Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-07
GRAND FORKS BEAT GRAFTON
IN SENSATIONAL CONTEST
AT UNIVERSITY SATURDAY
Big Game OF Tournament:
Ended With Score OF 10
To Is In Favor OF Local
Men; All OF Grand Fork,
Men Starred; Ceston Big
Man For Grafton.

Men Starred; Geston Big
Man For Grafton.
In the fastest and most sensational
game OF he district basketball tour
nament. Grand Forks high school de-
feated the crack Grafton quint Sat
urday afternoon in the semi-fnals by
. score Of - to Is. Over 500 people
witnessed the contest and enthusiasm
ran high during the entire game.
At no time in h course Of play
did the Grafton team have the high
est number Of points, but the score
was SO close that the outcome waS.in
doubt until the final whistle was
blown.
Forks Start Action. .
For the first few minutes Of play,
the ball remained practically in tho
center OF the moor, neither team hav-
ing any advantage. H. Boo. Grand
Forks guard, secured the ball under
his W basket on a back pass and
dribbled practically the entire length
of the moor, shooting the first basket
of the game. Yoder annexed another
point a moment later when Referee
Chaser called . foul on Carrouthers
for holding.
Grand Forks then commenced =
nerce attack that threatened to uver.
whelm The Graftonites. Murphy's
men Immediately adopted a fve-man
defense formation and the best Grand
Forks could make in the next four
minutes of play vas one field basket
and a free throw. In the meantime
H.. Nelson, Grafton center, negotiated
q free throw. At the end of six min
utes OF tightening play. Grafton called
time. the score at this time being s
to l in favor of Grand Forks
In the remainder of this period H.
Boe scored another field basket whils
Yoder added two mor Geston.
Grafton forward, negotiated two diff
ncult held goals. making the score at
the end of h period IL to S.
Grafton Comes Back.
At the start Of the second period
Grand Forks again started q rapid
fire attack on the Grafton basket and
Ed. Doe rang up three field baskets
in rapid succession. Grafton called
time out and broke up Grand Forks
scoring streak.
At this point in the contest Muir
ply. Grafton coach. tool Carrouthers
out of the game and put in Stewart.
From that time on Grafton took up
0&uo VI Az 4OCcSOu dIuu
the Grand Forks boys willingly
dropped back to a fve-man defense
formation. Grafton put the run on
the Grand Forks men and in the next
four minutes Of play scored eighe
points. Fl. Boo. Grand Forks captain,
called for time. At the end Of the
rest period the Forks men re-entered
the contest with their fighting spirit
up again n for the remainder Of the
contest r1oVnH 40 rN0ffV, q Aof4~c4
game as has ever been played by a
high school team on the university
floor. In the remaining eight minutes
of the contest only one free throw
was negotiated by both teams.
Harold Boo demonstrated clearly
the marshall of the Grand Forks
team on the floor. He directed every
move of the game with a clear head
that proved to be the backbone of
the Grand Forks squad when in a
tight place. Not only was he the
brains of the squad but his perform
ance was more than noteworthy. He
handled the ball with a. rare skill and
while on h defense was always
where he was wanted at the proper
time.
Trotter, Boe's running mate. also
played a great game. His never
ending supply Of energy and his will
ingness to mix proved disastrous to
the Grafton forwards. This was Trot-
ter's first anDearance in a district
tournament and he acquitted himself
like an old timer.
Yoder Star.
Despite his awkward appearance
Fred Yoder. center, proved that he
can more territory with less eff
fort than any man in the district. His
long legs carried him about the floor
like a lash and during the entire
game played with u~nceasing energy.
His passing and shooting was a big
factor of the game.
Ed. Boo, playing at forward, play
ed a good, consistent game. When
his team was on the defensive he was
a ard man to get around. On the
offense he passed with great skill and
shot accurately at the basket.
Loughlin made an admirable running
mate for Doe but his shooting was
far below the standard of the remain
der of the team.
Geston Star.
Mike Geston. Grafton forward,
played d game far superior to any
other of his teammates. His shooting
was accurate. he being responsible for
six of his teams fifteen points. He
aided greatly in advancing the ball
and was very effective at breaking up
Grand Forks plays.
Tommy Tharalson and Herby Mel
son played a good brand Of bali. They
worked hard but are known to be
dangerous shots when allowed to
have the ball and so were very close
ly watched by the Grand Forks
guards. Tharalson's shooting was
considerably off color as he missed
several shots hat as a general rule
are eaSy for him
A. Nelson and Carrouthers played
hard at the guard positions but were
rather small of stature to stop the
overwhelming PUSHES of the Grand
Forks center and forwards. Both of
the Grafton guards played exception
ally clean when body contact was un-
%avoidable.
The teams lined up az follows:
Grand Forks Grafton
Ed. .........F Geston
lLoughin. ....... ........Tharalson
Yoder. .........C ........H. Nelson
H. Doe ........ .......A. Nelson
Trotter:........G ......C arrouthers
Substitutes-Grafton. Stewart for
Carrouthers. DePuy for Stewart.
Field Baskets-Ed. Doe 3, Loughlin
p. Yoder 2. HI. Doe 2. Geston 3, Thar
| Alison III Nelann .