DID YOU KNOW……..

A look back at early area history as found in the archives of the Enderlin Historical Society and Museum ……… by Susan Schlecht

We have been fortunate at the Museum to receive a large collection of yearbooks from various sources for our Research Room. From The 1929 ENODAK we find this interesting article.

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GIRLS’ BASKET BALL

“The story of the past season for Girls’ Basket-ball can be told in one sentence. Out of the eight games played our girls lost only two. In other words, the past season has run true to form, for during the past four years the girls have lost only seven games. Much of the credit for that excellent record is due Mable Opheim. A veritable Valkyrie of the courts with her amazing energy and deadly accuracy, she could be depended upon to play her position in a superlative way at all times and in emergencies to come to the rescue of the game. Perhaps a more dramatic moment was never experienced in the annals of girls’ basket-ball upon our courts than in the game with Nome. Mable was on the bench because she had not fully recovered from an attack of the ‘flu. Slowly but surely by dint of a fast passing attack, Nome surged ahead. At about the beginning of the third quarter the score was Enderlin 7, Nome 14. The crowd had been demanding “Opheim! Opheim!” Now with defeat almost a certainty, there was but one possible chance to save the game. Miss Stoudt hesitated to allow Mable to enter but at last she yielded. Such a roar as greeted her when she ran out to her position had never before been heard in the hall. And Mable responded nobly. The team took on new energy.

Esther Loomis, like Mable, has won her letter every year for four years. Esther has been a strong, consistent player and much of our wonderful record is due to her. Both girls graduate in May as does Doris Green. But with Marie Roessler, Hazel and Gjerdis Svedjan, Esther Portiss, Dorothy Bangert and Eulah Clother to form the nucleus of a new team, we expect to maintain our high average.”

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Sue’s Comments: I am sure many of you could find a familiar name in that article, maybe even an ancestor! However, they never do tell us the outcome of the game! Maybe we are to assume when they “took on new energy” that they won. Next week we will look at what the 1929 ENODAK had to say about the boys’ team.

Watch for more history next week!