The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-01-12
LOCALS DEFEAT
LISBON QUINT
Oakes, Determined to Live Down Its
Football Reputation, Wins First
Basketball Game of Season
VICTORY COMES AS SURPRISE

VICTORY COMES AS SURPRISE
Coach Wyttenbach Works Wonders
With Green Material
For the first time in years the fans
of Cakes had an opportunity to wit
ness basketball game last Friday,
when Lisbon high school met the local
high. school quint in clean, fast con-
test. The game was played in the af-
ternoon to enable Lisbon to return
home without staying overnight. The
final arrangements were made so
shortly previous to the game that it
was not very extensively advertised,
but in spite Of that good crowd was
on hand to inaugurate the season.
As only one man on the Oakes team
had ever played basketball before, VIC
tory was conceded to Lisbon before
the game. The only question in the
minds Of the Oakes rooters was as to
the size Of the score. They hoped Lis
bon would not make a farce scoring
practice out Of the game.
The battle had not proceeded long
before even q blind man would have
known that something different from
the expected was happening. The ear
splitting cheering Of the jubilant
Oakes rooters would have led him to
suspect that Cakes, at least, was hap
py. For Coach Wyttenbach had work
ed the impossible with his green ma
terial in the few weeks Of practice,
and they displayed a brand Of team
work that amazed even themselves.
Lisbon scored the first basket, but
Oakes soon forged ahead, and kept the
lead until the end of the game. Smith,
the elusive Oakes forward, was too
willy for the Lisbon guards, and q
large part Of the credit for the Oakes
victory belongs to him. He not only
shot nearly half Of the local baskets,
but ranged all over the floor. When
ever an Oakes man had the ball, Smith
was usually uncovered to receive it
and peg it along to someone else.
Smiths knowledge of the game was Of
great value in bracing up the team
work. He played in Dickinson last
year, though not making regular
place on the first team because Of his
lack of weight, and gained familiarity
with the tricks Of the game that can
be acquired only through long prac-
tice. His playing Friday was easily
the stellar feature of the game from
the standpoint Of both teams.
The showing made by Nepstad was
gratifying to the Oakes fans. for he
gave evidence that with added prac-
tice and experience he will be as de-
pendable 'and effective on the basket
ball floor as he was on the gridiron.
He displayed a tendency toward too
much shooting for baskets, and not
enough close attention to guarding the
Lisbon basket, but experience will
eliminate these faults.
Brennan, chosen as captain Of the
team, also made good showing. His
speed and agility are even more Of m
asset on the basketball floor than they
were in football. He plugged couple
Of counters through too, just to show
that he could do it, though usually
passing the ball to his more expert
enced team-mate Smith.
Bert Hazel, at stationary guard,
foiled many Lisbon attempts to score
They sneaked around behind a few
times, but not rs often as is to be ex-
pected with green man. Hample
the human string bean, played center
for Oakes, but Lisbon had center
who was several inches stringier and
beanier and had the best Of the argu-
ment all the way through.
Hegle starred for Lisbon, if any
one member Of the Lisbon team could
be selected for a stellar role.
The game was remarkable in that
no time was taken out, and not sub
stitute was used. The finest kind Of
sportsmanship prevailed on both sides
There was no intentional fouling
whatever, and no beefing or quibbling
The lineups and other details:
Cakes Lisbon
Brennan, Capt. F Lozier
Kenneth Smith F Hegle
Hample C Stickley, Capt
Bert Hazel G Bliss
Nepstad G Lyle
Field goals: Brennan 2, Smith 8
Nepstad 4, Lozier 1, Hegle s, stickley
1, Lyle 2.
Free throws: Nepstad 0 in 1, Bliss
/ in s.
Referee, Wyttenbach; umpire, John.
son.
Final score: Oakes %, Lisbon 10.
Friday evening Of this week the sec.
ond game of the season will be played
with, Valley City as opponents on the
local floor. Valley City has been gath.
ering in the state basketball cham.
pionship so often in recent years that
they had to build new school to. hold
all their pennants. For Oakes t.