Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-30
STILL GOING STRONG
Alumni Team is Victorious
Over High School in Fast
and Snappy Game


booked for last Wednesday night
failed to materialize. Wabeno can
celled the game at the last minute.
1t is probably just as well for Eagle
River that Wabeno didn't show UP
as Ketz one of Eagles best players
was laid up with a sprained ankle.
Substituting Wabeno, the old
timers Of the alumni buzzed out
and cleaned up the high schooJ.
With a few more games like the
one last Wednesday, the local team
would gain the experience and
nerve qualifying it to bump up
against all corners.
This game Of the High School AL
umni against the High School team
ended as usual. Very seldom have
the fellows on the high school out
fit been as good as the old timers
when they crash during the holi-
days. Last Wednesday the players
bumped against the star p ayers of
the teams Of three different years.
Stein Of 20, Morgan, Belongy,
Hoover, Ewald Of "a and Felt Of
IS. The result was 33 to - in the
Alumnis favor.
The old fellows have lost none of
the cleverness, good craftsmanship
and spectacular stunts that so kept
the crowd on edge when they were
high school fellows. Belongy can
duck and dodge better than ever
and can still make a basket with
three men on his back. Morgan
still guides that famous old long
pass of his the entire length of the
floor and occasionally breaks out in
a long run down the floor with
everyone at his heels like a pack OF
dogs. Ewald showed up just az
good as he did in his senior days.
And what seemed stranger than
nything else-the Alumni seemeG
to be in good fighting trim. They
appeared as unconcerned and as
fresh at the end as in the begin
ming.
The Alumni game is one of the
most popular games of the year.
The crowd likes to see the old war
horses don the harness and do then
worst. They always like to remark
how much better the team that
was, is, than the one that at pres
ent decorates the floor. They like
to see the old spectacular stuff that
in some instances is almost tradi
ton, brought out of the dark and
put through its PAGES again. The
crowd very seldom cares which
wins; they are both our boys.
Very seldom has the high school
played harder game than they did
last Wednesday evening. They
weren't expected to win, but only
to do the limit. Giese played a
good game and Pride kept Belongy
down fairly well. Franks showed
his stuff was not entirel y all bluff.
Firpo was pretty badly battered up
and connected with one of Nor
gan's fast long ones that nearly sat
him down. He had to be taken out
before the game was over. Ketz,
one Of the schools best men, was
not in the game.
The Alumni made the first point,
with Morgan shooting free throw.
Then Belongy tore loose and before
the quarter was through the Alum
nj had Is points. The high school
team was unable to connect with
the basket at all. The second quar-
ter the high school had little bet
ter luck and managed to get in two
baskets to the Alumni's four. Be
tween halves the Alumni went out
and took smoke to improve their
wind and Father Kracht tore into
his collection.
Hoover, the center in the "a
team, took Ewald's place in the
third quarter, while the high school
team was shifted around with
Pride and Elm in. In the third
quarter the Alumni made 6 points
to the high schools and in the
last quarter the two teams tled
with four points apiece.
Sanborn spelled off Felt in this
quarter. The timekeeper stre thed
quarter. The timekeeper stretched
could watch the boys do their stuff
# was fast and furious with
neither side scoring until the high
school dropped in basket and then
gong rang.
The game was as follows:
Alumni F.G. RI.
Belongy ---------------
FwaId