Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-03
Played Three Snappy
Games at Capitol City
LOCAL TEAM WAS SMALLEST
CUNT IN STATE MEET
HAD BIG TIME

Most of the members of the local
High School Basket Ball Team return
ed home last Saturday afternoon from
their trip to Madison. All the boys re
ported having had the time of their
lives. The team, coach and several
others left Eagle last Monday morn
ing They arrived in Madison at nine
o'clock that night and after a good
feed and sight of some of their first
street cars they hit the hay for a
good nights sleep at Hotel Monona
The next day Tuesday, they went
sight seeing. One of the things they
went to see was the wonderful eight
million dollar State Capital building
thru which they were taken from top
to bottom by guide. Then they went
to see the museum in the Historical
Library. After this they took look
at the various University buildings
and grounds. BY Tuesday afternoon
several of them were again ready for
that street car, in fact one of the
boys rode in a street car all afternoon
for fourteen cents. In short they saw
all there was to see about the city
of Madison.
On Tuesday night they were quar-
tered at two fraternity houses where
they met some real college boys.
Wednesday was mostly day of rest.
But on Wednesday evening they met
the crack GAINESVILLE Team on the
University Gym floor. That game
proved to be their Waterloo. However
we are not ashamed of the fight they
made for the somewhat onesided
score of Is to IA does not tell the
tale. The score at the end of the first
half was IA and IL. The boys had had
too much tournament before going to
Madison so in the third quarter they
began to tire. Janesville's 6h foot
center dropped in several at close
range and it proved practically impos-
sible for our boys to do good guard
work because of their opponents size
and height.
This placed Eagle in line for the
Consolation prize. On Friday morning
they met and defeated Rice Lake
team tWies their size by the score of
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up against crack team for Friday
night, viz: Wauwatosa This game
with Wauwatosa proved one Of the
speediest and best games of the
Tournament. The game ended with a
score of 20 to % in favor of Wauwa-
tosa which eliminated Eagle River
The team left for home that same
night by way of the st. Paul line and
arrived in Eagle on Saturday after
noon. Were we tired Wow! we took
the sleeper as far as Wausau Friday
night.
We wish to say that the local
team was by far the smallest team in
the Tournament and also one of the
speediest. They were outclassed by
only three teams Fond du Lac, Apple
ton and Superior who had more ma
ture and experienced players. If the
local team had been in better condiA
ton physically we are sure we could
have brought home the consolation
prize which we lost by sonly three
points to Wauwatosa. The latter
team very easily beat Wisconsin
Rapids by a score of % to 8 in the
finals
Eagle River received a number of
compliments from Madison and other
fans for their fast team work, their
cleaness in playing, their sportsman
ship and for their classy appearance
This together with the advertising
given to Eagle River is worth far
more to us than another silver cup
of which we already have two