The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-02
LEGION LOSES
FIRST GAME
Score of "a to 80 Does Not Indicate
Relative Strength of the Two
Teams


In hard fought battle last night
the Minot Independents took the first
game of two game series by score
of "a to 20.
The game was featured by the phe-
nomenal shots of the Minot quint and
some mighty clever passing by the To-
Gals. Lowe assumed the stellar role
for the visitors early in the game and
was their most consistent goal getter
for the evening. Tracy starred for
the locals with Bakken and Bowen
crowding him for honors.
1t was not expected that Bakken
would be able to enter the lineup,
due to bum knee, but, as Pfusch was
injured early in the game, he was put
in and made things interesting for
the opposition.
The game opened with Smallwood
getting the first field basket of the
evening after several minutes Of play.
A personal called on Cook shortly at
ter, and thrown by Worner, gave them
another counter. Then Pfusch took a
chance and Melted the ball for the first
count for the locals with Tracy fol-
lowing up with another one in few
minutes, giving the locals a one point
lead over Minot. Lowe spoiled their
chances however with a shot that reg
istered and put Minot in the lead
again, which they held throughout the
balance of the game.
Pfusch Injured
Time was called for Pfusch, who
had injured his ankle. The rest did
not help him much and it was neces-
sary to return him to the side lines
and put Bakken in. Barney hadn't
been in the game long before he made
a sensational shot under difficult con
ditions and registered again for the
locals. The visitors seemed to have
an uncanny ability to find the basket
and had no difficulty in making their
shots from any angle count. Lowe
rang up. 10 points on field goals in the
first half and the score at the end
of the half stood at II to Is in Mi
not's favor.
The second half opened with the
locals working hard but still having
difficulty in netting the ball. There
were five personal fouls called on Mi
not players during this half and Tracy
succe eded in registering four of them.
Anderson, who was put in for Bowen,
netted the first field goal for the To-
Gals in this half and gave good ac-
count of himself for the few minutes
he was in the game before Bowen was
returned to the floor. For the visit
ors Lowe and Worner divided the hon
ors in the scoring for the half, each
ringing up four field baskets during
the half, with Thompson crowding
them close with three baskets. The
final whistle found the total count at
"a to 80 in favor of the visitors.
Evenly Matched
While the score would indicate that
the game was inclined to be one sided
this was not the case. Valley City
had the ball fully as much, if not more
than the visitors, but the Minot aggre-
cation got the breaks of the game.
While they are exceptional basket
shooters many Of their tally last eve
were reminiscent of horse shoes. They
do not owe their win to luck but with
the breaks Of the game reversed the
final score would have been mighty
close. The locals had mighty hard
luck in shooting, missing easy shots
by hair
Final Game Tonight
The same teams will play at the
high school gymnasium again tonight.
However, the game will be called
promptly at tbs due to the fact that
the visitors want to return to Mlnot
on the 500 train at 8:42. The locals
assure us that the score will be diff
ferent tonight, trusting that they can
not hold their hard luck for two games
The gymnasium was we'll filled last
night but there could have been many
more spectators to the game so 40
not hesitate about coming out tonight
A preliminary game last night be-
tween the Training School and the
Junior High resulted in win for the
Training School with II to 6 score.