The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-29
kASOTA DEFEATED
lie SUEUR ELEVEN
Basketball Score Was Six.
teen To Ten
TOWN NEWS NOTED
A. o. u. w. Elected Its Officers
Personal and Social Notes
Are Gathered.

Kasota, December 26.-The Kaso-
Ia Purple and White basketeers
travelled to LeSueur Thursdays eve
ming and playing whilrwind basket
ball in the last half, defeated Lee
Sueur by the score of 10 to 10. The
score was tied to at the end of
the first half, but Kasota took the
floor in the second half and led.
Carlson made q whirlwind attack
and played around the LeSueur
Qulnt. everyone on the kasota team
played wonderful basketball. Tur-
Iittin played one of the best games
OF his career ana he and Carlson
were the outstanding stars of the
game, and at times completely. be-
wiidered the LaSueur team. The
lineup and summary:
KaSota LeSueur
Carlson. .....If ...... .Dwyer
II. II. Johnson. RI ...... .Bauman
Turrittin, Capt. C Tracy, Capt.
II. l. Johnson. .Lg ......SchWartz
Lurth. .Rg ....... Larson
Field goals-Carlson, 6; Turrittin.
2; Tracy, 2; Dwyer, l; Bauman, l;
Larson, 1. Free throws-H. II. John
son, 0 out Of /; Tracy y out OF 2,
Referee, ClAk Of cleveland. Time
keepers, Olsen and Swanson; score :
keeper, Swenson; score by period:
kaSota ...........4 4-lt
LeSueur ..........4 10
In the preliminary game the Ka-
sofa high school girls were defeated
by score of 9 to 6 by the LeSueur
high school girls. Elsie Anderson
starred for kasota, while Lucia
Ewert and Evelyn Swenson also
Played good ball.
The following officers were elect
ed by the knights OF Pythias last
Monday evening. G.. s. Babcock.
chancellor commander; Elmer Oh
son, vice chancellor; Alfred ]. Oh
son, probate; William Kirby, master
of works; William ,Jardine, keeper
OF records and seals and masters of
finance; Fred A. Johnson, master of
exchequer; d. Ray Hanson, master
at arms; Stanley. Melleck, inner
guard; Harry Stockton, outer guard;
l.. G. Mason, trustee; q. l.. Mason
and Nels Ecklund were initiated into
the lodge. ~
Mrs. .. K. Wheeler, who has been
visiting: her father Rev. +. c. Bailey,
received word last Monday that her
house and all its contents were de-
stroyed by fire during very hard
windstorm. Mr.. Wheeler was in
the cellar when the fire started and
narrowly escaped losing his life.
This is the second time in five years
that their home has burned.
The A. o. U. w. elected the fol-
lowing officers at meeting held
last Tuesday evening, G. e. Rydeen,
M. W.; F. l.. Warrant, foreman;
John Madison, overseer: G. r. Sven
son, financier and recorder; Andrew
Swenson, treasurer; S. T. Ecklund, ..
guide. Mr.. Ecklund was also chos-
en- to represent Kasota at the grand
lodge meeting to be held in Mime
apolis some time during February.
The following relatives we're en-
tertained on Christmas day at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Allen;
Frank Allen, Huron, S. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Olson and daughter Mil
dred of ST. Peter and Miss Jessie
Allen of Minneapolis. 4 b.
Miss Therese Vetter of Two Har-
bors will be the guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard Vetter
over the holidays. i
Messrs. Arvid Gustafson and Hnar
Swenson of Champaign. Ill, arrived
home yesterday TO be guest of
their parents over the Yuletide.
The Christmas program of the
Swedish Lutheran church will be
held next Tuesday evening.