The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-03-16

Monday and Tuesday with Cleveland
! relatives.
Rosalia Flowers returned the first
part Of last week from Owatonna
where she was visiting relatives
week
Miss McInearny resumed her
school duties Monday after weeks
absence due to illness.
! Sirace Zachor was guest OF Irene
Reinhardt Friday night and Satur :
day.
Little Angelina Ballman, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bailman, has
been quite i'll the past week, but is
improving at this writing.
Irene Drenttel was a week end
guest of Malinda Puffpaff.
Frank Wagner of New Ulm and
Mrs. Theodore Baker of st. Peter
spent Sunday at the A. Drenttel
home.
Mrs. A. Drenttel and daughter Es-
tella were st. Peter shoppers Satur-
day.
| Mr.. and Mrs Matt Hochmayer and
John and Adolph Weiss spent Sun
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Puffpaff
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Korn are the
proud parents of son, born Satur-
day, March 10. Mother and baby are
doing nicely.
| The following attended a birthday
dinner in honor of Fred Kiewatt OF
Ottawa Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Aug
ust Michael and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reuben Kiewatt and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Linden Bartlett and children
and Miss Mary kopplenan.
4 nd I'd oSnho Ydf and
daughters Irene and Ruth and son
/ Ben and Grace Zaehor we're LeSueur
visitors Saturday.
MT and Mrs. Parks Everett and
son Wuburt and Florence Everett
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Case of Ottawa Sunday.
Miss Florence Everett was among
the shoppers at Mankato Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Allen were
guests of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Gerlich Of Mankato
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward McCabe en-
tertained~ the following at dinner
Sunday, the Misses Johnson, O'Con-
nor, Moran, Mclaughlin and Berg.
| In a fast and stubbornly contested
game Cleveland high school boys de-
feated the Waterville team on the
formers floor last Thursday even
ing. The score was 80 to % when
the final whistle was blown A
large crowd witnessed the battle
and Judging form the din that pre-
vailed throughout the games must
have offered many thrills. Freiberg
at the right forward position Of the
winning team, was the outstanding
star of the contest, finding the has
ket eight times from the field and
once out of five tries from the free
line. For the losers, Kampa, the cen
ter played the most consistent game,
both ON the offense and defense.
He found the basket five times
from the field and held his OPP
ponent to two baskets. Thayer, who
was seriously handicapped with a
bad thumb, could not play with his
ability. On the defense Ffnne9an
played a strong and consistent game,
blocking certain numerous goals
from the field and counting once
himself on a long shot the whole
length of the floor. The team as a
whole played the best game Of the
season and showed plenty of cham
pionship cahber The result
Field goals Cleveland: Frieberg.
Is; Beihn, A; Thayer, 2; Finnegan, l..
Waterville; Sheldon, 8: Reynolds,
2; Kampa, 2. Free throws: Frieberg
out of S; KAmn. /; out Of 2. The
district tournament will be held at
St Peter on the Gustavus Adolphus
college floor Friday and Saturday,
March Is and II. Cleveland will
be there and the boys are working
to make a good showing. 1t isn't
far to St Peter. Let's got
The Boys team of Cleveland
high school won a rough but slow
game Friday evening, March 8, on
the Montgomery floor. Cleveland
started with rush and Gagged three
field goals before the opponents
got started. The first half ended
with the score IA to II and Mont
gomery on the short end. The Sc
cond half was slow and ragged as
! the local boys were fatigued from
their game with Waterville the pre-
vious evening. Cleveland won by
the score Of IA TO IL. This game
placed them sixth among the eight
highest teams of district No. IA.
March Is and II at the district tour
uament to be held at st. Peter.
The report of the district basket
ball committee received Monday
morning places Cleveland sixth
from the top, The percentage being
666, having eight victories and four
losses. The placing of the eight
leading teams is as follows. ST. Pet
er, Henderson, Gaylord, Kasota,
Chaska, Cleveland, WaterviIle and
Shakopee.
The sub district contest of the state
defamation league was held in the
high school auditorium last Wednes-
day, March Z. Seven high schools
competed in both boys and girls
division and were as follows, Man
kato, St Peter, LeSueur, Cleveland,
Henderson, Belle Plaine and Nicol-
let. The contest was one Of the best
of its kind ever held in this district,
rivs1ing In quality with many of the
final contests according to several
who have been in close touch with
the work since the founding of the
league. Cleveland was represented
by Annabel Cheadie, who took for
her selection Mother Love" and
Joseph .Tepley who gave 'aThe Death
OF Arnold" The work OF both these
young people was Of a high order.
Both received second honors In their
respective divisions. In the girls
contest st. Peter was placed first,
Cleveland second and Mankato third.
In the boys contest, which preceded
the girls Mankato> received first
honors. Cleveland second and st.
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