Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-21
LIP. FIVE WINS FROM
OTTAWA HIGH IN
THRILLING GAME
GAME is MARKED BY UNUSUAL
FiNALE-HAReoLDT's SECOND
TEAM LOSES TO LA SALE
LIeHTWElGHTs 20 TO 0 IN PRE-.
LlMlARY skIRMIsH.

Goodmans inability to shoot free
throws, two lucky field goals by Hoar
playing left forward for the olive and
maroon squad and a foul called on
the Ottawa team for playing the ball
after the referee had blown the
whistle for an out are the main rea.
sons why Coach Smiths high school
basketball five lost last nights game
to Fellows La Salle-Peru squad by a
II TO 10 score at the high school gym.
The game was beyond doubt the
most interesting and exciting battle
ever staged in this territory for some
time and the game bore very sensa-
tional finish when field goal by any
Ottawa player would have won the
game for them by one point margin.
Gym Packed.
The gymnasium was packed to ca,
pacity by the time the first game
started. Harboldts second team also
lost to the La Sale lightweights,
which was recorded as their first de.
feat OF the season. The final count
OF that game was 80 10 9 in favor Of
LIP.
Today Coach Smith Is well satisfied
with the showing that his team made
in last nights battle and he is more
determined than ever that they will
turn out 10 be a winning club. Never
before did a high school team at o.
II. s. play the way they did last night.
Every man was on his toes and to
Wiley, playing left forward for Smiths
clan goes all honors OF being the star
player OF the evening.
Wiley A Star
Wiley played the entire game and
made plain the fact that he is of the
title type. At every stage of the
game he was in on every play. He
fought hard and scored the first bas-
ket of the game. which was Gagged in
the first five seconds of play. On the
offense he was a very dangerous man
for the La Sale guards to handle
He was very feet and also played a
clever game on the defense.
In fact the whole team played their
best. Their team work was uneX
celled They controlled the ball more
than the olive and maroon players
and shot more baskets. working the
ball along the floor better. They had
the La Sale players baffled when it
came to pivoting for protection of the
sphere. Each and every man played
with the other.
Goodman Off
However, Goodman playing center
for the red and white. was way off
when It came to throwing free throws
Goodman missed the first five chances
in the game He would hit the ring
every time but it would bounce off
again. Out of twelve chances he only
made five free throws. Had he made
one more the score would have been
knotted at the end of the game and
the outcome might have been in favor
of the Ottawans.
O. n. S. Scores First.
At the outstart Of the game the first
play by the locals took the LIP PLAYERS
completely off their feet. The centers
no more than touched off at center
than MeckenstocK swooped in, grabbed
the sphere, passed it down to Wiley
who was circlng around the Oppon-
ent's goal. which resulted in the first
score. The play was made in light.
ming speed and right then and there 1t
was plain to see that the skirmish
was going to be a tough one.
However, La Sale soon forged into
the lead when referee Smell called
three straight fouls on the Ottawa
players. Hasse did not miss one OF
the chances and scored the three
points. Goodman was then given five
consecutive chances shortly afterWard
as the fouls were called against La
Sale, but he failed to score once. AT
the end OF the first quarter the score
stood 6 to 4 in favor of La Sale. Dur
ing the remaining period of the first
half the Ottawans battled hard with
the result that the count was knotted
z to at the half
When the half started Hoar OF La
Sale Gagged a sensational field goal
from mid floor which brought the
crowd breathless to its feet as the
sphere banged against the blackboard
and toppled through the ring and the
corded netting for two points. Good
man then scored free throw and as