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Floor Not Regulation Size at Balaton, and Causes Considerable Discussion.-Regrettable Incident.

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LOCAL QUINT TAKES

TRACY INTO CLEAR

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New Ulm Has Been Entered in the State Basketball Tournaments for Seven Years.

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Whether or not the fact that the floor at Balaton, where the basketball eliminations were played, Saturday afternoon and evening,which was far below the regulation size, would have had bearing upon the defeat of the local high school quint by one point by Marshall, must remain a mooted question.

But the fact is not a mooted one that New Ulm and Sleepy Eye were led to believe that the floor at Balaton, where the elimination was arranged, met all the requirements and was of regulation size, at the time the tournament was arranged.

New Ulm and Sleepy Eye did not desire to have the tournament held at Balaton, but as this was the arrangements made by the district committee, which has in charge this part of the program of the basket ball activities in this district, there was nothing else to do but to acquiesce. However, it was understood by both New Ulm and Sleepy Eye that the floor at Balaton met the requirements, according to accepted regulations, as to size. The floor, to be accepted for games of basket ball, must be of a minimum width of 35 feet. The Balaton floor is but 28. The superintendent at Marshall, it is understood, vouched for the floor at Balaton being regulation size, otherwise New Ulm and Sleepy Eye would not have consented to have the tournament held on that floor. This is questionable tactics.

New Ulm has taken part in state basketball tournaments during the past seven years and it is a regrettable incident in the basketball activities of this district that the local team was defeated by the espousal of questionable tactics.

First Game of Tournament.

New Ulm and Tyler went on the floor first. The game was a one-sided affair and when the time-keeper blew his whistle the score was 48 to 15 in favor of New Ulm

During the first half of the game, McHale, right forward, made two baskets; Nelson, left forward, three; Schueller, center, two baskets and four free throws and Franta, right guard, two baskets. Frederickson. right guard for Tyler, made two baskets and Christiansen, left forward, three free throws. The score at the end of the first half was 22 to 7 in New Ulm’s favor.

The second hall was a duplication of the first. Nelson made five baskets for New UIm, Schueller, five with four free throws and Franta one. Hanson for Tyler made two baskets and Christiansen, one basket and two free throws. The score for this half was 26 for New Ulm and 8 for Tyler. The final score,therefore, was 48 for New Ulm and 16 for Tyler.

The Second Game.

Sleepy Eye and Marshall played the second game of the tournament. The latter team defeated Sleepy Eye in a score of 15 to 12. Sleepy Eye put up a good game, but owing to the fact that the members of the team were not used to a small floor, they were at a disadvantage. On a regulation floor, they would have very likely won the game.

Last Game.

New Ulm and Marshall,having won the afternoon games, were pitted against each other for the final game of the tournament in the evening.

During the first half of the game New Ulm had by far the best of the mill, the score, when the whistle blew, being 14 to 8 in New Ulm’s favor. However, during the last half, two of New Ulm’s strongest players were disqualified on personal fouls and the sponge went up into the air, as the local team increased its score by but five points, while Marshall sprang to the rescue with 12 scores. During the first half, Franta, right forward, made one basket; Nelson, left forward, four; Schueller, center, one and McHale, right guard, one. For Marshall the right forward made one basket and two free throws and the center, two baskets.

In the second half, Nelson made two baskets and McHale one free throw. The left forward for Marshall made three baskets and two free throws, while the right guard made two baskets.

Brown County Journal,

March 23, 1923