The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-28

throw and Bombich scored another
field goal for Gilbert. Kieran ended
the third quarter by making good
gift toss. Grahek counted twice from
the field as the fourth period opened
and then Gentle and Banovetz each
connected for field goals. Vucinovich
and Kieran each counted again to
make Gilbert's lead safe and Tom
SIGH ended the scoring with a field
goal.
Tomsich, Grahek and Indy were the
mainstays of the Ely team while Kieran
and Vucinovich carried most of Gill
bert's burden. The lineups were as
follows:
Ely-Zgonc, c. Nicholas and Tom
SIGH, forwards, Krall and Lobe, centers,
BanovetZ, Grahek and Indy, guards
Gilbert-Kieran, NagolSki and Gen
tile, forwards; Vucinovich, center;
Bombich, Yambick and Sungren,
guards.
Seconds Cop Another.
The Ely high reserves came through
with their eighth win last Friday
night when they trounced the Gilbert
seconds by a 81 to IL score. Ely
scored on the first tip off and were
never headed by their rivals. The
locals kept outscoring Gilbert to
until the final quarter when Coach
Murn rushed in his Freshman quint.
Even the "greenhorns" broke through
Gilberts defense and Krall dropped in
a basket. The applause that followed
this shot was greater than that given
any Of the other teams on the floor.
Antoncich and Brobin played the
best game for the locals while Nobel
was the best performer for the visitors.
The lineups follow:
Ely-Antoncich, Golobich, Grahek
and Beralio, forwards; Carlson and
Krall, centers; Brobin, Garni, Koivu-
maxi, Pucel and Johnson, guards.
Gilbert-Muhvich and Nobel for
wards; Alfalfa and Gentle, centers;
Lahti and Dundas guards.
Girls Defeated by Virginia
The girls swimming team went to
Virginia last week where they met
the indicated Queen City mermaids
and returned with the short end of
81 to 81 count. Virginia romped off
with every first and three second places
during the meet which was too much
for Ely
Ely's principal strength was in the
backstroke and free-Style events, where
second places were captured by the
local mermaids. The summary of the
meet follows:
100-yard relay-Won by Virginia,
margaret Bentley, Louise Jensen,
Shirley Morris and Lorraine Coleman)
Time 58.1.
100-yard breast-Eileen Watson, Vir-
GINA, first; Esther Kangag, Virginia,
second; Sadie Sikala, Ely, third. Time,
1897
1O0-yard back-Ardys johnson, Vir-
ginia, first; Mildred Mclaughlin, Ely
second; Fannie Porthan, Ely, third.
Time, psi
10O-yard free-Evelyn Ahlstrand, Vir-
GINA, first; Bertha Hanninen, Ely, sec
ond; Maxine Shapiro, Virginia, third.
Time lib
Dives-June Morrell, Virginia, first;
Marion Krogdahl, Virginia, second;
Annie Camish, Ely, third.
50-yard breast-Eileen Watson, Vir-
ginia, first Mabel Ahlstrand, Virginia,
second; Sadie Sikala, Ely, third. Time,
Ala
5O-yard Shirley Morris, vir-
GINA, first; Mildred Mclaughlin Ely,
second; Gertrude Thompson Ely,
third. Time, 1915.
50-yard free-Louise Jensen, Vir-
ginia first; Bertha Hanninen, Ely, sec
ond; Bertha Haapala, Virginia, third.
Time, 1872.
This week the girls will be idle while
the boys, who last week were idle, will
go to Chisholm to meet state cham
pions.
High School Swamps Tower.
In one of the greatest comebacks
ever seen on a range floor, the Ely
high school basketball team defeated
the invading Tower high quint We'd
nesday evening by Is to 10 score.
Tower maintained 10 to advant-
age at the end of the first half, but the
locals came back in the second canto
to amass total Of 20 points while they
held Tower scoreless.
BY virtue of the victory Ely retains
the Verrnilion range championship
again this year and by win tonight
will have chance to end up in second
place in the conference standings.
Ely played without any individual star
the boys all working in perfect har-
mony to give Ely it's first high school
victory in several weeks. Indy car
ried off scoring honors for the game
with four field goals and two free
throws for a total of ten points.
Ely opened the scoring when Gar
field Nicholas sank gift toss which
was followed by one from Yambick of
Tower to tie the score. Krall again
put Ely in the lead with neat field
goal which was followed by one from
Yapel to knot the count at three all
at the quarter. In the second period |
Ely slackened and Tower came through |
with few shots to forge into the lead. |
Brula opened with free throw and |
Indy then put Ely back into the lead |
with his first field goal of the game. |
Yapel then contributed two field goals |
to Towers total which was followed by |
one from Wilson as the half ended |
with Tower leading 10 to S.
In the second half the boys hit their |
best stride of the season and completely
played their opponents off their feet. |
Indy lead the attack which gave Ely /
its victory, but every member of the |
team figured in the scoring column, |
while Tower failed to dent the Ely |
basket Indy started off with a field |
goal and then Tomsich contributed
gift toss Indy knotted the count at
ten all when he dribbled through the
Tower team to score a pretty pot shot.
Nicholas then contributed two quick
field goals to give Ely safe lead and
Tomsich ended the quarter by making
good another free throw to give Ely
q Is to 10 lead as the last period got
under way. Indy opened up by
making two gift losses and then Tom
SIGH and Krall each found the hoop
to further secure Ely's lead With field
goals Grahek broke into the scoring
column by making good two gift losses