Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1899-04-06

BRIDGETON BASKET BALL TEAM.
Their Re- cord for the Seeson just Closed.
The StaoDgest Amateur Team in
the Country.

Their Record for the seeson just Closed.
The StaoDgest Amateur Team in
the Country.
1t is with pleasure that we can point 10
the basket ball season of the 3. A. A.
team with the credit due the boys.
The Bridgeton Athletic Association has
just closed the most successful season in
its history. The men representing the
team were: George Elmer and Captain
Arthur Wright, attacks; Ollie Bacon,
centre; Frank Bacon and Elwood Weber,
defense; Frank Woodruff, Otis Hustled
and Nelson CARL.
The team has played twenty six games
this season. and won twenty-five of them,
defeating some of the strongest teams in
the country. They made total of9597
points against 266 for their opponents.
Elmer was high man, having made $50
points in goals from the field. HepfaSed
IN every game and there was only two
games in which he did not score. Capt.
Wright has a record of SO goals from the
field and % from fouls, max ing l35 points
to his credit. He also played in every
game and only missed scoring in three of
tnem. o. Bacon, who played centre, has
a record of s5 field goals, making 17O
points. He played in all but one game,
and only in two games that he did not
score.
Weber, one of the defense men, played
in every game and oy his good work
made himself star player. F. Bacon,
the other defense, played in 81 of the 26
games. and kept up his reputation for
getting the ball away and back up the
| floor. Hustled, Woodruff and CARL all
did good work on the team.
The excellent work of the team this
year is partly due to the untiring efforts
of Coach Walter Felmey, who has had
charge of training the men. The Bridge
ton Athletic Association have something
to be proud of, inasmuch as the members
OF the basket ball team are all mem bers
OF the Association and pay their dues in
the same, and play on the team without
pay, merely for the sport and love of the
game. For these reasons, and also after
having defeated all of the best League
teams, and great many other first class
teams, Manager w L. Evans claims them
to be the strongest strictly amateur team
in the conntry this season. Following is
schedule OF the games played:
Oct. 29-B. A. A., 8; Quaker City, 5.
! Nov. 15-B. A. A.. l3; Crescent, 6.
Nov. 19-B. A. A 80; Penn Treaty, 6.
| Nov. 24-B. A. A., %; Temple College, g.
| Nov. Bob. A. A., IL; Millville, s.
| Dec. 3-3. A. A., Is; Phila. Wheelmep.
LIZ
| Dec. 7-B. A. A., IA; Nicetown Y. M.
| A., S.
Dec. 11-At Temple College, B. A. A.,
IL; Temple College, 9.
Dec. 2l-B. A. A., II; West Phila., 7.
Dec. 26-B. A. A., "a; Glover Wheel
men, 6
Dec. Bob. A. A., "a; Trenton League
team), l3.
Jan. 7-B. A. A., at Trenton, II; Tren-
ton, 80.
Jan. 14-B. A. A., 81; Germantown
Field Club, II.
Jan. 2l-B. A. A., q; All Scholastic, of
Phila., 6.
Jan. 2s-B. A. A., 9; all Phila., 8.
Feb. 1-B. A. A., %; Germantown
League). IL.
Feb. 4-B. A. A., 2s; Frankford A. c., 2.
Feb. lob. A. A., 26; Bucknell Uni
versity, Is.
Feb. 14--B.s A. A, %; 2srd ST., New
York, 3S.
Feb. 22-B. A. A., 81; Camden (League)
Mar. 1-B. A. A., "a; P. R. R. Y. M. c.
A.. IL.
Mar. A. A. A., so; Tannhauser
Wheelmen,
Mar. S-B. A. A :, Al; Phila. G. c., 4.
Mar. lib. A. A., "a; Hancock lex
League) IL.
Mar. 2O-At Bristol, B. A. A., 9; Bris-
tol, II.
Mar. 25-B. A. A, So; Bristol, 7.