Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-16
Ia SALLE-PERU AND
D. \. S. IN CRUCIAL.
BATTLE NEXT FRIDAY
FELLOWS OLIVE AND MAROON
FIVE HERE FRIDAY FOR TILT
WITH LocALs-LoST FIRST
GAME OF SEASON FRIDAY
NIGHT TO FAST PEORIA MAN.
uAL SQUAD.

Probably the toughest foe Of the
season and the most probable win
ner OF the Illinois Valley conierenc"
title this year, Coach Fellows last
olive and maroon five OF La Sale
Peru high. will be engaged by the OF
tawa high school quintet on rnu
Friday evening at the high school
gym. La Salle-Peru is scheduled 20
play two games with smiths squad
this wear, next Fridays tilt being
the first OF the season. and il IS pre-
dicted that the battle will be on" oI
the interesting one to he stage. III
this part OF the state.
That Smiths men viii get 4 So
we're going over and hat they VIII
have to put up a wonderful brand OF
PLAYING in order that they might Keep
out in the front against the La Sale
team Is a dead sure fact They VIII
have to play their best on that niSht
or La Salle.Peru is sure to walk away
with another victory attached to their
belts.
Up. Strong Team.
Coach Fellows of La Sale Is re-
puted as having the fastest BASKET
hall five in the l. V. conference TINS
season and critics of the valley say
that hi steam is sure 10 COP the
laurels at the Journeys to be staged
in the near future. They suffered
their first defeat on last Friday even
ing when the lPeotia Manuat I'VE
gave them a % to 20 lacing az L'-F.
gym. But the Peorians didn't have
an easv task in winning the game.
After the battle they stated that rel
lows team was the strongest and
fastest that they have tackled so far
this wear. The olive and maroon
players were fighting all the time ana
nc. until the final gong sounded dia
they give up hopes OF Winning the
battle. .,--
They are able to boast OF having
won from the fast Rock Island bas-
ketball team at an early date. They
have also defeated Moline high ana
several other teams besides.
Bio Chance For Locals.
However, a dead sure winner does
not always turn out victorious. There
is a chance for Smiths team ana
big. too. When Smiths five clashes
with the La Sale squad 1t IS us Dig
chance of the season TO show us
STYLE and its chance to get a big start
in basketball. SO far the red ana
white players have lost every game
they have played. The first defeat
of the Ottawans was recorded ny
Brynstad's Luther college team at
the south side gym. The score was
close and to this day smith ana ms
men declare that they were not rlsht-
fully defeated and that they have .
right TO contest the battle because OF
"raw" decision by the referee.
However. p. v L. c. was at the long
end of the score when the maj
whistle sounded and they should be
no more than rightly declared the
victors, -.
The second defeat of the high
school came on the following hlght
when the fast Earlville hlgh quihte1
trounced them before large crowd
at the high school in this city Earl
Vile proved the superior five, altho
tho score at the end Of the first hall
was practically even 49,,
On last Friday evening smith )
team engaged in their third oattle q
the season and lost to the 81 Al
bans academy squad, % to H. Al
the end OF the first half the local
were in the lead. but either the fast
n,aving of the st. Aliens team or
the lack of courage and pep on the
mart of the locals resulted in the de-
feat of Smiths men.
Must Fight TO Win.
Now the only way that they can
win against La Salle.Peru is to step
ont and fight and stick to it until
the end. Fellows team isn't capa-
BILE of not being defeated, because
there is always another team that /.
better and when it come RICH down
ot it. Coach Smith has band OF
men to work with that are capable
cf defeating La Salle-Peru no matter
how strong they are. In the three
games so far the main weakness OF
the Ottawa team has been the lack
of fighting spirit through the game
In each case, against Luther college
St Adams and Earlville, they helt
lead when the first half OF the
games were over. Then the balloon
went up. Either that fellow witt
the long tail and FORK or that over
confident feeling that they couldn
lose got hold of them and they can't
out on the short end OF the score
when the smoke had cleared away
They should have won from Luthe
college and from st. Adams and crit
les even go so far as to say tina
thov should have defeated the stron
Eorlyilln Ouintet
There are the makings Of a It'll
team at O. H. S. this year and unles
they step out might sudden and &c
start things are going to look aY
fully queer. Fellows and his gan
are coming up here next Friday dete
mined to win and it would be a sur
bet that they will be loaded to II
hrim with overconfidence. Overco
idence usually proves disastrous an
should Smiths team get into Il
game and show some real spirit az
FIGHT they will be able to turn Il
biggest trick of the season, by d
feating the olive and maroon squa
Luther Team to Play Gardner.
Coach Brystad Of Luther college al
has to give his men ccnsiderao
coaching for their battle next Frid