The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-18
REPUBLIC VS.. OROVILLE.

The crowd present at the basket
ball game in the high school gym,
last Thursday evening when Repub-
lie and Oroville high school teams
locked horns in rip roaring conten-
tion for honors, was far from being
the size that it should have been con-
sidering the class Of game the boys
put up, and the fact that the local
school athletic association is entitled
to the generous support OF the public.
But those who were not there were
the losers as they missed one of the
scrappiest and most exciting games
Of the season.
Each team had game to its credit,
and in the saw off the representatives.
of the two schools put up the best
that was in them. The boys often for
got the courtesy of good fellowship
and resorted to rather rude tactics.
Referee Powell overlooked consider
able rough housing, knowing how !.
is himself, but some of the work was
So raw that fouls were frequent. Re-
public INDUCED in considerable strong
arm exercise, but not overlooking the
beam in our own eye when you come
down to brass tacks the Oorville play
ers did not always exhibit the, mild
ness of sucking doves. One of the
Republic players was particularly un-
fortunate in butting up against the
wrong opponent, and took the count
two or three times. To his credit be
it said that after a few minutes nurs-
ing he would pluckily come back.
Even if gentleness was not COR
spicuous feature of the performance
tn. game was an intensely interesting
one, and We feel at liberty to ring in
the cid and well frayed expression
that victory hung precariously in the
balance up to the last minute.
Republic rang in rangy, sinewy
nimble bunch of young men, and from
they way they pranced about the floor
and the skill with which they found
the basket in the preliminary warm
ing up practice, stock in the home
team took a decided tumble. Not but
what the onlookers were confident
thai the locals would do their best,
and their best means classy brand
OF basket ball, but sizing up the gen.
eral form of the two teams the betting
man would have laid his coin on the
visitors OF course the result went to
show that the gambler would have
lost his dough, yet even at that the
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give the rooters for the home team
falling senastion at the pit of The
stomach.
In consequence of the concentrated
desire on both sides TO cop the game
the struggle from the knock off was
fast and furious. Players were con-
s,antly skating around the floor OH
their hip pockets or were tangled up
in an almost inextricable embrace,
fighting ever inch and second for an
advantage. 1t kept the referee basy
packing the ball from one foul line to
the other, and the first eight or nine
points we're made from fouls. The
young arbitrator played no favorites,
and the home team was penalized as
promptly as the visitors. Slowly the
hone team forged ahead fighting des-
perately for every point and after
twenty minutes of hot stuff the ath-
letes left the floor to cool off with
the score standing IS to Z in favor of
Oroville.
IT was not safe lead, but it had 4
mole strengthening influence in sns-
tanning hope that had the long end of
the score been against us. When the
whistle blew to resume action the
boys romped out on the floor, the
leaders determined to hold the lead,
the tail enders equally determined to
overcome the handicap. If the first
half was rich in thrills the second half
wa. enough to throw one into hys-
terra. It had rather gloomy appear
ance for the home crowd. Slowly,
gradually with steadiness that gave
the hackers of the locals the razzle
dazzles Republic crept up on the
score board. True, Oroville was not
idle, and scored occasionally, but
Repblic was making the most points,
and of the crowd, was praying for
night or Blucher. Oroville was not
letting victory slip away with out an
effort. The boys buckled in as they
never buckled in before. If they could
not make many points by firece af-
fensive and defensive they cut the
visitors out of scoring time and again.
Only seven points separated the two
team, when time was called, and as
the extra seven was on the side of the
home team great sigh of relief went
up when the struggle ended and VIC
tory won. The final score was 81 20 20
in favor of Oroville, Republic having
scored 13 points during the last half,
while Oroville was accumulating only
nine.
Republic took the results with a
good grace from all outward and Wis
ible evidence, and the representatives
of the two schools wound up the
evening with very pleasant social in
tercourse.
By the gathering of ancient citizens
in the lobby of the Hotel de Grubh
one evening last week one would have
thought it special conclave of the