Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-02
Fast WautOma Team Loses
To Locals, A to IT,
Were RipOn College
Boys
GILMAN A. G.. FIVE
OVERWHELMED
WEDNESDAY,
Cameron Highs Play Local
Highs Here Friday Night
Good Preliminary
Game

The Ladysmith Athletic Club is cer~
tainly putting this city on the basket
ball map
aggregation and virtually Ripon coli
lcge team. all five wearing RipOn col
lege suits. were taken into camp
Thanksgiving night and were given u
post graduate course in basketball.
Putting up Snappy preliminary
practice the "All Stars looked like
they would give Iadysmith hard
fight. but soon after the game started
ii was apparent that the lustre of the
stars would be dimmed.
At the end of the first half, the
score was Is to { in favor of Lady
smith At the opening of the second
half the college boys made desperate
fight to even up the score but the ef-
fort was unavailing and the game
ended with Ladysmith far in the lead
fl to H.
The game was clean and snappy and
greatly enjoyed by the large crowd Of
spectators
Juniors Defeat st. Mary's
As a preliminary to the main event,
the boys of st. Mary's highschool and
the Junior team Of the highsch0ol
played an interesting game The high
school boys had the advantage of the
Catholic lads on account of their famil?
iarity with the hall. while their appO-
nentS had had all their practice out
doors.
The Juniors had it all their own way
during the first half, the score when
time was called being 16 to =. In the
second half the Catholic boys came
back strong and more than held their
own. While they reduced their opp9-
nents' lead. they were unable to over
come it and the final score was % to
Is in favor of the Juniors
The personnel of these teams was as
follows:
characterization and Simon, for
Butler, guards
st. Mary'S-G. Ohlfs center and
left forward. e. Collins, right forward;
I. Mccoy. left forward and left
guard: w. Ohlfs. left guard; L. Ber-
1nek, right guard. r. Heron went in
in the second half as center, Walter
DhlfS going out Geo Ohlfs going to
eft forward ana McGoey changing to
eft guard,
Royal Reik otiiciated as referee for
he preliminary game and E. L. Jay
'or the main event
Cameron Here Friday
The Cameron highschool quintet wiz
)lay the Ladysmith highsch0Ol team at
he local gymnasium Friday night.
Cornell will play at Ladysmith Dec,
Is.
\ mixed team. Self-styIed the ALLEY
Rats will play St Mary's High as a.
to the CamerOn-Lady-
smith game
A. c. Team Defeats Gilman
The Ladysmith Athletic Club reank
vent to Gilman Wednesday and de-
Gated the Gilman A. G. team that
'vening. A to 6. Royal Reik, of La
which gives promise of developing in,
o fast aggregation.
Carl Lee and Win Luell did not play
II the Gilman game, but went down
N the evening train and joined the
cam for the trip to Marshfield.
Locals Play Marshfield
The Ladysmith Athletics went to
1arshfield from Gilman Wednesday
light and played the fast MarShfield
cam Thursday evening.
Local Fans to Marshfield
Three auto loads of local fans at
ended the big game at Marshfield.
irving down from here Thursday af-
ernOOn.
Those in the party were: George
4ueli, Jr., f. Hanson, Gilbert Yorks-
ON. r.. Page Wesley Moore, Marvin
l0ble.s Forest Miller. Theo. Houston,
!. a. Drake and w. r. King.