The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-07
LOCAL CHAMPSL
THRILLING GAME

returned home Sunday from Fargo,
where they had been participating in
the Inter-Dakota championship con-
ference, where they were defeated
two games out Of three, Madison win
ming the final game Saturday evening
by the score Of II to 16, in one Of the
most nerve racking, thrilling games
ever witnessed on Fargo floor. The
game was sensational in the extreme:
and Valley City apparently had the
game cinched 8 seconds before the
final gun doomed the end Of the last
half when Wertin, Valley City's star
forward, and an all-state man, missed
AN, easy shot a few feet from the. Val
ley City basket.
The game was miraculous as well as
thrilling. After Valley City was held
to Is to in the first half, they came
back like demons in the last half, and
playing brand of basketball that com
pletely overshadowed the other team
crept up, slowly but surely on Madi-
son, until the score stood II to Is: 1T
was here, 10 seconds before the final
whistle, that Wertin missed the shot
that would have given Valley City the
championship. Z,
Wertin, in speaking Of the. shot said
that he would have. rather taken ten
shots" over his head, than to have
missed that shot, the nervous strain
under which players of both teams
were laboring at the time being too
much and the shot was missed by not
taking longer and more careful aim.
8 Madison, too, played championship
basketball, handling the ball in very
clever fashion. .
The second half opened up with
Coach Fagin's men taking the short
end of the score, but Valley City fans
were confident they would come back
and they did. Thayer made the first
score in the second half when ne
Gagged a pretty field goal. +. Welsh,
:Madison's, guard, missed several free
throws. A short time later a person
al was called on Jenson and Larson
missed the free throw, but soon tipped
it in for q two point counter instead
Less than minute later he tipped IN
another, bringing the score up to 10
and 10. It was here that the Valley
Citv rooters went wild. Thayer was
hurt when he fell on the gym floor
striking his forehead, but he stayed
in the game aafter. taking time OUT
+. Welsh got the only tallies made by
the Madison team in the final period, 2
short time after this, when he Gagged
pretty field goal, after clever pass.
ing and his own foot work had brought
S+he ball under tle basket. The score
~ to is with six minutes left TO play
Holm was sent back for Thayer. Lar:
.on scored a free throw and two min
utes later field goal making the
count IL to- 16 for. Madison. The val N
lev City team strived desperately for
another counter. but the goddess o.
lnck was against them and Wertln'
shot went wild. c....
The pivot game Of the Valley, CITY
team was spectacular, the Coyote
state team being unable to declpner
such playing. Crow, Madison's cap
tain. was the star of the series on the n
Madison side. always having aomlie
on his face. and playing an aDsolutely
sportsmanlike game. !. -. =.
The three games. were marked oy
snort smanship on both sides. neither
team attempting rough play, but the
nlaving was characteristic OF real
champion teams. Wertin OF Vaiey
and +. Welsh of Madison, were tne
forwards to whom credit must be
given. playing stellar games for their
teams. Larson, Valley City's center:
also deserves especial credit. -
If the championship had been de,
cided by points, Valley City woulo
have won by a margin Of three.
The scores for the three games were
1st game. v. C. 9 Madison - =
End game y. G. q NJ Madison iS -