Flora Journal-Record

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VOLUME IX THE SOVKSAh, Vol. 51.      No. 12
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 1921
NUMBER 27
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NAHON.WOir SfTE TITLE
The State BaskethaU ChMnplooshlp
ACMb Is Woa By Aa^^Hnptlan**
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For the second time In succession the st«t« basketball championship has bean won by a southern IlUnoili team. The Marion players capture 1 state honors Sati«-day nlRhl at Cham¬ paign when they defeated the- Bock ford team in the fii.:«l gamo of t'lO stato umrnament. "The score was 24 to 23. The game was won In tbe fi¬ nal quarter of playing. At one time Rockford was 11 pofnts ahead, but Marion crept'up and overcame the lead In the last quarter, playing • "keep jiway" game until the end.
The new champs had to ^In five games at thn tournament, their games with Elgin and Kew Trier go¬ ing for five mhmtes extra time eaeh and with Galesburg for ten minutes overtime. Second team -men were sent ^Into the final game, as ftrst team players fell out exhausted. Marlon used nine men ip the final same.
Marlon gave a rousing reception to the victors Sunday afternoon when the coach and squad retttt'ned home. 5000 people took part In this recek- tlon.
New Trier high, of WInnetka *on third  plaee  in   tke  tournament   by ^deteating Batavla,  33  to  28.
Last year Mt. 'Vernon won the atate championship, the year before, . Rockford and Centralla the year pre¬ vious to that. Hence southem lUi¬ nois Is establishing tfae habit of hold¬ ing the state title.
FLORA TEAM MADE GOOD
The Flora team made a good re¬ cord in the state meet, winning their first game against the strong Mollne tlve after being, seemingly, hopeless¬ ly outclassed at th« »tart of the gdme. The final acore ^aa 24 to 22. a last minute basket by Knight win¬ ning for Flora
Flora was put out of the running Friday momlng when Colllnsvilie beat them by a score of 19 to 17. "We are not offering up any alibis for the losft of the game, for Flora could not have won the tourney, even It they had had, all the horae ahoes In creation boxed, barred, crated and labeled "Flora", but, if spending two -nights sleeping on cots, with about half enough covers, won't pdt any basket ball on the pingaloo then we ate ready for the phuleklUer.
After arriving at Champaign the quint was -directed to the Hotel Beardsley.    On arrival there It was
to Its feet for the first time in the Afternoon, and the ispeetaton, al most tq a man, were.for Flpra. With the score standing,20 to 18, In favor M Mdllne, and but one minute to pUy, Knight, the scrappy forward thiitt Flora, made the count 20 all, With a pretty goal from the side of the court. A few seconds later he duplicated the trick and won the (fttne for his team Jnst before the gqii fired, and turned the tables on Mollne. who won ber district cUam- pionshlp from Oeneseo In tbe last ten nllnutea.of play. Flrat, cent«r Of th^ Moiine team, was easily the Star ot the game, with six field goals and a couple of .fouls to his credit. Wlien Schmidt, the largo guard on the Moiine team was ejected from the game because of tour personal fouls ne*r the end ot the first half the Speed of bis quintet seemed slowed down materially. Tbe score by qunrtdrs  was:  /
12    3    4
Flora 1  11  18  24
.MoUne 9 t8 22 22
—Urbana Courier
Last Friday night the Flora Com¬ mercial Club held a special meeting, which was addressed by Senator Dunlap, of Champaign county, in favor of the state police bill. The Senator showed how a simlllar law had made good In New York and Pennsylvania, and at ' the' close of his remarks^ several propounded questions, which were answered by Mr.  Dunlap.
The following resolution endors¬ ing the bill was then passed:
Resolved, That the Commercial Club of Flora gives unqualified en¬ dorsement* to Senate bill No. 66, en- _ _ _      _ _ titled  "An act to establlah the De-
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