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TEACHERS HEREBEAT LEADERSOF CONFERENCEDefeat Lassiter AndIllinois College FiveLast NightBefore more than 2000 nerveFawracked fans, who sat on the edgeiIof their seats for forty minutes, yelling, jumping up and down and shouting encouragement to their favoritesor screeching dissent with the offi-K1cials, the Southern Illinois Teachersdefeated the league leading IllinoisCollege Blue Boys last night 36 to 28.There was a tenseness in the airbelore the contest started, a feelingthat here were two teams, that couldplay basketball as it should be played, and that breaks would likely playNjaia large part in the fortunes of thewinner or loser. The feeling of expectancy on the part of the crowdgrew as the officials called actingCaptain Emery and Captain Winn together in the middle of the floor toIIG.nerandchoose baskets and talk over floorrules.Referee Williams walked to thebeedanA.esticenter circle and blew his whistleto initiate the action. Gene HallFraCaistepped into the center circle oppo-! killsite six foot ten inch Lassiter, the Hapigmy and a Goliath. Up goes the aucball, flip goes Lassiter’s finger and oththe ball floats into a Blue Boy’s hand. tarCarefully the Blues sparred for an sw‘opening and then, flick went Holder’s trnquick right hand, as the ball went by, 'vca passed knocked down and the Ma- *icons had possession. After three CV(minutes nervous, cautious, tied up “itpassing, by both teams Holder broke no*the ice by tossing in a preaty one | 6thsfrom twenty feet out. The Teachers were in the lead and not to be head- *ed.cclWith Hall, Holder, Gray, Emeryer.and Veach dividing the scoring theetepedagogues gradually pulled away to bold a 20 to 6 lead at the half. The Vfans sat pop eyed, and with theirmouths open, hardly daring to believe what their eyes saw—as thelocal quintet outpassed, outsmartedand outscored the Blue Boys for thefirst twenty minutes. Throughout theMlt;first half the Maroons entirely domopinated the game.re:In the second half, within threehiItrminutes, the upstaters had picked upanfive points of the sixteen point handi-wccap—but hero the Teachers 1'egan topot one themselves once in a whiledeand kept pace with the Lassiter lad14who was receiving high passes underBtthe basket and tossing them in onetiihanded above everybody’s head.toJim Winn, second high scorer inha1 the conference, was held to one basal1 ket by Kid Holder, who trailed himthlike a hawk after an old hen in theb | chicken yard. The one basket Jimh£r got, he potted when Lynn sashayedwt over determined to intercept a passfiif aimed to Too Tall Lassiter. Ther pass went over his head and a tossd to Winn allowed him a lone twopointer for the evening.Lassiter was the big scorer for thevisitors. He spun in six baskets andetwo free throws for a total of fourteen points, half of his team’s total.jp.Fall was close behind him with fivefrhiinfcolintccounters and three frees for thirteenhpoints.eThe whole Maroon team played su-y perb ball. They handled the ballsurely and accurately after the firstnervous minute or two, and showedy enough speed to dash away from theBlues at opportune times for closeiskcounters. Illinois, however, made aP0 gallant comeback in the second half,e and taking advantage of Lassiter’sw1!height pulled a fourteen point leadhto eight at the end.
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Carbondale Free Press
Carbondale, Illinois, US
Sat, Jan 19, 1935
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