The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-12-29
SCORE VICTORIES
IN BLACK HILLS
COACH ENkE'S BASkETEERS ARE
MAKING FINE RECORD
ON TOUR
COACH VESTS TEAM ON TRIP N EAST
Sturgis, Lead, Deadwood, spearfish
and Spearfish Normal Lose
to State College.

The State college basketball team
under the leadership of Coach Fred
Enke is making a whirlwind tour of
the Black Hills country and leaving a
long string of defeated rivals in its
wake. Sturgis Legion team was de-
feated % to IS, Lead bit the dust
"a to 20, Deadwood was downed 81
to S in a tough scrap, Spearfish Nor
NAL fell IN easy victim 80 to Is, and
the Spearfish town team was humbled
35 to 16 In what was expected to be
the hardest game of the trip. The
team expects to be back in Brookings
Friday according to a telegram re-
ceived from Coach Enke yesterday. :.
Coach C. A. West also has his team
or a tour in the east with games SEIZED
uled against some of the fastest teams
Of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
AS yet no report has been received
Of the outcome of these games.
On Christmas eve Coach Enke wrote
from Lead, 1--WE r just about TO
leave for Deadwood where we play
tonight. We have had a very enjoy
able trip thus far and expect it to
be better. States team came back
last night and defeated the fast Lead
basketball team Ga to 20. Every man
was playing star basketball and con-
sequently did not look like the same
team which beat Sturgis only 20 to
Is the night before. The slump at
Sturgis was due largely to the hard
trip. Sturgis is due a great deal of
credit for the hard clean game that
they played. Patterson was the indi-
vidual star of the game. He netted
6 baskets. Owens played a good floor
game.
AT Lead the team took the fast
Legion aggregation by storm and be-
fore three minutes were up the score
was IL to 1 in States favor. They
displayed fast team work consequently
b~ewildering the Legionaires. ,Patter
son again starred. Bob Coffey found
a rabbits foot and was the individual
star. He scored 10 long field goals.
Owens played a fast game and also
showed the crowd he could shoot bas-
kets."
AT Spearish on December 81, Coach
Enke wrote, Playing the third game
Of the trip at Deadwood, State showed
a fast and hard fought game from be-
ginning to end. Deadwood proved to
be the strongest opponents which State
has struck thus far. Their guarding
was Of the best and their Offense some
times penetrated States defense for
long dangerous shots. 1t was Dead
woods inability to shoot baskets that
made the score so one-sided. States
teamwork did not have the precision
that they showed at Lead, but the few
flashes of team work which they did
show proved disastrous to Deadwood.
Patterson was the old reliable scorer
and succeeded in ringing five of the
baskets. F. Coffey came through and
scored five baskets and played a good
game at guard.
after spending Christmas at Dead
wood, we ~journeyed to Spearfish where
State was supposed to play the Legion
team, but instead played Spearfish Nor
NAL. The game proved to be a walk
away and State defeated them 80 to
Is. The Normal could not stop States
team work and if State. had scored one
third Of the shots that rolled around
the ring, the score would have been
far greater. Patterson again starred
scoring five baskets. Kreger played a
fast and consistent game, scoring six
field goals.
Tonight, comes the hardest game
Of the trip when we meet the Spearfish
Legion team, reputed to be the fastest
team in the hills. If we win this
game. we are practically assured of
coming through with a clean slate"
A telegram received yesterday an
nounced a victory over Spearish in
this contest, so it Is likely State will
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