The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-28
Colorado Springs
TerrOrS Defeat
Canon High School

The Canon City High school bas
ketball team, the winner of many con
tests. was defeated by the Colorado
Springs quintet on the latter's floor
Thursday night by a five to one ra
tio. Our made a hard fight for
victory, but were unable to combat
the mastery work of their opponents
which fairly dazed them by its ef
fectiveness and rapidity. The Gazette
Of yesterday contains the following
account of the game:
Working the short pass, to perfec.
tion; shooting like veterans from any
angle on the floor: Displaying brand
of teamwork that left Canon City rep.
resentative dazed and wondering and
working with speed that made foul.
ing practically impossible. the rejuv-
enated Terrors last night won a clear
right to contend for the state basket.
bali title when they overwhelmed the
North Canon aspirants by q onesided
score of rs to Is.
From the very first whistle there
was nothing to it but the terrors. and
altho the Canon boys played a hard.
clean game. they were inferior at
every angle. going down to defeat at
thk hands of Al team that had every
phase of basketball strategy at their
fingertips. II Is little hard to figure
out an outstanding feature of Terror
play. Pike Bruce, recovered from his
attack of temporary indisposition
which AFFLICTED him at the opening of
the season. led the Terror attack
in scoring. but he did so only because
of the perfect team work and support
of the other four members OF the Ter.
ror quintet. MacTavish at center
took the ball on practically every tip
of and started the parade of short
passes and under basket shots that
sent the Terror score sailing sky
ward in the first ten minute of play.
For Canon City Goessling was the
only scorer. scoring all Is points ac-
cumuiated by the lads from the peni-
tentiary town. Three times he sue
ceeded, largely thru his own efforts
and with the assistance OF his team
mates. in dribbling the ball within
shooting distance and putting 1t thru
the basket for points. The other points
were all made on foul throws.
The game thruout was fast with
little delay from fouls and no argu-
ments. Two Terrors and two Canon
men went to the showers as a result
of personal fouling. but the fouling
was all of "A nature that comes of hard
play and not from deliberate attempt
at roughness and delay.
From the very start Of the game
Bruce began a wild career OF basket
shooting. which the Canonites were
unable to stop and BY the end of the
first half had piled UP a total OF IS
points for his team. Britzman con-
tributed 13, MacTavish and Patter-
son points during the first period.
making the score at the end OF the
half Al to o in favor of the High
school.
During the second half the Canon
men started close guarding game In
order to hold down tho score, but
bit of shifty strategy whereby the clan
Of Erps fed the ball to MacTavish
and Britzman rather than Bruce, up
set their schemes and the orgy con-
tinued. During the last five minutes
OF play Erps sent in his RED" team,
a quintet composed OF youngsters OF
the featherweigbt class, and these
boys confined to score at will against
the winded Canonites.
The score:
TERRORS. CANON.
Bruce. (2D. +. 80. (15) Goessiing, I.
Britzman (251. Combs, I.
MacTavish (11). Co.. .... Corrin, c.
Patterson (2). g..........M Mickie, q.
Nichols, & ....-,..........P Parks, 8.
Iimsn w, t....-.. ...............
Ryan "a.
rWaTL w, Co.. -.a....
Referee--Porter Of Colgate"