The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
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Ux.BRlDGE


March 21.-The Uxbridge basketball
quint upset Barnes county basketball
dope in the tournament held at Valley
City last Thursday and Friday by de-
feating four contesting teams in "a
title to the silver cup by a total of
102 points to their opponents So.
Battling against almost insurmount-
able odds, they accepted the job as
cut out for them without murmur
and started in on hammering cam
paign. The Valley City Reserves were
the first in the draw and, as was an
ticipated, they, proved the hardest nut
to crack. In the first few minutes of
play Valley annexed four field baskets
and things began to look gloomy for
Uxbridge. F. Mcmillan replaced Fle
we'll at guard and Uxbridge stock
went up IL points. The score stood
IA to II in favor of Uxbridge at the
close of the first half. Both teams
came back strong for the finish.
Cook and Weston shifted positions on
the Valley team and the game settled
to a nerve-wracking struggle, with Ux.
bridge leading the way by the narrow
margin of two points. The game closed
with a. score Of % to "a in favor of
Uxbridge.
Noltimier was chosen as the next
victim for the first game on Friday
morning and Uxbridge easily slowed
away the big farmers of northern
Barnes by a score of "a to 2. Flewell
and e. Oglesby did star work for the
locals, making baskets at almost any
ono1o with 1iff1o orn0oiti0n
Darcy was drawn for the afternoon
game. The heavy strain of the two
previous games seemed to make 1t
advisable to rest some of the older
men in anticipation Of a hard battle
against an old rival from the south III
the finals Friday evening. But Darcy
would not have it so, but ran up a
score of 9 to in the first two minutes
of play. E. Christ, Skidmore and E.
Oglesby climbed off the bleachers and
insisted in running the score to 20
to Is decision in favor of Uxbridge.
r. Christ did stellar work for the To-
Gals at center, securing a total Of
seven field baskets.
In the meantime Sanborn had de-
feated Baldwin and Grand Prairie with
ease. Olson and Kroemer, who had
been resting all day, were added to
the SanbOrn lineup and, flushed with
confidence, they stood ready to de-
prive Uxbridge of final victory. But
they reckoned without their host, for
the "Steam-Rollers" surpassed all their
previous playing by brilliant dis"
play of teamwork and lOng-range
shooting. Sanborn rooters were vers
noisy at first, but by the middle Of the
second half their batteries had been
silenced and people were busy max
ing room for them at the door. The
Uxbridge center and guard proved
too much Christ" for Tharaldson and
Siverson, Of Sanborn, and they gave
up the ghost in despair. The final
score was 10 to Is in favor of Tx
bridge.
Signing for more worlds to conquer
the newly-created Barnes county
champs" have accepted challenge to
play the Nome Independents at Nome
Wednesday night An easy victory is
anticipated.
The following men made the trip to
Valley City: r. Christ, c.; E. Ogels-
by, N. Arvidson, r. f.; E. Skidmore, A.
Ogelsby, l. f.; E. Christ, w. Flewell, r.
g.; F. Mcmillan, |. G..
Teachers and patrons of Uxbridge
are planning banquet for the victors,
to be held in the high school auditor
ium next Saturday evening. at which
time formal presentation of the cup
will be made to the school. It is
hoped a good assemblage will be pres