South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-07
LEADERS HANG ON
IN COMMERCIAL
ClauerS and Spires Win Their
Games, Which Prove
Undressing.
STANDINGS.

HIIttii- m iltll tlL a.ss.s ed --o'
Elu@ls .............. 900
The Clauers came through with
their usual victory in the CONNER
ciaI league games at the Y. VI. .. A.
Wednesday night. and the Elbels
were again the victims. 10 the tune
Of 70 to a. Both the teams were
short a man when time was called
for the fray To start and both
agreed to proceed with four men,
which made the play slow at the be-
ginning.
The score was pretty even all
through the first period and was
tie, Z 20 Z, when the missing play
ers put I'm an appearance. about
1--WE minutes before the half ended.
COchOHety kept his team in the
hsht during this halt with four
baskets Neither team seemed 10
nits is stride and the game was one
OF the slowest played so FAR in the
league Twelve fouls were called
By Referee Smith which helped to
slow up the pastime.
With the score 9 to IL at the
start Of the second half in favor OF
the Clauers. the Elbels took a de-
cided slump and the leaders forged
so far ahead that all interest in the
contest was lost. ChadbOurne rang
up three markers and Nyikos two,
these scores proving enough 10 win.
Elbel was the only musician that
b Il.
and counted twice.
CIaUcrs (25) EIbels uD
Cochovety Capt. ....... Sousley
Forward.
ChddbOurne .............. Snyder
Forward.
Garfield ......-.... tCapt.) Elbel
Center.
Eckman ...-..... Bradstr5cer
Guard.
NylkOs ......-.-....- Shanafelt
Guard.
Baskets: CochOvety. o. Chad
bourne. 81 Elbel. 4: Garfield 2;
Nyikos. 2. Sousley. Bradstrat-r
Free throws: Cochovety, SOusley,
ElbeL
spires Win 26-7.
Cohlmeyer and TrumbO. the Spires.
lead in their attack by the invinci-
BILE Rhodes. romped home with the
most one sided victory Of the year,
defeating the Sndth-Wherrett gang
rs TO e. Two goals, one in each
half. and three fouls were the only
points the smith Whereof five could
manage TO hang up IN the 50 min
utes of play. The game though one
sided as far as scoring was con-
cerned. was fast and snappy, with
"a lot of good passing and clever
dribblins mixed in with the Spiro's
many baskets.
Rhodes led his team In all the
work. guarding with great effective
Eess and shooting four spectacular
goals. Nelander was the only smith
Whereof struggler that could find
the ring in the first period ringing
up one counter. capt. Cohlmeyer
tried his hand at guard and by
clever passing and dribbling work
ed the bali down the floor 20 his
basket. but here his forwards fail
ed him and the ball generally came
hack down the court 20 pass through
the enemies loop at the hands Of
Rhodes. Engdahl or McEndarfer
These three seemed 20 have their
shooting ewes with them and be-
tween them gathered all their teams
points. In the second period the
game went all one way. the Skiro's
registering baskets in quick sue
cession. Nicar and webster were re-
sponsible TO a great extent for the
few scores made bv the smith
Wherretts, as their guarding was
faultless.
spires (26l S.-W. CD
Rhodes (Capt) ......... Clyborne
Forward.
EnEdaht ...-..-... Aeidhuer
Forward.
McEndarfer ........-.... Trumbo
Center.
Near NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Johnson
Guard.
Webster ...... (CaptD Cohlmeyer
Guard.
Baskets. F.ugdahl. Is, Rhodes. &;
McEndarfer, a. Me1ander. Cohl-
meyer.
Free throws: Trumho. d. Nelan-
der. Referee. smith Time OF
halves. II minutes
nouSt saw Won saw n In the