Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-20
BASKETBALL
TEAM WINS TWO
DEFEAT STANDPOINT EASILY AND
NOSE OUT IN GAME WITH
FAST NEWPORT TEAM
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR FRIDAY GAME
Large Crowd of Fans See Home Team
Win at Standpoint

The Bonners Ferry high school bas-
ketball team returned from its trip
Sunday with the scalps of Standpoint
and Newport neatly tucked away In
its victory bag.
The first game played at Standpoint
on Friday night and witnessed by 131
fans of this city who chartered a spec
ial train on the Spokane International
Railway in order to attend, was one
of remarkable team work and speed
on the part of the home boys and the
Standpoint team seemed unable to
break up any formation our boys
made to work the ball to a place
where they could shoot" The entire
game was fast and clean and every
foul made was called, no matter how
slight.
Mud" Myers at center had the jump
on his opponent, which greatly aided
Bonners Ferry to start their formation
for team work. Every time that My
ers got within range of the basket the
ball was certain to drop through the
ring and at the end of the game he
had placed the pill through the loop
II times.
Kent and Boileau were too much for
the Standpoint guards. The speed of
these two is enough to make the best
guards ramble to keep up with them
and both were responsible for Bonners
Ferry's large score. At our guard
ends was stone wall defense, made
by Wallace, Andrews and Welch, that
Standpoint could not get through. On
ly four field baskets were made by
Standpoint during the game. Wallace
displayed remarkable skill in forward
ing the ball down the hall, at one time
dribbling its full length and making
basket. Andrews, playing station
airy guard, stopped everything that
came down his way but the score-keep-
er found he was treating the Sand
pointers too rough so he had to be re-
placed by Welch. The final score was
81 to 25 in favor of Bonners Ferry.
Argo, of Spokane, was referee and
Werner, of Laclede, was umpire.
Referee .Argo complimented the Bon
ners Ferry team very highly, stating
to Coach Campbell that our team
would compare very favorably with
any team in the state if coached on
regulation floor.
The large crowd that made up the
special train to go to Standpoint COM
pletely drowned Sandpoint's rooters
with noise. Led by Yell Kings Ger
trude Jacoby and Wilbur Tanner, Bon
ners Ferry was capable of showing the
Sandpointers what real pep" is. It
will be puzzle to Standpoint for some
time to come to know how any town
could get up special to accompany
a basketball team on a trip.
At Newport our boys found a team
that was the best they have been up
xtvIa he
ended with a score of 81 to 23 in fav-
or of Bonners Ferry, the boys realized
they had played the toughest game OF
, the year.
Myers, at center, had his own trou-
bles handling Mitchell, the big Newport
center who was responsible for most
of Newport's scores. The first half
ended in favor of Newport with score
of 10 to 8. The second half started
with Newport playing a speedy game
! and when it was half over Newport
was ten points in the lead. Time was
! called for minute and the Bonners
Ferry boys got together and deter
mined to play for all they were worth
the remainder of the game and Kent
started the rally by dropping one
through the basket from center's pos
ition. Newport seemed to weaken un-
, der the fast pace set and the score was
, tied with just ninety seconds left to
/ go. Bonners Ferry boys came back
hard and determined to win, placed
the ball in the basket four times, maxi
ing the final score 81 to 23 in their fav-
or. Bonners Ferry voted the Newport
team the finest set of sportsmenlike
!. men on the circuit. They took defeat
with the best of cheer and gave our
boys a splendid feed and dance after
the game. The Bonners Ferry boys
will always look upon the Newport
team as an example of fine sportsman-
ship.
Bonners Ferry has but a few more
games to play on the home floor and
= two of these come this week, one with
the Eureka, Mont, team and one with
; the Post Falls team.
The winning of the game last Fri
: day with Standpoint gives Bonners Fer
ry the championship of both North Id
; aho and Western Montana. The team
has lost but one game this year.