The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-04-05
ALL RANCE TEAM
THREE ELY MEN
THE RANGE COACHES PICK
THREE TEAMS FOR AN ALL
RANGE AGGREGATION
WRITER DIAGNOSIS SELEC-
TONS.


WRITER DIAGNOSIS SELEC-
TIONS.
Ely placed three and Aurora and
Chisholm each one on the all-range
first team picked by the coaches Of
range teams. The team is the same
as was picked for the Seventh dis
trict, except that Enrico of Chisholm
is given forward berth on the first
team instead of Grahek Of Gilbert.
Players were selected from Ely, Tower,
Virginia, Hibbing, Mountain Iron,
Gilbert, Aurora, Biwabik, Eveleth,
Buhl, Nashwauk and Chisholm.
At the forward berths on the first
team, Enrico of Chisholm and Cap
tain Smrekar of Ely, were picked.
Smrekar Of Ely is a fast little forward,
who has an uncanny eye for the bas-
ket. He was high point man in the
state tournament and also in the sew
enth district tournament, besides Scor-
ing most of his teams point during
their regular scheduled games. He re-
ceived a first team vote from all the
coaches except one, this man giving
him a second team berth.
Enrico of Chisholm was another
small, fiaShy forward who scored most
of his teams points throughout the
year. Unlike Smrekar, he was long
shot artist who usually sank his shots
If given a minute to get his bearings.
The second team forwards are an
other pair of clever basket ball play
ers in Grahek of Gilbert and Slade of
Virginia. Grahek of Gilbert was a
long-shot artist like Enrico of CHS
holm, but did not score as consistent
ly as either Enrico or Smrekar. Slade
at the other forward berth was an
other clever man who broke through
often to score pot shots.
On the third team we find Nicholas
Of Ely and Knuti of Aurora, who were
almost as clever as the other for
wards Nicholas of Ely was probably
the greatest floor man and the best
ball handler of any of the forwards
but did not score as consistently.
Knuti Of Aurora was another classy
forward who could drop the ball in
from almost any angle.
At the center berth on the first
team, Gerzin of Ely is selected with
Mattson of Virginia on the second
team. GerZin received one more vote
than MattSon. GerZin is a center
who has a reputation of letting no
man get the Jump on him. He was
Ely's main cog at the regional tourna-
ment and came out as high point
man Of the tourney. MattSon Of Vir-
GINA only played during the second
semester and most Of the time played
forward position and for this reason
did not receive as many votes as he
otherwise would have. On the third
team Maras of Hibbing, is at center.
The past season found many good
guards on the range, with two being
exceptional stars. These men being
Banovetz of Ely and Colletti of
Aurora, who were given first team
berths. Both men received II votes
from the coaches. Banovetz was a
clever ball handler, with a very un-
canny eye for the basket. Colletti of
Aurora did not break through into
the scoring column as much as BANJO
vetZ, but was in a class by himself
when it came to guarding. On the
second team, Forsmark of Chisholm
and Majerle Of Hibbing are at the
guard posts. Both Of these men play
ed exceptional ball all during the sea-
son. Forsmark Of Chisholm played an
exceptionally good game against Ely
in the regional tournament. On the
third team are Rebovich of Gilbert
and Faber of Biwabik Rebovich was
a clever guard and also played an
exceptional game at center. He did
not play during the season, however
and did not play at guard post all OF
the time and for this reason was not
given a second berth. Faber of BIZ
wabik was another back guard who
was clever ball handler and a good
shot.
Ely, no doubt, had its best basket
ball team the past season and was
without doubt the best team in the
Arrowhead country Any team who
can defeat Virginia, Gilbert, Chisholm
and Duluth Denfeld in succession, in
tournament games, had to be good
team
Gilbert, Chisholm, Hibbing, Virginia
and Aurora also had very good teams
this year but they did not play con-
sistent brand of ball or did not have
the punch that the Ely team had.
First Team
Smrekar, Ely (Capt) forward; En-
rico, Chisholm, forward; Gerzin, Ely
center; Colletti, Aurora, guard; Ban
ovetz, Ely, guard.
Second Team
Slade, Virginia Capt., forward
Grahek, Gilbert, forward; Mattson
Virginia, center; Majerle, Hibbing
guard; Forsmark, Chisholm, guard
Third Team
Nicholas, Ely (Capt), forward;
Knuti, Aurora, forward; Maras, Hib-
bling, center; Faber, Biwabik, guard
Rebovich, Gilbert, guard
Honorable Mention
Forwards Retica. Hibbing; DePaul
Eveleth: Mutka, Tower; Keller, Gill
bert; Kealy. Chisholm! Tapalka, Bi
wabik
CentersDwyer, Virginia; Marn
Chisholm; RosSi, Mountain Iron.
Guards Gouze, Ely; Anderson. Ely
Ena, Biwabik; Perkovich, Chisholm
Byrne, Virginia; Smolich, Aurora.
OTHER SECTIONS WAKING UP.