Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-03-22

Ashland won the state high school
basketball championship Saturday
night at Salem, in the finals of the
state tournament, when the runner
up, Pendleton high school, was de,
feated by the decisive score of As
to 22.
II had been generally prophesiel
after the semi-flnals had been played,
that Ashland would have very
poor show as against the "buck1-
roos" from Pendleton. who had
brought beef and blood and braWn
and skill, and had so successfully
trampled on other fayortes in the
earlier games, teams supposed to be
on about equal footing with Ashland.
However, this prophetic dope" like
1t oftimes Is, was completely upset.
The Ashland basket tossers op-
ened up in the finals with speed
and accuracy that simply dazzled and
bewlldered the Pendleton quintet.
They danced over the floor light as
fairies, swift as shadows and as sure
as fate. 1t was an exhibition of such
ball as never had been seen in any
OF the earlier games. Ashland sim
| ply opened up new and inexhaust-
ible bag of tricks and endurance, and
after the first five minutes of play,
the only question in the minds Of
spectators was how big a score the
Ashland lads would run up.
The Pendleton team has some fast,
resourceful men, sturdy, muscular
phenoms, who seemed invinclble.
They had been well-coached and did
some of the cleverest work, picking
up the ball from the floor and pivot
ing around an. opponent, shown in
the tournament. But for sheer
speed the local boys surpassed them
for shooting, our boys were like well
trained men matched against raw
boys. Each team lost man through
personal fouls. Hobson of the locals
and F. Kramer, of Pendleton, going
to the side lines for being over
Jealous.
Heer hardly lived up to the repu-
tation he went north with, that of an
infalllable foul shooter. He was able
to convert only five out of ii chances
into scores. However, W. Kramer,
of Pendleton, only negotiated two
out Of seven chances, and left Heer
In the lead for the game. The most
spectacular foul shooting done dur
ing the tournament was by Ander-
son, of Astoria, in the first game
played, when he made seven out OF
ten tries.
The Eugene team was swamped by
the invincible man-to-man guarding
which PendletOn used, which failed
however, against the faster, tireless
Ashland team. Where it had prac-
tlcally paralyzed the Eugene players
It never even touched the Ashland
plan OF play, and the boys slipped
around 1t with the greatest of ease
Heer and Guthrie, OF the local
team, made 10 and 22 points, re-
spectiyely, and were absolutely
guard-proof Toward the end of the
game II seemed that once either OF
the boys got hold of the ball, no eff
fort was made to Interfere with the
toss to the basket.
Guthrie is recognized as being the
star of the entire tournament, and
will rank with the best forwards that
have ever been produced In the state.
Despite the fact that Guthrie alone
made the same number Of points
that the entire Pendleton team made,
| w. Kramer of Pendleton is one OF
the most impressive floor players in
the tournament, which only goes to
show that In our local man, we have
the best among the best.
Ramsey, of the local team, was a
better man at center than his oppon-
ent, and was able to do very effective
work. Like his teammate, he would
be close to the front in the picking
OF an all-star team for the state.
While Hobson and Young were not
among the scorers In the game. never
the less, the certainly did their part
AS did Weisenburger-and started
the ball we'll on its way time after
time. They also broke up the for
ward movement OF their opponents
with a good deal of regularity They
are both men to be proud of in their
positions.
Some so or 60 riotious rooters
from here attended the games and
gave the boys loyal support. Others
who we're unable to attend the tour
nament, sent kilograms to congratu-
late and encourage the boys.
The final verdict was probably one