The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-13
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minutes to go. Bolinger missed the
first free throw of the game for Ely
but Grahek sneaked in and on a very
clever piece of work, won the game
with a pot shot. Grahek was the out
standing star on the floor while Mich
olas and Bolinger also did good work
for Ely. Brobin who replaced Tom
SIGH early in the second half, played a
nice game at guard as Krau was
moved up to forward.
In the Biwabik contest Ely again
started out slowly and found them
selves on the short end of the count
all the way through the first half
The Urick brothers gave Biwabik an
early six point lead as they dropped
in three quick baskets from mid-floor
Grahek then Gagged goal for Ely as
the quarter ended to in Biwabiks
favor. In the second quarter Ely
perked up a little and two quick baS-
kets by Tomsich and Grahek tied the
count at six all M. Urick then Gagged
field goal to give Biwabik the lead
again but Krall once more tied the
count with a pretty pot shot. BIZ
wabik then scored two baskets and
TCmsich counted the first free throw
OF the game as the half ended 9 to IL
in Biwabik's favor.
Ely came back on the floor IN the
second half to display the best brand
of ball shown by any team in the
tourney. Nicholas secured the tip of
and Gagged long shot for Ely. Ora
hex was then fouled and made good
both free throws to give Ely Is to
IL lead. Biwabik tied it up soon after
with gift toss but Nicholas sank
another long shot and Kran followed
up GIahek's long shot to count another
goal and give Ely II to 13 lead as
the fourth period started.
Ely continued their fast breaking
offense, which completely baffled BIZ
wabik, while they put up an air tight
defense that Biwabik could not pene-
trate. Grahek opened the quarter with
field goal and Tomsich followed with
two more. Nicholas counted another
gift toss and Biwabik then scored their
second point Of the half on another
free throw. Grahek counted another
gift toss and TomSich added another,
making it six in row without missing.
Tomsich counted another field goal to
give Ely % to IA lead with about one
minute Of play remaining Brobin
fumbled pass from Krall and BIZ
field goal of the second half as the
gun ended the game.
The work of Grahek was again the
outstanding feature of the game while
Nicholas and Tomsich also played a
good game on the offensive. The en-
tire Ely quint played good ball through
the second half and they put up one
of the best defenses any high school
quint has ever shown and this coupled
with the fast breaking offense worked
by Grahek, Tomsich and Nicholas was
too much for Biwabik
Ely-14 Eveleth-18.
Eveleth earned the right to repre-
sent the 18th district for the first time
when they downed the local quint by
fouur points in the finals on Saturday
evening. Ely played Eve
leth on even terms during the first
quarter as Krall opened the scoring
with gift toss, Eveleth soon tieing it
up Grahek again gave Ely a one
point lead but Eveleth took the upper
hand with a free throw only to have
TomSich tie the count at all with
another gift toss. In the second canto
Eveleth counted field goal but Krall
soon tied it up and then gave Ely
6 to lead with gift toss. At this
time Ely was fouled heavily with Eve
leth dropping in four gift losses for
a 9 to lead at half time.
In the third quarter, Ely played
rings around the hilltop quint but
Lady Luck was against them and the
ball would not go through during this
canto while Eveleth counted two bas-
kets and two gift losses to take a Is
to lead as the last period opened.
Keeping up with their great floor game
and fast offense, Ely gave Eveleth a
real scare as Krall dropped in a bas-
ket and Grahek added a pair of gift
tosses. Eveleth then counted a gift
toss to take a 16 to 10 lead that seemed
plenty safe but Tomsich and Krall
came back with baskets to bring the
count up to 14-16 with time out and
but % seconds of play remaining.
Again the breaks went to Eveleth as
they secured the tip-of and started to
stall, Ely then sent five men deep in
Eveleth territory to try to break it UP
and tie the count but an Eveleth man
sneaked in on the basket and dropped
IN a field goal as the gun ended the
game.
In this game the work of Krall was
the outstanding feature He counted
eight of Ely's IA points while valsensek
led the Eveleth attack with five
counters. Ely outplayed and outshot
Eveleth by a big margin in this game
but the breaks went to Eveleth. The
lineups and summary follows:
Eveleth-18 FIG FIT. Pr.
w. Kochevar. ......0 2
Valcensek, ..2 1
T. Jagunich, ........1 2 2
Miroslavich, ........0
Malevlch, g ...........1 2 o
r. kocnevar, g ....-...0 O D
s. Jagunich, g......1 o 8
Totals, ............5 8 IL
Ely-14 FIG. FIT Pr.
Nicholas, ....0 o 2
Pucei, I ..............0 o o
TOmSich