The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-27
STAKE TOURNAMENT
BIG SUCCESS
OAKLEY Is BASKET BALL HEAD
QUARTERS FOR IDAHO
Contributed)

Four games were played in h 9
Cassia Academy gym Tuesday even
ing. The games were all fast and
proved that we have some real clas-
sy basket ball material at Oakley
this despite the fact that the scores
were all one-sided
Illness Of several players preven-
ted Marion and Second ward Senior
teams meeting the Fourth ward and
First ward Seniors. Therefore. the
First and Fourth wards automatical-
ly went into class "A". The First
ward won over the Fourth in tn e
play-off.
The Junior games showed that
Oakley and vicinity have a number
OF coming basket ball stars. With
proper training, several high class
players will be developed.
very large crowd attended the
tournament
Everything went off in good or
der. The work OF r. B. OFT and
Douglas Mcbride as alternating ref
cree and umpire was commendable.
They kept the teams playing fas t
ball all the time, and their decisions
were never doubted.
The final Senior game between
Oakley First ward and Third ward
will be played in the c. A. gym next
Monday evening, at 7:30. The three
remaining Junior teams will draw
for game Friday night in the gym,
as a preliminary to the c. "A. and
Twin Falls high game. The win
ming team will then play the d d
team Monday night
: The first game Of the evening was
First ward Juntors a 49, -rhjrd ward
Juniors The score was 20 to II in
favor OF the First Ward Juniors.
However. both sides played a good
game
Byron Nelson, forward on First,
was high point winner. caging seven
field goals
LINEUP. First Ward: Nelson, I;
Day, +; Hardy, c; Egbert, g; Worth
ington, &. Third Ward: Alton
Wilson, +; Wilson, +; Martindale, c;
Mcbride, 6; Ellison, &.
The second game OF the evening,
Basin Senior teams VS.. Oakley Third
ward Seniors, resulted in score of
26 to 6 in favor of the latter. This
game was very rough, and rather
one-sided. Mayo Harper scored the
only points made by the Basin team.
Roland Critchfield scored 13 out
of the 26 points made by the Third
warders. Sol Clark came next, with
IL. John Clark contributed 2
points. Although outclassed, the
Basin men showed their gameness
and put up a hard fight right up to
the last.
Substitutions for Third ward were
G. Clark for Adams, and Earl Wilson
for c. Critchfeld.
LINEUP. Third Ward: r. Critch-
field, +; S. Clark, I; Adams, c. j.
Clark, and g Earl Wilson, &; c.
Clark, 8.
Basin: M. Harper, +; Hiner, f; S.
Harper, c, B. Koch, g; Hodges, e.
The third game of the evening,
Second ward Juniors VS.. Marion Jun
iors, brought the score of 80 to 10
in favor of the former. Although
outweighed by the Second ward boys
the Marion lads put up a wonderful
fight, and kept hteir opponents work
ing throughout the game. Whittle
scored IA points for Second ward,
while Nelson Hunter scored 10. L.
Tolman played the best game forl
Marion, making 8 of the 10 points.
LINEUP. Second Ward Juniors:
Bach, C; Whittle, +; Hunter, +; C.
Nelson, 6; H. Nelson, & Croft, sub.
Marion: l.. Tolman, f: Tadlock, +;
Brow, C; Tolman, g; Smith, g; Mar
tin, &.
The fourth and last game OF the
evening wasFirst Ward Seniors VS..
Fourth Ward Seniors, with a score
of 30 to 15 in favor of the First men.
1t was the fastest game of all. The
fact that the teams were old rivals
helped to make things interesting. |
Four personal fouls were called, and |
two men were found guilty OF un-
called for roughness
The First ward team was lucky to !
have four members OF the c. A. |
team. With Mecham in the lineup,
the machine was almost invincible. |
Still. the fact remains that the |