The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-01

and friendly and were always on the
alert to show the team the school and
to be of any service they could to the
fellows. They supported the team in
the games and were especially kind at
all time in every way to the team
which made profound impression of
the boys. The entertainment was all
that could have been asked for and
more than we had expected. The
Awema club are surely fine bunch of
fellows and the Valley City team is
surely indebted to them for the treat
nent received. :.
The summary of the games played
was about as was printed soon after
the games had been played. But in
going over the various teams at the
meet one might mention the teams that
stood out prominently or compared
favorably with our team. Canton, ILL.,,
had good team and played in one OF
the games the final night to determine.
third and fourth places and were de-
feated by Superior, Wis. They had
yery consistent reliable team. The
Detroit, Mich, team had fair team
but a team no better than our North
Dakota teams in any respects. They
were the winners of the consolation
games. Fargo's team was little
nervous but put up good game light
throughout and were among the good
teams at the meet. The Wisconsin
High school team was merely team
substituted at the last minute but they
showed UP we'll in their game with
Fargo. The Centralia, ILL.,; team was
a wonderfully fast team and in the
game they played with Winfield, Kan,
gave one, if not the best exhibition Of
basket ball at the tournament. They
lost out on poor ability to shoot. The
Winfield team was the team picked 0y
almost all the fans to win the tourna-
ment. They had the most, sure shoot
ers in the meet and the cleanest-play-
ing ..ssam without question. they
wereja wonderful team and were sec
ond to none They have lost no games
save the one on the final night in two
wears. having defeated the winners
of the state honors of Oklahoma by a
score of 72 to 12... Red Wing Minn.,:
the. state winners there had a good
team, comparing very favorable with
the Valley City team except that they
had no outstanding man like Busdick-
er in their team. The Jackson, Mich,
team was fair team only and below
the standard the Valley City team has
maintained all year. Monroe, WIS,
team was also but fair team IN
comparison with other teams there and
below the standard of ball played by
either Fargo or Valley City at the
tournament or during the year. The
Cedar Rapids, Ia., team, the winners
of the championship of the interstate
meet at Madison, were fast ana re,
liable team. Very aggressive IN all
points of the game and with the Win-
field team were probably out OF the
class of the other teams or the meet
They were without question the two
best teams in the entire meet. A
courageous team Of players and never
afraid of size or anything else and
won their games largely on determin-
alton and nerve. The Woodward Tech:
School of Toledo had team which
showed splendid team work and good
organization. They compared favor
ably with the two North Dakota teams
as to team work and organization but
were weak on shooting as was both
the North Dakota teams. The E!kton,
s, Oak, team who won from Valley
City in the consolation game was one
man team in that they played to one
man who did all the shooting and who
was almost an uncanny shooter max
inp baskets from the middle of the
aoor and beyond. The organization
in defense work shown by Valley City
IN their game against Elkton was the
best demonstration during the tourna-
ment in that part Of the game ana IN
fact was the only real organized a ae-
fense work shown in the meet. Inc
Madison, S. D., team wasareai team
and in their game with Superior, WIS.,,
made a wonderful showing IN every
way playing one of the best game IN
the entire meet. The game wherein
Valley defeated the Madison team was
one where the defense shown by the To-
cal team was too much for the oppon-
ents and they gave up due to that and
also to the fact that they were tired
out from the previous game and III
tle discouraged. The Superior team
was very large team which played
largely on size and weight and due to
that style of playing won some OF the
games they would otherwise have
lost. They did not show the class OF
basketball that many other teams
showed during the tournament. Ine
Bloomington, ILL.,, team had fast,
clean organization and defeated VAL
lev City only after hard fought game
which the score does not indicate. The
local team ranked well into the top
half Of the teams at this tournament
and made showing for which Valley
City and North Dakota as whole
can we'll be proud. ~
After the final game on Saturday
night the University had the regular
meeting Of the wv" Club, an organi-
cation Of the men of the school who
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