The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-04

wabik in the relay event tomorrow.
After fighting and straining des-
perately for victory during four fast
and thrilling periods the College
five finally rose to supreme heights
/ in the overtime session to score the
winning basket and victory. BANJO
vetz sank the winning field goal on a
long shot from the center of the floor
when but two minutes Of the game
| remained. Previous to this, 10 min
utes of the most spectacular basket
ball seen on an Ely floor in some
time was played, when with the score
tied at 20 all, both teams fought for
the winning points.
Eveleth gained an early advantage
during the first quarter when they
ran up ten points to Ely's six, Krak-
er, the Eveleth center accounting for
half of the ten points. Ely outscored
Eveleth during the second period a
to 8 and thus were behind but three
points at the start Of the hectic sec
ond half.
Both teams presented tight def
ense during the final periods of the
game and few and far between were
the baskets made during the last %
minutes of whirlwind play. Ely held
the advantage during the second
half, their defense proving impreg-
nable during the last period.
Pelto was the Ely sensation of the
game, the fast and diminutive for
ward slipping in and around the Ev-
eleth guards for five baskets. Kraker
of Eveleth was the bright light for
his team during the first half but
Pluth of Ely covered and held him
scoreless during the final periods.
ErchuI at forward for Eveleth play
ed a consistent game and scored z
points.
Score: Ely %; Evelth 20. Five
minutes overtime played.
Last Friday the local High School
team won their fourth victory of the
season when they showed" the
Tower five under 16 to score.
Ely was continually ahead in the
scoring in a rough and tumble con-
test and only in the final periods did
Tower threaten the Ely victory.
Grahek and Smrekar led the Ely
attack with four and two field goals
respectively while Swanson was the
outstanding Tower player.
Saturday night the Eveleth High
School again won over the locals IN
slow and uninteresting game. Ely
was decidedly "off color" and could
not locate the basket consistently
either on close or long shots.
Eveleth used the stalling style of
play when they were in the lead and
Ely found difficulty in breaking up
''timed" plays. Morris Segal, the
Eveleth center, was the individual
star of the game, the fast and lanky
player scoring four field goals for a
total of eight of his teams twelve
points,
The High School team plays at
Two Harbors Friday night while on
Saturday evening both the High
School first and second teams play
the Biwabik aggregation here. By
winning both the Two Harbors and
Biwabik games, the local varsity
team will have a percentage of 500,
or six games won and six lost.
In game that promises to be as
fast and hard fought as was the
Eveleth game last week, the Ely and
Hibbing College fves viii battle for
second place in the Little Five Con-
ference. Hibbing is coming here
with the indomitable Ture Oman in
the lineup. Oman has been stopped
a number of times and the Ely five
intends to stop him again on Satur-
day night. Oman is truly sensa-
tional player. He has an average of
seven field goals per game for every
contest he has played in. At recent
contest against the Bemidji teachers
college, he scored 18 field goals
probably conference record for in
dividual scoring during single game
This is the final college game on
the home floor this year and indica-