The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
GIRLS PLAY BASKETBALL.
AN INTER ESTING CONTEST At DIR.
SIEAGE ELS GYMNISILM.

The Exhibition Free from nouRhnrSs
DIR. savage'- Team wins by Two Points.
There was A vigorous coming together of tho
Crimson and the Blue IN this city last Thurs =
day evening. This does not mean Harvard and
Yale, aud II is not going to DO II story about
the patching up OF their srhoolgirlish differ
ences. The Crimson IN this case means the
girls basketball team Of Dr. SavaGe's 1nsti-
tute. aud the Blus that of tho Adclphi Acad-
envy of Brooklyn. They met at the formers
gymnasium. West Fifty-ninth street. in n re-
turn game. before n large and enthusiastic
gathering of spectators.
II was announced that the game would be
called promptly at 3 o'clock, but 1t Is n long
way from Brooklyn To New York, and II was
\ full hour later be;ore the Adelphi team came
~trotting on the field. During the wall the au-
dlence had no reason to complain of lack OF
entertainment. They received plenty of 1t,
for IL had been arranged that the boys junior
team of the institute and a team from the
Horace Mann School should play. This was n
happy idea. for IL gave IL chance to those pres
emit to compare the work of the girls and Toys
on the field. When time was called at the
end Of the first half the score stoud Al in
favor of the Savageites, hut the Horace Mann
boys had put IN n good fight.
Still the Adelphi girls had not appea FED.
The members OF DR.. savage's team who had
kept somewhat in the background up to tlis
time decided to go on the field and Timber up n
bit. They wore bright red, loose fitting bloom
ers that came to the knee. with blouse waists
to match. The latter were made with 4 big
sailor collar. and on the shield was the letter
s worked in white. Black stockings and low
gymnasium shoes completed quite a chic cos
tune. Thee practised very seriously some Of
them indifrercntly -and.the people in the gal
leries began TO omment
Aren't they quiet about it," said an old man.
$50 different from the boys commented
his wife.
wake up" shouted q young fellow. Are
you all In lover"
The gl:ls either did not hear or did not care
what was said or Thought. They went on toss
ing the big p.gskin ball listlessly from one to
the other. and pretty soou each bean making
free throws At the goal. When it was seen
that the ball landed In the basket nearly every
time q man who had said in n loud voice that
he was willing 10 bet three TO one on Adelphi
began to weaken.
Those girls have got their nerve with
'em.' he said, and so they proved when the
game began. ,
Finally the Adelphi girls:--.arrived. They
came OH the field with a we-are-the-people air
and began to practice with a great deal Of spirit.
The man who had offered to Jet on them pulled
out his three one-dollar bills again. The Abel.
phi girls wore dark blue suits made almost ex-
actly like those of the opposing team. Their
eailor waists were trimmed in white braid.
From the start they had their mettle up. Dur
Ing the winter they received an unmerciful
trouncing ut the hands Of the Crimsons, the
score being 13-5, and this was on their own
field. too. The Adelphians cane prepared to
even up matters. The Savage girls knew 1t,
but they. kept cool.
The object of basketball Is the same as
football-the making OF goals. There are wire
baskets fastened az a height of eighteen or
twenty feet at each end of the field. The field
i~tselt-well, 1t is hard to be accurate about the
field. Once when q certain Commodore, who
10 much interested in athle'ics. was asked the
dimensions of q basketball field, he replied:
"Oh, you can play basketball in anything
less than 5000 acres"
The ball Is always thrown, never kicked or
run with, anG cannot be held longer than five
seconds. These are some of the rules. but
rules are sometimes broken; they were in this
game. Tackling is forbidden. Consequently
agility and quickness OF decision are moro
necessary than strength and endurance. The
theory OF the game is as simple rs that of
crouuet. The players on each side try to ger
the ball down TO their own goal. Every time
tLc wall koVo NV II ihShtN llC luShl biu6
scores two points II 1t is n field throw and one
II a free throw. Fouls. which consist OF kick
ing the ball. tackling. holding the ball over
i've seconds. walking with II. give the ball to
the other side. which Is then entitled to a free
throw Tor the basket, at a point sixteen feet
from the goal. The time of the game is thirty
minutes. divided into tifteen-minut halves.
EnoIkh Of technicalities. Now for this par
ticular game.
The two teams took their positions and tho
centres. Miss Thackray OF Adelphi and Miss G..
George of DR.. SaNuxp's. faced each other MT
close range. It was an impressive moment.
Every girl stood ready to spring. ana the two
Jardlne. who IS the trainer at the institute.
took his position as umpire In the middle OF
the field. de threw the ball into the air and
The Adelphi girls got the ball on the face
of, and from that second both teams went 1t
their opponents territory. where a hot scrim-
mage for the own,rship OF the ~bail.took place:
the Brooklynites lost 1t. In less than three
minutes Miss Armstrong made the fret Gonl
on n brilliant play. Before the applause had
stopped Miss Is. Georgi, also IA S4vageite. FOL
lowed this up with another goal on n clever
double pass. 1t was seen by this time that
the DR.. savage team was putting ur a faster
A tail. iIgnt-haired girl from Adalpbi came
doRged determination, got the ball. and rushed
j clear down the field. The Cr!msons and
the Blues scampered after her, but she
stretched out her long arm. and kept it and
them on the go until she grabbed 1t AID tossed
II under her arm up into their goal. The boys
They climbed, on to the parallel bars and
rooted" for.ths Savage girls in a quiet but
decided way The AdeIphi girls did not mind
this. They had about Il iozen followers from
their own academy who cheercd them on from
time TO time. In less than a minute the small
est girl in this team scored again. She did
not LOOK a day over foui teen, ana her pretty
brown hair was unconnned except for a rib
bon at the neck. She fought like II little tiger,
and:when she made the:score even, every bodS
includi-G the Savage folio wers. cheered her.
This seemed TO put new lite into the Savage
girls. Although the game had been a fast
ole from the call ot-time, the Crimsons threw
an extra amount OF dash in 1t at this point.
First ono side had the ball and then the
other. %Scrimmags after scrinmaGa came.
A Blue was thrown TO the floor and then a
Crimson. Next there would be such n gen
sral mix-up that IL reminded one of the ny.
ures to lie seep in'o!d-fasnioned kalcidoscopes.
No notice was taken Of a fall. Ths player
" .ul- rise and rush into the fray again. The
spectators leaned over the CALLER, railing with
their mo lths omen. They began to wonder II
auybody was ever going to score again. At
last n pretty. dark-eyed Savageite made n sue
cesSful throw for goal. anu the audience fairly
screamed to let of It's pc. t.up enthusiasm.
Dr. S~ayage's girls got the ball In the next
toss'up. but things started of about even, for