisfaction to both teams.
The score:
Benson W1llmar
Strand .LF. ..... Severinson
Peterson ....... RF... Nordstrom
Peterson .......C..... Buck Johnson
Froshaug .LG. ........... Aim
Ranney ....... re. r.. johnson
Baskets: Strand (2); Peterson; Pet
erson (5); Froshaug 90; Severinson
~; Nordstrom (12); Buck johnson
(2): Bob Johnson; Aim. Fouls: Ped
erson, Q out of S; SeverinsOn. l out
of 4; Nordstrom, 0 out of 3. Personal
fouls: Froshaug (3); Peterson (2); R,
Johnson (2); Aim; Buck Johnson.
Referee: Edmond Nelson; Timekeeper
Willford Fjellman.
The basket ball games at the high
school gym last Saturday evening re-
suited in flfty-fifty split. The Gran
tie Falls girls kept their record clean
by winning from Willmar, the score
being IL to /. On the other hand, the
Granite Falls boys team failed to
class with the locals, the result OF this
game being walkaway for Willmar,
46 to II.
The local girls were altogether too
small to cope with the superior weight
and all-around ability Of the visiting
team. They had the best team work
of any girls team that has played
here in years. At that. the game was
very interesting, and lot faster than
it used to be under the old system OF
having the floor divided into three
sections. Lydia Dillingham; and Hazel
Gullickson divided the scoring for
Granite, each girl getting three bas'
kets. Wtllmar had no less than thir.
teen chances to score from the foul
line, but only once did the free throw
90 thru the hoop.
The boys game was another story,
Attic the first half ended with the
score 20 to 4 in favor of Willmar, 1t
was impossible for the local team to
use any team work, due to the fact
that the Granite bunch played the
man too much, and the ball not
enough. It made the game seem a
lot rougher than it really was, and
naturally, since the visiting team were
outweighed, some people thought the
Willmar boys were playing too rough
when in reality, If the Granite bunch
hadn't persisted in hanging onto their
opponents so much, they wouldn't
have been tossed about quite so free
ly. Anyway in the second half both
teams played better ball.
The result of the game is very
gratifying to followers of the team
who hope to see the boys represent