INHAN REPEATS AS VALLEY CHAMPION 1,000 Customers Watch Osmond Bow, 23-17; Orchard 3d The Inman Tigers breezed anerrily th ough the 1948 edition •f the Elkhom Valley conference basketball tournament here last weekend, reclaiming the title won a year ago. By brushing asid8 Clearwa ter. Ew ng and Osmond, the Tigers from Inman-land won the teven-school meet w.th relative ease, dumping Osmond 23-17 in lhe iinal . In first round play, the seed ed te.ms wore decisive winner.' except or O. mond’s 25-20 win from Page, which was hardearn ed. Orchard blasted B unswick S7-19 and Inman sank Clea wa ter, 35-24. Only a fair-sized crowd was on hand for the op ening round, the public sav.n ■ their halves and quarters fo the semifinals and finals The only upset in the tourney came last Thursday evening when the Osmond Tigeis ousted the previously unbeaten Orchard Orioles 19-17 after coming f oni behind. Forward Richard Schmitz set the pace in Cs m'.nd’s {urge, which developed after the O ioles went into the gecond-half chill Orchard count ed only one fitlder and one f ee throw during the two final stan *as. The Orioles led 14-10 at the Intermission. In the other semi inal show Inman d sposed of Ewing, 25-13 as Coach Ralph Gray used his reserves liberally. Near’y l.COO customers watched the favored Inman Tgers fashion their win over Osmond in Friday night’s fi nale. The Holt quint held the uppcrhand throughout. Inman led 13-9 at halfdme. and Os in'nd moved within three point i of the Inman team at one stage of the third period. Du: ing the last stanza, the winners were short on accuracy tut long on the shooting and they gathered enough points to feuild a comfortable lead. Orchard measured the Ewing Tigers 33-23 to take third place tbono s. , The all-tournament squad, se lected by coaches and officials, has been announced as follow.,: Forwards — Richard Schmitz Osmond; Bill Mason, Brunswick; Jack Prater. Clearwater; Bel mont Heck, Inman. Centers — Max Mnssman, In man; Jack Rohbe'g, Osmond. Gua ds—Lyle Schleu ner, Or chard; Richard Buxton, Page; Dave Weyrch, Ewing; Polly Hartigan, Inman. The boxscore of the champion ship game; INMAN (23) Heck, f Moore, f L. Sholes, f Morsbach, f — Mos man, c - Hopkins, c fg ft pf pts. 3 2 2 8 G- Sholes, g Luben. g Hartigan, g Claik, g _L 0 2 _0 _ 0 0 _3 . 0 _2 .. 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 o 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 Totals .10 3 9 23 OSMOND (17) R Schmitz, f — Kratochvtl, f fg ft pf pts 3 0 1 1 0 0 Ralph Schmitz, f - 1 Bowling, f Rohrbe g, c Wortman, c Weber, g Anson, g Waddell, g Dawson, g 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 7 3 9 17 Officials: Leo Tom^ack, Ewing: telly Saindon, O’Neill. Try FRONTIER want ads. *• tomorrow's Incomt wttl bavg to pay today'o loanl** That’s why it’s a arise thing to get a SAFE farm or ranch loanl Cet Co-op Land Bank Loan — from your 100% farmer aancher owned Na tional Farm Loan Association. Payments fit the nor Mal earning power of your farm Or ranch. You can take up to 40 years to pay. But you can pay up Ant aa faat aa your farm or ranch Income permits, if you want to. Low interest. No fees. No com OMsaiona. AND you get under standing treatment in time si SEI YOU! NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION Mtnha Mini tend lot tnlssa BOYDHOLT* WHEELER COUNTIES Lyl« P. Dierka, Sec.-Treaa. — O'Neill — TOURNEY SUMMARY First Round. January Orchard 37; Brunswick 19. Osmond 25; Page 20. Inman 35; Clearwater 24. Ewing, bye. Semi-Finals, January IS Osmond 19: Orchard 17. Inman 25; Ewing 18. Final;, January 18 Inman 23; Osmond 17. Lutheran Women Meet — CHAMBERS — The Lutheran ladies aid met January 8 at the home of Mrs. Louis Harley with eight members and two visitors present. Mrs. Hilbert Hoge, vie president, conducted the meet ing. Membe s voted to put some improvements in the church basement. Rev. Dale 1 d the les on on “Starting the Now Year.” Lunch was served by the hostess. You are invited to the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary c rd par ly to be held on Sunday eve ning, January 25, 1948. 8 p.m. Legion Auditorium. 37c Mr. and M s. C A. Weather ford spent Monday in Sioux City on business. AINSWORTH WINS 23-22 THRILLER One of State’s Best Quints Extended to Down Eagles The Ainsworth Arrows and O’ Neill Eagles provided the cus tomers here Tuesday night with a basketball game with a super storybook finish. Ainsworth won, 23-22. The vi'lion started strong and ba iled the Blues with a fast-breaking offensive that made points. Coach Kelly Seindon's O'Neill crowd got hep in *he second-stanza and during the second-half laid down a near-perfect defensive screen, holding the Arrows to seven points after intermission. In the last three minutes the Eagles crowded ahead of Ains worth sparked by the all-around play of Big Bob Matthews, the Earles’ renter. With O’Neil leading 21-20. Ainswo th’13 ^ n te Raitt sneaked in a fielder. An exchange of free throws end ed the game. * Hie R^b’s all-around play was outstanding, while AinsworlhV. Guard Leonard looped in 12 points for hi«h scoring honors. Ainsworth is undefeated Ihis ' ’Bson and is ranked among the top 10 best teams in the si ie. The boxsco’e: O’NFXL (22) fs? ft pfpts. Van Every, f_2 14 5 Godel, f „ 0 0 10 Erwin, c 10 2 2 H. Elkins, g __0 Matthews, c .— — 4 Orsbom, g_— 0 G. Elkins, g --— 1 Totals_— 8 AINSWORTH (23) fg Arthurs, f -0 Scott, f_0 Richardson, _ 1 Raitt, c_- 2 Fonschouser, c —. 0 Crook, g _ 1 Leonard, g _—- 5 Totals _— 9 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 4 0 2 3 4 6 15 22 ft pf pts ' 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 5 11 23 Inman Bops Cards 36-12 in Prel'm— The potent Inman Tigers pour ed on a 36-12 win over the S‘ Mary’s Cardinals here Tues-la night in the first-half of a dou ble-header. The Ainsworth-O’ Neill mix was the night cap. Lean, long and lanky Morsman was a trouble-make fo- the Cards, accounting o’ more points individually thar the Scarlet could manage col’e~ tiYply. Forward Tom Hartv wa best for St. Mary’s with 5. The boxscore: INMAN (36) tg ft pfp |« _ n T.. Sholes, f _ 2 12 1 Mossman, c.. n G. Sholes, g _ 3 2 2 8 Ha tig„n, g _ u i Clark, g-110 3 Totals _ 36 I ST. 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