Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-03-06

Smith, De Pue, guard.
Thomas Toad" Carey, guard on tho
Ottawa High school basketball team
and captain and right half back OF
the 1921 football eleven. was the only
Ottawan chosen on the all.star basket
ball five, selected Saturday afternoon
ty Officials Ney and Smell who had
charge of the court during the tourua'
ment and newspaper representatives
Of the county present al the games
Carey was given job as guard on tn
team as the result of his splendi"
showing in the game against the Ia
Salle-Peru team on Thursday evening,
opening night of the classic,
Carey throughout the season MADE
a splendid showing at the guard posi-
ton. In almost every game on the
high school schedule he shared in the
scoring His defense was perfect and
he never gave an opposing forward a
minutes rest. When the selections
were made Saturday afternoon at the
high school Immediately after the
semi-fnals, Ottawa newspaper repre-
sentatives mentioned his name as ~
all-star guard on the select team. Both
Ney and Smell, together with neWspa
per men of other towns Of the county
agreed that Carey was entitled TO
berth on the team. Carey also was
picked as an all-star half back on the
valley eleven.
kirsch Picked.
Tho o4lar1 pNeitipr. wont tn
Kirsch of the La Salle-Peru team
hirsch undoubtedly was the best de-
fensive player in the tournament. In
the three games that he took part IN
he made a splendid appearance. His
defense was wonderful, which was eTi-
denced in the Streator-La Sale game
Saturday afternoon. Besides he was a
good basket shooter, and during the
season made splendid scoring record
for his team.
Dicenzo Star of Tourney.
Dicenzo of Toluca had no oppos'-
ton in being selected as forward on
the allstar quintet. He was the
cream of the tournament and probably
the best bet that set foot on the arm
DRY floor He loOmed up as title
player in the first game of the tourna-
ment, the Toluca-P Princeton affair DHi-
ing that game DiCenZO scored four field
goals and six free throws. He was al
most a perfect shot when it came to
caging the ball He was a dangerous
player captain of the Toluca team,
and always had his opponents in dis
tress. In the La Salle-Toluca game
he also played we'll He made good
showing and made big hit with fans
and officials in attendance.
Abrams at Forward.
At the other forward, Abrams Of
Strcator was named. Abrams was one
of the fastest players in the tOurna-
ment He was good shot at baskets
and also a good man on the defense.
Abrams made a wonderful record on
the StreatOr team this year and those
who picked the allstar team watched
him carefully in the tournament play.
Class A Team.
In class A Dixon of Swancy High
and Griffin of LCstant COPIED the for
ward berths Both men were equally
as good and by no means had no opp0-
sition in the selection However,
Phillips OF LOstant was also a gOOi
man at forward but it was believed
that either Dixon or Griffin had him
cheated when it came to basket shoot
ing. Phillips was probably better than
either Dixon or Griffin on the defense
Osland, center on the Rollo team
was unanimously named as all-sta1
center on class B team Osland made
three field goals in the game against
De Pue on Friday afternoon. During
the game he proved to be the unari-
nous choice Of both teams. He was
very fast on his feet and was a good
man on the defense,
Dole, also Of Rollo, and Smith Of De
Pue had on opposition in the selection
of guards for the second team.
Honorable Mention.
Honorable mention was given to La
kin of La Sale as a guard, Elena OF
Granville as a forward, Anderson of
Streator as forward and Dicus OF
Streator as a guard.