The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
ELY DEFEATS
BADGER QUINT
Wins After Sensational Drive
in 18th Period; Drops Second
Game to Hibbing.

When more sensational basketball
games are played, the Ely Junior College
club will be one of the teams pro-
viding the excitement. After playing
Hibbing two hair-raisers in a row, the
local Jaysees wound up a three-game
schedule during the last half of Janu-
airy with a 40-38 last-minute win over
Northland college of Ashland, Wis, on
Memorial court, Saturday night.
In a wild fourth quarter, during
which Coach Barney Banks boys out
scored the Wisconsin five, IL to 4, what
appeared would be another heart
breaking defeat was turned into a
sensational victory.
AS in the last three games it was
Torsti Franti, elongated center, who
gave the initial impetus to the rally
Two baskets by Franti as the final
period started and sleeper by Joe
Novak, with the 6-foot, 6-inch center
doing the feeding, put Ely within 2
points for Northland, as JoSephson, for
ward, scored to make the count 1854
Then AL Banks, who started at for
ward, marked up his only baskets Of the
game, two honeys that put Ely ahead
by 2 points Fossum, visiting center
followed them with a basket, to knot
the count at 38 all.
In the minute or two that followed
five fouls were committed, three by
Northland and two by Ely, as the
players fought desperately for possession
of the ball. Novak and William LOU
shin each sank one to put the game on
ice for Ely, 40-38, and Borst, forward
for Northland, bobbled one attempt
and his team chose to put the ball in
play from out of bounds in the final
seconds on another.
Ely'S schedule calls for keeping two
out-of-town engagements on the next
two Saturdays, first at Eveleth AND
then at Duluth. After that Itasca
Virginia and Duluth will come here in
the order named.
Coach Banks has his eye cooked on q
couple of upsets before the season has
ended, and it will be quite an unusual
one for Ely if the boys don't come
through with something of this nature
If they live up to past performance
fans can look for most anything to
happen when the boys tangle with the
top-flight Eveleth and Virginia quin.
tets. A year ago it was Coach Edward
T. Buckley who registered one of the
biggest upsetS of the year With last
of-the-season win over Eveleth on
Memorial court that eliminated them
from the conference title race.
Ely plainly showed the effects of
its game at Hibbing the night before as
latter assumed the lead from the
opening whistle and it wasn't until
Banks came through with his Jour
points that it changed hands.
Near the close of the third period
Barr, star offensive player on the
Northland quintet, was elected from
the game by Umpire Sam Lee, Gilbert,
for Intentionally throwing Matt Mayerle
to the floor as both struggled for the
ball. Barr had already slipped in Is
points, and in the argument that fol-
lowed between Coach Arthur Gemme
and Umpire Lee, the former threatened
to pull his team and head back to
Ashland. The dispute was finally
settled amicably, and play resumed, but
there was no doubt that the visitors
missed the services of Barr as Ely
spurted into the lead.
There was plenty of shooting on the
part of both teams, with the locals
sending the ball hoopward 70 times
and the visitors 70. Ely missed 10 free
throws and Northland 7.