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3dlkutk.1-18isy.ii-Story of the Game.* Iowa City, Mar. 16—Mt. Pleasant High school duplicated her sensational whirlwind finish of last season against Iowa City tonight and won, 17 to 16. retaining the Iowa state high school championship. The Iowa City quintet captured the first half by a score of 9 to 3 and local stock went up only to tumble in the last few minutes of paly. In the second half Mt. Pleasant came back remarkably strong and improvedjt every minute.d-:o*riraIn the final minutes of the game Harshbarger. star of the battle, made three long spectacular shots, his final , basket coming with forty seconds to ; j play, breaking a tie and winning the , championship.Gieen also pla/ed a fine game for the winners, the™ two men changing |K defeat into vitrciy a half dozen times during the battle.Stromberg was the only man rejected because of personal foals. Shimek. ; 1 rerformers for the Little Hawkeyes Cedar Rapids scampered away from Ellsworth i nthe contest for third place lt;in the state race, 37 to 15.irlef11t1:The Line-Up.The line-up and summary of the titl-? • 1 clasn follows:Iowa City Mt. PleasantDarner ..:...... If.......... Gi'hen aKloss ..........rf..... Harshbarger !Brigham.........c..........Miller j KTrupp .......... lg StrombergShimek..........rg.......RukgaberSubstitute—Yokum for Stromberg.Field goals—Brigham, Kloss. Green. Stromberg. Shimek, 3; Harshbarger,4. Goals after fouls—Darner 6 out of 10; Green 3 out of 5. Harshbarger 2 out of 3.Stlr Will Go To IndianaThe Mt. Pleasant High School, Iowa r State Champions for two years, have ^ . accepted the challenge of Indiana and c 1 will play at Wabash College Friday and s' i Saturday, March 28th and 29th. The * team, five players and two subs and i the coach, will leave Wednesday even- 11 - ing and will return early enough to be ei i in their seats at school Monday morn- ’’ ing. It has been arranged that all lost p i school work will be made up so t al ■ school records will not suffer by the pl athletics. All expenses are to be paid pi
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Mount Pleasant Daily News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Mon, Mar 18, 1918
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