The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-24
NEW BRITAIN DEFEATED
IN BASKETBALL BY THE YALE UNI-
 VERSITY TEAM.

Colors of the Self-Styled National Cham ] pions Lowered Last Nlght-Final Score
 Was 2a to 9-Great Victory for the Yale Team-They Meet Again in New Britain Tonight.
 The New Britain basket ball team will have to take a decided brace or the proudly assumed title of national champions will be wrested from them by the Yale university team. Last night in the Yale gymnasium the two teams met and Yale won by the one sided score of 22 to g. It was the first meeting of the teams in the past two seasons. The New Britains seemed reluctant about playing Yale. Last nights game was only arranged after the latter agreed to play a return game in New Britain tonight.
 The attendance last night was not very large, the number of students be- ing especially small. A crowd of about seventy-five rooters came along with the New Britain team and they made themselves heard every time their team scored point. There was also plenty of enthusiasm on the part of the Yale supporters. The game from start to finish was hotly contest ed despite the fact that it resulted so unanimously in favor of Yale.
 The first half was almost devoid of team work although both teams did fast work. Clark of Yale scored the first goal in one minute after play be- gan. Loomis retaliated in four more minutes, then two goals were secured by Sharpe in five and one-hslf min utes. At this juncture Sharpe, who Is considered one of the best men of the team, had his right ankle badly in- jured. It was sprained in the game at Poughkeepsie last week. The game was delayed for five minutes, during which the ankle was bandaged and he pluckily resumed play.
 Lehman and Kron each threw a goal and the first half ended with the score to G.
 A prettier exhibition of basket ball was never seen on the gymnasium floor than was the last half of last nights game.
 Both teams realized that a great deal depended on the result and they in consequence played their best. Team work was very much in evidence In two minutes after play began Kron threw goal. Then the umpire called a foul on Beard and New Britain got their ninth and last point and a free throw for goal.
 This decision was in the minds of the majority of the spectators very un- fair, both men being at fault, but the protest did no good and the foul was allowed. It took six minutes for an- other goal to be scored and that by Beard. Seven goals followed in quick succession and at every one the New Britains seemed to lose confidence and their playing for the last two or three minutes was listless.
 This is victory of which Yale may well be proud, as the New Britains are considered by many the best team in the New England state and have in fact met with few defeats.
 New Britain. Yale kron G. M. Clark 1901
 Right forward
 Loonlis, l.. L. Beard 'ss Left forward.
 o'Donnell, A. H. sharp.sp Center.
 Clark. G. c. Moore 'ss Right guard
 Lehman, w. H. Peck 'sS Left guard. | Goals from field scored-For Yale: Clark 5, Sharp 4, Beard l, Peck 1; New Britain: Kron 2. Loomis, Lehman. l From foul-Kron. Time of game-2.2O. Referee-J. K. Clark, Yale '99 Um- pires-E. A. Loomis and W. Barrett of New Britain. Gillespie l 1900.