South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-10
CLAUERS RETAIN
LEAD; WIN 25-19
Beat Smith & Whereof Five
Spires Take EIbeIS Into
Camp, ID to 2.
LEAGUE STANDING.

Smith & Whereof 2 1873
Elbels ........... 2 1913
The Clauer five held their posi-
ton at the top OF the percent
age column last night by defeating
the Smith & Whereof team in a
hot battle. % TO 10 The game was
good exhibition Of fast passing
and guarding, which kept the score
down as open shots az the basket
we're scarce. Cochovety, for the
winners. was the only man who
could locate the ring with any con-
sistency. and IL was 20 his eye that
the Clauers owe their victory The
shifty little forward scored II OF
his teams points. making five goals,
shooting seven free throws out Of
seven chances.
Score Is Close.
The score was close through the
first half. neither team having much
the better Of the argument The
first half ended with the Clauer
team in the lead, Il 10 8, wh.1 n
they held. although pushed TO top
speed at all times until the end Of
the game. COhlmeyer, who played
a fast floor game, being all over the
hOOr and passing with a speed and
accuracy that kept his team In the
game. His basket shooting. how
ever, was decidedly off color. as he
failed TO cage his usual number OF
Il
good ball. scoring three Of his
teams baskets
ClaGers (25). =. x ". u9).
claiborne $500. Hershenow- Miller
Forward
Cochovety Captains Cohlmeyer
Forward
GARFIELD .......-..... GoodenOugh
Center
Nyikos ....---..-.- Clybourne
Guard
Eckman ................ Johnson
Guard.
Baskets-Cochovety 8; Garfield,
3; GOOdenOugh, 8; Clybourne 2;
Miller. 2; claiborne, Hershenow.
Free overwhelmingly e: Cohl-
meyer, .; Clybourne.
Referee Smith Time Of halves
-I5 minutes
spires Win by Two Points.
n the closet and at the same time
poorest game of the season. the Ell
bel FIVE went down in defeat at the
hands OF the Spiro tribe. after the
regular time was up. the game end
ing ia a tie. u TO IL with but
one minute 10 play of the extra five
agreed upon. Capt. Rhodes tossed a
spectacular basket and lea his team
10 victory
Neither team could find the bas-
set at any time during the game
the low score being due 10 this fact
more than 20 good playing or good
guarding. Not "a point was scored
Tor almost half of the first period
though several wild shots were at
tempted Free throws seemed just
as hard for the two teams as goals
no less than Il free shots going ia
waste. The first half ended Will
the Spires leading to g. I'm the
second period neither team had i'm
proved very uoticeably. both Of them
throwing away several chances tC
clinch the game When the whistle
blew. the score was tied. Il to 10
and an extra period of i've minutes
was agreed upon. The play was bet
ter In the extra time than IL had
been all evening though the ElbeL
missed two more free throws and
the Spires one With one minute
left. Rhodes threw a clever one
handed goal. winning the game.
Elbels G2). Spires 90.
SOusiey ...---. ...-....... Engdah
Forward.
r. Shanatelt .-...-.-. McEndarfel
Forward.
Meyers 5000. .....-...... Thumb,
Center.
bradstr3ter ---..-.-- .,-...... Nlcal
Guard.
EIbel Ccapt1 ..... CCapt) Rhodet
Guard.
Baskets Meyers. .: ElbeI. .
Engdahl, .; McEndarfer. Nicar
Sousley. Rhodes
Free throws EIbeL .. EngdahI
2; Trumbo. Rhodes
Referee-Smith. Time of halves
LIS minutes.
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