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

Although a crippled Ely Junior Col
lege basket ball team went down to a
singing SO to 35 defeat at the hands
of the Duluth JaySees last week, to all
Ely fans it was moral victory.
Playing without the services of Ger
Yin, Smrekar and Grahek the locals
put up one of the greatest battles
ever seen on the local floor, to lead the
Zenith City quint until the final four
seconds of play. Every man on the
Ely team played fine game but lady
luck was with Duluth in the wanning
moments of the game when Dave VIII
liams dropped in pot shot to secure
his team a victory.
Ely took the lead early in the first
quarter when Gouze, Merriam and Ban
ovetz connected with the hoop to give
Ely an to lead at the end of the
period Gordon, flashy Duluth for
ward, put his team back in the lead
by a neat field goal on the tip off but
"Tub" connected with long shot and
Merhar scored a gift toss to give Ely
the lead again Winters was fouled by
Banovetz and made good one gift toss,
Merhar dropped in pot shot and Cor
don made good two free throws.
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ket and made good one free throw,
Winter and Banovetz each scored as
the half ended with Ely leading 18 to
Is.
In the second half, Ely increased
their lead as Hill and Banovetz each
connected with long ones. Gordon
and Fenlon each scored gift toss and
Winter field goal and free throw.
Gouze and Skala each made a free
throw and GouZe came through with
a basket. Gordon ended the scoring in
the third quarter making one out of
two free throws
The last period was one of the fast
est ever seen here with Gouze starting
off with field goal Gordon counted
for Duluth and Pluth for Ely and then
Gordon another field goal followed by
one from Gouze. Fenlon and Gordon
each scored for Duluth and Pluth for
Ely. With two minutes to go Rosen
and Williams each scored field goals
to bring the score to "a to 80 in Ely's
favor. Merhar and Gordon each scored
one gift toss and Williams dropped in
a pot shot as the gun ended the game.
Gordon and Winter played the best
for Duluth, the pair scoring IS points
between them, while Banovetz and
Gouze connected for % of Ely's points.
If Banovetz had not been elected from
the game or if Smrekar and Gerzin
were in the lineup the final result
would have been decidedly different.
The lineup was as follows:
Ely-Hill, forward, Gouze, forward
and guard, Pluth, forward, Merhar,
center, Banovetz, guard, Skala, guard.
Duluth-Gionet Williams, Gordon,
Whittmore, forwards, Winter, center,
Fenlon Rosen, Puglisi, guards.
HI. S. Team Improves.
Although they went down to % to
20 defeat at the hands of the league
leading Gilbert quint the local boys
showed their best form since losing
the services of their captain, Bob Mich
olas Ely gave Gilbert a merry battle
in all except the second quarter when
the visitors put the game on ice for
themselves In the first quarter Indy
scored first when he made good gift
toss which was followed by one from
Vucinovich. Zgonc scored the first
field goal of the game and Vucinovich
counted another free throw. Kieran
then put Gilbert in the lead with
field goal but Lindy again sent Ely into
the lead when he dribbled through the
entire team to score pot shot. Bonn
bich put Gilbert back into the lead as