The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-28
W|NNEMUCCA WON
BASKETBALL GAME
Local High School Team Defeated
Battle Mountain High % to Is
and Winnemucca Town
Team Won 70 to %

In TWO hlgnly exciting ana 1as1
basketball games, characterized by
stubborn resistance to defeat, Win
nemucca basketball teams covered
themselves in glory last Saturday
night at Battle Mountain, the To-
cal high school lads defeating the
Battle Mountain school team by a
score of 23 to 13, and the local
"town" team following suit by
trouncing the Battle Mountain
Athletic Club team 28 to %.
Tn high school lads played first
with Battle Mountain having an ap.
parent advantage in height, weight
and playing condition. By sheer de
termination, however, Winnemuccs
took the lead, with the first hall
ending 10 to 3 in their favor. Bat.
tie Mountain was plainly dis
couraged because Of the lead piled
up against them, but returned foi
the second half refreshed and fight
| ing harder than ever for points
During the last half the Battle
Mountain boys managed to hold
Winnemucca more evenly, they
making 10 points against 13. This
made the final score 23 to 13.
Hubbard, playing center for Win
nemucca, was the surprise of the
evening and emerged as the best
point maker for his team with -four
! field goals, one in the first half and
three in the second, total of eight
points. Legarza also made eight
points for Winnemucca in his posi-
tion as right forward, two field
goals and four free throws. Ger.
main, playing left forward, made
two free throwss; Organ, right
guard, one field goal; and Clyde
Brown, substituting for German
during the last half, made one field
goal and one free throw. Charles
Gartiez played an excellent game al
right guard.
Battle Mountain made only foul
field goals during the whole game
one each being made by Merrill a
right guard, Lauritzen at center
Smith at left forward, and La
Kampe, substituting at left forward
The other five points were made by
Macio, playing right forward fol
Battle Mountain, all on free throws
Bunny played left guard, Merrill
substituting for LaKampe at righ1
guard during the second half, La
Kampes taking Smiths place at left
forward.
Fouling was frequent during the
high school boys game, Winnie
mucca being charged with ten per
sonal fouls and no technical fouls
while Battle Mountain made clever
personal fouls and one technical.
The game between the two
"town" teams was one of thos,
often told about but seldom seen
The result was in doubt until tn,
last few moments of play, will
Winnemucca emerging victorious
2S to %. The line-ups were a
follows:
Winnemucca-L. d. Murray, righ
forward: G. Hoskins, left forward
D. Rose, right guard; w. Harms
center; R. Rowan, right guard, tax
ing D. Roses place in the last half
and X. Watt, left guard.
Battle Mountain-P. Smiley, lief
guard; H. Brown, right guard; ]
Otis, center; C. Ronnow, left for
ward; o. Uren, right forward. Sew
eral substitutes were used in vari
Gus positions during the game.
Murray was the chief point gette
for Winnemucca with six fiel,
goals; Hoskins came next with thre,
field goals and four free throws
and Harms made three field goals
Ronnow for Battle Mountain
made five field goals and one fre'
throw; Summin, substituting at lef
guard, made three field goals, Will
Brown and Uren each made on
field goal. Five personal fouls AM
one technical foul were charge,