The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-02
VALLEY WINS
FROM FARGO
After Hard Fought Game Valley
City High School Finishes in
the Lead of 20 to 13 Score

fastest teams in the state last night
when they defeated the Fargo quint
by a 20 to Is score in one OF the
hardest fought games ever seen on
the local floor.
There were no stars last night, ev-
cry man contributing his share to-
ward the final victory. Wertin and
Holm were the most consistent goal
getters for the locals and Rudd and
Powers rang up the majority of the
scores for Fargo. The game was
featured by the clever passing and
team work of the locals. Fargo SEEM
ed unable to penetrate the defense OF
the Valley five and the ball was in
Valley City territory fully rs per
cent of the time Fargo had some
hard luck in finding the basket, MAX
ing many shots that seemed certain
to score and missing by close mar
gin, but the same condition applied
to Valley City SO there was no ad-
vantage on that point. In fact Wer-
tin and Holm did not seem to have
their usual good shooting eyes with
them last night and should have made
better score if they had been in
their usual trim.
The game opened with some hard
playing and close guarding for sever
al minutes, neither side being able to
get within shooting distance of the
basket and no baskets being made. A
personal foul was called on Ford.
Rudd took the throw but missed. Wer
tin decided that they had been foollng
long enough, dribbled the ball into
Valley City territory, and after cou-
pie of lightning passes got it again
and rang up the first tally OF the
game. A few seconds afterwards
Holm got his name on the score sheet
with a clean shot from under the bas-
ket and then Wertin repeated, giving
Valley City the long end of to U
score. Fargo took time out and talk
ed the situation over. After the rest
they came back strong and Powers
made the first count for Fargo with
q neat field basket. Rudd then took
a chance and rang up another one. A
personal foul called on Holm and
thrown by Rudd gave them count
ers. A foul by Miller and thrown by
Wertin brought the score at 7 to 3.
A few minutes after this Mulhair and
Powers got on the ball simultaneous
w and in the resulting toss Mu'hair
tipped the ball. However, the toss
was made close to the Fargo basket
and Miley tipped it into the basket,
scoring two for Fargo, crediting Pow
ers with a field basket and tieing the
score at 7 to 7. Miller fouled and
Wertin made the throw. Busdicker
fouled and Powers made the throw,
sieing the score again at to s. Short
Wv before the end of the half Ford
took a long shot from the side and
broug ht the count to 10 to in favor
of Valley City, where it stayed until
the end of the half. In this half Wer-
tin cha!ked up two field baskets, Holm
one and Ford one.
The second half opened with O'Neil
in for Ford. Wertin scored the first
basket of this half after several min
utes of play. Busdicker thot he had
been out of the limelght long enough
and came through with a sensational
shot from far out on the side. About
the middle of the half Wertin was
in ;ured by coliding with Powers and
time was given for him to recover
his wind. This slowed the game up
somewhat for few minutes but Wer-
Elm was soon in shape again. The
game from that point on was HARD
fought in every way, the locals work
me hard to get the ball in shooting
position and guarding their opponents
closely. Holm got two baskets after
some mighty fast passing and pivot
work before Fargo got their scoring
machine in shape. Rudd then got
busy and made a basket after con-
siderable passing from his team
mates. On an out of bounds pass the
ball was passed directly into Rudd's
hands under the basket and he scored
again. Valley got the ball into their
territory again and quick pass from
Wertin to Holm gave Holm the OPP
portunity to make another field goal
which he did. This was the final
score Of the game.
The game was fast and clean, very
few fouls being called. The two teams
were about as evenly matched as is
ordinarily seen and the sensational
passing by both sides brought the
crowd to it's feet frequently.
A preliminary game between the
u;rh School Seconds and DaZey High