Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-07
ARGUMENT MARKS
CLIMAX Of P. VI. C.
0. 4. S. STRUGGLE
TiMEKEEpER's WHISTLE BLOWN
FOR TIME OUT INSTEAD OF FIN,
1871 OF GAME CAUSES BIG Ar,
6uMENT BETWEEN TEAMS
WITH p. V. /. c. IN LEAD.

whether or net Coach Brynstad's
Luther college basketball quintet car
be rightfully credited with victory
over the ottawa township high schoo
Ave In their game last evening at 2
v. L. c. gymnasium is a question
which today confronts local fans anc
critics who witnessed the encoun
ter.
The game broke up in a big argu
ment and members of the South OF
tawa team walked of the floor before
the full time of the game had explr
ed. However, when timekeepers are
supposed 70 have blown the whistle
for the end of the game the p '. |.
G. team emerged from the struggle
at the long end OF 10 To u count
They claimed a rightful victory while
Coach Smith and his men refused
admit that they had lost the game
stating the game was net really over
with and Furthermore that they were
entitled to a free throw, whether o.
not time had been blown out due t.
the fact that three P. v /. c. player
walked off the field.
Cause Of Argument.
The argument started when Coacl
Smith had informed the timekeepera
to blow the whistle for time out, in
order that he might send IN some
substitutes. The high school team
had held lead throughout the en
tire game until about the last three
OF four minutes of play. Two luck!
baskets by Gordan Varland knotteG
the score. Then Referee Giehler call
ed foul on Byrne Of the high schoo
team. That gave Olsen OF the p V
l.. G. team a chance at free throw
and he made good, giving his team .
lead cf one point. There was only
thirty more seconds to play and both
the members of the p V. l.. c. team
aud the college fans were so excited
and rejoiced over the fact that Bryn
stad's men were in the lead after
dragging along in the rear through
out the entire game, that they thought
the conflict was over when the
whistle was blown for time out
Three P. V. L. c. players dashed OF
the floor and the college fans started
TO surge onto the field However
they were informed that the game
was not over yet and Capt. Meek
enstock Of the red and white squad
demanded that the P. V. l.. c. team
had fouled by allowing three OF
their men to leave the floor.
Referee Refuses to Call Foul.
However, Referee Giehler refused
10 call the foul on the p. V. L. c
team, although the rules governin.
basketball state that such an offenst
by any team rates a technical foul
That rule has been in effect for thu
past number of years and has cause,
such arguments in other prominen
games about this section Of the state
Therefore p V. l.. c. should havt
been charged with a foul, which il
that case would have given mem
her of the high school team a chancD
at o free throw, which if it was mad
would have knotted the score
Whether the full time was up CT no
IHat CudHCe 10 NY the Tree tuibf
Is due any team and in the case tina
Ii was made last night, the gam
would have gone an extra period o
time.
Despite their peadings Refere
Glehler refused to call foul on tn
r. V. L. c. team, as his decision
Timekeepers then stated that the
had blown time in again and that tn
thirty seconds to play had alread
elapsed. But no whistle sounded 70
the ending of the game. p V. L. {
players gave their final yell, as
the custom CT any athletic team, an
departed for the showers,
Az the foul was not called P. V.
c. In all events should be credite
with having won the game from tn
high school squad But the fact the
they did leave the floor before a fini
whistle had been blown ending tn
game still leaves the argument /
denseness,
interesting Game,
However, regardless Of the china
of the game 1t was one Of the mos
interesting and exciting games eve
put on by two local teams in year
1t was the first game for Smiths me