The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-02-02
LEONARD QUlVT.
DEFEATS OAKES
Locals Unable to Overcome Lead OBJ
tained BY Visitors in First
Half of Game
WIN THE LAST HALF HANDILY
Home Basket Shooters Handicapped
BY Absence of Two Men

russet Siberian wool gas mask that
the coach was hiding his face behind
was too much for the boys, for IN the
first half they appeared to be in q
sort Of daze, while Leonard was ring
ing up the points with painful reg
.ularity.
Cakes hopes to make better show
ing this week at Glendale, for on Sat-
urday the coach. went down to the
barber shop and had about $500 worth
of work done for two. bits, in the re-
moval Of the foliage from his physi-
ognomy. He had been debating
whether to wear a full beard in the
flowing style, or Vandyke, or the
British muttoncheps. He finally came
to the conclusion that with several
weeks Of winter yet to come before
spring shall follow, hair mattress
would be more serviceable than any
form Of beard, and accordingly had
the hirsute growth removed from
where it had sprouted.
Besides the shove, Cakes has ssv-
eral perfectly good alibis for not VIA
ming the Leonard game last Friday
evening. The best Of these il the ab-
sence Of Kenneth Smith from the line
up. Smiths speed and hesdy team
work and ability to handle the ball
have made him the mainstay Of the
local quint in every game thus far,
and his illness has dealt q heavy blow
to the hopes Of Oakes for winning
season. He 10 following the example
Of the coach, being quarantined with
light attack Of scarlet fever.
A third alibi is the absence Of Men.
stad, the husky running guSs r. -
the first half Of the game. Nep Ind
been having some work done on hia
eyes, and with his pupils dilated ia
about The size Of nickel he came
down to do his bit by roofing on the
side lines: He finally concluded that
even If the ball did look about as fog
gy as the coech's ambushed face, he
couldn't do much worse than the other
fellows had, and went in for the Sec
ond half.
Oakes started the game with Bren.
nan in his usual position, but other
wise q new lineup. Bert Hazel was
switched from stationary guard ia
Smiths regular place as the other
forward. Ed Hazel was at center, and
the two guard positions were both
filed by substitutes, Ug4lstad1 and
Guy. These two put up hard scrap,
but their inexperience was serious
handicap and the veteran Leonard for
wards plugged the ball through the
hoop with q regularity that was dis
couraging to the local fans. The score
at the end Of the first period was 1916.
During the intermission Coach Wyt-
tenbach got his athletes into the dress
ing room and waved his patriarchal
beard in their faces with reckless
air of abandon while he told them
how little he thought Of the style Of
game they were playing.
The lineup for the second half was
switched, the Hazel brothers going in
as forwards, Hample to center, and
Nepstad and Guy as guards. Leonard
was supremely confident, with the
game on ice. But right away things
began to happen. The new Oakea
lineup ran considerably smoother than
the machine assembled in the first
half, and with the blasting Of their
self-confidence the Leonard five lack
ed the precision Of their attack in the
opening period. The score for the Sec
ond half was 14-9 in favor Of Oakes,
but the big advantage gained by Leon
ard in the first half was too big han
dicap for the rejuvinated local quint
to overcome.
Hample showed up better in this
game than he ever had before. He
bagged three field goals and showed
considerable improvement in his floor
work, though his passing was often
ragged. Ed Hazel, eligible for the
first time the evening Of the game,
showed>up well, though not in the
best Of condition. Guy displayed abil-
ity to get up into the air and inter-
cept enemy passes, but too often he
shot the ball right back into the hands
of The opponents again. Brennan's
lack Of weight handicapped him SER
iously against 80 much heavier oppo-
nents on such small floor, and The
was taken out in the second half to
permit heavier lineup to 60 on the
floor for Oakes.
Ugelstad worked hard while he was
playing guard during the first half,
but his inexperience was the cause Of
his inability to make his Efforts q
effective as they should have been.
Bert Hazel played his usual steady
game, though not having his usual
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