The times., 1898-01-01
The YALE TEAM YICTORS
A Clean, Snappy Game Of Basket
ball Last Night.
They More Than Double the Score
on the w. J.. L. Boys-1-aree
Crowd Sees the Contest.

In game that was full Of snap and
20, the unbeaten basketball team of Yale
! University last night defeated the Wash
| ineton Light Infantry team by the score of
90 TO 10.
That the game has a firm footing here a S
! an attractive indoor spors was fully
! demonstrated by the presence OF over SUI
! spectators, fully ii third of this number being
ladies.
The game WAS pla yed under the national
/ league rules, which cali for five men, and
are somewhat different in other respects
| from the rules adopted by the league of
! which tie Light In fantry teamis a member
The local rules call for nine men on A
side. Tc reduce the local team TO five
men :.,,d IN less than fortnight play
under the national rules with the crack
college team > + the country, were the great
! handicups which faced the soldier team
! but whatever fears their admirers had
! before IA, contest Were quickly diSpciled
before the game was ten minutes old
The locals hoped to win, but did not
expect to, and their excellent showing
surprised ant pleased their friends and
basket ban fans generally. The whole
team. of five men deserve world OF
! credit ror tlcir good, all round work IN
pilin- dp THEN scure ana keeping down
that of their opponents.
The game was clean, free from un-
necessary rough rlay wing and fun of snappEs
free passing and dribhling and ground
work b.. 10th sides Yale was superior
in team pas ssipr, and tn. pIa yers worked
their signals To the hest advantage, en-.
ahling item oftenest in keeping the sphere
in tie adversarics' field aud dangerously
close to the goal quarter. Had the In
/ fantry boys been drilled in signals the
result might lave been different, for their
passing and dribbling WAS clean and free,
/ but they left nositio'.s unguarded at criti-
/ cal times when the hall went wide of 4
catch.
The Yale men We're very much pleased
with tlie field and their treatment here.
! Capt Peck stated the Infantry had eiven
! them the best game they had played since
/ their leaving New Haven, and were as
! tonlshc6 wtel: told that the Infantry had
only Just adopted the new rules for this
game. The players also expressed salts
/ faction with tie fair and i!upar-i1i Work
! of Adam johnson and s. Porter House,
umpne and fierce, respectively.
shortly after O'Clock the teams came
on the field for preliminary practice. md
! the on. tdnd passing and catching OF Yale
was frequently applauded.
This over with the real work of the
! evening be@an, and the Sons of Eli prompt
/ " tuok the lead, and with eight minutes
/ of pla landed three goals on the beautiful
passing and lobhinG Of u. II. and j. h.
Clark. and Center Rock ell. With the
bali still IN play. il soon returned to Nc
/ Cabe from Il good pass of j. SChafbirt, and
by Il fair dribble to Lee, it was handed by
the lltte! into tue waiting basket and then
! Il mighty cheer went up. J. Schlfhirt was
! granted free throw on Peek S foIl and
! landed n goal on the gift.
TIE play was getting faster and stan the
! good, clean work went on. Out Of scrim-
IMAGES Game good passes. and on these
frequent goals, until g. NJ. ana ]. X. Clarke
! who played like C,ock work, had scored
! five goals, and Rockwell three, 10 the
! Infantry's Two. the inning closing with
! III, sCorc OF 16 10 3 in favor of the
/ blue q Yale.
After lei minutes interniission tie players
4 again lined up for the closing half. Two
minutes after the bail was pu. In play, Nc
Cabe, OF Infantry, scored a beautiful goal
on hong Gnbhle and before the five
minutes was up. Rockwell, of Yale, dnpii-
Gated tic goal. Tie sphere was work I'd
backward and forward until 1t gain found
itself in the Infantry territory, and with
many assistants, Capt- Peck tossed and
tossed the ball over, under and beside the
4 l.uf- al in .,f.o
| eight elfoIts. 1t seemed here as In sew
! eral other good chances that the proverbial
| Yale luck was not on hand.
As . result OF close scrinma ge, Nc
Cabe was accidentally posed in the eye
by Yale man and retired, Burne etttaking
his place at center and he, like McCabe,
! played a strong game, while he was in.
In this half the Infantry was pla aying the
game Yale style, and moved down the
lead considerably. Jesse Scha fhirt landed
free goal on j.. h. Cl8rke's foul, and
almost Immediately afterward Harry Lee
goaled the ball cr0sswise of the field
Ernest Sohafhirt made a pretty dribble
the lengtl OF the field, and passed TO his
brot her, Jesse. who missed the goal, and
the clalcc Of his life. On triple pass
through Peck, Moore, Rock well. and back
star orc OF the game. Other goals b.
Rocky eli, for Yale, and one more by Jesse
Schafhiit, brought the game TO the last
three minutes, but no further goals re
suited The game was over and the score
stood % to 10 in fayor of Yale. Under
the rules, field goals count two points and
free thrCws one.
President s. Porter House was compli
ing ianeements, and especially thanked
for lair cing off the game with the crack
Yale team, the arranging of which re-
auired great outlay of energy and atten.
tion 10 detail. He has the thanks of all
lovers OF the sport for his last and best ef-
fort.
The whole of the infantry team played
well, Fad TO one player is entitled TO more
praise than another. They all put up a
great game, and so did Yalc as a matterof
course.
Following is the lineup:
Yale. Light Infantry
G.. NJ. Clarke. ......R. F,...... Lee tcaptain)
J. X. Clarke. F.....-..J j. Schafh.rt
Rockwell. center. .McCabe, Burnett
Moore. .............R. G........ e. Schaihirt
| Peck tcspta inl.....L. G.--....... Shrave
Score Yale, %; Infantry, 10. Goa,s for
Yale frcm field-G. Nj. Clarke, 4; j. X
Clarke. j: Rockwell, .; Peck, L. Goals
for infantry from field Lee, 2: j Schaf-
birt, 4; McCabe, /. Free goals J. Scilaf.
hirt, >. Empires Messrs. Adam John 50 1,
| c. A. C.. and G. A. May, Yale: Referee
Mr.. 8 Porter House. Timers-S. w. lee,
| W. L. L., and ". F. Gillespie, Yale. Scorer
p. w. Smith. Time-20 minute halves.