The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
GIRLS BASKET BALL

Sports for girls are in vogue at
the high school this year and at
present the basketball season is in
| full swing. Each class has two
| evenly matched teams, and with
these an interesting tournament is
being staged. Last Friday after
school the Handkerchief Team of
the Juniors won from the Gold
| Team of the Seniors by the score
30. 1t was game played by the
guards on both teams as they were
able to keep down the score to one
field basket for each side. Sara
Mitchell and Ethel Wilson, Juniors,
were ready to catch most every ball
coming into their section and throw
it back toward their basket where
it was as often returned by Naimi
Harri and Tullie Luhtanen, Senior
guards.
Senior Gold Team 2.
Gertrude Matilda, CT; Lena Pluth,
f, Aurora Lindbeck, JIG; Grace Mar
hall, re; Naimi Harri, g; Tullie
Luhtanen, g.
Junior Handkerchief Team 3.
Mabel Nicholas, CT; Rachel Por-
than, f; Inez Lamp, JIG; Jennie
Palo, re; Ethel Wilson, G; Sara
Mitchell, C.
Interchanging halves with the
Junior-Senior teams, came the
Sophomore Greys and the Fresh
man Greens. The work of the
Sophomore forwards is worthy of
commentator as each made three
field baskets-Marguerite Ahlstrom,
as running center, sent the ball in
to the hands of her forwards from
nearly every center toss. The fresh
men surprised the audience by their
good plays, and by getting well
ahead of the .sophomores, for the
third quarter. Vienna Porthan and
| Dorothy Pickavance starred for the
Green.
Sophomore Grey IL.
Evelyn Nankervis, f; Sylvia Kos
XII, C; Dorothy Brennan, JIG; Mar
guerite Ahlstrom, re; Angela Pluth,
g; Esther Mackie, g.
Freshman Green IL.
Vienna Porthan, C; Anna Merriam,
C; Dorothy Pickavance, JIG; Martha
Maxi, re; Angela Caleb, g; Vienna
Somero, G.
Monday afternoon the second of
the series was played. The whistle
blew for the Sophomore Rose and
the Freshman Yellow teams at 4:O5.
The Sophomores had better team
work, especially noticeable in the
| playing of Bertha Edwards and
Fannie Harri at center. The Fresh
men gave evidence of ability in en-
bryo, but they have been deprived
of so many practice days when the
gymnasium has been used for other
purposes, that they were not able
to cope with the more experienced
| girls and had to take the small end
| of the IL score.
Sophomore Rose Z.
Laura Luhtanen, f; Jennie Beuk,
f; Bertha EDWARDS, JIG; Fannie Har-
ri, re; Helen Walsh, cg; Signora
Lindbeck, G.
Freshman Yellow 1.
Amelia Church, f; Merle Mar
shall, f; Frances Gotchnik, C; Ethel
Nichols, re; Corriene Ulacho, g;
Irene Hall, G.
SUBSTITUTES Porthan,
Florence Childers, Katherine Bon
nier.
The Junior on-Handkerchief
Team and the Senior Blue Team re-
versed the score of Friday for their
classes. The game was the fastest
so far and the snappiest. Olga
Nappa's graceful shots are always a
feature of any game in which she
appears, and she was we'll support
ed from the center. Helen Spreitzer
did some spectacular work for the
seniors at center and Bernice Ahl-
strom displayed her usual efficiency
as forward, scoring eight of the
twelve points.
Senior Blue Team IL.
Bernice Ahlstrom. f; Amelia
Gouze, f.; Helen Spreitzer, C, JIG; Mol
lie Agnich, re; Anna Popovich, G;
Anna Kapsch, G.
Junior Northumberland 8.
Olga Nappa, c; Christina Som
rock, f; Beryl Hedloff, c, JIG; Vera
Alfalfa, re-. Lillian Hill, g; Emma
Skala, G.