Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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Tfl- (' M T13 f : 0 !‘ Gilmanton Girls 24—Monclovi Girls 4 Gilmanton Boys 8—Mondovi Boys 60 On December 8 our basketball teams were scheduled to play a double header at Gilmanton. The first game was called at eight o’clock. This game was Oilman-ton’s from the start. The Mondovi girls were used to the “pink tea'’ style of basketball and the game was of a benefit to them because of the knowledge gained as to the game. It would he hard to name a star for Mondovi as it was a very loose game, although Cora Thompson did her share of the mixing. Line up was as follows : Forwards—Thompson, O’Mera. ('inter—Jacobi (Capt.). Guards—Perry, Houser. Substitutions—Fuller for Perry. Immediately at the close of this game the boys occupied the attention of the Gilmanton rooters. Gilmanton was very confident of winning this game too, as their spirit was considerably aroused over their trouncing of our girls team. When the game started and Gilmanton made the first basket, the rooters thought without question they were our superiors. How sad is a fall. The Mondovi machine set the wheels in motion and did not apply the brake until a total of sixty points were credited them. The hall was so very small that Mondovi was greatly handicapped teamwork being almost impossible. The game was rough, a great many fouls being called for “holding” and roughing the man. Gilmanton was lucky to get six more points during the game. The lineup was as follows: R. F.—Andy Ward. L. F.—Ralph Hubbard. C.—Lorn Howard. L. G.—Loren Borst (Capt.). R. G.—Allan Smith. Substitutions—Canar for Ward, Claf-lin for Hubbard, Jacobi for Smith. Mondovi Girls !)—Gilmanton Girls 20. Mondovi Boys 85—Gilmanton Boys 10. On December 10 the Mondovi girls were defeated before a large attendance of basketball fans. It was a poor exhibition of basketball, Mondovi didn’t show one flash of teamwork during the entire game. Stars for the local team could not be picked as the game was too loosely played. Gilmanton had however a star in their center who stood bead and shoulders above the rest when it came to real playing of the game. At the close of this game the fans were treated to a somewhat faster, but very one-sided game. Within three seconds after the sound of the whistle Mondovi began to pile up the score. The plays worked like a charm. It was evident at the beginning of the game that Mondovi would run up a large score. Gilmanton seemed rather out of place on our floor and at our style of playing. The line-up was as follows: 11. F.—Canar. L. F.—Hubbard. C.—Howard. R. G.—Smith. L. G.—Borst (Capt). Substitutions—Claflin for Hubbard. Ja-iolii for Howard, Sather for Smith. 31

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Escorting Senator LaPollette from the station to the High School

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Tl rprr K tb' Seniors 24—Juniors 11. The curtain .raiser before the Independ-enee-Mondori game resulted in a victory for tlie Seniors. This game was very roigh and showed a lac k of team work as neither team had done any practicing together. At the end of the first half the score was about a tie. In the second half the Seniors opened up and caged basket after basket until the Juniors finally persuaded them to stop and be satisfied with 24 points. We hope to see another game between these two classes soon. Claflin and Wer-rell starred for the third year class. The Seniors all played good basketball. Line-up: Seniors—Forwards, Brinkman and Adams; Center, Moy; Guardis, Quarberg and Helwig. Juniors—Forwards, Dahl and Werrell • Center, Claflin; Guards, Funk and Bild-erback. Mondovi High School 22—Independence City Team 10. Following the Junior-Senior game on Dec. 17, the Mondovi basketball fans were treated to one of the best games it was ever their privilege to witness on the local floor. With two regulars sick in bed, a forward and center out of the game, the locals let Independence walk all over them for the first half. Mondovi plaved listless ball and Independence dropped ringers from almost any place in the hall. The score at the end of the first half was 13-4 with Independence on the long end. It was between these halves that the Mondovi team with no exceptions was directly and forcibly informed that they were boobs. With this still ringing in their ears, the whistle blew, and the boobs went forth to a repetition ( ?) of the first half. Not much! In this half as soon as the whistle blew, everybody let go of the ropes at the same time and up went the balloon. Playing like demons Mondovi rolled in basket after basket completely outclassing the heavier team, until the score had been tied. From then on it was see-saw all the time. First one side ahead and then the other until finally the whistle blew with Mondovi three points to the good. This game showed that the locals could “come back.” The line-up was as follows If. F.—Ward. L. F.—Canar. C.—Bather. If. G.—Smith. L. G.—Borst (Capt.). Substitutions—Jacobi for Bather; Howard for Jacobi; Jacobi for Howard. Mondovi High School 28—Alumni 22. On New Years afternoon the high school team clashed with the Alumni. Throughout the entire game the score seesawed hut always slightly favoring the high school. There was considerable unnecessary rough work in this game as is natural when “old stars” are being beaten by “under grads.” The high school players were rather under the weather at this time, being afflicted with colds, grippe, headaches and nose bleed. In proper form there is no doubt but that they would double the score on the Alumni. Line-up: High School—Forwards, Ward and Canar; Center, Howard; Guards, Smith and Borst (Capt.). Substitutions, Jacobi for Canar. Alumni—Forwards, Jacobi and Lee: ( enter, Lockwood : Guards, Pabst and Connett. Mondovi II. S. 39—'Rice Lake City Team 19. Thursday January 6, the fast Rice Lake City team met defeat for the first time this season at the hands of the local high school team. The game was slow and loosely played but at intervals the Mondovi team displayed considerable pep. 32