River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-03-08
Special Train To
MenOmOnie Monday
7iver Falls and Stevens Point to Play
off Championship Tie on
Stout Floor
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, MAR. IL
LEGAL Victory Last Thursday Made
H0nors EYen---It Was Hardest
Fought Game Ever Played
Here Whitewater Wins
In Southern Circuit

A special train of four or more
coaches will leave this city next Mor-
day to take players and fans to Me
nolaon1e, where the River Falls and
Stevens Point normal school quints
will battle for the championship
honors Of the northern Wisconsin
circuit. The train will leave here
at A D. In., and will return after the
game. Fare for the round trip will
amount to 1922.
Stevens Point came here last
Thursday with an unbroken record
for the season. When her powerful
looking warriors came out on the
floor for preliminary practice, tow
ering over the largest of the Red &
White SQUAD, it seemed almost GER
tain that they were to repeat their
victory Of few weeks before. They
were confident of success, and even
when River Falls played them one
point better than even during the
first half, they were still sure OF
their ability to come back and win
handily in the final period. The
score was s to 7 when the second SEES
sion opened. Soon it was go, and
here, for brief moment, the visit
ors led by field basket, at 11-9.
But River Falls quickly forged into
the lead again, and during the re-
mainder Of the game, played rings
around their heavier and taller OPP
ponents, winning out by a score Of
"A to H.
It was the most strenuous and eX-
citing basketball game ever played
here. At no time until after the
middle of the last half, did one team
appear to have any decided advan
tage over the other. Toward the
last the visitors seemed unable to
stand the fierce pace, and the Red q
White machine was quick to take adj
vantage every time her opponents
relaxed even for a moment.
Peterson played the greatest game
of his career at guard, and Rice won
continual praise and cheers for his
clever work. Bethel went into the
game like a whirlwind, and kept up
furious pace throughout the whole
contest. Eggebrecht kept the lanky
Pope from scoring, and made things
so strenuous for the visiting center,
that he was forced to leave the game
in the second half. Eccles and
Thorpe changed off at forward; each
played half, and both kept up the
standard of game set by their team
mates.
Directly after the game plans were
started for playing off the tie. Cap
Betzel's men were ready to go into
another game at once, and as the
state championship series must soon
be played, it was thought necessary
to have the northern title decided on
Friday or Saturday, or last Monday
at the latest. But the Stevens Point
coach was so disheartened that he
didn't seem to care if his team never
played again. and it was Necessary
to appeal to the normal athletic
commission to force him into an
agreement. On his plea that his
men would need considerable time
to recover from Thursdays battle,
he was given until next Monday.
Everyone who saw last Thursdays
game will know that the game at
Stout will be battle royal, and ev-
ervbody who can possibly make the
rifle will go down on the special
train Monday. On account of the
fact that so many of the local nor
NAL school alumni teaching in this
vicinity will be anxious to see this
game, the train will stop at Roberts,
Hammond, Baldwin, and practically
all other points enroute to take on
passengers. and, Of course, will make
the same stops on the return trip
The normal school band will also
make the trip.
The winner Of Monday nights
game will play Whitewater for the
state normal school championship.
Whitewater and La Crosse were tied
until last Friday, when Whitewater