The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-12
OMAHA Wins
BY ONE POINT
Omaha Commercial High School Team
Wins From Denison on Local
Floor Saturday Night
WINS A GAME ALSO
Second Team Played at Jefferson on
Friday Night-SmalI Floor Dis
advantage to Denson Players

[ basket bali team met Denison on the
| local floor last Saturday night and
won by. the narrow margin of one
point. The Ames game a week ago
last Friday was chuck full of breath
Hess playing, but it wasn't in a class
with, the Omaha contest.
The Denison five with brilliant bas-
ket shooting, and speedy passing and
| team work, on their part undoubtedly
played the best basket ball ofsStae
season. And Omaha, we'll Omaha won
so she must have been in the game
too. Denison eXcelled in passing and
team work, while Omaha somewhat at
a loss on our small floor, was more
successful in placing long shots.
Captain Saggau with total of field
and free throws lead the home team
in scoring while every other member
of the team was also there and
over" One rather unique feature of
the game was that during the first
half every member of the Denison
team shared equally in scoring, each
making two field goals.
Mahoney, Omahas star forward,
was in splendid form and in spite of
Flinn's close guarding secured total
of seven baskets and perfect score
of standing shots.
Denison started her scoring ma
chine vigorously and by the middle of
the half had lead of points on the
rangy lads from Omaha. This advant-
age did not last long, however, for
with squirt of desperate playing the
visitors cut down the odds and the
half ended 81 to 20 in our favor
Both teams guarded more closely
in the last twenty minutes Of play.
Every time the purple and gold forged
ahead the Nebraskans crowded up
their score. And then inNthe last mo-
ed in long, lucky shot from the cen
ter Of the floor that clinched the
game for the enemy. The second half
ended with the score one point in
favor of Omaha as the first half had
ended in favor of Denison These
close shaves are all right but next,
time we prefer to do the shaving.
JeffersoH Wins From Second Team
On last Friday Denison played JEFF
ferson at Jefferson. The game was
played in front of the high school as
sembly on a floor somewhat narrower
and but a few feet longer than Deni-
sons lOn the east side there was
not room for boundary line and on
that side the players crashed into
rough partitions and broken beaver
board. Two steam radiators also held
| forth gently within the playing area.
On the west side the boys crashed in
to the school desks. We are assured
that next year it will be different, for
Jefferson is building a fine high
school building this summer and a
splendid gymnasium is included in the
building specifications.
Coach Helsley thought it wise to
play the second team and save the
| first string men for the Omaha game.
The score is hardly an accurate indi-
cation Of the real quality of the play
| ing. The Denison Yannegans failed
| to get away on the offensive with the
dash they usually show in practice.
With just twelve minutes left in
which to play and the score 19 to A.,
the first team made its appearance
upon the floor. The narrow floor
made team work difficult but in spite
of this, the baskets. soon began rolf
ing in. Gebert shot in four baskets
in rapid succession and the other
members of the team followed suit.
When the game ended a few moments
later the score was 16 to "a, Jefferson
winning the game. -
The boys go to Council Bluffs to
play return game there tonight.
There is not much doubt about the
(outcome Of the game for only last Fri
day the Council Bluffs second team de-
feated Omaha central high 33 to 10.
! However. the boys feel confident that
the score will not be as one sided as
it was here. ., "a
Woodbine Here Friday.
On Friday in the final home game
of the season, Denison plays Wood
bine high, school at Denison. This
game with our neighboring town prom
ises to be an interesting contest.
Come out and see the boys play i'll
this final game of.the season.
Supt. Humphrey to Dss Moines
Superintendent Humphrey, who with
Superintendents Hicks of Clinton,
Clark of Sioux City, Blackmar of OF
tumwa and Aldrich of Keokuk, as a
member Of the legislative committee
representing the school interests Of
the state, was called to Des Moines
on Friday to see about some import
ant matters that are to be brought be.
fore the present session of the legis-
llature. .... @
interesting Program
The kindergarten and central grade
lparent teachers association enjoyed
an interesting program at the gym
nasium Friday afternoon. Unusual
Interest was shown in Miss Paull's
eXplanation of the tests being given
to the first grades. Copies of the
Questions with the. opportunity of an
swering them were given to those
present. The second grade physical
training class under Miss Wright's di.
rection gave splendid exhibition. Full.
lily as interesting was the Eskimo play
in which the various exercises have
been organized in the form of story
of Eskimo life. The representation OF
failing snow, of hunting, of building
1.-THE snow man, etc, was very clever.
This was acted by the second and
third B grades. 5y5 x t5Ss Al