The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-03-06
Fans Refuse to COncede 9
Thing to Gilbert in
I-POint Win.

Which has the better club, Ely or
Gilbert?
Unanswered in the first meeting of
the two high school basketball teams,
the question is still as big as ever after
] the second
I A wide-armed heave under the
basket by Walt Podpeskar was good
for two points in the final II seconds,
giving Gilbert 27-26 victory here Fri
day night.
But the win still leaves the fans very
much in doubt about which has the
better club.
I'D hate to have to play you again."
Coach H. D. Montgomery remarked to
Mrs. Edward T. Buckley, wife of the
Ely schools athletic director, and
there is no doubt but that he had in
mind the coming district tournament.
For three quarters Memorial high
squashed every scoring threat Gilbert
inaugurated, only to fall short in the
final period when Coach Montgomery's
second string accomplished what the
starting five couldn't do
Seeing certain defeat for the first
string, the Gilbert coach showed in an
entirely new team just before the third
period ended, with the exception of
Prosen, center As the final heat
started with Ely holding comfortable
7-point advantage, Novlan, sub forward
accounted for two baskets and Egger,
another sub forward, heaved in an
ether, as Prosen followed up their
work with fourth goal to come with
in one point of Ely, 1925.
In the meantime Lloyd Bird sank two
out of three chances from the free
throw line to register all of Ely's
points for the period.
The game still wasn't lost, although
there were but three minutes to play.
just before Prosen accounted for his
basket, Montgomery ran his starting
five back in During those final hectic
minutes, it was mostly Gilbert that
did the shooting, but the shots were
wild. With less than minute to play
Ed Chachich went out on four per-
sonals, giving Podpeskar chance to
tie the count. The Gilbert star failed
and a wild scramble for the ball en-
sued Two or three shots went for
the hoop, but all were no good Then
Podpeskar caught rebound on one
of his own shots and put the oval
through the hoop for the winning
point.
Al Rowe went in for Chachich, and
after Podpeskar's performance Rowe
dribbled the length of the floor for
setup but he was hurried on the
shot and missed. Gilbert took the
rebound and played keep-away for a
few seconds until the game ended.
Ely was ahead during the first three
periods mainly by its work under both
baskets. Chachich and Big George
Perkovich turned in yeoman's serv-
ice in gathering in the rebounds, anG
even little Louis Senta, who played 2
bangup game as reserve forward
turned in his share of snagging tbs
ball away from the husky Gilbert
players.
Chachich's free throw opened the
scoring, followed by basket by For
ward Furlong Perkovich was then
good for two free throws, putting Ely
ahead, an advantage that it did not
give up until Podpeskar's winning
goal.
The first half was all Ely by a wide
margin. The heads-up play of Coach
Steve Smrekar's club set the Mont
gomerymen back on their heels time
and again. The third period was still
very much Ely's, and Rowe opened it
by stealing the ball from two Gilbert
men and charging three-quarters tbs
length of the floor for an easy basket
But the fourth was chaotic. Ely
took only five shots at the hoop, find
ing the Gilbert drives to the baske
all they could handle. Gilbert's win.
ming baskets were all made the hari
way, and there wasn't one that wa,
: lunearned. Ely's brilliant passing gam