The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-03-16
kenneWick Wins
District Cage Ball
Championship
Defeats Ellensburg
27-26; Team Goes to
Seattle Tournament


basketball tournament at Seattle.
This is the first time in the 2e
years that the state meet has
been held at the University of
Washington that Kennewick has
won the right to participate.
Coach Normile's squad got off
to a slow start the score being
II to S at the end of the first
quarter. However, in the second
quarter the quintet began to get
in their stride. The cool headed
quintet never got clustered due
to the fact they were behind, but
showed the fans they were the
smart, smooth team they are. In
a matter of minutes they had
sunk Is points while holding
Ellensburg to 5 TALES to 60 out
in front 1916 at the half.
Crowd Wild
It was nip and tuck battle
all the way during the third quar-
ter with the score tied % all at
the end while the crowd of 1000
fans went wild!
Blackman Plays
Aided by the staunch support
of Jr. Blackman who had re-
turned to the lineup in the cham
pionship tilt after brief illness,
the Lions drove forward in the
third quarter. Blackman, a valu-
able man, got the ball off the
blackboard with the assistance of
Kauth and Perkins and the Lions
were in charge early in the fourth
quarter rolling up a four-point
lead.
Ellensburg Wouldn't Give Up
Ellensburg was a determined
team however, and wouldn't give
up. With two minutes to go and
Kennewick having tough luck on
their shots, Ellensburg sank a
long one to come within two points
of the Lions. Kennewick gained
possession of the ball but with
a minute to go Ellensburg took
the ball and fired-it went in
a long one way out in front. The
crowd was hysterical; everyone
was on his feet! Blackman got the
ball off the blackboard and in the
course of play Kauth was fouled.
Kauth Repeats
Then just as in the Yakima
game with about 20 seconds to
go Captain Teddy Kauth got up
to the foul line and in his cool,
deliberate style sank the shot that
put Kennewick out ahead and
later proved to be the winning
tally.
Ellensburg Misses Chance
Before the game had ended
however, one of our boys fouled
Ellensburg's star Dean Nicholson.
With but seconds to go Nichol
sen stepped to the foul line to
attempt to sink the shot to tie
up the game. He missed while
panorama broke loose in the large
gym.
Blackman got the rebound and
was fouled in Ellensburg's des-
peration to obtain possession of
the ball. He refused the foul and
took the ball out of bounds. A
pass to Milt Dalman and he was
fouled and again KenneWick took
the ball out of bounds. Then
Billy Green got the ball and again
he was fouled. Again the ball
was taken out of bounds by the
coOl-headed Lions. That was the
last time as the game ended and
KenneWick fans. went. wild in
happiness.
Dalman played his usual fine
floor game tallying eight points
for his team in the manner of
those one-handers. Perkins was
high with nine points from the
pivot spot while Kauth came thru
for four. Green made two points
and Blackman accounted for four.
Chickie Smith and Bobby Wyatt
were the substitutes and a fine
piece of work they did, as did all
the boys.
Il Kennewick Gets Trophy
The Lions were presented the
beautiful YVIAA trophy that is
now on display at the Courier
Reporter office. This is a Gull
mination of Twenty-Five wins with
but one defeat for Coach Normie
and his squad. Good luck boys
at Seattle! liz T..
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith of Rich
land and Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Shelley of Hanford were visitors
Sunday at the Ayers ranch. Mrs.
Shelley formerly Doris Turner of
Idaho is an old friend of Mr.. and