River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-03-11
R. F. High Wins
Fourth Place At
Stout Tourney

The tournament which decided the
championship of the Northwest was
| held at Menomonie March 5, 6, z, un-
/ der the auspices of the Stout Institu-
tie. Eight invitations were issued by
the Athletic Council and River Falls
was chosen as one of the strong
teams. The locals played a good
brand of basketball all season and it
was predicted by all who had seen
them play that they would be
strong contender when it came to the
| final wind-up. The weather man,
| however, didn't see things our way,
| and consequently the Falls was de-
| layed two days by one of the sever
est snow storms that has swept this
| part of the state in the last two
years.
After waiting patiently for two
long days the railroad tracks were
cleared and the teams arrived in Me-
nomonie about $50 Friday evening.
Immediately upon arriving the fell
lows were taken to the Armory to
play their first game. Elmwood was
chosen as their first opponent. The
boys went into the game with all the
confidence in the world, and it was
this more than anything else that
spelled defeat for River Falls. When
the final whistle blew the score was
24-21 in favor of Elmwood.
The next morning River Falls was
matched to play Ellsworth. Each
team had lost game and this decid-
ed which team would remain in the
tournament. The Falls went into the
game with real fight and before the
first ten minutes were up the spec
tators knew that Ellsworth would
soon be on their way home. In the
meantime Elmwood lost to Glenwood
City, so this meant that River Falls
had chance to draw eElmwood for
their afternoon game. The drawing
took place about IL o'clock and as
luck would have it River Falls drew
Elmwood. This made the second
game for the Falls that day, but that
didn't make any difference. They
wanted to show the spectators that
they were the better team, and that
Elmwood was lucky in defeating them
the first game. This game was also
to decide which team would remain
in the tournament. After the first
half anyone could easily guess that
Elmwood would soon be going home,
but this didn't satisfy the Falls, they
kept on hammering away until the
score was almost tripled
New Richmond defeated Hudsol
in the meantime, so New Richmond
and River Falls were slated to play
for third and fourth places that eve.
ming. This made River Falls third
game that day and New Richmond's
second. 1t also made four games III
less than "a hours for the Falls.
Nevertheless, the Falls went into
the game and put up desperate
fight the first half. During the sec
ond half the grind from the two pre-
vious games of the day began to tell
and New Richmond forged into the
lead by few baskets, and kept the
| lead until the whistle blew.
| The officials complimented River
Falls upon their good playing, and
made the statement that lit was sure
| ly too bad that the Falls had to play
so many games in such snort time
| Nobody could help it, however, and
we only hope that the weather man
| will do better next year.
After the River Falls-New Rich
mond game, Menomonie defeated
Glenwood City by large score. The
teams finished in the following or
der:
First-Menomonie
Second-Glenwood City
Third-New Richmond
Fourth-River Falls
The other teams competing were
Hudson, Ellsworth, Elmwood and
| Clayton.
STATE TITLE GAME FRIDAY