Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-23
Appleton Ideals" and Che
tex Win From Local
A. c. Team
CORNELL HIGH
LOSES HERE; BRUCE .
ALSO DEFEATED
Chetek Here Tonight For Return
Game.--Substitutes Will
Play Weyer-
haeuser

The Appleton ideals" handed the
Ladysmith A. c. basketball team tht,
worst defeat it has experienced in two
seasons of fast games, on the local gym
floor Tuesday evening. The final score
was IS to 20.
Ladysmith Gagged the first ball and
cot off to a two-point lead, but this
lead was short lived and the locals
never got back in front after that.
The Ideals were known to be a
very fast team and certainly lived up
to their reputation. They are doubt
less the fastest aggregation of basket
ball players ever seen in action in
Ladysmith and the fans were well
entertained even il the local team was
outclassed
The locals put up a game fight, ana
it was no disgrace to lose to such q
team as the Ideals which is the
sameA team as the Wisconsin Rapids
Tr-city A. G. team of last year.
No change was made during the
game in the lineup of the visiting
team: Ritchie and Stark as forwards,
Palmer center, and Smith and Nor
mington guards.
For the locals, Bliffert and Luell
played as forwards, Sawyer as center,
and Lee and True as guards at the
start. Lindberg substituted as left
forward for Luell for part of the
game. but Luell went back in again.
Reik also substituted for True as guard.
HigllschOOl Defeats Bruce
In the preliminary game, the Lady,
smith highschool team easily defeat
ed the Bruce highschool, II to 5. In
the first half the j. I'll. S. shut out
Bruce and scored five points. In the
last half the locals scored 6 points and
Bruce ).
For the l.. I'll. s., Schiotz and Rad
loft were forwards, Moore center and
Fond and Davidson guards. Johnson
substituted for Davidson as guard in
the last half The Bruce team was
composed of Humber and Coey, for
wards, ST. Louis center, Keath and
Fiker guards Pritchcrd and st. Louis
substitutes.
Another Scalp For l.. III. S.
The highschool team won an easy
victory over Cornell highschool last
Friday ut the local gym, the score be-
ing 33 to - Cornell made only two
baskets in the first half, while the To-
Gals were caging seven and scoring
an additional point on free throw
on account of a foul. Schiotz, as for
ward, starred for Ladysmith, making
II points.
Girls Defeat Cornell Girls
AS a preliminary, the girls Of the
Ladysmith highschool defeated the
Cornell highschool girls.
A. c. Team Loses TO Chetek
The Ladysmith A. c. team lost to
Chetek at the latter place Friday
night, IL to 13, in a game character
lied by roughness and desperate play
ing Ladysmith was handicapped by
its lack of familiarity with the hall,
and lost the game in the first half,
which ended Ii to 8, in favor Of Che
TEX
Ladysmith scored five points in the
last half and held the Chetek lads TO
but one basket, but those two points
were enough to win the game. VIM.
Luell did not accompany the team to
Chetek
Hinshaw and Bliffert were the for
wards, Sawyer center, and Lee and
True guards, during, the first half
For the last half, Sawyer replaced
Hinshaw as forward, Lee going to
center and Reik going in as guard.
This proved the stronger combination.
Chetek Here Tonight
Chetek will play a return game with
the A. C.'s here tonight (Friday) and
red-hot contest is anticipated. Weyer-
haeuser will also play here tonight,
against the substitutes from the first
team The Weyerhaeuser game will
start at :45.
Chicago Quint Coming
On Monday evening, Dec. 26, local
basketball fans will see another very
fast aggregation in action when the
".All Chicago Five" plays the A. C.s.
This team is captained by George
Young, said to be zone of the greatest
guards in the game" and captain Of
the Denver A. @. team that played
here last year.