The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-06
IDAHO VANDALS OUTCLASS CALL
FORNIA BEARS BY EIGHT
POINTS, 1920.
(By TED TURNER.)

Coach David MacMlllan'S basketball
team fought it's way to 1920 victory
over the husky University of Calf
ernia team Monday night in the gym
nasium and by so doing strengthened
its lead in the race for the Pacific
Coast conference championship this
season. The game was battle from
start to finish with both teams play
ing a good brand of basketball.
The game started with a foul
shooting contest between AL Fox. and
Talt. Neither team had any luck
with their trys from the field until
after the first ten minutes of play
when Talt, of California, made a nice
silot from the sidelines. The Idaho
men seemed bit nervous at first
but soon settled down to the grind.
After the battle had ragged for fourt-
cen minutes, Ben Keane made the
stood rs in favor of Idaho Both
teams were passing we'll but were
having some hard luck in finding the
basket
AL Fox Scores
Al Fox made a pretty shot from
short center. On the next tip-off
California got the ball and after
some close checking the idaho men
stook it away from the visitors and
by brilliant passing worked the ball
down in their own territory where
"Oz" Thompson shot dandy bas-
ket. Or was going great and before
one could bat an eye he made an
other one from the sidelines. The
score stood 1876 in favor Of Idaho.
Talt and AL each made basket and
old alarm Clock" Keane was play
ing whale of a game at guard.
AL got another pretty basket and
after short scrimmage the half
ended with Idaho on the long end
of 15-9 score. Both teams were
fighting hard at the gun and seemed
in good condition.
Between halves Mr. "Ah-Me"
Kearnes rendered" a ballad entitled
'sThe Curfew Shall Not Ring To-
night" which received a big hand
from the crowd
Visitors Fight Hard.
The second half started with a
rush and for a few minutes the VAN
dals were on the defensive. The
and the Bears were forced to take
long shots. Talt made q difficult
basket from short center and then
Keane made short one for Idaho,
making the score 1913 in favor of
Idaho. Both teams were scrapping
awful hard and the passing on both
sides was almost perfect
big Benz was sent to .he bench
on personals and Bill Gartin took his
place. After series OF short pass
es, Bill plunked the ball in for an
other two points. Belasco made a
long shot and with two minutes to
go the score stood $500 for Idaho /
AL shot foul and Telly made has
ket which made the score stan1 at !
1920. The game was over and CAL
ifornia had received a thorough de- .
feat. The Bears have wonderful
basketball team but they are not
equal to the famous Vandals.
For Idaho, Fox played his usual
brilliant game. He shot we'll and
played dandy floor game. Harry
Edwards showed well. or Thompson
played wonderful game. He play
ed his man well and made three goals
from the field. Te1ford and Keane
things up for California III
great shape, and did their share os
the scoring to boot. Gartin and Mel
son, while not in the game as long
as the others, both contribute tliels
share towards winning the game.
Talt was the main point getter fer
the Bears but he got lots Of help
from all his teammates. Talt made /
ten free throws and three field has
kets. Fox made IA points on ten
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