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THE ALLIANCE. HERALD TUESDAY. MARCH 7. 1922.
Clasi A Teams
Fvcnly Mai died
for First Round
Herald Selections
for an All-Western
Basket Ball Team
The drawings for class A this year, I Along toward the last of any Mason,
Khould bring together a remarkably be it football or checkers, most fans
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n th rhnmnlon.shin should be - '1 his being the end of the banket ball
fast and replete with thrills. The 1 netifon, herew ith are presented. The
Wahnn-tinivpi-nitv l'lac tanirle is -Herald's selections for an all-western
rather hard to dope, as Wahoo and ' basket ball team, not ro much for the
ere game. As they are going to the
Ktate tournament, however, they will
probably have to add another game to
this column.
The summary':
the vounir Methodists have played in
altogether different circles. The sub
urbanites would seem to have the edge
ns they have taken a rather remarK
rble ?purt lately.
Lincoln has been stepping fast all
Kea.fon and should wallop Grand Island.
Omaha Central should have little dir7i
culty in winning from Commerce, as
they have already done it this season
by a one-sided score. Sutton, due to
iu decent defeat of Lincoln, reems t..
1 the favorite over Fremont, al
though the Fremonters are by no
means slow. Beatrice seems to have
come to life late in the season and
hhould take South High, which has
been very erratic.
Crcighton 1'rep has shown consider
able class and should win from Crete
ulthouph they will probably be fully
aware of the fact that they have been
flaying basket bull if they do it.
Hastings should hand Clay Center the
i-hort end of the score as in the writ
er's opinion Hastings has a fine chance
to cop the hunting in the top division.
Lincoln and Omaha Central should
also be in the running, while some
reporters give Sutton a good chance,
chiefly due to their defeat of Lincoln.
This, however, may be one of those
upsets which so often occur and which
have no real significance.
Chappell and Sidney are in class B.
The former, which is to play North
IMalte, is probably due for a wallop
ing, while the Sidneyitea may have in
tven chance with Columbus. Scott
I lutf plays Gering in Class C. Gering
has taken a spurt and should cop the
bacon. As these teams are only three
miles apart they might play before
they go to Lincoln and the loser would
mve considerable expense. This season
they have broken even, each taking a
tame.
Chadi'on, til.o in C should win from
Central City as they have a fast team,
Antioch, which holds two victories
over the local second team will
f)lay Hyannis in Class I. As they
lave defeated the Hyannis cagers once
before, they should repeat. Bridgeport
has been placed in class O, the lowest
group, and will play Raymond in the
first round. The writer has never
heard of Raymond, but would pick ti e
valley boys to win, for while they have
lost practically all their games this
year they have played in fairly fast
company. Play starts Thursday morn
ing at eight o clock and will end Sat
unlay evening, when all speculation
will be over ami the new state cham
lions announced.
Sidney Telegraph
Compliments Alliance
) Basketball Players
The Sidney Telegraph, in its last
issue, pays a fine tribute to the Alli
ance high school basketball team. It
is an instance of sportsmanship which
seems to be lacking in some western
Nebraska towns. The sincerity of it
makes one wonder whether the same
man could have written it as wrote
the review of the Alliance Elks vaude
ville show which visited that same
town a week or so ago.
The comment on Aliance appeared
in a writeup of an important game
that was lost by a close score on Sid-
tiey'a own floor, and the Sidney news
paper In this instance comes out o
the bushes and gives credit Where
credit is due, without evincing any de
nire to make excuses or produce some
alibi to explain the defeat. Inciden
tally. Sidney has a fast, clean bunch
of players and it is a credit to,, any
vestem Nebraska team to hang their
;scalp to its belt. The Telegraph says
of the game:
"The Alliince game was one of the
best ever payed in the local gym. The
first half Alliance started the scoring
but was soon followed by Sidney. The
core was tied seven times during the
game and only once was either team
more than four points ahead of the
ether, the first half ended with Al
liance leading, 15 to 13.
"In the second half, Sidney went
into the lead only to lose it in the last
two minutes of play when Bicknell. an
Alliance substitute, shot three baskets
in succession.
"The Alliance team is a bunch of
clean players and fine fellows, and we
hope that they cop the western Ne
braska pennant, for they deserve it
.uliunce has to take her hat
!f to Sidney, as we were tiie only team
in western Nebraska that has so far
hoen able to defeat them, and that on
ieir own floor."
fact that anyone will agree wilh them,
but that everyone will enjoy finding
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tceri different varieties of boob, and
for the edification of those who have
other ideas on the subject, the Herald
sports writer presents his all-wee-tern
basket ball team:
First Team
Cross, Alliance, forward.
Lintz, Sidney, forward.
Gentry, Gering, center.
Joder, Alliance, guard.
Bartholemew, Chappell, guard.
Second Team.
White-sell, Scottsbluff, forward.
Dailey, Alliance, forward.
Pickett, Scott: biuff, center.
Fowler, Alliance, guard.
McGrale, Chappell, guard.
Cross has easily led all forwards in
this part of the state in all around
playing, while as a floor man no west-
i ern Nebraska player can approacn
him. Lintz of Sidney has been the in
dividual star of his tem, and can do
almost anything a good basket ball
nlaver can be expected to do. Gentry
has been the main factor for his team
and while he docs not stand out as
some of the other players there are no
particularly prominent centers. Gentry
s a good jumper, plays tne noor wen
and can hit the basket with fair regu
larity. Joder stands out as perhaps
the best known player in the confer
ence, and easily deserves this position.
He is fast, husky and has played a con
sistently good game all season. Bar
tholemew of Chappell last year played
center and has played some fast basket
ball although he Is reputed to be some-
vhat streaky. He usually shoots a few
baskets and has thrown free throws
the past two seasons, with great ac
curacy.
On the second team, Dailey stands
out as the most brilliant player, and
when going good is the despair of
guards, who are unable to even keep
sight of him. His playing this sea.son
has been highly erratic, as he some
times displays almost super basket
ball, and at other times, plays a very
mediocre game. Had he shown a little
more steadiness throughout the season
he would probably have been first
choice for forward. Pickett, while a
good jumper, plays a good game other
wiM, and easily deserves the place at
center. Whitescll is fast, hard to
guard and has played the best game
lor his team throughout the season.
Fowler and McGrale are fast, and hoth
can hit the basket. , They have little
opposition for their positions. Other
players who deserve mention are Terry
of Chappell, Hartman of Bayard, Bar
ton of Gering and Null of Sidney, for
wards: Campbell of Sidney and Leach
of Bayard, centers; and Zimmer of
Sidney and Schofield of Scottsbluff,
guards.
Western Teams
i Final Standing
is Announced
The final standing f the western
Nebraska, basket ball tinw fr ii-
has been announced hv CutrVi lVin
-who is president of the Athletic as so-
nation, finance is standing in nrst
Tilace for the first time in ten vears.
The final rating is:
W L Pet
Alliance 10 1
Chappell 10 3
Sidney 8 4
Cering 7 4
ScotUbluir 6 6
Bavard . 2 10
Oshkosh 1 8
Bridgeport - 0 7
A. II. S. Reserves g ft f p
Cross, f 15 2 7
Laing, f 2 0 0 4
LnglUh, c 2 0 0 4
Vandcrlass, g 10 12
Thompson, g 0 0 2 0
Kberly, g 0 0 2 0
lr.man, c 2 0 14
Totals' 8 5 8 21
Antioch g ft f p
Greenfield, f 0 0 0 0
Chilcote, f 6 4 0 16
Wilson, c 4 0 18
Reed, g 0 0 10 0
Oakes, g 0 0 2 0
Totals 10 4 4 24
Alliance High Girls
Will Play Series of
Basket Ball Games
The Alliance high school girls, after
a long perm! or inactivity will play
three games soon, all of which should
be fast and snappy. This evening,
the girls will play Hemingford. The
Hemmgford team has had little exper
ience and should not be hard to van
quish. On Friday, the 10th, Mullen
will come to Alliance and battle with
the girls in what should be a speedy
game as the Mullen girls have played
a good number of games this season
and copped the bacon in most of them.
The final game will be with Oshkosh
here on Thursday the 16th. This
should be fast as the Oshkosh damsels
already have defeated the locals once
and the return game is scheduled for
revengeful purposes. These games
should draw good crowds as they will
le fast and probably close enough to
be interesting, which is more than can
be said of some of the boys' games.
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Chappell Basketball
Players Are Grand
Bunch of Quitters
The attitude of the Chappell basket
ball players in refusing to come to
Alliance to play last week, is about
the last straw. It is the culminating
bit of evidence piled up by a team and
coach that seem to be an aggregation
of short sports.
. Last fall Alliance booked the
Thanksgiving football game with
Chappell and th? Chapnellites agreed
to come here to play. The day before
the game, however, Coach Prince re
ceived word that they declined to come
and would cancel the game if Alli
ance would not go to Chappell. As
the coach wanted a game, he finally
agreed to go and the result was that
Chappell b.t the dust to the tune of
CI to 7.
The next episode was the two Chap
pell games in the basketball race. The
towns agreed that each would pay the
other's expenses for the trips. Chap
pell then informed Coach Prince that
they would pay Alliance $50 for the
game, while the actual expenses of(
the trip are over $100. Alliance, of
course, refused this and the matter!
was brought to the attention of the;
board of control. The board decided
mat mere snoum De two games
played, one at Alliance and one at
Chappell, and that each team should
pay its own expenses, and that Shol-1
lenberg of Potter, a well known offi-j
cial and an old University of Ne
braska star, should le referee. When
Coach Prince went to ChapM'll he r.r- j
ranged for Shellenberg to be there,1
although the urual cu torn is for 1 he j
home team to r.Ucrrd to this. Ch; p-1
ptll. in spite of the hoard's ruling, said .
nothing to Shellenherg a!out o'Vici it-
ing. 'hrn the AU nn'' team arrived j
witn toneiieriDerg, tne happen team
refMcd to plfy un!es a iucal man who
had refcreed a number of Chappe'd's
previous games acted as referee. Ihis
man has been accused of gross par
tiality by teams thfit have played
Chappell when he olFieiated. Coach
Prirc refurd to tIhv under thee
conditions and a compromise was fi
nally made on a man from Scottsbuff
who happened to be in town.
Now the final stunt to be pulled off
by the Chappeilites is to refuse to
come to Alliance to play,' after the Al
liance team had spent over 100 to go
to Chappell. Alliance is out this much
money now, with no return. As Alli
ance defeated .Chappell, 28 to 17, on
Chanpeli's floor, these players prob
ably decided that they had no desire
to be walloped again, and were rot
good enough sports to face the pros
pect of certain defeat. Who ever
heard of Alliance or Sidney, Bayard,
Sr ot':.-blulF or Chadron backing out of
wh:it was apparently a losing game?
Bridgeport hasn't won a conicience
game this year, yet they haven't said.
"Were likely to be walloped we
won't play."
Agn.n, when Gering lost to Alliance,
their players said that they h:;d been
going good, but that they couldn't
win. At the end of the iirst half in
the Chadron-Alliance game, the Chad
ron captain called his men toirether
and told them, "Iet's get together,!
leiiows mayoe we cant win, but lets
at least show them a game." They
did show Alliance such a game that
in the last half Chadron led the scor
ing, 13 to 12. Eeither one of these
teams could probably defeat Chappell,
mainly oecau.se they aren't poor sports
and crabbers. Gering demonstrate!
that she could last Thursday, taking
Chappell into camp, 34 to 16.
Chappell's refusal to play in no way
affects Alliance's leadership in the
championship race, but a team of this
disposition has no place in the conference.
Tierney Sale of Fine
Registered Cattle on
Tuesday, March 14
Don't fail to read the sale announce
ment of B. J. Tiemey in this issue, on
page 7, scheduled for Tuesday, March
14, at Ansley, Neb. He offers for sale
a big lot of Registered Herefords and
Shorthorn cattle, bulls and heifers.
Many farmers and stockraisers in
this territory are turning their
thoughts to the raising of thoroughred
stock, with the idea of increasing their
profits. It will pay you to read his an
nouncement and write for a catalogue.
29-30
Hi School Team
Defeats Alliance
Athletic Club
The Alliance high school blue and
white pastimera defeated the Alliance
Athletic club 85 to 45, Saturday even
ing in the fastest game seen on the
local court this season. The game,
whilcTibsolutely clean, was so fast
that numerous spilb and collisions re
sulted, a number of the players being
considerably banged up at the end of
the game. Dailey went wild and found
the hoop for eleven baskets, while
Griffis of the Athletic club, a former
college star, duplicated his feat and
also made one free throw, rolling up a
total of twenty-three of his team's
thirty-five points. Bicknell, who took
Cross' place at forward, because of
Cross' injured foot, played a good
game, making six baskets. G. Joder
of the Athletics made five baskets.
The summary:
A. II. S g ft
Bicknell, f 6 0
Hailey, f 11 0"
Brown, c 2 0
S. Joder, g-f 2 0
Fowler, (C) g 0 3
Purdy, g 0 0
f
0
0
0
2
2
0
Totals - - 21
Athletic Club g
G. Joder, f 5
Grittta, f U
O'Connor, c 0
Trabcrt, g 1
I.otscich, g 0
Beal, c 0
3
ft
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
f
0
0
1
0
3
0
45
P
10
23
0
2
0
0
Totals
17
4 35
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Local Second Team
Loses Close Game
to Antioch Quintet
The Alliance high school second
team lost a hard fought game, 21 to
21, to the Antioch team Saturday eve
ning as a preliminary to the high
school-Athletic club mix. Chilcote, an
Antioch forward, made 16 of his
team's points, while Wilson, center,
made the remaining 8. English, dusky
center for the reserve, played the
best game for his team and had he
played the whole game the result
might have been different, Thompson
and Vanderlass. the truards. worked
well, but the forwards seemed unable!
to get started. This is the second tie
feat handed the reserves by the An
tioch five, who have so far lost but
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