The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-05
COUNCIL BLUFFS
wins EASILY
Wednesdays Basket Ball Game
Walkaway for Council Bluffs
Denison Fails to Score First Half

Walkaway for Council Bluffs
Denison Fails to Score First Half
AMEs WINS CLOSE eAME-141s.
Will Play Omaha Commercial Team
Saturday at Denison-Denison to.
Play Council Bluffs March IL.
Denison lost both games at home
this last week to two of the strongest
teams in the state. Ames college is
holding tournament on March l4th
and 18th. After carefully going over
the records of the high school teams
of the state, the eight teams who had
played the hardest games and had
gone through the season with per-
l feet or almost perfect record we're in
Ivited to the tournament. Both Ames
and Council Bluffs are among the
eight teams invited to the tournament.
Council Bluffs Wins Easily.
Wednesdays game was a walkaWay
flor Council Bluffs. The visitors team
work was of high order and it was ev-
ident before the first half was ended
that they outclassed the local boys in
both size and basket ball skill. AT
that, however, Council Bluffs should
not have run away with the game as
she did. In the first twenty minutes
Of play, Smith, the Maroon and Blue
center, slipped behind the Denison
Iguards for eight easy shots. Denison
failed to register single field goal in
1.-The first half. T.!
In the second frame the Purple and
IGold quintette showed to better ad-
Vantage, making Is points to Council
Bluffs 49,. The final result however,
was quite one-sided, Council Bluffs
holding the long end of the score, 49,
I19.
In the Ames game Friday, possibly
the fastest and most exciting game
lever played on the Denison floor, the
(boys came back and showed that they
llcould play basket ball of real class.
At the beginning of the contest, Deni-
son took the lead in the scoring, Ames
crowded up her total until at the end
of the half the board showed balance
lof eight points each.
The first twenty minutes of play
lhad indeed been interesting; the Sec
lond were even more thrilling and ex-
letting. Denison led in the scoring, but
lAmes soon forged ahead by point.
Then followed a period of hard, bril-
liant playing without score on either
lside And then the crowd got to It's
lfeet-the din was terrific-the boys
lplaying increased as the intensity of
the side line cheering grew in vol
ume. With minute and half LETT,
lin which to play, BoslOugh shot the
sphere through the ring for two points
and Denison lead, IS to II. Then in
1.-The last thirty seconds of play, the
lanes center shot in a lucky basket
from the center of the floor, and be-
fore Denison could follow with anoth-
er tally, the game was over and Ames
had won-14-13.
Three Hard Games.
The Denison boys have three hard
Igames ahead of them this next week.
On Friday, the boys go to Jefferson,
to meet their oldtime rivals. This
game will probably go to Jefferson, at
least it is said that Jefferson has de-
Ifeated every teeam she has played
this season in her narrow tabernacle
gym. .
On Saturday, Omaha Commercial
High, one of the strongest basket ball
|quintettes of Nebraska will play at
|Denison. This will be another crack
ing good game and you can count on
(seeing some fine basket ball. March
18th, Denison meets Council Bluffs on
the latter's floor. .....
Mr.. Humphrey reports a most
worthwhile time at the National Sup
erintendent's Convention. Special
emphasis was given to educational
questions in the light of the problems
of reconstructing. High school cours-
es will probably be rearranged so as
to give less time to the classics and
more time to history, civics, political
science and the practical subjects.
The concensus Of opinion seemed to
be to the effect that the war has shown
that one OF our greatest needs is a
thorough and inclusive program OF
physical education. Our greatest ed
ucators favored not system of mill.
tary training in the high school but an
defective system of physical education
including many military principles
This point was especially emphasized
when the Chicago schools who have
, military training in their high schools
staged parade for the visiting super.
intendents. The lack Of physical de-
velopment of the boys who were on
parade was" very much in evidence.
Much stress was also given to indus.
r trial education in the high school. The
next few years will undoubtedly see a
very large increase in the number OF
industrial courses offered in the up
per grades and also in the number OF
, industrial high schools throughout the
country.
Supt. Fellows of birmingham, form
. erly of Denison, was in attendance al
} the Chicago convention and sent his
regards to his many Denison friends
The people who kick on fair school,
appropriations haven't as yet taken
steps to move to Russia where they
never had to pay anything for teach