Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Basket Ball TIi outlook for husk t Iwll whs not very brlRht the first fart of the season with none of last year'n player back, but with the new Y. M. C. A. gymnasium to practice In. the follow got out In fine shape. Some i(iio(l muterl.il nIiiiwimI up during the Inter-das games and served to urouse a great deal more interest In the game. A city leasur was orsanlxed In which both the first and second learn participated, the first team winning the pennant. With two or three team out every night. f «Mieh Bedell made every man work for hi place on both the first and second t a ms. The first lnter eh da tle ssine whs pluyed on January 9 with West Point. Here tin- visitors put up a scrappy Kami only our better lilek In basket shootlns enabled ns to nose out a victory by a score of 22 to 21. on Jaiiuar) I Norfolk plny.-d Pierce This was Norfolk's first name out of town. The Pierce team was heavier, more experienced. and rougher. defcutliiK Norfolk II to 19. The followInK week with Wlnslde here, Norfolk outclassed the visitors In every part of the name, defeat I Ilk them IX to 13. Columbu came here on January 30. They defeated Norfolk by a score of 32 to 27. This was the fastest frame yet played. White the Columbu boy had more experience. Norfolk had better luck In shooting baskets, making the most evenly matched team that played o far till ea on. On the following: Friday Norfolk went to K:gln and lM--.it them 29 to 21. At the end of the first half the frame was a tie. but In the second half Norfolk walked away with the came, defeat ini: them very easily by a mnrirln of eight points. The next mornlntr the boy went to Albion to play Newman Grove, the fastest and most experienced team In this part of the country. Norfolk was defeated by a score of 59 to 13. The first half of the frame Newman Grove seemed to score at will hut la the second half N irfolk tightened up and held them down to half the points they made in the first half. Oil the 20th of February. Pierce came here and were given a warm reception. At the call of time the score was tied. 17 to 17. A foul called on Norfolk Rave Pierce the lend and in the next few minutes play the Pierce center shot a Ioiik field kohI. Riving Pierce the Rame by three points. The following Week Stanton Clime to Norfolk and were easily defeated. In the first half Norfolk ran away with the visitors, hut In the second half Stanton seemed to liven up and held the Norfolk hoys down about even. The final score was II to 15. February 27 the Norfolk team went to Fullerton and were beaten 13 to 29. The boys did not play their usual Rame, but they put up a fairly Rood Rame. The last scheduled Rame of the season was played with Newman Grove here. This proved to he a much warmer Rame than the visiting team had expected. The score at the end of the first half was II to s in Newman Grove’s favor. In the second half Norfolk started In and tied them. 19 to 19; the Newman Grove couch Ktop|»cd the game to beef on the referee's decision and Norfolk could not rcRuIn Its former speed. After about twenty minutes' delay the game was started attain and Newman Grove nosed out a victory by a score of 31 to 20. The last game of the season was at Stanton on Mareli 6. Here the boys were Riven the short end of a 32 to 27 score by the much needed help of the referee and timekeeper. With only one player gone, the prospects for a Rood team next year are exceptionally liriRht.

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Basket-Hall Team Klrut r Tot Row C hi lly, Kr» uch. Kor.ipmueh. Bedell. Seroml Row South. Mot Mow. Odlornc. Third How—Steffen. Mohr.

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Senior Base Ball Team Sailor. I’wker. McClow. Madsen. Man kc, Sutton. Joslassen, Day. Braash. The Freshmen and Juniors played the first of the Inter-class baseball xnm ». The Freshmen had an easy time until the fifth Inning when the Juniors In-gun to pound the hall for safe hits. Soore—Freshmen !♦; Juniors g. Batteries: Freshmen—ItornpuuKh•lleymer. Dnvey; Juniors— Kreuch. Handle lev. The Sophomores and Seniors played the second same of the series. This was u very even (fame until the Seniors hum-hod their lilts and plied up a few scores. Score: Seniors 10: Sophomore Batteries Seniors—Madsen. Day: Sophomores—Schelly. Schmodc. The last game was played In n drizzly rain. The Seniors had the lead from the start, but In the fifth and sixth Inning . Madsen walked several men ami the Freshmen began to have hopes. Sutton pitched the last Inning and proved a mystery to the Freshmen. Score: Seniors H. Freshmen S. Batteries: Senior —Madsen-Sutton. Day; Freshmen- lCor.ipuugh. Iktvey.