The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
FATS WIN GAME FROM
LANKY OPPONENTS
Prove Their Supremacy in a
Gruelling Contest.

prophet and dopester on basket ball
games. We said all the time that
the Mellin's Food Babies were 60
ing to trim up the Living Skele-
tons, and they sure did. The gene
was played as preliminary t. the
Scout game last Friday, and was
witnessed by capacity crowd.
Macly Arbuckle used to lament that
nobody loves a fat man, but the
Baby Elephants certainly had the
crowd with them all the way
through this game, and the final ne
suit of both halves was greeted with
wild acclaim.
Let no man henceforth allude to
any of these athletes as "has-beens," !"
after this sterling exhibition of
skill and endurance! We hold that
these solid citizens, who came for
ward from the peace and quiet of
their secluded private lives and in
terposed their might between the
hopes of the Sims and the fulfment
thereof, are vertiable heroes. Pic
ture to youreslevs, for example, G..
Lloyd Knots, whose daily exercise
consists ordinarily of rolling out of
bed, and who does not pretend to
know the difference between bas-
ket ball and bean bag: he stood
squarely in his place for ten tense
minutes, aoiling all attempts to
draw him out; if an opponent mol
ested him, he sat on his head until
the danger was past, and altogether
he put up a classy performance. No
less an obstacle to the Knitting
Needles was Doc Ward, whose skill
at volley ball stood him in good
stead; scbrning to take advantage
of any foot work, he stuck to his
post and made vicious swipes at
the ball wheneverlit came near him.
His technique naturally puts one in
mind of Babe Ruth, the home run
king, with just touchs of John j..
Sullivan; and whenever one of mis-
swiAgs connected with the pill,
everybody ducked, including the
audience.
Elmer Olsen harked back to the
days when he was pivot man for
the high school, and rarely failed
to get the jump on his lean oppon-
ent. His breathing, also, was the
fastest ever heard on the local
court.
DR.. Axley was easily the star
Of the game, rolling in three bas-
kets for the Behemoths, in spite of
the fact that he now carries so
pounds that was not with him the
last time he played before. Doc.
found before the game that none of
his old athletic pants were adequate
to the task, and his resourcesful-
ness of getting around this diff
Guilty was spectacular; he bought
upward up about an acre of pongee,
or voile, or ,burlap, or something,
and the local tent-maker built him
a pair of panties that would rave
done credit to Madame Lucille.
Jack MacRae was another big
surprise; most people have never
seen Jack except when he is fast
asleep, playing his traps at dance,
but the way he tore around the
floor was caution. He teamed UP
perfectly with Doc Axley, and once,
brought the crowd to its feet with
clear shot from the abdomen,
propelled backward over his head.
Kirk Gibson, though not nearby
as venerable as most of his team
mates, was very effective in the Sc
cond half. He rolled in one tally
with two lean guards festooning his
formidable frame.
We do not mean to infer that all
the merit was on the heavy side
far from it. Carl Jehle made some
beautiful loops shots, and he and
Ray Brown and Melius Sylte show
ed true Y. M. c.. A. form. Ben
Rude, who played right half-back,
gave one of the finest exhibitions
of end runs ever seen, and his run
ming with the ball through a brok-
en- field was equal to the best that
Chick Harley e1e4 did. 1 Parnell
w, Picklesimer varied the hum
drum routine of his work by in
Producing a little esthetic dancing
shot for tne basket, he curled one
leg around his left ear; we chal-
lenge Pavlowa to do it better.
No report of the game would be
complete without giving John Glib
son credit for his splendid refere-
ing. John behaved like the true
gentleman that he is, and never
imposed his opinions on anybody
to whom they were unwelcOme.
Rather than annoy the players by
blowing his whistle, he used II
to gesticulate with, and the fact
that his semaphore signals were not
always obeyed should not detract
from his glory. If the players
would quit charging wildly after
the ball, and pay strict attention to
the referee as they should, stopping