The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-02-09
0AKES QUlVT
LOSES TWICE
Lidgerwood and Ellendale Athletes
Prove Too Strong for Local
= Warriors
GLENDALE CAME VERY ROUGH
Oakes Team is Handicapped by Badly
Crippled Lineup

met defeat at Glendale last Friday
night in the roughest game of the
season. Little hope for an Oakes VIC
tory was possible before the game, as
the odds were all against the local
quint. It Svas their first matched
game on foreign floor and as the
Glendale gym, while not up to STAN
dard specifications in width, is much
larger than the small court to which
the local team is accustomed, they
found it hard to adapt themselves to
the length Of the floor. The baskets
in the local gym are not as high as
they should be, and the Oakes sharp
shooters found it hard to locate the
bulls-eye when it was placed at the
regulation height.
Kenneth Smith, the star forward Of
Coach Wyttenbach's aggregation, was
still in quarantine. Nepstad, the hus-
ky guard, had a boil on one knee and
was unable to make the trip. So the
expected happened when Glendale
came out on the long end Of the score.
Glendale was apparently out for
blood, Whether It was the ancient
rivalry between the county seat and
the metropolis of Dickey county, sqr
the sting Of the football, defeat they
suffered last fall, or just their natural
cussedness, the Glendale athletes
seemed to Be desirous Of not only
winning Last Fridays game, but also
of annihilating the Oakes team. The
game was considerably rougher than
the football contest Of last fall, or at
least the casualties would indicate
that it was. '
When the game was over, Coach
Wyttenbach picked up the fragments
of his quint in a basket, we under.
stand, and spent most Of the night
trying to solve the. worse THIN Chts.
nese' puzzle Of assembling the pieces
in such way as to make six athletes
of them again. Outside Of the fact
that he exchanged the noses Of Pat
Guy and Oscar Hample, grated one
of +Hample's legs onto. Brennan by
mistake and failed to find. about two.
thirds Of Babe Hazel's forehead, he
did quite creditable job.
Bert Hazel was the most serious
casualty of the evening. He was
smashed into the concrete wall of the
gym with such force that he was un-
conscious for some time. Blazer fin
ished the game in his stead. Bert's
forehead was cut deeply In several
places and he came home looking as If
he had been in train wreck.
Ed Hazel was also knocked out tenn
porarily during the game, but after
viewing the beautifully colored con-
stellation Of stars that he discovered
just then, he recovered in time to 60
on playing. Ed was the mainstay Of
the Cakes team, scoring all the points.
The Oalkes five is looking for dif-
ferent story at the game Of Friday
night, this week. when Glendale comes
for the return game. Nepstad is ex-
pected to be back in the lineup. Smith,
while out Of quarantine, will not be
able to get in the game, but expects
to be on the side lines to give his
moral and vocal support to his team
mates. With the advantage Of the
home floor and the support Of the
home fans, Captain Brennan is pre-
dieting victory for his quint.
Friday evening will Be big night
in Oakes for basket ball fans. Before
the principal contest, between Ellen
dale and Oakes, the sOakes. second
team will play Riverdale. The River
dale boys defeated patched-up squad
Of mixed first and second string Cakes
players out at the consolidated school
a couple Of weeks ago, 30 the second
team has a debt to pay as well as the
first team. Play will start at 7:30.
Box score Of the Glendale massacre:
Oakes Glendale
Brennan F Lawler
Ed Hazel F Wahl
Hample C Jeske
Bert Hazel G Jones
Guy G Wentzel
Substitutes: Blazer for Bert Hazel,
Callan for Wahl. Field goals: Ed
Hazel 8, Lawler 8, Wahl 4, Jeska 1,
Jones 2, Callan g. Free throws: Ed
Hazel in 8, Wahl / in 4, Callan 1 in
2. Final score: Oakes 8, Ellen
dale, SO @ III,
TUESDAY evening the battered Cakes
warriors took the 500 to Lidgerwood,
where they met the quint represent