The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-04-14

two junior high school first teams,
one high school second team, one
scout team, two Y. M. G. A. boys
team, and four athletic club teams.
Every team of any prominence in
this part of the state under lao lbs.
has been met and defeated, and as
Alis list includes the 135 ID. champ
ions of the city of Superior, and one
other Superior team which ranks
high in that city, as well as the best
boys team of Ashland, the Scouts
have clear title to the champion
ship of Northern Wisconsin for a
weight considerably higher than
their own average. The Scout team
of Hibbing, Mimi, is evidently the
only team in this part of the coun-
try which has as good record as
the Washburn Scouts. They are of
the same average weight as the local
team, and it was endeavored to ar
range game with them for the end
of the season; they wanted Washburn
to do all the paying, however, and
did not care to stand part of the
expense. A game on this basis
could probably have been pulled off
without causing general insolvency
in Washburn, but it was felt that
this was too much money to spend
on one game, so the matter was
dropped. A recent notice in the
Duluth News. Tribune stated that
the Hibbing Scouts had defeated the
Duluth Scouts by large score, and
that as the, Duluth Scouts had pre-
viously defeated Washburn, Hibbing
was entitled to the championship of
the Northwest This is not the case,
as Hibbing did not play against a
team that Washburn played, and
there is no basis for comparison.
Both teams have cleaned up in fine
shape in their own territory; but
neither team has the shadow of a
claim on the championship of the
Northwest, as this could be settled
only by an inter-sectional game; and
none was played.
The Scouts have placed no reliance
on any individual playing, but have
perfected their teamwork to a
fine science; every man on the team
had his own particular part in the
combination, and did it without slop-
ping over onto the other fellows job.
1t is unusual to find a group of play
ers of this age who are so entirely
willing TO let their own chances for
personal grand-stand glory go hang,
and work always for the best inter-
ests of the team as whole. They
have also maintained their reputa-
ton for clean playing, which is clear
ing shown by the fact that the whole
team is charged with less than three
personal fouls per game; though they
have occasionally run into opponents
who pulled some pretty raw stuff,
they have played the game regardless
and held their temper.
Bill Haglund, captain of team, has
done most of the actual scoring. 1t
is no discredit to anyone to say that
Scoop" is, without exception, the
most accurate and consistent shot
hin town. His spectacular ability
along this line was we'll started last
year, and this year he has been a
marked man in every game; but in
spite of having two guards watching
him like a cat-or trying hard to--al-
most all the time, he has rolled in a
total of "a field goals during the sea-
son, or an average of over 6 per
game, in addition to 16 free throws.
He hasn't met a guard this year
that could do anything with him,
though the fact that only one goal
was scored by all his opponents
shows that they all tried hard to
stay with him and didn't have much
else on their mind. AS floor
leader of the team, too, Scoop has
been big success; his brains and
experience stood the boys in good
stead on a number of occasions.
| Earl Alton, right forward, is an
entirely different breed Of cat. His
Especially is dribbling and deceptive
passing, and his floor work is adj
mitted to be the best seen on the X
court this year. His job was to
get the ball to Scoop at the right
time, and the sensational way in
which he would pick the amnluni-