The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25
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BASKETBALL VIII ne = Vea,urs or ,he W,u,sr
sports.

Sports.
Now that the football season Is drawing to q
close the young athletes at tho various branches
OF tho Y. NJ. @. A. of this city and Brooklyn arc
devotlng their time to basketball. The rules are
the Same as last year. but tho following OK
planati ms have been added to Rule IL:
count for the side into whose goal the ball ia thrown.
SIC. y both men may jump for the ball. the bet.
,m0 fouls q, once, on the opposite aid q are called
,o sEG H., " The goals may be made either from ns'd or
SIC. ~, The bal cannot be thrown to any person.
but must be thrown AT the basket. An attempt salts
sfe. i, The players must stay back 81 the limo
until the bali has entered or missed the goal
f fSs "a II iSa TN a p fS"I 10 %.Ss i I. .Ss ouIy or sri Hssf i Z the
SIC. q. The bali must be thrown tnto the neld Of
disposed Of before the player who passed II in can
bail ife sH sS; o %e Si , lss 's ss.s Il p sat 1 q; b io%RinF Is, fer S ,Si
Is In play and shall 20 to the other side.
br Ths iG OF fSs T. team ", g e = the made Tss e s5oa rcao stGG Sn
the %gridiron. At the beginning OF tho season
the branch was somewhat Handicapped, owing
1ld players-McFadden, Cross, Pollock, and
and. with the assistance q Coach, Pierson. 8.
Page organized an cleven that has held its own
the a"s% 1896 90 o ton@. wi With 4" Tow Sn exceptions anf the SU same
team viii represent the branch next year. This
years record Is as follows: .
y. M. Z. A, o. warlow A. c., lie; Y. N. z. A., o;
Eewart J. C.; 8; y. c: A. =; Olympia A. c., Q,
staten u; g. Island sian aS I. h nna 4. i. C. &. g. :. = TOTAL !; NJ =. M IL Z. A.
40; opponents, 90.
Beside these iyc games the team played part
Tho contest was not finished on account of a
misunderstanding. Each side made a touch.
Athletics and basketb II will boom at the
branch during the. winter: Physical Director
Poole has organized mn ATHLETIC section. AT n
pointed Chairman and the following officers
were elected: secretary and Treasurer. Edward
tive COMMITTEES, j. il. Grief, W. ii. ttz., and
H. J. Asendorf. The latter will assist the Chair
% ssnt the 10 sbbT TSnch IN ' oats id,sG games %saeF'f The 20 i rsRss,
all-around contest is exciting unusual interest. it
s sSi" dir sn Gris' Seven Ra"s er 9aRpG are oR held Sy on mt the RnlS last
Saturday Of. every month. At the end of the
s wjii bG gold sv,r sIlSor' to and ino Orq Ssse medals
medals 10, tn. first two men for the best average
in the individual competitions. The events arc
as follows: Potato race. running high jump,
pole vault, putting l2.pound shot. standing
P PrHsa fif 2Sm ten 's msn TO xS% aate ar rna sRiel GG,i% G9iei,
Heer, Wendelken; Reed, Gross. Thompson, Spin
Of the branch have thus far won every game
The Eastern District branch of Brooklyn has
arranged the following basketball schedule fol
the season.:
Nov. 27, Bay Ridge A. c.. at Twenty third Regt
ment games; Dec. 2. Kntckerbocker A. C.. at Brook.
lyn; 9. Company b, Seventy.frst Regiment. at Brook
Ign; l3. Company F. Fourth Regiment of Norwalk,
Conn. At NOrwalk; IL. Waterbury Y. NJ. c. A. al
Waterbury; 20. Twenty third street Y. NJ c. A, al
Brooklyn; 80, Fourth Separate Company OF Sonkers
at Brooklyn; Jan. o, Brooklyn High School. at Brook
Ign; Z, New Britain b. b. C.. at New Britain
10, Twenty third street Y. N. e. A., at New YORK
20. Knickerbo:Kcr A. c. at New York; %. Mount
Morris q. b. c.. at Brooklyn; Feb. 3, Twenty. sixth
Ward V. NJ. c. A of Brooklyn. at Brooklyn; .. Fourti
Separate Company OF Yonkers. at Yonkcrs; 10. STAN
ford Y. NJ C: A.. at Brooklyn; 10, Fiftes nth Separat.
New Rochelle A. c., at brooklyn; 28, Twenty. sixth
Ward Y. N. c. A. OF Brooklyn. at Brooklyn; March 8
Orange Y. y. c. A., at Orange: 10, Camden II. b. A.
at Camden; "a, Orange Y. N. c. A., at Brooklyn.
DR.. Luther Gulick. Secretary of the Y. M c. A
Athletic League Of North America, in tn
League Bull tin of last week saws:
The Twenty third Street branch, New York city asso
citation, ia having a contest that will be of general in
terest. Two OF the members of last years basketbnl
t~eam-which will be remembered as one OF the bes
loft the association and Joined the Knickerbocke
A. C., with the expectation Of playing on their team
BY the terms OF our aniliation with the A. A. u. the
cannot do this within one year Of having represents
one of the associations in the League. except upO
permission of such association, and even In this cas-
not within three months. A test case will be made G
this, as the Knickerbocker A. G. ia trying to force tn
A. A. U. to disregard this agreement with us 70
these men. But. so'far rs 1 learn now, tho A. A. I
shows no signs Of being DESTROYS OF departing froI
the agreement