Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-14
LEGION FIVE PLAYS
RETURN GAME WITH
EARLV|LLE THURS.
ROYALS AND MARSElLLEs ALL
STARS ITO PLAY CURTAIN
RAISER AT 1880 ocLock-LE.
eioN.cARplNAL GAME TO FOL-
LOW. Wv

Tomorrow night will be a big oc-
casion for Ottawa basketball devo-
tees when a double bill Of basketball
will be threshed out Two big games
which are expected to be humdingers
will be staged at the armory under
the auspices Of the American Le'
gion basketball association. The first
game which viii start at 1880 p M.
sharp will find Coach Smiths Otta'
wa Royals in an argument with
Phil Kohrs Marseiles All-Stars. This
game will act as the curtain raiser
Of the evenings entertainment and
indications point to a real battle
when the two teams mix;
All-Stars Fast Team.
kohls five is an exceptionally clev'
err aggregation and consists OF the
best basketball talent in Marseilles
! They have won from Hitter'S legion
team by big margin and have also
| defeated some very strong teams OF
surrounding localities. The Earlville
Cardinals, who will appear against
the legion team in the second game
on the card tomorrow were also vic
tins of the fast Marseilles squad.
Royals Also Fast.
Nevertheless Coach Smiths team
Is also one of the fast basketball
teams ever organized in this city
and the All-Stars won't have cinch
Of the game The Royals have only
PLAYED two official games this season
both being staged with the Leland
team. In the first game with the Lee
land club Smiths men suffered hor
rble trouncing. 1t was their first
game. they lacked sufficient team
work and had no defense, which re-
suited in the horrible trouncing. TWO
weeks later another game was SEIZED
uled with the Leland team. The tide
was turned in that battle and what
Smiths Royals didn't do to the VII
lage five isn't worth talking about.
They returned to this city with their
first real victory attached to their
belts and the score was something
awful. The Royals evidenced great
improvement and showed that they
had trained hard during those two
weeks between the games.
Tomorrow night the yare going to
cut loose with every trick and STRAIT
agem they know in an effort to de-
feat Kohrs men. OF course they will
have tough time and the game
should be a very interesting affair.
After this game Hitter's legion five
will settle their second argument with
the Earlville Cardinals. The corn
huskers already have one victory
over the service five to their credit,
and are sure they can turn the trick
again. But Bitter and his men state
they are goiBss<c uncork a big sur
prise when they meet Earlville's Car
dinals tomorrow and want everybody
out to see the game.
So far this season Hitter's team
has suffered two defeats, and has won
one victory. Besides the Earlville
team, the Marseilles All-Stars defeat
ed the service men. In both games
they were badly }trounced and in the
game with Haage's Jolly Boys, they
only won by margin Of three points,
the score being % to %.
Legion Much Stronger.
However, their playing tomorrow
will be different from every angle
They have trained and trained hard
since the game last Friday with the
All7Stars and have rounded them
selves into firsB class basketball con-
dition for the ARRAY tomorrow. Each
an devery man has knuckled down
and applied the finishing touches,