The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-01
State Shows Real Strength
in Second Game; Hopes
High for Win Tonight
Over Creighton.

After suffering the worst defeat in
years on the basketball floor, State
college basketball stars staged a mar
velous comeback and decisively de-
feated the crack team from the North
Dakota Agricultural college last Sat
urday night at the college armory in
the second of a two-game series. The
first game Friday evening resulted in
a score of "a to 13 in favor of the
Bisons. The second game was a 80 to
% victory for State. The armOry was
packed both nights with interested
spectators many of whom came from
out of town.
Still larger crowds are expected to-
night to witness the two battles be-
tween State college and Creighton
university, which will undoubtedly be
the two fastest basketball games that
will be played in the state this season
and probably faster than ever before
played within the boundaries of South
Dakota.
Creighton has been noted for the
past 5 years for her consistently
strong basketball teams which have
met and defeated some Of the best
college and university teams in the
country, such as NOtre Dame, SYRIA
cuse, West Virginia university, Iowa
university and others.
The two games in the big State ar
mory will be fast and furious for both
teams have high hopes of winning the
big silver replica of the official bas-
ketball, which is the trophy offered to
the championship team Of the North
Central conference.
Delegations from White, Clear Lake,
Volga, Elkton, Madison, Sioux Falls,
Toronto, Lake Preston, Arlington, Het-
land and Salem, it is already known,
will he on hand to wi'ress the oap' s.
There will be a curtain raiser be-
fore each game, the preliminaries to
start at 7;2O o'clock and the big game
at $40. Elkton high school and
States Aggies will play the first night
and Volga high school and the Aggies
the second night. 1t is also planned
to have some college boxing put on
by college boxers between halves.
AS a curtain raiser to the game with
the North Dakota Aggies last Friday
evening, Coach Enke's Bunnies sue
cessfully defeated the undefeated Pipe
stone Junior college team "a to Z. The
game lacked interest and everyone
was impatient for the greater and
p,nro intnrnctinu pan1n tn hpOin AC
the major contest started it was evil
dent that State had met a formidable
rival. Neither side were able to score
for a considerable time. Captain
Thompson received injuries which
forced him tc retire from the game
early in the first period. This seemed
the starting point for the Bisons and
from then on they maintained a lead.
States defense was broken up and the
Bison forwards rang up ounte after
counter. Flemm and Greenfield of the
North Dakota team played a stellar
game and shot baskets with uncanny
accuracy. = State made but two field
goals, one by Carey and n by WEIGH.
The second game was a different
story. Coach Vests men jumped
right in at the start and played at top
speed to the final whistle, never for
a moment losing their grip on their
opponents. Thune and Carey led the
scoring and once in the lead, State
never lost it. Carey and Thune, both,
seemed to have the combination to the
baskets and could locate them from
any point on the floor. Several long
shots were made where the ball slipped
through the hoop without touching it.
The crowd was enthusiastic and
cheered every shot until the armory
rang. States defense was ironclad
and what shots North Dakota was per-
mitted to get at the basket were
missed. During the entire first half
the Bisons were unable to register a
single field goal. The free throw
route, however, was a prolific one for
the Bisons, for Captain Flemm scarce
ly ever missed one. He scored IA out
of nineteen chances during the game.
The first half ended Is to s in favor Of
State.
The second half failed to develop
any weakness in State while the Ag-
gies showed no improvement. The
game was so close, however, that ev-
cry counter was jealousy watched by
the audience. Carey and Thune con
tinued to shoot baskets from difficult
positions and at one time ran up the
lead % to 13 for State. The Aggies
made a last minute rally but the best
they could do was to bring the score
up to % to 30 in favor Of State.
Carey was the great star for State
in both games and this veteran OF the
game certainly deserved the plaudits
of the crowd which he received. He
went like a house afre Saturday and
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