Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-24
DEFEAT OF MICHIGAN GIVES
LANGDON A CHANCE TO win

about eight thirty last Friday even
ng. The tiers of seats affording q
view of the battle arena were jam
med to more than capacity. In one
of the room we found packed
like sardines in a box, our loyal sup
porters of the high school, made up
If regulars and ex regulars, 1t would
be impossible to say which made the
most noise. This aggregation was
there" with the "Oh's!" when our
boys accidentally missed the net and
the "Hurrahs J" when one of our boys
found the ring. Not only that, but
they were always ready to give a
cheer when u victims showed any
skill in finding the net. A while
before the game Captain Ramage
brought out his regulars and subs to
''get a hold of the old pill and warm
up" The captain of the team was
sure there when it came to getting
his men in shape for the bout. 1t
was beautiful to watch our boys roll
the ball through the net, which they
seemed to find almost every time.
After shooting baskets we had a fine
exhibition of snappy passing. All
this time u opponents were trying
to find the net and we must admit that
they were clever. About this time
the men were pretty we'll warmed
up, the referee blew the whistle
and after a little talk, arranging the
preliminaries, the whistle was blown
again and the game was on. Kelland
to Robertson, Robertson to
Ramage, In the course of the pass
back to Ramage the course of the
ball was interrupted by the oppos-
ing center, Tibbits, Tibbits to Cecka,
their right forward. In the next
basket Tibbits tipped to Cecka and
after a series of passing Cecka found
the net ring. This procedure seem.
ed to wake our boys up aud "Man-
stepped over and tapped his
forward OF the back, Git was. an un-
derstanding of course,) and about
another minute after the next whis-
tie blew, and Ramage had the ball
through the ring. The rest of the
first half was Langdon's with the
exception of a basket made by Cecka.
the end, of the first half the
score card showed 6 to IL in Lang.
favor.
The second half was opened by a
back'' on the part of the
Michigan City CUNT, when they net
ted two baskets. This as we heard
Captain Ramage foretell his team
mates, was all that we could afford
to let them have, and in the attempt
to carry out the words of their
worthy captain the boys played a lit.
tie bit rough. which was nothing
more than accidental in considera-
ton of he.speed that was shown after
that. In Langdon's rush that followed
Cecka netted three out of five free
throws and Ramage netted one out of
three, indicating that the Michigan
five tried to stage a second come.
back. Intermitently, between these
free throws the Langdon quint net
ted three field baskets, one of which
rolled through in the last minute of
the play. In the final score which our
boys rolled up the total was 10, while
the visitors from Michigan had a total
of Is points. The lineup of the two
high school te ans follow:
Langdon-Ramage, F. l. f. Robert.
son, "A. r. f., Kelland, c. c., Milne,
J. |. g., Leek, D. r. g.
INSTRUMENTATION, |. f., Cecka,
r. f., Tibbitts, c., Milligan, !. g.,
Gargrab, r. g.
Field baskets: Langdon, Ramage
4, Robertson, 3, Kelland, 2. Mich
gan: Cecka, 3, Tibbits, 1 and Harri
son 1. Free throws: Langdon, Ram.
age, 1 out of 3. Michigan City, Ceka'
. OuC VI y. ISO 6uUStJCQISe were uS6u
Sheffert came as substitute. Rev.
Foley Of Langdon and Harrison of
Michigan City were referee and UNI
pire,
This defeat, handed to the hig]
school boys from Michigan by the
Langdon team places Langdon on tn
map as a likely contender for a
least the district championship. TIL
same evening that this game wa
played Petersburg, considered as be
ing out strong for the pennant los
to Grand Forks with "a score Of % t
ID. The next game that Langdon ha
scheduled is one that it will pla
here on Friday, February the l5t
inst, at which time, the record wit
which our team has started out wit
entities them to a crowd that shout
fill the gym to capacity. If the
get what they deserve there shoul
! be, a big turnout. :.
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