The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
Lose TO HURON
WIN WASHINGTON
Summary Of Basket Ball Results Of
Past Week As Viewed by Our
Sports Editor

ADOut oUU dTueUJ tdHs Weuutu tneii
way to the auditorium last Friday
night to see the cage tussje between
the Huron Highs and our boys from
the local house of knowledge"
and about 900 of those same fans were
voicing their disgust the next day, and
as a well-known cereal man would
say, There's A Reason.
And here she am-the M. III. S. put
up one of the worst exhibitions Of the
great indoor game,i in the last half,
that could be possibly imagined. In
fact. it vas horrid.
II was a nice game-before IL was
started-and 1t was a nice game all
through the first half, with both teams
going strong and evenly, and our lads
in the lead 2 to z. But right there
something rotten in Denmark happen
ed ,as far as the locals we're concern
ed. for they fumbled the ball repeated
ly, threw IL everywhere but in the
right place, fell all over themselves,
and-well we're too polite to say any
more. On the other hand, the Huron
boys took advantage of the miscues,
shot baskets at will. SO to speak. and
had a glorious time all to themselves,
The final score of rs to Ia in favor of
the visitors, amply tells the sad fate.
But, ordinarily they are no better than
the Nj. II. S. lads, by any means They
more than had their hands full while
the first half was being played, ard
would have no doubt, suffered defeat
had not the locals gummed up every
thing In the last stanza. One of the
visitors forwards had a big streak of
luck and shot field goals with his eyes
shut, II seemed. Anyhow 1t Is plainly
evident that he scored many a time
with purely luck shots. That's all in
the game and far be-it-from-us to try
to take away any of the glory that
went with the winning of the game.
If there was any glory. We'd just like
to see the same teams together again
at a time when the locals have re-
covered from their present slump.
Monday night hte washington Highs
played here and the locals nosed out
victorious by the scant margin of n
field goal. They should have won ia
a very decisive manner, but their
shooting eye was considerably mac
curate and they missed many an easy
try at goal. The visitors pat up q
good game and kept plugging for a
victory that kept just beyond their
reach. The locals showed better team
play and floor work in this game. and
seem to be slowly rounding into the
form that will be necessary IL they
are to make a c%reditable showig In the
tournament a week away. IL is to be
hoped that Buck" Titus will be able
to get back into the game then for he
is a strong and heady player and will
bolster up the team in no small de-
gree. \
Following the high school game, the
Town team took on the Co. r. team of
Huron and had no trouble whatever
In ringing up many a counter, coming
out the victors by a 3S to 15 count.
The visitors were i'm no way equal
to the locals, and right from the first
whistle the locals scored and were
never in danger Of being headed. The
visitors could not decipher the play
OF our Townsmen and seldom we're
they able to get within reasonable
scoring distance. They tried ume
GUS throws from center and ear
center but with very little success.
The floor work and passing of the
locals enabled them to get close In
for several shots which invariably re-
suited in a goal.
AS the cas- is rapidly drawing to
an end, it doesn't seem as though the
Town team Is going TO taste defeat
this year and will have the honor, thus
of being one of the very few teams In
this neck o. tn woods to claim a clean
slate.
Onida high plays here Friday in
what will probably be the last game
for the local highs before the tourney.
Let's hope they will show a very
marked Improvement and emerge the
victors by a respectable margin. SO
the home fans can feel that Miller
is going to stand more than an out
side chance of Winning the tourna-
ment.