The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
All Stars
Are Beaten
by Company |
LOCAL TEAM MEETS COLORED
PLAYERS MONDAY EVENING; !;
SCORE 3O-18 FOR HOME BOYS.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT.

Monday evening the Redwood Gu
ardsmen made the American All Stars
like it to count of 30-18. The All
Stars, colored aggregation, failed
to shine and were swept under an
avalanche of points. A mamouth
crowd watched the battle, which did
not start until after the appointed
hour due to the late arrival of the
Stars. Hudson, the colored football
star, who showed up so favorably
with the Legion Team last year, play
ed with the Ali Stars, but his per-
formance on the floor was consider
ably weaker than his work on the
grid
After a short warming up practise
by the Stars the game began and
early in the first term the guardsmen
started scoring. Hank opened the Of
fensive game by drilling in long
counter from just past the center
of the floor. Bill Castle followed with
another deuce and Hank slipped in
another long one. The gang was
trying plenty of long shots but they
followed them in and were there wait
ing to greet the ball when it came
down. The Stars had had one try
for a free throw but the ball fell on
the wrong side of the hoop, that is,
on the outside. The first quarter
ended with the Stars scoreless against
an eight point Redwood lead.
The second period the soldiers
started out to make point for every
dollar in Germany's war debt and for
a while they did ring up the points in
hurry. The Shining Stars got their
first point during this quarter when
Prany connected for a free throw
This made things look bad as the
score then stood 12-1, so Scotty Dom
Ion and Bill Castle dropped in field
goal apiece, just to keep the Stars
at safe distance. Hudson of the
Stars came back with deuce on his
own account and after a little skir-
mishing Hank dropped in field goal
to top off the half The period ended
1873 and the odds seemed to be with
Redwood.
The Redwood Crew has improved
about two hundred percent in the last
two weeks. They have smooth sys-
tenn of passing and a short shot
game that isn't at all hard to watch.
Their success lies, it is said, in their
ability to ring up points rapidly and
steadily and thus have larger scor:.
than their opponents at the end of
the tussle. This may have something
to do with it.
The second half the Stars shone
more steadily and from a three point
score they climbed up the ladder two
rungs at time Norquit, the right
forward, would possibly star on the
Star aggregation but every man on
the team played good game the last
two quarters. If they had started
their scoring streak sooner the final
count would probably have been turn
ed around, or at least greatly chang
ed. Runt Lamberton, Polly Gaasch
and Bill Castle made a field goal
apiece during the third quarter,
against the five counters rung up by
the Stars. The last quarter was just
an even break with three baskets
counted up on each side Late in the
last quarter broken finger put one
Of the Stars out of the game and as
they had no substitute Castle was sent
out on the Redwood side and both
teams played the last two minutes
with four men. The Stars put up
good scrap, considering that they ar
rived late and went on the floor still
cold from their ride. The company
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