Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-02
WELCOMING IN NEW YEAR
Young Meu's Christian A ISOLATION Puts in
the Day Prcftably.
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE AND ATHLETICS
Basket Hall game Bctwcen omaha
and chicago one OF the Main
Features of the Days
Eniosmcnts.

The year 1898 was welcomed at the rooms
of the Young Mems Christian association sn
this city in a most suspicious manner, While
the slcred features OF the work OF the or
ganzation were not lost sight of in the ex-
ercses Of the day, social intercourse and ath
letic coutests we're made much more promi-
meet. The games were well contested, aud
were enjoyed not only by the participants
but by numerous crowd OF spectators
The event of the day was the basket ball
game between teams representing the Young
Mems Christiau rssociaticus OF Omaha and
Chicago. The game was played Ia the even
ing under the glare of the electric light, and
was witnessed by about 400 spectators. The
victory rested with the team of Chicago
whose men evidenced longer experience with
the game. The final score was twenty-three
goals for the Chicago team and uine for the
Omaha team. The Chicago team r;nks as one
of the first four basket bali teams in the
country. Though the work of some of it's
players was at times brilliant last evening
the general work was not up to the teams
| high standard, as stated by some of the play
| ers themselves after the game. On account
| of the hard ride from Chicago the Chicago
| men were not in the best of trim for their
game here
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| fully as good as was to be expected of a team
| OF so brief an existence. Stils,u's work at
| left forward by long odds the best for
| the Omaha side and that of GIS Miller at
| right forward and of Captain Redfeld at left
| guard was such as to merit especial commen-
| Gation. After the game Ccach Barnes of the
| Omaha team said that he felt perfectly sat
| isiied with the result and that the boys had
| acquitted themselves in a praisewortny and
creditable manNer, The players OF the Chi
lu NN NtI.,
playing are CAPTAIN George Sellar, whose
| quick work at left forward helped out his
! team wonderfully; II. Baumgartner, whose
| work at right guard was very fast and most
effective, and William French left guard,
| whose goal throwing was we'll worth the
price of admission to see.
In the first half of the game the Chicago
boys outplayed the LEGAL boys, going at them
in hammer and tongs fashion from the
start The result of the first half was: Chi.
cago, Il; Omaha, 0. In the second half Omaha
picked up wonderfully and scored goals
while Chicago secured but 6, making the
final score: Chicago %; Omaha, 8. If Chi
cago outplayed Omaha in the frs. half tn,
reverse of this was true during the seconc
half Good training on the part of thu
Omaha boys showed to good advantage il
that they were able to outplay their op
ponents in the second half after having beer
+ outpayed themselves in the first half.
John Latto and w. III. Jefferis of Chicag,
|
South Omaha served as umpire. After th
| game the members of beth teams sat dow
to supper of many courses, in which tn
l utmost good fellowship prevailed. The Chi
cago boys were made to feel thoroughly a
D home during their entire stay in the city
e They were met at the Union depot in tn
| morning by delegation of the Omaha asso
2 citation, all of whom were attired in suit
typical of the western plains and were seate
astride the best bucking bronchos tha
' could be found in Omaha During the morn
4, ing the visitors were escorted through tn
| exposition grounds.
Between the two halves of the basket ba
game Herbert Whipple, Roland Finney an
n w. M. Van Arnam gave fine exhibition c
i | tumbling. Whipple's work on the rings an
a Finney's handstand work were both exceT
= tiol ally good The running high jump wa
{ { won by Oliphant, five feet three inches Wi
{ | liam French won the high diving contes
y five feet three inches. Oliphant won tn
q pole vault eight feet. The indoor base ba
= game between the Omaha and the Chicag
. teams was played in the afternoon and wo
by Chicago. Score: SO to Z. This conte!
was witnessed by about $50 people.
~ In the evening there was an interestin
musical and literary entertainment, give
under the direction of L. q. Hadley Becl
IS told's orchestra furnished fine music Ca
/ | Tuneberg rendered a couple of excellel
u piano solos. There were vocal solos by Mr.
= G.. W. Johnston and 7. G Hadley, violi
% solos by Elmore Rice, cOrnet solo by Che!
1! Birch and an admirable recitation by Mr.!
r. e. Sunderland.
e The teams lined up as follows.
e | OMAHA (9) Position. CHICAGO q
g II. B. Stillson. Left Forward. George Sells
it Gus Miller. Right Forward H. Baumgartn,
n A. c. Ringquest. Center. Ben Pilgri
]. B. Redfeld. Left Guard. VIM. Frenc
]. A. Monaghan Right Guard. ....E. Oliphal