Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-24
P. vi. c. AND 0. Il. S,
SECOND CLASH NEXT
SATURDAY EVENING
GAME PROMISES TO BE BEST OF
SEASON-BlLl TO BE HEADED
BY PRELIMINARY sKiRMIsH or
SECOND TEAMS.

On next Saturday night basketball
fans will be treated to a real bill O.
caging events when Coach Brynstad
Luther college FIVE and L, II Smith
maroon and white players of O. II ;
clash in their second battle OF ia
season at the ottawa high school Il
will be real game and one OF mucl
interest because members a. bet
teams are not on the friendliest rela
tions as a result OF their first elias
about three weeks ago at the sOut
side gym.
The game will no doubt be ever
more interesting than the La sale
Ottawa affair of last Friday evening
Both teams claim that they can bea,
the other and right there Is wher,
the big argument comes in When
they first met p. v l.. G. wC7
the game by q single point margin the
score being II to -, but right nov
IL looks as though the Luther col
lege lads are in for some tough sled.
ding when they again tackle the high
school team.
The hate and rivalism which now
clubs first blossomed forth many
weeks ago when the high school Fri
ish," a team made up OF some ana.
teur player Of o. II. S, and Brynstad's
first team battled at the armury. p.
V. L. c. won by a big margin. Of
course. but that victory wasn't moth
ing to brag about because the high
school players weren't even Conten.
ders for the varsity team nor were
they in basketball training. But new
ertheless the losing club seemed to
have taken it to heart and they
placed a black mark on the south
side lads.
Then about three weeks ago came
the initial clash between the two
varsity teams The game was play
ed at the Luther gymnasium before
a fairly large sized audience and it
was a humdinger too Both teams
were determined to win. ~ course.
only one could and p. V. l.. c. was
the winner. Smiths club held lead
throughout the first three quarters Of
the game. When the third quarter
ended the score stood 10 to s in fa-'
vor of the O. H. S. But the last pc
Rod of the game proved disastrous
to them. Old man lynx or that con
fdent feeling that they couldn't lose
got hold Of them and they didn't
score point In the last quarter while
p. L. V. C. scored six.
But the thing that caused the big
gest argument and the most hatred
for each other and rivalism was when
the game was about to end. With
only thirty seconds to play Coach
Smith had the timekeeper blow time
out so that he could send in three
substitutes. When the whistle was
blown the P. V, l. C. players thought
the game was over and three of
them left the floor. Captain Mecken-
stock Immediately declared that Bryn-
stads men had fouled and that his
team was entitled to a free throw.
However. Referee Giehler couldn't
see ii that way and refused to call
the foul Should he have called the
foul o. H. S. might have tied the
score with the free throw and the
game would have gone an extra five
minutes.
Smith and his men claimed that
they got raw deal while Brynstad
alleged that it was one Of Smiths
old tricks
However, the feeling is at its high.
est pitch and it looks as though the
two teams will offer a real struggle
when they play again.
During the week both coaches will
drill their men to perfection, not
only for the game Saturday but also
for their contests on Friday even
ing. Smiths men will go to Streat0r
to encounter Coach Dales Hardscrab-
bile outfit at the Streator gym while
the Luther lads will trek up to Ma
pervile to play the Northwestern
academy five. Both mentors stated
that they would use the same lineups
for the game Saturday as they have
been using