Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-13
Game. Was Slow AS
Both Teams Were Tired
From Continuous Play;
: The Hardest Fought Battle
Was Between Grand Forks
And Grafton In The Semi
Finals.

Grand Forks high school won the
basketball championship of the fifth
district and the right to enter the
tournament for the, state title at
Fargo when its quintet won from
Langdon Saturday night by a score
of - to 13. The locals went into the
finals by winning from Grafton in the
| afternoon 80 to 10. JangdOn defeated
Northwood in the 2'o'c!ock draw by
so to IS. -
The final game was slow ana unin-
teresting. Both teams were tired from
the afternoon sessions. and although
Langdon fought hacd the Grand
Forks team did not extend itself. be-
ing content to maintain a safe lead.
! Central showed only occasional fash.
es OF form displayed in the after
noon game, but demonstrated beyond
q question of a doubt that il is the
best quint in the district.
Defense. Too Strong.
Langdon was unable to carry the
ball through the LEGAL defense and all
of the four points made by Crockett
| for his team were secured from a
ket. E. Crockett was the star of the
runners-up. He, made all the points
counted by his team, four of them
being field baskets and six free
throws.
Grand Forks was slow in getting
started and Langdon led. 8 to 2 att
er seven minutes OF play when
Laughlin secured the first field goal
made by the locals. Central spurted
at this point and at the close of the
first period the score was Is to S.
! ~. NAS<lA~f. no M - In viii ~, 1nD1N hos.
ketbnn the 'seoond half as it did the
first, although Central staged two
RALLIES that Melted them practically
as many points as they made the first
period.
:. Just before the final. gun E.
Crockett Jung up two field baskets.
Langdon. Grand Forks,
Stevenson..,... r., F. ......:.Ro
e. Crockett /. I4..F +. ...Laughlin
'Mulligan. ....... C............Yode
H.. Crockett. r. G. ......Trotter
Field goals-E. Crockett 4; Boo 4;
Laughlin 4; Yoder 2. tE,
Free throws-E. Crockett 8: Yoder
substitutes-Price for Stevenson;
! McCracken for Boo; S~turtevant for
tYoder.
Grafton VS.. Grand Forks.
The district championship was &C"
tually settled in tho game between
Grand Forks and Grafton played at 3
o'clock, when Central swamped the
northern team by a score of so to 10
The decisive defeat administered to
Murphy's quint came as a big sur
prise, as it had won from Grand
Forks in a pre-tournament game by
one point, and it vas expected thai
the game. yesterday afternoon would
be very close.
Grafton put up a mighty fight, but
inability to negotiate baskets from
either the field or foul line when a
chance was offered, together with the
stiff defense Of the Grand Forks team
reduced the efficiency of Murphy't
scoring machine to a minimum
Grafton was unable to count from
the field during the first half. and but
two field goals were made the second,
They were made during a desperate
rally toward the close, Of the contest
pefcnse Good.
The northern quint presented diff
cult defense and it held Grand Forks
back for tRevaEal minutes during the
opening of the game, but Central
oyercame II by the use Of the high
pass
Bass. team played Its best game OF
the season. It displayed a superior
brand yef Aqor. work and basket shoot
ing with the exception Of SLaughiin,
who seemed to be playing away IN
der his usual came on the AeoT.
Yoder, gave Grand Forks the first
scere of the game when ~he:tcounted
one from the foul line. but. Stewart
made it a tie with q free throw a few
seconds later. It was but minute
later that Stewart put Grafton a
point Fahsad VITA another free throw