Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
N. A. L. Cagenen
Started Last Eve
SURFING, BRANDON AND EAGLE
RIVER WIN THEIR GAMES
ON OPENING NIGHT

High school teams from Argonne.
Crandon, Eagle River, Gillett, Good
man, Laona, Surfing and Wabeno open
ed the Northern Athletic League bas-
ketball tournament at the local gym
last night, the first event of it's kind to
oe held in Eagle River.
The eight teams and their coaches,
some sixty people in all. arrived on
the afternoon train to compete in the
ehree-day meet. In order to finish the
twelve games which the schedule calls
for, the first three were played We'd
nesday evening, as follows:
Surfing 10; Laona II
Surfing took the floor first, followed
IN few minutes by Laona, which
proved to be the larger of the two
groups. BoWlin and Kaczmierczak
scored for Laona in the first few min
ties of play, followed by pretty shot
by F. Wolfe for Surfing. The two
seams were evenly matched and both
displayed some nice team work in the
first half Mikkelson scored two free
throws for Surfing on fouls committed
by Bowlin and Martin and YakeI drop
ped in aringer. .Kaz Gagged two more
and Bowlin another before the bell
rang, which left the score at the half,
Surfing 8 and Laona 10.
Surfing came back stronger in the
last half, j. Wolf getting two baskets
in quick succession and caging free
throw on Bowlin's foul. Laona's nice
exhibition of team work and short
passing in the first half failed to ma
terialize in the last period. Their at
tempt at long shots fell short and Sur
ing covered well on their short range
attempts, with the result that their
single point for the half was made by
.Madenwald on a free throw from f.
Wolfe's foul The game ended with
Surfing winner, Is to IL.
crandon 21; Goodman 2
Goodman and Crandon next appear
ed. From the outset it was apparent
hat Crandon's husky bunch had
enings their own way. The Goodman
0oys we're too light for their heavy
opponents, and wnlIe the little fellows
put up a scrappy battle, Crandon cas-
sees pe,ats' insls ss
4loldlng Goodman to zero.
The second half was a repetition Of
The first with the exception that the
.eams sIackened their pace little,
dttho fighting gamely to the finish.
5randon scored nlne more and KLINE
dropped in lone ringer on long
clean shot for Goodman. B. Ison with
{, Mcmillan with 10, and A. Ison with
4, We're the point makers for the Gran
don team. Final score, Crandon 81;
Goodman 2.
EagIe River SO; Wabeno 4
Eagle River, the district champions
sook tne floor against Wabeno in the
en1rd game of the evening. After their
wins over Tomanawk, Amigo and Wau
sau last weeK. the locals found it easy
gong against syabeno. In the first half
-,olongy tossed in elgnt baskets. Hoov
81 two and Morgan one, making the
,core at the half, % to 0.
Coacn shracnt put in a bunch Of sec
nj strng mel IN the second whlh
made the game bit ragged, but they
.ad no dnrlculty in keeping Wabeno
aown to two baskets, one by Miller
and the other by al. Rusch. Belongy
c@ged i've, hoover and Hall one each
= ms PERIOD, the game ending SO to
in Eagles favor
OF the three games the Wabeno
Eagle River tilt was the fastest. The
.ocals set dazzling pace and kept it
up.
4. E. Kimball of Nation and Dick
Priebe Of Eagle River were the off
cars, alternating as referee and UNI
pire.
AL games We're clearly contested.
The crowd, one Of the largest ever
seated in the new gym, were generous
with their applause for the teams :,
The Eagle River Band gave plenty
OF good lively music during the inter
walls and the tournament got away to
a good start.
Argonne and GiIlett and Laona and
Goodman meet this afternoon. This
evening three more games will be
played Eagle being among them. A
complete schedule of the tournament
and the players competing will be
FOUND on an inside page of this issue.
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