Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-06
OMAHANS PLAY
IN CAGE MEET
FINALS. TODAY
Coach Drummond's Com.
merciaI High Team to
Clash With Lincoln
For Title.

Lincoln, Neb., March Especial
Telegram.) - Omaha Commercial
against Lincoln High school--this is
the basket ball slate for the class A
finals Saturday evening when the
basket ball championship of the
state will be settled.
Both of the city teams ran true to
the sheet prepared for them by the
basket ball dope mixers, disposing
OF their opponents with great ease.
Commerce toycd with Grand Island
High, pulling down "a to victory.
The Lincoln team rushed along at
top speed, defeating their old rivals,
Omaha Central by 80 to. 10 score.
Expect Fast Games.
Lincoln is basket bali crazed and
indications point to whirlwind
game when Commerce and the
Links line up against each other
Saturday evening.
Dope gathered from the Friday
evening games poihts to a Lincoln
victory. The Commercials, how
ever, have been slow to open up on
any of the teams they have thus far
met and Omaha hackers feel con-
A fident the Commerce five has sur
prise in store for the Links.
Lincoln team will probably at
tempt to play the ball under basket
over the heads of Levinson and
Slane. The Links have so far. been
successful in these attempts, but the
two Commerce guards Fyiday eve
ming proved adept at breaking, this
style Of play. =
Omahans Survive. =
Lincoln, Omaha Commerce, Oma-
ha Central and Grand Island were
still in the running when the second
round of play in class A had been
completed Friday afternoon.
Lincoln put away Norfolk in easy
fashion in the first game of the after
noon, which ended % to 7. The size
of the Lincoln men and their ac-
curacy in shooting was mainly re-
sponsible for their victory. g
Fremont Fights Hard.
Omaha Central and Fremont
mixed in hard-fought game follow
ing the Lincoln contest The game
ended, l8 to IL, in favor of the Oma-
ha team, but at one time during the
second half Fremont endangered
Omaha's lead by making the score
IA to 10. Omaha took bracefand
added two more field goals while
Fremont made one.
Grand Island and Geneva battled
through a hard game the outcome
of which was in doubt during the en-
tire first half. The half ended E to 6,
but Grand Island came back after
the intermission and made 10 points
while they held their opponents to
blank.
Mahoney Stars.
Omaha Commerce high played
true to form in their afternoon game
with South Omaha, whom they de-
feated, 19 to g.
Mahoney, who starred again for,
Commerce, is regarded by many as
the cleverest and best player in fhe
tournament. The accuracy of his
basket shooting, the ease and assur-
ance with which he passes the ball
was feature of the afternoon game.
Friday afternoon results:
In the class B senli-flnals, Airing
ton and Superior won the right to
meet for the championship game OF
the second class. Both of the games
were close. Arlington entered the
second half of her game with Column
bus facing a 10 to score in favor
of her opponent. Aided by stellar
work by Kruger she pulled the
game ont of the fire and won, by a
"a to II score. Superior trimmed
Gothenburg, II to TO- by brilliant
rally staged towards the close of the
contest, in which Teft was the man
featuring.
Semi Finals:
Class A.
Lincoln, So; Omaha Central, TO-
Omaha Commerce, s4s Grand Island, g.
Glass b. &.
Arlington, "a; Columbus. IL
superior II: Gothenburg IT,
Class c.
IIavelock. 10; Dunbar, Z,
Randolph, ;: Plattsmouth, IL
Class ID.
NEBRASKA School Tor Dear, 24S North
! Kimhall County, "a; clarkson, ~.
Class Il.
Benson. "a; Mccooi s.
Kencsaw. S; Hebron. 4.
Glass Il.
Blaleu II; Wayne, 1s.
Aurora, IL; Bethany, 10.
Glass G.
Chester. s; Lodge Pole. s.
Dewitt, 20; Palmyra, 16.
Class IL.
Tobias, s; Blue Hill, s.
ST. Edward. IL; Genoa. 10.
4 Glass l.,
Milford. Is; Junists. 6.
Stockholm, Is; nurweli. 10.
Glass J..
Craig. IS; Hickman. s. t.
Y Tefnplc. 81; Sargent. 5.
v @ Glass X. ~
Holmesville. 10; Adams. 81.
Cortland, SO; Plymouth, 8.
Second Round:
Glass A.
Lincoln, 23: Norfolk, T.
Fremont, ~: Omaha Central, Is.
Geneva, 6; Grand Island, 16.
Omaha Commerce, 10; South Omaha, 8.
Glass b. 1
Arlington, az State Farm, Is.
Columbus, 10, Osceola, 10.
Superior, IS; Hastings, II.
Gothenburg, II; Sidney, 10.
CLASH c.
Tiiden, s: Havelock, IS.
Dunbar, -; Deshler, ..
Randolph, IL; ShickIey, ..
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