The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-28
MT. IRON OPENS
ELY'S SEASON.
H. S. QUINT SHOWS PROMISE
BY BEATING JUNIOR
COLLEGE.

The Mountain Iron hlgh ScnooI
team Will open the local hIgn
omclaI basketball season mere rrl-
uay night, December D. incident
any the game viii dedicate the new
memorial gymnasium. 10 hven up
the seasons opener the school bano
viii play, ana Florence Chllders
and hutn Marshall Will do Dutch
aance between halves. The couple
were applauded generously at the
physician education day program.
Although the strong team Noun
tain Iron put on the floor last year
was weakened considerably by the
graduation of many of its members
tie visitors have new lineup which
is reported to be almost as power
full as last winters. The teams
will be evenly matched In weight
and as each employs fast-passing
type Of play an active, bitterly
fought contest should result.
With five lettermen back and
other excellent material the pros
poets for successful season APP
pear very bright. Robert Maxi,
captain, Pluth, Anderson, Pogorelc
and Roterus all had experience on
last winters team which reached
the semi-inals at the district tour
nament in Hibbing. John Maxi Is
developing into a steady center.
HeikkaIa, Ahola, Smith, B. Maxi
and Manni all are dependable men
and constitute the greater strength
of the squad. Strong reserve
strength will be necessary to cope
with the unusually high-class and
lengthy schedule which Coach
Buckley has prepared.
The schedule of fourteen games
should keep the boys busy until the
fore part of March when the third
district tournament will be held at
Virginia. Other teams in the dis
trict include Aurora, Biwabik, Eve
leth, Gilbert, Mt. Iron, International
Falls, Tower and Virginia. The
winner here will go to the regional
tournament at Duluth and from
there to the state tourney at Min
neapolis.
The Junior College viii inaug
urate its season at Hibbing Dec. IL.
On the following night they play at
Eveleth. Virginia plays here Jan.
16 As yet the college team has
failed to show anything impressive
but this can be explained by the
fact that the members are playing
together for their first time. BY
constant practice they expect to
eliminate this handicap and develop
into a smoother working combina-
ton. Mccarthy, Harri, Luhtanen,
Gianotti, Mitchell, Martell Ellefsen,
Amen, Anderson, Beck and Buc-
cowich form the mainstays of the
squad.
Skillfully passing through their
opponents defense the high school
tailed numerous short shots and
won from the Junior college 22-12
Saturday night before small
crowd in the Memorial gymnasium
Better teamwork counted for the
high schools triumph. The college
men failed to work together, were
wild in the shooting for the basket
and took long losses from all over
the floor and from various angles
when the play clearly called for
more passing. In direct contrast
was the unified, successful play of
the high school
Their superiority was evident
after the first few minutes. At
half time the score stood 1916 in
the winners favor. The usual
early season unfamiliaritv with the
hoop was evidenced by the number
Of shots missed by both teams.
Pluth and J. Maxi each connected
for three field GOALS while Luhtanen
and Mccarthy garnered two goals
apiece for the college. Players of
each squad were all given an op-