The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-19
Laaomarcino Snatch Victory from kei'
iogss in Last Five Minutes OF
Play, Affordins Plenty OF
Thrills.

Basketball fa0S were given ASo1
treat at the Y. NJ. c. A last night.
The opening of the second round II
the Y. M. C A. commercial basketball
league produced three of the scrap
pest, fastest games so far this
season. The players were on and
show that they are in condition TO
play the game until the whistle
blows:
The first game resulted as follows:
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Kellogg-Birge ..........i 10 II
Lagomarcinos Ia Il
The fruit men snatched victory
from defeat in the last ave minutes OF
play 1t was not until the second half
that they were able to get away, from
the close guarding by Wygle and
Heiser for Kelloggs. Keehn scored
three baskets in the first hah and
three in the second for Lagomar-
cino's, running UP the high score of
the game, while Jenkins succeeded
in getting four baskets in the second.
Few fouls were made and if the
wholesalers could have had two Of
their best men, McQuoid and Han
cock, in the lineup they would prob
ably have had an easy win.
The Red Tops won the second
game and drop the American Cement
Machine makers to third place.
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American Cement 49,. 3 I 10
This was the big game of the even
ing because both teams we're con-
tending for the top. There must be
some charm in the name Red Top be-
cause they seemed to stake in" with
apparent ease a team liIe the Ameri-
can Cement which has The reputation
of having all-star players Of city team
class. Hubinger, Becker and Huis-
kamp, the basket shooters for Ameri-
can Cement, were helpless before the
close guarding of Merriam, Ayres and
Beach of the Red Tops. Merriam
succeeded in making six Of the thir-
teen points for the Red Tops on free
throws, tossing in six out of seven
trials. Kiedaisch got one free throw
and one field goal and Dickey scored
two field goals in the second half.
For the cement machine makers Moi
fit scored two in the second half,
Hubinger one basket in the first and
Becker made two out OF four free
trials.
This is The second time the Red
Tops have won form the American
Cement. The first time these teams
clashed, extra time had to be allowed
to decide the game, the Red Tops
coming away with a AL victory.
But the American Cement team is
simply saying, wait until the next
time
Ford won their first victory of the
season last night by defeating Odells.
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Fora COMPLEMENTARY. 8 I3 %
This was another game won in the
last few minutes of play. Chuck"
King made his first appearance In the
game last night, after being out for
several weeks with an injured hand.
With King back in the game the Ford
outfit was hitting on -four" and they
have started a winning streak that
may be hard to check. Odelrs played
a good game, but tried too many long
shots. King made high score with
six baskets and one free throw to his
credit, while Pond got two baskets
and a free throw, and Watkins two
baskets for the Ford team. Higgins
and Robinson each made four field
goals for Odell's and Robinson got
two free throws.
Scorer, Harry Phillips; timers. DR..
Hanes and Z. Meister; referees, c.,
King and Brugman