Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
MinOCqua Team Beaten
In Close Game Friday
LOCALS CAME THROUGH WITH
ONE POINT MARGIN IN THE
GAMEY SCRAP


in stellar style nosing out the classy
Minocqua quint by score of 15 to
IA here last Friday evening before a
crowd that jammed the gym for every
available seat and every inch of
standing room. 1t was advertised as
the stiffest tussle on the list and it
proved to be all that and more, with
the odds on the heavier, more exper-
fenced Island City boys. Man to man,
Eagle was outWeighe5 and for awhile
outplayed, but as the game developed
Coach Kracht's colts solved the pretty
attack OF the Minocqua boys, taking
the lead in the first period and hold
ing it until the final whistle.
Gloyd at center was over-reached
by his Minocqua opponent and Mel
Minton, the visitors speedy guard,
scored on the first play. Eagle then
stopped the second and took the ball
down the floor with some nice head
work. Eagle fouled and Mel Minton
made the point. Giese dribbled out of
bad jam and found the ring on a
short shot right under the basket,
Mel MintOn duplicated the stunt and
then took time out, with two minutes
to go. Ketz got into action right with
the whistle and dropped one in from
q difficult angle. Gongaware fouIed
and Giese made the point tying the
count. The tie gave the locals a new
burst OF speed and they did some
short passing that was as dazzling as
1t was perfect, with the result that
Ketz scored again on beautiful I'M
derarm toss. Minocqua fouled again
and Mcintyre made his throw, leav-
Ing the score for the period at 8 to s
in the locals favor.
The second period opened with both
teams right up on their toes, Eagle
covering the opposition like a blanket
and passing in manner that recall
ed the old days of tournament honors,
and Minocqua fighting hard to over
come the three-point lead.Ketz final
iy broke away for the only local goal
ST III sod. Gongaz.. are did the
same and near the end of the quarter
Mel Miaton speared difficult one.
This period of the game was Minoc-
qua's and but for the flashy guarding
OF Mcintyre, Pride and Gloyd, who re-
peatedly broke up the opposing form
ations, the visitors would have re.
versed the lead. But Eagle was there.
Mcintyre, in his usual race horse
style, was al over the floor with his
eye on the ball and his lis pounds of
speed always in Minocqua's way
Pride experiencing his baptism Of fire
in real very-point-counts game. de-
livered the goods like veteran, DUR
ing this period, and Gloyd did the
same, trying some long ones that
failed to connect, but playing the
game every minute. The forwards.
Giese and Ketz, were on the receiving
end, but were too well covered by the
Minocqua guards to do any more scor
ing. At the whistle Minocqua was
trailing with the score at 10 to 8.
Both teams showed the result Of the
terrific pace of the first half shortly
after they took the floor in the third
period. Longer shots we're attempted
by both side, with Ketz registering
first on beauty from the, other side
OF center. Gloyd fouled but Minocqua
failed to make its point. Mel Minton
then brought the crowd to it's feet in
a wonderful snot three-quarters the
length of the floor. 1t was one of the
prettiest long distance ringers ever
seen in the local gym, reminding us
OF the golden days when Larry Nor
gan used to drop them in from any
where the other side of the center SIS
part of the regular program. Eagle
dropped back to the short pass again
and soon worked the ball down the
court, Giese taking it for a nice bas-
ket at short range. Gongaware fouled
and Ketz made his point Both teams
got rough at this stage of the game.
Minocqua carried the ball to within
easy shooting distance but failed to
connect in four trys in quick success ,
sion. Eagle lost it's shooting eye just
about the same time, and neither side
found the ring, The period ended with
Eagle leading, Is to IL.
The final period found Roller in
place of Carlin at center for Minocqua
but he was pulled after the first play
and Carlin put back. With a four
point lead to overcome and but eight
minutes to do it in, Minocqua made
the fight of their lives in the next few
minutes. Ma Minton cashed in on a
nice toss from the foul line, and
missed one that circled the ring twice
before deciding not to drop through.
Ketz spun one that did the same
thing, rolled around the inside of the
iron and then dropped-out. Gloyd
fouled twice in quick succession Mel
Minton made his free attempt but
Gongaware failed to connect. That
one shot would have tied the score
had he made it. AS far as scoring
went, the game ended right there
Giese got knocked galley west shortly
after that while attemnting a shot at