University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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BASKETBALL SEASON 192.6

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RIVER FALLS 33— SUPERIOR o ITH a championship at stake, and playing their lost game of the season, the fighting Red and White eleven, all primed - for battle, handed Superior a defeat which showed very clearly the superiority which our team possesses over every team in the slate. Matt Nelson led his team-mates out to battle with a spirit that is unquenchable, and the game he played, the on Rainer Field, will Feske be old backed up the line to perfection, and w best of every opportunity. The whole tc of the season against Superior, with « in stellar style. Paulson was a stonewall at center, admirably. “Tarz” continually broke through, Superior team attempted. Pat Ingli. playing his blc for Superior's inability to score through the Wkiikii c pivot position play which the e, was responsi-ine. Arnett

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BACK Ron - mx. trie . Co, (C rt), Lmmdlt. Collint. fttm Fm»? Ko» Anrion. QmamJt. i i,i.,u iCa Mat. «= ,»«. |»« BASKETBALL 1515-152.6 THK first call for bitskotba!I material | y Coach Cox brought out a squad of about thirty men. The veterans back were Captain Clcberg. Lawrence and Lowell Dawson, Quandt, Gibson, and Zamjahn: with the addition of Syverud, Landis, Jung, Price, and Brooks, work was soon started in earnest. In the first tilt of the season, the Falls dropped a close game at the hands of the St. Thomas quint, frequent fouling enabling the Tommies to outscore us. Against the Hamline aggregation the Red and White found more opposition, and lost by a more decided score. Cleberg starred for the Falls with six baskets to his credit. In the second game with St. Thomas, free throws again spelled defeat, for the locals outplayed their opponents most of the time. Superior came up here alter dropping a game to Stout, and with Peterson back of a good share of her shots, managed to put it over on the Falls. In the next three games our men seemed unable to work into good shooting form, and lost by close margins. In an overtime period. St. Mary's nosed the locals out by a single point, after the Falls had outplayed them the whole game. The game with Stout was a real battle, the Red and White showing that they were a fighting outfit. Stout found victory in the foul called during the last seconds of play. The final score was 23-24, with one point difference at the half also. When Eau Claire started out to chop off another victory, the Falls countered with a display of fight that scattered all her confidence to the winds. Trailing behind in a 14 2 score early in the quarter, when the half ended they were but a point behind. Dahl's uncanny shooting, however, kept Eau Claire in the lead until the final whistle. In both encounters with Stevens Point we found little difficulty in establishing our supremacy, and both games were won by decisive scores. Stout struck a snag in the!i last encounter with the Falls, and only after a stiff battle were they able to clinch their title of State Champions. Xiur Iff-Tiro