Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
THE MINERAL POINT
HIGH SCHOOL
Observation-Disclosures

Basket ball seems to be the center of
interest at present. Because of the good
showing this season in winning five out
OF seven games, Mineral Point has been
selected by the directors of the State
Tournament at Appleton to represent
southern Wisconsin in an elimination
game and has been ordered to play the
New Glarus team at Monroe on Tues
day of this week. The winner of this
contest meets team from the south
eastern part of the State to decide which
team shall represent southern Wiscon-
sin at Appleton.
The showing made by Mineral Point
this season has been somewhat of a
surprise as this is only our second bas-
ket ball season and we have been great.
ly handicapped on account of the con-
dition of the gymnasium.
Before a crowd which packed every
inch of the gymnasium, Mineral Point
defeated Dodgeville last Wednesday
night by a score of 35 to 81. The game
was probably the closest and hardest
fought contest ever seen on the local
floor. The score was tie at the end Of
the game and it took three extra five
minute periods to decide the contest.
Mineral Points hopes of administering
decisive defeat to her, opponents van
ished early in the week because of the
sickness of three men and an injury to
another. AS Dodgeville had postponed
the game a number of times we decided
to take chance with the hospital list
rather than ask for postponment. In
the evening Paynter was declared to
have measles and could not play, and
this seemed to take away all chances of
winning. Nevertheless the boys went
into the game with a determination
which brought them victory. Dodge
vile did not bring along the second team
and so the preliminary game could not
be played as advertised. A game was
hastily arrrnged between the 2nd and
3rd teams and played as a preliminary.
Our crippled team went to Platteville
Saturday and met it's Waterloo. Platte
vile plays in dance hall on slippery
floor and easily defeats all visiting teams.
We held them to 90 points. which is
the lowest score they nave made against
visitors this season. They scored 46
points against bod seville week ago.
The basket ball team goes to Platte
Vile on Thursday to take part in the
Tournament at the Normal. Sixteen
/ teams will take part in the Tournament.
The winning team represents this dis
trict in the Normal State Tournament
at Stevens Point.
| Mineral Point was defeated by New
Glarus at Monroe last night in the
elimination game for the state tourna
ment at Appleton by a score of ID to II.
| The game was close all of the way and
the result in doubt till the whistle
blew. The very close work of the ref
cree, which was new to our team, gave
us large number of fouls and the
game was won by the six free throws
made by New Glarus.
Miss Florence Knight is taking the
music work in the schools till Miss
| LeTendre is able to return.
A Junior Red Cross Auxiliary has
been organized in the grades with a
large membership. An effort will be
made to make Mineral Point 100 per
cent school All Of the children are
working with enthusiasm, some are
knitting, others sewing. Later on an
exhibit will be made of the children's
work.
The Senior literary society furnished
the program for assembly Friday
morning.