Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-05
KOHL s ALL-STARS TO
PLAY LOCAL LEGION
FIVE NEXT FRIDAY.
G AME TO BE STAGED AT
ARMORY c -- MANY OTHER
TEAMS APPLY TO CAPTAIN
HITTER FOR GAMES TO BE
PLAYED IN FUTURE.

Marseilles and the American
Legion basketball five Of this city un
der the leadership of Captain Elmer
Hitter will again settle little indif-
ference next Friday night at Armory
c., but 1t will be different Marseilles
team. Haage's Jolly Boys of the Ger.
tainted roofing company had their
chance last Friday and were beaten.
Now Phil kohl's Marseilles All-Stars
are next on the card.
The game with Kohl's five was
scheduled shortly after the service
lads had cleaned up on Haage's gang.
Kohl has one of the fastest basket
ball teams around this neck Of the
woods and Fridays encounter viii no
doubt be a real battle from the time
the initial gong is sounded until the
final whistle is blown. On last Friday
night, when Hitter's men were bat
Ting with Haage's team, Kohls five
were clamoring with the fast Earl
Vile Cardinals and came out on the
long end of 35 to 2G score. Kohl's
team rang rings around the Earlv1lle
quintet in the game.
The same Earlville team that was
defeated by Kohl's machine, is able
to boast of having won over Hitter's
squad, which makes the affair of next
Friday more interesting. OF course
the service lads had not played to-
gether except in practice before the
game with Earlville. 1t was their
first initial game Of the season and
they didn't know each other very
well. Earlville ran away with them
in the first quarter. but damper pre-
vented them from stacking up an out
rageous score during the last half.
Kohls team has played together
for two consecutive years already
They haven't changed man and they
work like machinery. Each man is
for the team and there isn't an In
dividual star in the gang, but they
can go like a flash.
CAPTAIN Elmer Hitter stated this
morning that a game with the La
Sale Eagles had been scheduled TO
be PLAYED. No definite date has as
vet been named for the game but u
is expected that the two teams VIII
NAV within the next two Weaks.
The Joliet Bell Telephone company
&c also represented by a real fast
basketball five which has been going
Of ion rate speed. Several days ago
Captain. Hitter received a comnuhica-
tion from the Joliet manager asking
for a game to be played IN TINS Guy
on December "a But as members OIL
the team had decided to play no
games during Christmas week, tne
came with the Joliet five practically
vent to the wind, although captain
Hitter is planning to carrying on 1ur'
fher negotiations with that company
for a game to be played in the future.
The McNabb Cardinals, also very |
c,ever outfit, have applied for game |
to he PLAYED at the Armory, put as
cat no game has been scheduled
The Decatur Morrow Art shop also
want a game to be staged IN TINS
c;tv The Decatur squad is that oia
team which has been going good ior
.ba mast three or four years and they
nave auite a record to brag ABOUT.
Hitter however failed TO STA
whether or not game Wouia oe
scheduled with the Decatur team =
game with them would no doubt prove
3 real battle and would attract a large
audience. j. noe
Then up in Wedron there Is a pas,
retha,l team that is fast squad, anu
which might be booked to play
against the legion here. the team Is
WIDER the management Of H. j, BITS
n, ~ Wedron, and II rumors are true
thew would be real match lot mt
tar's men. Not much has been heafu
If them but according to the dope tney
are real fast. Hitter stated this
morning that he would communicate
Immediately with Bristol and attempt
to book a game with the Wedroh
squad. c..,tn
Besides these applications captain
Hitter has received many others ana
q will not be hard matter for MIN
~ book games Several teams from
chicago. one from Peoria, ana one
from Aurora have already applied iof
games with the Ottawa Legion
Hitter further stated that prospects
for a return game with the EarlVille
cardinals for sometime next week
looked mighty good. Eariviile al
ready has one victory to their credit |
over the Ottawans. when they won |
3 to 10 more than week ago, rms
game would be played at the Armory
G., and would no doubt draw record
breaking attendance.