Published in the November 11, 1915 Morton Enterprise.
Morton Basket Ball Tossers Defeat the Fast Teams from Morgan and Gibbon
Last week was a bright one for the local basketball tossers when they blighted the championship aspirations of both Gibbon and Morgan.
They played Gibbon at Morton Friday evening and the result was 15 to 9 in favor of Morton. The boys started out slow and their playing was very poor the first half and at the 2nd of the first half the score was 30 to 0.
The next half found the players going better and soon all the regulars were replaced by the scrubs, and at the end of the game not a first-team man was on the floor.
The Gibbon boys were a gentlemanly bunch and there was no fighting over the decisions of the referee.
The summary:
Gibbon Morton
Freidl…………….R.F.………..Gaasch
Johnson…………L.F.……….Keefe
Bakke……………..C.…………Orth
Monson…………LG…………Fuller
Loftness………….RG……….Donlon
Field Goals: Gaasch 5, Keefe 8, Orth 5, Donlon 2, Bakke, Johnson, Friedl. Free Throws: Gaasch 5, Monson 3. Substitutes—Ederer for Gaasch, Carruth for Donlon, Walters for Fuller, Simon for Orth, Jos. Bush for Loftness. Referees: Varnadore and Lawrence.
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At Morgan
“We knew when we went to Morgan that we would win, but didn’t think we would do it so easily.” This leaf was found in a note in a notebook entitled, “The Prophecies of our Pilgrim Polly.” The above quotation sums up the general feeling that prevailing in the camp of “Honk’s Hopefuls.” Upon arriving at Morgan that feeling took a decided slump upon hearing some of the blood-thirsty tales of the way Morgan defeated Fairfax by the alarming score of 23-13.
The game began and outside of Baker and Gaasch making 34 points out of 39 and Fuller making a basket and knocking out a man, the making of numerous fuss and quarrels, nothing happened out of the ordinary.
Morton feels justly elated over defeating Morgan because the will of the previous year’s teams always bequeath to the following year’s team the pleasure of whipping our ancient rivals.
The mathematics of the ceremony:
Morton Morgan
Baker L.F. Kempton
Gaasch R.F. Dahms
Orth C. Hartwick
Donlon R.G. Junata
Fuller L.G. Battershell
Field Goals: Baker 10, Gaasch 7, Donlon, Fuller 4, Hartwick 3, Kempton 2, Dahms. Free Throws: Dahms, Kempton 2, Gaasch. Substitutes: Jensen for Hartwick. Referees: Varnadore and Fadness
The youthful Yannigans, unwilling to be outdone by a mere elder, decided that they also could use a victory. So, collecting the necessary paraphernalia, they turned their backs to the Aurora Borealis, and head Morganward. Later found them and the Morgan Seconds in a death grapple for supremacy. The outcome looked decidedly glum for our captain and his ever-faithful followers. The opening stanza ended with us holding the unfavorable end of a 9 to 2 score.
During the next half, aroused by glances of pity from friends, and looks of anger from the older team, the infants stopped into the fray and with a “do or die” spirit, and won an eleventh-hour victory by 14 to 13 score.
The results were as follows:
Goals: Ederer 2, Keefe, 6, Hillig 2, Jensen 3, Schweiler 1. Free throws: Jensen 1. Substituies: Dahms for Schwiler, Henton for Siomn.
Taken all together with a triple victory, and two from Morton on their floor, makes the ho9me boys feel rather chesty. They go to Arlington this week, and it is expected that they will give a good account of themselves. ~~ B.B. Reporter
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DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE SATURDAY
Published in the Morton Enterprise on February 4, 1916.
Madison Basket Shooters will Endeavor to Lessen Morton’s Chances in District Championship Contest
Local basketball fans are becoming intensely nervous in anticipation of the fast game to be played here Saturday, for while none fear defeat, all expect a strenuous contest.
The local quint having defeated Lamberton’s team, he no doubt put Madison on their guard and they are probably doing much practicing, while, on account of the Opera House being in demand for so many nights, the local boys nights, the local boys have had no chance to practice.
An idea of how much interest is being shown locally for the Madison game may be gained from the following poem from the pen of an eighth-grade pupil:
As Prophesied by an Eighth Grader
The game is on, the crowd is here,
They’re all equipped to help us cheer.
Madison is practicing baskets now,
Thinking they’re showing Morton how.
The game is called, they all lineup,
Morton’s playing for the cup.
With this in mind, they start up fine,
Quick and alert for every sign.
First Madison scores, that looks pretty “tuff,”
“Chuck” says to himself, “that’s just ‘enuf!”
Go to, fellows, they came today,
Thinking we didn’t know how to play.
Show ‘em we can, get ‘em, hard!
They’ve got the rottenest kind of guard.
Don’s doing his part in keeping his back,
But the Morton spirit is all we lack.
With these cheery words, they started to play,
A game that made Madison sorrowful that day.
And when it was finished they shouted the score,
Madison two, and Morton twenty-four.
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“State Championship Prospects”
The boys of the Morton High school basketball team were in town a short time last Saturday morning while on their way home from Lamberton where they met and defeated the high school quint there by a 39 to 20 score. The boys came into the Herald-Dispatch office to tell us of the affair in their glee of victory, saying they thought we might be interested in knowing how our victors (Lamberton) bit the dust. When asked to tell about the game, one of the boys gave a rather lucid explanation that “we simply outplayed them all around.” The Morton boys had won 12 straight victories up to that time. It looks as though Morton has a good state championship prospects. – Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch
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MORTON H.S. B.B. BOYS STILL IN CHAMPION CLASS
Published in the Morton Enterprise on December 17, 1915.
Win From Fairfax Boys 31-6—Endeavoring to Secure Dates to finally Decide Dist. Championship
The two Morton H.S. basketball teams—boys and girls—went to Fairfax Friday evening to engage in games with the teams of that place. The boys kept up their brilliant streak of winning by beating the male tossers of Fairfax in a rough game 31-6, Fairfax getting all her points on fouls.
The hall was a handicap to our boys, and their inability to produce more motion was due to the narrow boundaries; otherwise there would be a different score. It was one of the games where individuality was lacking. The team played as a machine.
The Fairfax boys put up a lively scrap and enjoy the reputation of holding us to the lowest score. Coleman and Dickmeier starred for their team, while Nestande also played a good game.
The lineup:
Morton Fairfax
Gaasch LF Dickmeier
Baker RF Nestande
Orth C Schwartz
Fuller LG Reike
Donlon RG Coleman
Goals: Gaasch 4, Baker 4, Orth 4, Donlon 1, Fuller 1. Free Throws: Nestande 1, Dickmeier 5, Gaasch 2, Baker 1. Referees Varnadore, Keinlen Scorer: Martin Timekeeper: Aldrich
W.F.K.
While the HS. Boys were rejoicing over their victory, the girls were struggling against all the disadvantages commonly found where there is a strong determination on both sides to win; where the hall is small and the courts still smaller; where the floor is unusually slippery; where the girls of the opposing six are experimenting with “roughing it: as a method of winning; and finally where the referee is the biggest difficulty.
Fairfax’s record at field throws was smashed in the contest Friday night. Thanks to our guards not one field throw could be made by the Fairfax girls. The only points to their credit (and ours as well) were made on free throws. Even at that their score was small consider the number of free throws allowed.
It was the first rough game for our girls. But they can congratulate themselves on their good work in holding their own as they did. The final score was 9 to 3 in Fairfax’s favor.
A return game is soon to take place. Watch for it and be on hand to help the girls. It promises to be interesting and to add one more victory to their present record.
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Then They Drubbed Bird Island
Published in the Morton Enterprise December 10, 1915.
Finding time hanging heavy on their hands, the local high school boys went over to Bird Island Saturday evening and trimmed the high school team of that place 53-16.
Morton jumped into the lead and in less than five minutes the score was 15 to 0. Bird Island waking up at this point, held them down and started a score of their own. The first period ended 38-7.
In the next half Bird island played strictly on the defensive while Morton tried to get as much team-work as possible, and as the result there was little scoring. The game was clean and exciting throughout, and the referees’ decisions were unquestioned.
Morton Bird Island
Baker RF Hurley
Gaasch LF Gallery
Orth C Bomstra
Donlon RG Smith
Fuller LG Olsen
Field Goals: Baker 14, Gaasch 9, Orth 3, Fuller 1, Hurley 2, Olsen 1, Bomstra 3. Free Throws: Bomstra 2, Baker 1 Referees: Varnadore and Folsom.
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Win from Belview Town Team – 58-18
Published in the Morton Enterprise on November 19, 1915.
When all the High School teams of neighboring towns refused to play us, a game was scheduled with the town team of Belview. Fierce tales came to our camp of the prowess of this team, and it was feared that our fellows would develop a severe case of “cold feet,” but they didn’t.
They arrived, and when we caught sight of their center, we mistook him for a mob. They had little fellows also. The game started with a rush and in a few minutes Belview scored. Nothing daunted, the boys flashed signals. Chief outleaped his man, and Baker scored. With signals working like clock0work, they soon piled up scores and the half ended with the score 32 to 13 in our favor.
In the second half, Boss Martin donned togs and stopped out as our latest addition to the forward tribe, Gaasch taking center, and Orth retiring. Donlon and “Hawk” Fuller then became restless and started things humming and our city opponents were snowed under with an avalanche of baskets; Gaasch and Baker refused to be stopped. Martin also put the basket outside of the sphere once.
The by-laws:
Belview Morton H.S.
Fish R.F. Baker
Gimmestead L.F. Gaasch
A Nelson C. Orth
Mogen R.G. Fuller
O Nelson L.G. Donlon
Field Throws: Fish 2, Mogen 1, Gimmestae 1, A. Nelson 2, Orth 3, Gaasch 13, Baker 12, Martin 1; Free Throws: A. Nelson 6. Referee-Varnadore Scorer-Ike Rosenstein
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H.S. BASKETBALL TEAM TAKES MORE SCALPS
Published in the November 11, 1915 Morton Enterprise.
Morton Basket Ball Tossers Defeat the Fast Teams from Morgan and Gibbon
Last week was a bright one for the local basketball tossers when they blighted the championship aspirations of both Gibbon and Morgan.
They played Gibbon at Morton Friday evening and the result was 15 to 9 in favor of Morton. The boys started out slow and their playing was very poor the first half and at the 2nd of the first half the score was 30 to 0.
The next half found the players going better and soon all the regulars were replaced by the scrubs, and at the end of the game not a first-team man was on the floor.
The Gibbon boys were a gentlemanly bunch and there was no fighting over the decisions of the referee.
The summary:
Gibbon Morton
Freidl…………….R.F.………..Gaasch
Johnson…………L.F.……….Keefe
Bakke……………..C.…………Orth
Monson…………LG…………Fuller
Loftness………….RG……….Donlon
Field Goals: Gaasch 5, Keefe 8, Orth 5, Donlon 2, Bakke, Johnson, Friedl. Free Throws: Gaasch 5, Monson 3. Substitutes—Ederer for Gaasch, Carruth for Donlon, Walters for Fuller, Simon for Orth, Jos. Bush for Loftness. Referees: Varnadore and Lawrence.
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At Morgan
“We knew when we went to Morgan that we would win, but didn’t think we would do it so easily.” This leaf was found in a note in a notebook entitled, “The Prophecies of our Pilgrim Polly.” The above quotation sums up the general feeling that prevailing in the camp of “Honk’s Hopefuls.” Upon arriving at Morgan that feeling took a decided slump upon hearing some of the blood-thirsty tales of the way Morgan defeated Fairfax by the alarming score of 23-13.
The game began and outside of Baker and Gaasch making 34 points out of 39 and Fuller making a basket and knocking out a man, the making of numerous fuss and quarrels, nothing happened out of the ordinary.
Morton feels justly elated over defeating Morgan because the will of the previous year’s teams always bequeath to the following year’s team the pleasure of whipping our ancient rivals.
The mathematics of the ceremony:
Morton Morgan
Baker L.F. Kempton
Gaasch R.F. Dahms
Orth C. Hartwick
Donlon R.G. Junata
Fuller L.G. Battershell
Field Goals: Baker 10, Gaasch 7, Donlon, Fuller 4, Hartwick 3, Kempton 2, Dahms. Free Throws: Dahms, Kempton 2, Gaasch. Substitutes: Jensen for Hartwick. Referees: Varnadore and Fadness
The youthful Yannigans, unwilling to be outdone by a mere elder, decided that they also could use a victory. So, collecting the necessary paraphernalia, they turned their backs to the Aurora Borealis, and head Morganward. Later found them and the Morgan Seconds in a death grapple for supremacy. The outcome looked decidedly glum for our captain and his ever-faithful followers. The opening stanza ended with us holding the unfavorable end of a 9 to 2 score.
During the next half, aroused by glances of pity from friends, and looks of anger from the older team, the infants stopped into the fray and with a “do or die” spirit, and won an eleventh-hour victory by 14 to 13 score.
The results were as follows:
Goals: Ederer 2, Keefe, 6, Hillig 2, Jensen 3, Schweiler 1. Free throws: Jensen 1. Substituies: Dahms for Schwiler, Henton for Siomn.
Taken all together with a triple victory, and two from Morton on their floor, makes the ho9me boys feel rather chesty. They go to Arlington this week, and it is expected that they will give a good account of themselves. ~~ B.B. Reporter
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