, 1923-02-07
EAGLES WIN OVER
POWELL TOWN TEAM

The f. o. E. Basket Ball team of
Coay turned the tables on a town
Team IRON Powell when they met
Wednesday evening in a weil-played
game on tne court of the High school
Gymnasium. The score was "A to ~.
Inc visitors held Cody s~coreless
for the first lew minutes of play, but
soon after that the Individual play
of Al Shofstall, center of the Cody
quintet, gave the~local boys their
tirst points when he Gagged two pretty
shots in quick succession from the
side of the floor. Powell livened
things up Immediately following with
another goal which was thrown into
the basket from scrimmage by Clark,
one of the visiting forwards. Powell
repeated this performance twice
again in the succeeding few minutes
of play, when Moses scored a pretty
throw from the middle of the floor,
and later, Clark wriggled from a
scrimmage to where he was practical
ly u~nbothered near the side of the
floor and made another basket. Cody
showed that they were not to be held
back however, when Shofstall quick
ly came once more to the rescue with
a long basket from the center of the
gym, and Ray Prante followed this
up with a beautiful long looping shot
which landed safely in the basket
after travelling over half the length
of the court.
The Cody team seemed better on
the offense than on defense during
the first half, Sonners and Shofstall,
repeatedly rushing the leather down
the floor only to have it dance tan
talizingly around the rim of the goal
and drop outside to the floor again.
Powell scored three more times how
ever before the ending of the first
period,-first Loving, and the Baxter
being twice successful in caging the
ball from scrimmage, but Prante once
more vas fortunate with another
long throw very much the same as
mis- first goal, and 500 Gagged another
from a uIIIicuit angle beneath the
visitors basket. The 1lrst half came
TO a close with Powell ~, and Cody
IL.
With the opening of the second
hall, the game became more hveiy.
Powell starred Oft with a rush, and
Clark tied the score within half a
minute, n quickly duplicated this
act with still another faster basket.
i The game had been most Clearly
fought throughout SO tar, but soon
the Powell center fouled, and Ray
Prante, being allowed a free throw
for Cody Melted the ball nee more.
The Powell center soon Gagged three
more goals however, and though
Buck Buchanan and Sonners succeed
ed in getting the ball to the visitors
end several times, seemed unlucky in
the art of making baskets.
Shofstall again Gagged a goal for
Cody from scrimmage however, and
missed another pretty try soon after
wards after quickly throwing from
the middle of the floor. He quickly
made up for this by getting hold of
the leather away back near his
basket and by good dribbling and ex-
ceptional lodging succeeded in taking
it unaided to directly beneath the
basket where he scored another goal.
Shofstall easily excelled for Cody,
making still another goal before the
game ended and missing only by
inches several close attempts. Low
ing for Powell scored several more
times before the last half ended, and
Powell was caught foufng again a
few minutes before play ceased,
which gave Prante another chance
to show the power of his eye and to
cage one more tall yfor the local
team. Soon after this Cody tied the
score, and a few minutes before the
referees whistle blew, netted another
basket, thus romping in the victors
by "a to %.
For the visitors, Loving Baxter and
Clark all played well, but the work
of Shofstall, Cody center, was easily
the outstanding feature of the game.
Buchanan and Arnold, Cody guards,
were good at their positions and re-
peatedly saved what might have been
most serious situations, by breaking
up the Powell attack and starting
the ball down the floor in the oppo-
site direction. In short, the whole
Cody team showed good tea mwork
and a brand of basket ball which de-
lighted those who watched the con
test and gave strong hopes to Cody
supporters for the future.
IT he lineup:
Cody f. o. e. Powell
Prante, +. Clark, (.
Sonners, Z. Baxter, 4.
Shofstall, c. Loving, C.
Buchanan, g. Blame, &.