Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-26
TWO LIVELY CANES
Of bASKE TDAL[ ON
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Lewistown and Great Falls
to Play; Raynesford Against
Second String Locals.

Prospects for two lively basketball
games Friday night at the high school
are considered good by followers OF
that sport in Great Falls. The Lewis
town high school aggregation will meet
Coach CrOuch's charges in the feature
game and the Raynesford first string
will connect with the Blue and White
second string in a preliminary con-
test.
The Great Falls first team was slow
in practice Wednesday afternoon, but
more accurate in it's shooting. The
second team kept the veterans on the
jump every minute.
BY shifting his lineup. Coach Crouch
now has five that should be able
to show Lewistown q good run and
beat it by wide margin.
Crouch now plays Winner, the 1920
q Stanford star center, and Gonser,
Great Falls three-year veteran, at
forwards, and Charters has Winner s
former position ut center. Charters
is a new man at the game and is pick
ing his way through the season with
unusual brilliancy. He is high jump
er at the tipoff and covers the center
Of the floor creditably.
Has Good Defense
With Shaw and Lowry as guards, an
almost impenetrable defense is formed
through which Lewistown will have a
hard time to reach its basket. This
combination prevented the renowned
Butte high school quintet from making
single field goal throughout the sec
| ond game here last Saturday night
The night before, but few goals We're
made from the floor.
Since the midyear examinations
1
standing guard, Adrian Ario, who is
| exceptionally good at that position
More speed and accuracy in scoring
would probably give him the center
job. Chichester and Conner are first
rate substitutes for forwards. Either
one would undoubtedly do well on the
first string in this position. Conner
has n slight advantage over Chichester
in height. which strengthens his shoot
ing abilities.
Best on Defensive
The Great Falls combination is more
of q defensive team than a scoring
quint. Although this has been true
since the season opened. it is grad
ually beginning to find the basket, as
was shown in the two Butte games.
Those who saw Great Falls play
against the Mining city aggregation say
the locals should contend for the state
championship at Bozeman- in March if
they don't 60 back.
The Raynesford game is return
game for the one palyed at Raynes
ford, when Great Falls won, IS to 20.
However. in spite of this margin, the
game was menacingly close during both
periods. At the middle Of the second
half, the score was tied at 25. Speed
and accuracy at ringing the hoop were
features Of the fray.
The Lewistown guarding is said to
be stellar and marks that as the fea-
ture of the game. Fort Benton beat
the Oilers, 90 to 10, week ago, on
the Lewistown floor but this is ac-
counted for in the illness Of Captain
Cottam and one other man, both Of
whom were unable to play. Cottam
had to be relieved after the first five
minutes Of play.
VIII Arrive Friday
The Fergus and Raynesford teams
will arrive in Great Falls on the 1:42
o'clock train Friday afternoon. The
probable lineup for the Fergus team
Is Walters and Gregg, forwards: Will
son. center, and Gregory and Weide-
man, guards. Captain Cottam will ac-
company the team as substitute
Coach Crouch will start the game
with Winner and Gonser, forwards;
Charteris. center; Lowry and Shaw,
guards, and Conner and Chichester,
substitutes. Ed Marion will referee.