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pIsI PJMA IJTTI.K OPPOSITION ■ TOJhEHAXON ItAHliKTHALL Ol'IXTKT.CRQWOLEAVESOEJEGTED|: Visitor* Show Speed «ncl Vhiss in; All Depart men ts rt Indoor j Siiort«[Thp defeat of Napoleon's. legljons Nat! Waterloo was an iiwiraifleantj In-pckUiit compared- with the whipping [’received by the 11, S, basketball sqpad at I he hands of the fast Lqba-31 on: If. S. five at the lilgh seljool g.smnasium Saturduy night. The Hs-iUdra are masterful exponents of ]thc popular* indoor sport and they gpve thf spectators one grand dcmo«s(ra-tiqit or how the originator of jlhe patuo Intended that it should ; be played. A crowd of 2,0 of the n^okt.joyaljfans In the country filed out khc hall, depresefl* crushed and silcnU at th^'Cin! of the lopsided lmttle. The pct^re was ’ 1 r» to IT. ;jfhe learn work and the passing of the Lebanon boys were little short of imarvelous, in fact, there was^notietbtnlt;lartmeiil of the sport In whichjr aebnied to lie lacking. What Is ,„„f e tb I heir credit, every member of (the team Is a gentleman. They! do not resort to rough tactics. They win Wih their games 011 merit or not] nt all! The squad Includes lt;5. Wljite ftnjl D. Whitb. who made the pll-suite, high school team last year ind thise'two players starred for the f falters-‘in the contest with dhe locils. The sqifad also has had the advantage of having 'been coached by (the niflii, who now is coaching the P«»rlt;Jue university quintet. jThe Washington team began the gallic with conditions, that were not the: most favorable, Allen, who was suffering froiu a strained muscle! as a result of the Wheatland game :betoinn’s•veiling 'before, being compelled refire al the cud of the first baitJafdivof Kuhny. ln| WasMngtc Maying the work of Swords, who la iei^loplns into a star ■center, featjur-id| Washington is also credited vsjith lading made the two most senaatipn-il Tplays of the game. Swords ind dattlhgly each taking - the hall the rat Ira length’ of the floor and shooing: the basket in trite professional style. T The liebanon substitutes took hb [ floor during the ilaat few rain-tlea of!play.:. !:l iThe. Washington second team a,Isoihffered defeat In the; curtain-rateer, oaing* to the PlainviHe squad by the icoia bf 2S* to 17. j Ij It^'^as' a disastrous evening-for the isplraUons of the local high, school nTiho basketball line,; : iJTho'W. H. S. five iplays at \taea Wednesday niabt. ,•Uii -U_—-la-
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The Washington Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Mon, Nov 27, 1916
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