The Ward County independent., 1921-12-22
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SPORTS
By Wallace Mcconnell
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The Minot High School basket ball
team completely outclassed the fast
Bowbells high team in the game play
: ed last Saturday evening in the High
school auditorium by the decisive score
Of 81 to 10. After the first ten min
utes there was no doubt as to the out
come of the contest, the locals at that
time were holding comfortable lead.
The Minot high lineup to begin the
game was: Forwards, Capt. Gold
berg and Amsler; guards, Johns and
Samuelson; center, Skadeland. Sub
stitutes, Jacobson, Rasmussen, Nor
game throughout the contest by
Johns led in the scoring for the local
quint with five field goals apiece.
Goldberg and Amsler each dropped in
three counters while Rasmussen made
two field baskets. There were no
outstanding players on the visiting
five although Larsen and Abbott were
responsible for the scores made by the
Bowbellites.
This is the second victory for the
Minot high and they have showed a
rapid improvement over their first
game with Donnybrook.
On Friday night of this week the
team from Berthold high will meet
the Minoters on the Auditorium floor
Berthold is reported to have fast
quint and lively battle is looked
forward to. The usual yearly Alum
ni-High school game will be played
on Friday night, December 30, in the
auditorium.
On Friday night, of last week, the
Minot Normal quint went down to de-
feat at the hands of the Donnybrook
five on the Donnybrook floor, by a
close score of 20 to 20. The Normal
team was decidedly slow in getting
started as is indicated by the fact that
at the close of the first period the
high team was leading 18 to 5. When
the team came back for the second
half they were determined to win.
The lead however, was too large to
overcome and the Minoters lost. Dur
ing the second half the Donnybrook
$ players were outscored Is to II. Paul
Nichols at forward for the pedagogues
was easily the outstanding star for the
Normalites making IL of the total
points. In Chester King the D0nny-
brook quint has a valuable man. At
the opening of the season he had been
playing guard but he appeared at for
ward in this contest and was respon-
sible for 10 of the 20 points garnered.
The latter part of January the Donny.
brook team will appear on the Normal
floor and the locals expect to even the
count at that time.
The Minot Normal school is now
having their Christmas holiday and
no games will be played by the Nor
NAL basket ball team until after school
resumes on January End. The first
Friday after the opening Of the Nor
NAL, January 6, they will meet the
Minot High school team in the High
School Auditorium. This will be the
first of the two games to be played
between these two teams, the other
to be played on the Normal floor. A
capacity crowd is expected to attend
this game as the High school will no
doubt try to even matters for the two
defeats which they received at the
The Minot Normal team which will
meet the local high team on January
6, will in all probability be somewhat
strengthened from that which repre-
scented the school during the fall term
Roy Leighton, of this city, guard
of last seasons championship five, and
Alfred Opland of Sawyer, captain OF
last seasons team will resume their
courses at the Normal at the opening
fthe winter term. They are both
strong players and the present guards
will have to extend themselves if they
are to hold their places on the first
squad. Greenfield Of last years team
is at present candidate for the Ag..
ricultural College team at Fargo and
will not return to Normal. Roy
King, of Donnybrook, speedy guard
of last years quint, may resume ms
work at the Normal at the opening OF
the next term. Theodore Perry, who
has been attending the Normal the
past term but who was not eligible
to participate in any contests will no
doubt make q strong bid for a for
ward position on the team after the
holidays. With the wealth of mate.
rial that will be attending the school
during the next term there is no rea-
son not to believe that the local ihstl-
tuition will turn out another cham
pionship team.
The Minot Normal basket ball team
will play number Of fast teams in
the Normal Gymnasium the coming
season. Among the teams to appear
here are Bottineau School of Forestry,
Mayville Normal, Dickinson Normal,
and the Wahpeton Science School. Sew
eral other fast teams will also play
here before the close Of the season.
UNIVERSITY NOTES
The Christmas holiday will begin,
Thursday evening at six o'clock and
continues till the morning Of January
4th, 1922. Minot students who will
spend the vacation at home are: Her
hert Moore, Kenneth Hawley, Regi-
nald Smart, Harold Shaft, Theodore
Shaft, Warren Bacon, Ralph Fugelso,
All. Fugelso, Jerry Dupp!er, Maurice