Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-17
P.V |. c. FIVE: lose
INITIAL CLASH TO
MARSE|LLES TEAM
BASKET MADE IN LAST SIX SEC
ONDS or PLAY GIVES MARSEIL-
LES SQUAD VICTORY BY MAR
GIN or ONE PolNT-SEcoND
SQUAD LOSES 70 MARsElLLEs
SECOND SQUAD, % TO IA.

Handicapped by loss Of the Var
land brothers from last nights line
up, Coach Byrnstad's P. V, l.. c, has
ketball team lost their first game OF
the season to the Marseiles high
school squad by final count Of IL
70 Is. in one Of the most exciting
basketball games ever staged around
this neck of the woods The game
was by far one of the fastest ever
staged in this city. Both teams dis
played considerable rivalry and il
was tight struggle from the time
the first whistle was blown until the
final gong was sounded.
II was sort of lucky win for the
Marseilles five. With only six Sec
onds to play the score stood - to
IA in favor of ByrGstad's men and the
hackers of the south side institution,
not suspecting that their team could
lose the game at that stage, were
cheering Justify, Suddenly the cheer
ing stopped, and the whistle blew
ending the game with MarsoiIles rs
the winner In just those six ser
onds Osgood of the Narseilles squad
sent The ball through the netting for
the final score Of the game which
gave his team a victory By margin
Of one point.
It was close finish. Possibly
nothing like it was ever staged
around here for long time. During
the last three minutes Of playing, one
team would take the lead and then
the other. Marseilles in about the
last minute of play was ahead IA 10
10. Nelson of the p. V. L. G. team.
scored a basket with only thirty sec
onds to go, giving 2. V l.. c. their
one point lead and it locked as tho
predictions of Byrnstad having IL
tie FIVE were going to come true.
Both teams evidenced great
strength and were very well evenly
matched. p. V. l.. G. despite the
loss Of the schools hest payer, Tru-
man Varland, who was forced TO cur
because of being down in his studies,
made an exceptionally good showing
They fought hard for the honors Of
their first battle and the fans who
gathered TO witness the games were
well pleased with the exhibition.
Dewey and Nelson, playing the for
ward position on the 'Swede' team,
showed up exceptionally fine. They
were like span of bulldogs and
kept the Marseilles lads on the lock-
out all through the contest. The lads
shared honors in the basket shooting
and besides played a wonderful de-
fensive game. while Olsen made one
basket and two free throws.
Bill Johnson at center, although 1t
was the first real game that he ac-
tually played in, made a coed show
ing also. Bill was fighting and fight
ing hard. He proved himself as the
ideal man for that position and with
out doubt will play an important
part in the future games Of the team.
During last nights game he made
two sensational field goals which
won much applause from the audi
ence
Stubikar, who fulfilled the vacancy
left by Truman Valland, was on the
trail of the Marseilles forwards all
the time and made things mighty
tough for them, He worked hard
throughout the contest and made such
a good showing at the guard position
that he will probably be permanently
installed there by the college men
tor
Mcintyre, at the opposite guard,
also played well and played an I'M
portant part in the defense against
the Marseiles lads. He made one
basket and one free throw in the
game.
For the Marseilles squad kuh1,
Osgood and Van did all the scoring
They also played a very clever
game
Previous to the final game Of the
evening Byrnstad's second team
lost to Marseiles high school second
team, % to IA Marseiles obtained
q lead during the first half OF the
game, which the z. V. l.. G. players
were unable to overcome. Following
is the score of the last game