The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-03
Four Basketball Games
Played At Pemberton
Strenuous Night For Young
Folks; News In That
Neighborhood

rembeTlOn, january ol.--tTlOay
evening, January q, the Pemberton
basketball team put on four games
at the high school auditorium AS a
curtain raiser two teams from the
high school freshman class OF boys
and the grades put on game. This
was followed by the games between
The Waldorf high school girls team
and the PembeIton high school girls.
Ihis was one OF the fasteset girls
games ever played at Pemberton. 1t
resulted in to victory for the
Pemberton team with every player
on both teams playing a good brand
of basket bali. The Pember,E-
teams line up as follows. Forwards,
Lola Wilson and Marjorie Wilson;
center, Loretta Mates; guards, rs
Their Weaver ana Lucille Rickard.
The next game was between the
the Waldorf nigh school boys and the
Penberton high school boys and re-
suited in victory for. Waldorf, 16 to
?. The Pemberton boys failed to
catch their stride until the last half.
and although they made a desperate
rally when they came back on the
floor, they Wee unable to do very
much more than hold the Waldorf
boys down. The score at the end OF
the first half was II to 0. In the
last halt the Waldorf boys were only
allowed two baskets anu w. Guern-
sey managed to break through the
Waldorf defense for one basket for
home team from leaving the floor
with a goose egg ornameI. on the
score board. Lentz and Guernsey
made desperate rally in the last
quarter that kept the Waldorf boys
on their toes to stop it. The lineup
was the usual one for Pemberton.
Forwards, w. Guernsey and G.
Neary; center, E. Lentz; guards, L.
Gunsolus and c. RyneaIson. Richard
guard and left forward during the
last quarter. The Pemberton boys
expect to resume the usual schedule
of practice this week, which was can
celIed last week, and with an even
break in luck will give the Mankato
high seconds a good game when they
meet them on the Mankato floor
next Friday evening February 3.
The last game of the evening was
between the Mankato Commercial
college team and the pemberton town
team. The game wa\ one OF the
hardest fought games of the season
and though Mankato managed to
break through the Pemberton de-
Tense in the last quarter with a trick
play which they were able to repeat
three times before the Pemberton
guards caught the play. Until then
the score was IA to II tie, with
neither team having an edge on their
opponents The Commercial college
boys won the game by brainy play
They fought hard for everything
still backing the local team strong
The visiting teams found the local
boys good sports and good losers.
All of the games were played hard
and fast, but clean, and the crowd
which attended the game, the largest
one this season, could not help but
feel that they had their moneys
worth The lineup for the Pember-
ton s>-vr team was Forwards, Ber-
entson and Weld; center. Welsh;
guards, Kraske and Ofterhal, Kraske
was hurt ii the last quarter OF the
guar Is. Kraske and Oftedahi. KsasAe
gamF and Dimmel substituted. The
final scoreAwas rs TO IA in favor or
Mankato.
Quite a large number attended the
Farmers Institute held at Pemberton
in the school house auditorium Fri
day afternoon, January g. The
speakers addressed the students of
the high school in the morning. Mr..
SOuhOl SpccCu " luGH was one
worth remembering.
DR.. ]. ]. O'Hara of GAINESVILLE was
in Pemberton Friday afternoon CIV
ing the physical examination to sew
eral applicants for insurance in the
NJ w. A.
Monday morning the second SEM
ester of the local school year will be
gin Three new subjects will be
taught. Economics in place or so.
ciology; civIcs in place of American
history and mechanical drawing will
be given TO some Of the boys that are
ready for it.
George Rynearson returned Thurs
day from the funeral of his father
which was held at Buchanan, Mich,
January 10. On his way home he
stepped for a short call at the home
Of his sister, Mrs. Perry Neff in Elk
hart, Ind, and with his brother J. B.
Rynearson at Chicago From there
he went to the home of his son Earl
at Milan, ILL.,, and then returned
home.
The hauling of gravel will soon be
turned over to trucks. The teams
hauling from the McComb gravel pit
have neorly- finished graveling to that
old Congregational church a mile
west of the Medo RantiSt church