Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-01
MARSE|LLES FIVE
TO PLAY H|TTER'S
Fast SQUAD TONIGHT
"lRiSH" AND p. v. l.. C. TO PLAY
PREllM MARY GAME-200 MAR.
SElLLEs FANS TO ACCOMPANY
HAAGE'S TEAM TO THIS CITY.

There will be all kinds Of excite.
ment tonight for basketball fans Of
Ottawa at Armory G when Manager
ii. lIaage's Marseiles jolly Boys Of
the Certainlteed roofing company of
that city clash with Hittcr's American
Legion outfit. II will be the first
game OF the season In Ottawa and
fans are expected to turn out on maSse
to witness the conflict II is reported
that more than 200 fans from Mar
settles are planning to come to OF
tawa to back their team in the game.
There will BIO two games on the
card of events. The first will starr
about O'Clock, when a band of high
school players going under the name
Of Irish" clash with Coach Bryn-
stads u. V. l.. e. squad. The hieh
school squad is made up Of Bob Carr,
Clyde Dougherty, Johnny Mecken
stock Joe Geigcr. Brick Farrell and
several others. Byrnstad will use his
regular first string material in the bat.
tie. II will be good game and II
will be fight from start to finish be-
cause the p. V. l.. G.. lads are goinS
out to seek revenge for the football
trouncing Smiths men gave them
early in the gridiron season.
After they have settled their little
argument Iiitter's group Of men will
take the floor. The team has been
supplied with new uniforms of blue
and gold and will wear them for the
first time tonight
Haagos gang of huskics, 1t is re-
ported are in real trim for the bat
tie, and will no doubt give the local
service lads n tough going over. The
Marseilles manager as yet hasn't sub
mitted his lineup for the game, bu.
1t Is known that he has some real
basketball talent on the team They
have only played couple of games
so far this year and can boast OF hav-
ing won all of them Last year they
played wonderful ball and established
Il record to be proud of Haagc's team
have played together for the past
two or three years, and they have ac-
QuirCd team work that IS unXecClled.
They are very sure basket shooters
and are habitual users of the five
man defense, which is a big thing In
basketball
Wednesday night IIitter's men went
to Earlville and lost their initial game
of the season to the Earlville Cardi
nails. % to 49, Bnt the loss of the
first encounter doesn't have any bear
ing on tonight's affair, and Hlittcr's
men are going to get their start by
defeating IIaages bunch
or course, they can only accomplish
the deed by fast playing and good
teamwork. Htters men have worked
up ~ wonderful 'ftvr-Inan dcfGusU and
whom working out at the armory they
have evidenced the fact that they are
wicked PLAYERS by their Basket Shoots
ing. But they can't play the game
alone. They have to have some SUP
port on the side linese which is CT a
great aid to any team. sa .r,.. ..
F'rieden "Swede" Anderson, who
played such wonderful game against
the Cardinals Wednesday night, is
looked forward to as the one man who
will make it tough for Haagc's clan.
Anderson is very fleet man and is
no doubt the best basket shooter on
the LEGION team.
Following is the way the legion will
lineup for the game:
Langan, re. Mathes, C.
Bowermaster, lg. LEX, If.
Anderson rf