The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-10
WINDSOR WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
VicTORS IN NATIONAL RAS-
kETBALL TOURNEY
CAPTURES PREP TITLE
SUGAR DISTRICT QUINTET BEAT
YAKkToN, S. o., rs TO
IN FINAL GAME

| Chicago.-Five boys from Windsor,
| Colo, Il little town of 1900 persons
with siXty-two girls and fIfty-eight
boys in their high school, Saturday
night won the national interscholastic
basketball championship tournament
held under the auspices of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, decisively defeating
Yankton. champions of South Dakota,
% to 6.
| Yankton made game and desper-
ate effort to retrieve its losses in the
last quarter by leaving its own basket
unguarded, the entire team advancing
down the floor in an effort to shoot
baskets from closer angles. Windsor's
| quintet took advantage of these tactics
to make four baskets in quick success
sion
| Windsors game was won for it by
two brothers, a. Van Matre and F. Van
Matre, who made nineteen of its twen-
ty-five points and by the coaching of
Ryan. The Windsor team adopted
policy of retiring to their own terri
tory as soon as Yankton obtained the
ball which left Yunkton to force the
issue. This the South Dakota quintet
was unable successfully to do as Wind
sor secured the ball the minute the
Yankton line struck Windsor territory
Facing this handicap, the Yankton
team was able to make only four shots
at baskets in the entire first half.
| Manchester, N. H., took third place
In the tournament by decisively defeat
ing Northeastern of Detroit, 90 to IA,
after Windsor had defeated Manches-
| ter, 25 to 10, in the semi-finals, and
Yankton had beaten Detroit 2l to 10.
Warrensburg, Mo-, won the consola-
tion title by defeating Elgin, H., "a to
27, and Spokane, WASH, took third
place in the consolation, beating Birm-
| ingham, Ala, 30 to %.
The result of games in which Wind
sor competed and their total points and
opponents totals follows:
Windsor, 81, vs. Warrensbutg Mo-,
%
Windsor 25, vs. Sioux City, Ia, 1S.
Windsor 81, VS.. Panguitch, Utah, 10.
Windsor %, VS.. Manchester N. H.,
| 10
WiGdsor %, VS.. Yankton, N. D., 6.
Windsor total, 1913; opponents, 90.
Windsor, Colo.-The "Wizardsn have
held the basketball championship of
Colorado for two consecutive years.
During that time they defeated some
] of the largest high schools of the state.
Last year the quintet entered the ma
tional interschOlastic tournament at
Chicago and was eliminated in the
third round, winning but two games.
The team this year is the same as rep
resented the local high school last
year.
Windsor, the high school whose team
is the basketball champions of the
| United States, has total enrolment
of 100 students-sixty-two girls and
| fffty-eight boys.
But the team has the little town of
1900 persons, located seventy miles
northwest of Denver, practically at
the eastern base of the Rocky noun
tains, solidly behind it.
Last year funds to send the team to
Chicago We're raised by high schools
In Greeley, Longmont and Fort Col.
| Inns, all of which had been vanquishcd
by the Wizards" This year all of the
| fundssfor the expense of the trip were
raised through the efforts of the team
money derived from the seasons
games being placed in a national tour
nament fund. A team, representing the
State Teachers College at Greeley,
played an exhibition game here to put
| the fund over the top and donated it's
share Of the receipts to the fund.
Every one in Windsor gives all of
| the credit for the marked supremacy
of the team during the season just end
| ed and the previous season to the
coacnlns Oh joe ityull, Htlletlc director
of the school. He has been in charge
| of this branch of school activities for
| three years.
Prior to his coming to Windsor, the
local high school never had been rep
| resented by IL basketball team.
r. e. Willett, Mayor Of Steamboat
| Steamboat Springs-Dr. i. E. Will
lett, Republican, was elected mayor of
this city in the municipal election
| held here II was onnonncp1 followinr