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Show GEMMELL-BDAA BASKETBALL A good crowd sat in on the Monday night basketball games held in the club gym and they were treated to some real basketball. bas-ketball. The opening game found the Lark team turning in their first win against the 25 Gang, 39 to 27. Both of these teams are to be congratulated because regardless regard-less of the outcome they played the game every Monday night. I The second game came out on the long end 44 to 35 against the Winos. This game gave the fans an idea of what was to come because be-cause these boys turned in some fine plays and had the fans tuned tun-ed up for the final of the evening. The 9 o'clock game found two undefeated teams tangling and in the end it was the Line Car on top 41 to 40 over Copperton. This game' saw play that would have done a college team proud. At the end of the first quarter it was 17-16 for the Line Car, at the half it was still just a point separating them. With six sec-ends sec-ends left in the game Copperton was leading by one 40 to 39. The Line Car got possession and with Groves in the clear under the basket they got the ball to him and in it went for the one point victory. As it split the strings the whistle ended the thriller with the fans standing in their j seats. To pick a star would be an injustice in-justice to the rest of the team and that goes for both sides. . They meet again March 2nd (tomorrow night, Saturday) at the Basketball Carnival, so be sure and see it. Al ry |