The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-02-21
Basket Bali Tourn-
dment At Olivia
FOUR FASTEST TEAMS FROM
THIS SECTION, OF
STATE MEET.
(From Morton Enterprise)

Redwood Falls, Glencoe, Olivia and
Morton clashed for honors at basket
ball tournament held in the armory at
Olivia Monday afternoon and even
ing.
Two games were played in the af-
ternoon and the winners of each bat
tied in the evening. Drawing decided
that Olivia and Glencoe were to play
the first game and Morton and Red
wood the second.
The Olivia a-Glencoe game was COM
plete walkaway on the part of Olivia.
Glencoe was very incompetent when it
came to shooting baskets and in a
one-sided game displaying but little
real basket ball, Olivia won the scrap,
40-17. The first half ended 1873 in
Olivia's favor and the third quarter
in their favor 23-16.
Not real cheer filled the armory
until the Morton and Redwood play
ers trotted on the floor. Everyone
anticipated a real game, and they were
not disappointed. Every act of bas-
ket ball was displayed by the fast
Morton boys and every individual
played good game. The guards held
the famous Redwood basket shooter,
Gregor, to, very low score. Red
wood put up a stiff fight but were
absolutely outclassed. The first qu-
arter was nip-and-tuck ending 5-4 in
Morton's favor. Morton added
points to Redwood's 2 in the second
quarter, ending the half, 1876. Be
ginning the second half, Redwood
staged a fair comeback scoring z
points to Morton's 5. But Morton
continued their expert playing, cover
ing Redwood's points in the last qu-
arter by 6, ending the game PALS
with Redwood a very sad bunch.
The final was played in the evening
between Olivia and Morton, Olivia
having every advantage, and winning
the game. Olivia had very soft
game with Glencoe and plenty of rest
so they were fresh for the game
Morton had just finished real basket
ball game with Redwood that called
for every bit of energy to be used and
only but two hours to dress, eat bit,
try to squeeze in trifle of rest and
dress again for the game. Besides,
Olivia played on their own floor, this
being great advantage. So the
fresh Olivia five playing on their own
floor, met the tired Morton players
Even at that, Olivia was given q
merry chase and let it not be mis-
understood that Olivia won easily, for
they fought like demons. 6-5 with
Olivia just point ahead ended the
first quarter, with 1911 ending the
half, Olivia still leading. 23-16 tells
the story of the third quarter; Olivia
on the long end. 1922 ended the
fray.
Both teams given equal chances
Morton can win over Olivia. Had the
final game been played the next day
so the boys would beft-or even had
Morton played the first game, the re-
suit would have been reversed.
Morton used the same lineup in
both games. "Scotty" Donlon and
Helgerson were at forward positions,
BILLY" Castle. at center with "Ben'
Patzwald ahd "John" Greenslit as
guards. "Giggs" Orth relieved Helg-
erson for awhile in the evening game
Games as played:
Olivia 40-Glencoe II
Morton 24-Redwood 18
Olivia 32-Morton %
1t would be impossible to name the
Morton people at the game but prac-
tically half of the town was there and
half of the people in the armory were
Mortonites.