The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-12
Wolf Point-Havre

The Havre All-Stars were guest
at a reception party held in the Coli
scum in this city last Saturday eve
ming at which the young gentlemen
of the city commonly referred to a
the Wolves" were the hosts anC
'Dinty" Moore's band (of rufians)
of steen pieces furnished the most OF
the music, but were ably assisted by
the howls and applause of the large
and enthusiastic audience assembled
The occasion was the meeting on
the local floor of the two city teams
representing the cities of Wolf Point
and Havre in what must be called
the basketball classic of the season.
Surely no game could hold more in
the way of honor for the winner, and
the clean-cut, indisputable victory Of
the evolves" over the much-touted
All-Stars is a slice of "bacon" which
the local boys can be proud of hav-
ing brought home to Wolf Point.
The state dailies and the weekly
papers of the western section have
long been giving the All-Stars credit
for being the ''champeens" not only
of the state of Montana, but upon
the occasion of their defeat of the
Red Lodge team last week, advertis-
cd tha a II Slows &C ,oao,,oroLe &c Al
whole Northwest. The "Wolves,"
too, were making claims, issuing
challenges and 'rarin' to CO." as
Manager Berlin puts it, so that it was
with expectations of witnessing
REAL basketball game that large,
audience gathered at the
Coliseum for the contest, and they
were certainly rewarded for their
A Real Game
Havre scored first on free throw
rom the foul line by Braden as
'esult of over-zealous guarding on
he part of one of the Wolves. But
he Wolves slipped by with field
soal by Eddie Frahm on the next
,lay and from then until the whistle
'lew at the end of the first half it
vas touch and go for both teams,
rst one taking the lead and then
he other. The half ended with the
core IL to 10 in favor of the visit
rs, but Wolf Point stock was still
elling at little above par. i
That Second Half
A small amount of stage fright or
buck fever" coupled with a certain
mount of prudence caused by the !,
ormidable reputation of the visitors
ad caused the Wolves to play con-
,rvative game during the first per-
ID of play, but after the intermis-
on, the locals cut loose with their :
Ill battery of team plays to the :
ter bewilderment of the visiting :
shooting basket after bas-
It in rapid succession on plays run =
the way across the floor, while '
avre's players took theirs out in =
ng shots at the hoop from the cen :,
r of the floor whenever they got -
'ssession of the ball, which was "
ldom. The score would have been q
lch more lop-sided had the Wolf a
int forwards been able to score IL
their easy shots with the same -
gularity that their shots from diff ~
1t angles and distance tailed. ~
The score for the second half was -
for the Wolves to 5 for the ALL
ars, making the total for the game, =
to 16, and sending the Havre L.
yers home talking to themselves.
+! when it comes to this champion
If in athletics they all have to
,e Wolf Point into consideration.
Individual mention cannot be n,
de of the Wolf Point plays as they m,
rked like big machine for the +ei
I'd OF the whole team and their Or
m work was the outstanding fea- N,
e of the game. For the visitors, an
lder was easily the star, but his su,
ltillations were dimmed by the Gil,
'sy defensive work of the Wolves We,
rds. -
Superintendent Livingston of the fol
high school, refereed the game
the entire satisfaction of the wa
yer of both teams. the