Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-03-14
pLATTEVlLLE BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT
Mineral Point Wins First Place.

were declared lneHRlOle 10 compete Tor
the honor of representing the district
at Stevens Point because through a
misunderstanding they had not filed a
certain blank in proper form with the
chairman of the w. |. |. at Milwaukee.
Although the Misunderstanding was
the result of careessness of the Elk
ecutive Committee, the arbitrary stand
of the chairman disrupted what promised
TO be great tournament.
Two tournaments were then con
Quoted -one for those lucky enough to
bcs-declared eligible and one for those
who were not. Mineral Point was
listed with the latter group.
In the preliminary game where places
were chosen by lot, Mineral Point was
selected to play Lancaster, Lancaster
had made big Improvement since
playing here and led Mineral Point at
the end of the first half by score of
8 to 6. In the second half Mineral
Point came back strong and succeeded
in getting seven field goals to her
opponents three, winning the game by
score of 20 to Id. In this game Min
eral Point made A fouls to IL by her
opponents.
In the semi-finals Mineral Point was
matched against Prairie du Chen, who
had defeated Verona by 20 to 20 score.
This was hard fought contest and
close enough to make the result always
in doubt. Mineral Point had the adj
vantage of to 6 score at the end of
the first half and continued to hold the
lead ito the close of the game which
ended in score of Is to a. Only three
| fouls were called on Mineral Point
while there were six on her opponents.
This victory entitled Mineral Point to
compete with Highland for first place.
The Highland Mineral Point game was
finq contest. The teams We're evenly
matched and the score at the end of
the first half was tie IL TO III. In the
second half Mineral Point, who had
been observing the play of her oppo-
nentsA came back with a new defense
and 9.sle of PLAYING which bewiidered
the opposing team, holding them to
two points and making ten for herself.
In this game Mineral Point made but
two fouls to Highlands eight. The
faal score was 81 to 10 and Mineral
Point had won first place in the tourn-
ament.
New Glarius defeated Platteville in
the finals of the regular" tournament
by score of 13 to and will represent
this district in the Stevens Point tourn-
ament Unfortunately, the two winning
teams were not allowed TO play to de-
termine which was the better team.
While Mineral Point could not be
awarded the medals, the team feels
proud of the record made in the tourn
ament and the boys have enjoyed their |
experience. Next year if provision can
be made for a gymnasium we hope to
turn out a great team.
Because New GIarus will take part
in the Stevens Point tournament. Min
eral Point has been directed to play the
winner Of the Fl. Atkinson-Lake Geneva
contest, to determine which team shall
represent southern Wisconsin in the
State Tournament at Appleton.
The students were much Interested
| in the outcome Of the games at Platte
Vile When it was learned that Mineral
! Point would contest for first place
heroic effort was made to secure a
special train to witness the game, Fri
day afternoon. Students returned to
school in the afternoon with full ex-
pectation that the special would run
and they were bitterly disappointed to
learn at the last minute that it had
been "caled off,.
The basket ball team, accompanied
by Mr.. Rood, who has done the coach
ing this season, left Thursday morning
for Plattevlle to take part in the
tournament.
The lineup Of the team is as follows:
Right Forward Roy Phillips.
! Left Forward George Bliss.
Center Russell O'Hare Capt.
Right Guard Fred Weating.
Left Guard Sampson Paynter
Substitutes Chris Hendra, Milton
Johnston.