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UNION GIANTS DOWN HSWEDES HERE FRIDAY(SVLVHD C.WBKS T \K£ i* TV L iO O.V.HE b'HVM MJLSSOI Kl WORLD CfcLVHF** *♦iDisplaying nearly ■:vef UliIIg m\:ui prviessiomL ^.Uik'iiwr s bag of , w trieka. t.l*: :U* i few -zt.nt.TS v;V:r good *.wo crack pro- Mless;. «li11 ’.'Z-i.Tl;' had :t ;U* lor the *-.v.rne :n ‘ he -*ea»«on *n the lA'iJini a:fleer Kri«iziy n grit After Fneck lne neck thr-.ugnetg. tnree wild i:quarters. tne Gilkerson Vn:en .quintet :■rged :nt: an early lead in*;• , * - * 1 * •* , * j **•*• * '**• J | f * ** i, -» J»*% — M k *1«. * - - * — *..•■- * ^ ‘tosia:Swede* l*. bay for tr.e remainder :f -r. the* gam*.*. •'The gs.me -Mrfed -ft d-wly the *•*•:.} ;vf:? of bo.lb Vjiisw oautioudy *' ‘‘feeling’’ each other out That 212 -• spite of the f'ict that lb*; quintets n-had faced each other no teas than i;1 eight times this season. The colored . toasketeers grabbed the lead after £ about five minutest of play, .‘and at the end of the playing time for the first period were main tain ig a 4 to 1 lead.Play became wilder, rougher, and dirtier as the game progressed. V'rest ng tactics, jiu-jitsu, tackling, and what not found their way into the playing as the score slowly mounted. The Swedes put up a big rush shortly after the resumption of play in the second period, but had their rail;/ cut short by the negro outfit. When both teams left the . ir floor for the intermission, the Un- 1 ion Giants were flaunting a 9 to 8advantage.Drrnfitltlgn1t. S TLong shots began to be mixed up \ mjore frequently in the shooting array of both teams in the last half. Dickerson, crack Swede guard, sank two from past the center of the floor to send his team scuttling into the lead, but “Shadow Robinson.; unquestionably the fastest thing in a ; basket ball suit ever to appear on a t Peila floor, made up the deficit, so i that at the end of the third quarter the Giants were again in the lead, 1 c this time by a 16 to 15 score. | ^The last period saw the colored ; ? cagers continue their fighting tae- : lt;3 ; tics, while the Swedes, with the ex-] ception of Richesun, the half pint of ! dynamite in the Swedes* lineup be-. 1 gan playing listless and lacklustre 1. bail.The Giants dropped four shots thru the hoop in rapid succession, and then while playing a stalling game held off the Swedes and at the same time added a few points to their total.“Shadow'’' Robinson, who caused*the cowd to gasp in surprise when-.; ever he began a solo flight” down j' the floor with the bail, was the high ; scorer of the tilt with eight baskets f and a free throw' for a to tar of IT I prune Following in his wake on his:* own team was Torn Hall, colorful | colored center, with four buckets and | a gift goal. j 'Rieheson, the Swedes* Little Ditch- ; ^ man, turned in the best performance for the losers, doing more than his share on the defense and sending 5 baskets through the netting on the offensive. The expected duel between Hall and Wapp, rival centers, resulted in a demonstration of hard basket ball with little time for trickery on the part of either, other than the usual professional stuuts.
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Pella Press
Pella, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 15, 1931
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