The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-07
College Falls Before Tigers
48 to 26; to Travel to
Itasca, Friday.

Paced by the versatile Elemendo
Rossi, who scored six times from as
many different angles, the Eveleth
Junior College administered thorough
48 to 26 drubbing to the Ely Jaysees
as the windup of double header here
with Eveleth college and high school,
Friday night
Two substitutes, AL Banks, star on last
years high school team, and John
Perko, guards, who went into the game
in the last minutes, saved the Ely crew
from a humiliating defeat by i'm
mediately marking up five baskets and
free throw to bring the total score
up to a respectable level.
Coach Barney Banks, who has faced
a tough problem since practice, began
in developing a combination that could
work together, apparently still has
plenty of head scratching to do.
The team travels to Itasca, Friday
night, to open the conference season
for the Coleraine crew. This will also
be the initial game for Itasca
Both Ely and Eveleth presented a
tight defense that discouraged shooting
from any place closer than the free
throw circle. That's what kept Ely's
score to such a small figure, but it
failed to have much effect upon the
Tiger sharpshooters. Nearly all of their
baskets were dropped in from way out,
several from center court.
E. Rossi, former star on the Mountain
Iron high school club, proved to be
especially proficient at sinking long
ones, leaving the close-in shooting to
Tony Setnickar, Biwabik sensation, who
dropped in four counters.
Incidentally the Tigers had only two
native sons on the squad of II who went
into the game. Four were from Gilbert,
three from Mountain Iron and two from
Biwabik
The combination of Joe Novak at
forward, Steve Grahek, center, and Matt
Mayerla and William Loushin at guard,
that worked so well last year, didn't get
far against the Tigers. The tight de-
Tense the visitors threw around the
basket made pot shots for which the
boys are famous next to impossible
Novak, who is usually good for 10 to 20
points, sank only g. Leonard Tomsich,
a member of last years high school
team, played the forward position OPP
posite Novak.
Tony Strukel, who alternated at
center and guard during part of the
game, came the closest the most times
on attempted field goals, but getting
close doesn't count. With a little luck,
Stukel could have accounted for at least
10 points.
1t remained for Banks and Perko to
pull the club up a few notches, literally
by their own boot straps The former,
following the lead set by the Tigers,
heaved in three from way out, and sank
two free throws to lead the scoring
with 8 points. The latter had barely
reported to the official when he slipped
in beauty from the free throw circle
to show that he meant business. Perko
followed this almost Immediately with
another goal, but it was way too late
for any kind of rally.
Both teams shot IS times from the
floor, Eveleth sinking % per cent of it's
attempts and Ely, II per cent. In this
game, like the high school, the defen-
sive team benefited through the two
foot extension of the end court lines.
The full high school band, under the
direction of Frank v. DiNino, turned out
for the game, and added plenty of
atmosphere. Earl Edwards and Agnes
Altar, a four-year veteran at the art of
getting pep out of the spectators, acted
as cheerleaders.
One of the largest crowds to witness
game here in recent years was in at
tendance