The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-14
mother NORMAL LOSS
YANKTON VANQUISHES STATE
RATING HOPES WITH
rs TO IL WIN.

Normal displayed a brilliant de-
Tense last night, but failed TO back 1t
by scoring when good opportunities
presented themselves and was forced
to take the short end of an Is TO IL
score at the hands of Yankton col
lege, in a fast, rough battle.
Coach Wagner's proteges started
out to win and at half time had the
count s TO 4 in their favor and TO the
~rooters 1t looked like a Normal vic
tory at last, but the Greyhounds
came back furiously in the second
period and scored fourteen while the
gold and white tailed four.
So close was the guarding that
only one field goal was registered by
Yankton in this first period while
Normal annexed but three. Furn-
stahl's men oyereame a two point
lead after ten minutes of play, dur
ing which time not a field basket was
scored, and increased ii steadily un-
til the whistle blew.
Yankton came back furiously in
the second half and tied the score be-
fore Normal knew what had happen
ed. Wagner's men then rallied and
the fast going Greyhounds with ten
minutes still left TO play. But in the
final moments of the battle, the yell
low and black pulled away, incident
a1ly rtnnnfnu THAR nnnnnanfC with
one field goal for the half.
Opportunity after opportunity
came to the Normals TO score, but the
chances were all fooled whether easy
or difficult, the only field goal COM
ing from a hard side shot of Smiths.
Yankton tailed five field goals and
swelled the total by annexing four of
the six free throw chances, while
Madison could garner only two of its
six.
Normal's general play was much
better than has heretofore been dis
played since the northern trip and
had the shooting been up to the
standard of the defense and floor
work. the result might have been
different. Yankton, however, scored
when the chances anne and all the
credit. thus, must go to the Grey
hounds.
Yankton was by 10 means superior
to Madison as a team. 1t was no
faster, and knew no more basket ball,
but it was blessed with the ability to
shoot 'em when they counted the
most. They threw hardly an oppor-
tunity away and exeelled particularly
at long range throws.
The yellow and black guards were
nearly invincible against the Normal
long pass game. and broke it up re-
peatedly. but the short pass style of
play worried them and forced the
boys from the Missouri to play a five
man defense in the second half.
Then the Normals, instead of going
back to the long passes tried in vain
to penetrate the Greyhound inner
wall with short passes and lost out.
Prof. L. G. Atherton acted as ref
cree, the Yankton management re-
fusing to accept John Artichoker, OF
Flandreau, on the ground it knew
little about him and did not care to
take a chance. Evidently Yankton
was afraid to encounter a first class
official as the novelty would be too
great to withstand.
Travel difficulties nearly postpon-
ed the game. The YanktOn team
missed the freight at Lake Preston
and were forced to drive twenty-five
miles in sleighs to Ramona. From
there. they secured a railway gasoline
car. arriving here an hour before
game time. On this trip games have