Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-18
RETAIN BASKET TITLE
Mount Pleasant Five Repeats Per-
Torrance of 1917, Defeating Iowa
City in Last Half of Deciding Game
Battle Is Highly Sensational.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, March 1S.--"History re-
peats itself'-in basketball, as well as
in nation making wherefore Mount
Peasants scrappy quintet after losing
the first half of the state championship
battle with Iowa City, on the local floor,
Saturday night, came back marvellous
ly strong in the second half, and won,
Il to 16
This spelled the silver loving cup
donated by the university of Iowa
board in control of athletics and the
retention of the state honors, which the
! Mount Pleasant five Won in just the
same sort of whirlwind finish last year
Iowa City was in the lead in 1917
until the final section of the closing
! battle. when the Henry county boys
braced remarkably, played wonderful
! ball for the final few minutes, and
galloped off with the bacon.
| The visitors were unable to send
Green, their state star and all-1owa
| forward. to the basket with goals, as
the Iowa City guards stopped him re-
| peatedly. but they transferred the duty
/ If scoring TO Harshbarger, his fellow
! forward, and the failure of the Little
| Fawkeyes to concentrate their attcn-
ton on the be-consonanted player, or
their inability to box him. IL they did
| Try gave the hero Of the night his OPP
portuaities In the final six minutes Of
the game he shot four baskets, three OF
them from long distances and one of
them with only forty seconds to play.
Iowa City had just gone into the lead, Is
to Is, after Mount Pleasant had tied
the count a few seconds before, and
it looked Ike the pistol would chack
with the locals ahead but Harshbarger
desperately shot-and won.
The game was the most exciting
played during the tournament, if not
the most thrilling battle waged on the
Iowa City armory floor in the history
of the game
Even the top heavy first half was
close and exciting, despite the local
teams seemingly big lead Mount
Pleasant amassed two points thru
losses after fouls in the first few min
utes Of the contest and Iowa City
fought hard before tying field goal was
achieved. Thereafter, for another five
minutes it was a battle royal ere the
Hawks forged ahead to remain there
thruout the period.
In the second half the unbeaten
visitors fought like demons and soon
overcame the lead and tied up the
count Then they went ahead by the
length of a free throw. Iowa City came
right back and thereafter the contest
was Of the nip and tuck type to the
very end First one team went into
the lead and then the other. free
throw or a basket repeatedly knotted
the count or broke the tied score.
If ever basket ball game was any
bodys" this was one. It was a sensa-
tional second half and the 1000 onlook-
ing fans shouted themselves hoarse as
the ever varying score placed first on
rival and then the other in the front.
Before the second section was half
thru it became evident that no prophet
knew enough about basketball to tell
which team would have the persimmons
when the revolver cracked
Harshbarger was the winners hero.
For Iowa City, Darner, Kloos and
Trump played superb ball.
By running away from Elston, whose
five was easily slaughtered, Cedar Rap
! ids won the third place in the tourna-
ment. 81 to Is. Jensen, Barvinek. and
while Wilhelm featured for ElIston.