The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-23
WINTER SPORT.
List Of Basket Ball
Games at the
Armory.
THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Season Will Open in Earn
est Thanksgiving
Night.
THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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yesterday forenoon in the quarters OF
the City Guards and made final ar
arrangements for the playing of the game
at the armory. The directors organized
with Sergt William E. Casey of Com
pany G., Ninth regiment, Emmett
Guards, as chairman Corp. D. D. Nc
Taggart of Company A of the Second
regiment, City Guards, secretary;
Sergt. Fred B. Jordan of Company H,
Wellington Rifles, treasurer. These Of
fcers with the following constitute the
board of directors Corp. T. E. Dand
and Private A. c. Magee of Company
A; Sergt. Albert F. Love and Corp. II.
Y. Taft of Company H; Corp. j. A. G.
Casey and Private Thomas ]. Kelliher
Of Company G.: Sergt. F. S. TAYLOR,
Corp George Beiberbach and Mus. Ed
ward Bailey of Battery B.
The name of the organization will be
the Armory Amateur Basket Ball
league. Corp. d. D. McTaggart was
elected official scorer of the league, the
referee to be selected at the games. The
teams in the league are Wellington Ri
fies, Emmett Guards, City Guards and
Battery B. Each team is entitled to
| fifteen PLAYERS to choose for their nine
man team.
The baskets are to be put up this week
| and the teams. at once get into the
game from the start. The season will
Iopen Thanksgiving night, when all -four
teams will participate in the opening
The Emmett Guards will meet the team
of Battery B and play a half. The City
/ Guards and the Wellington Rifles will
line up for their first half. Then the
first two teams will play their last
half and the second teams follow
Christmas night there will be a double
decker played at the armory similar tC
the opening game.
The entire list of games, which is the
official schedule, are as follows:
Thursday Nov 29-Battery B. VS.. En-
met Guards and Wellington Rifles VS.. City
Monday Dec. 4-Emmet Guards VS.. City
Guards.
Friday, Dec. S-Battery B VS.. Wellington
Wednesday, Dec 10 - City Guards VS.
Friday Dec. 15-Battery B VS.. yelling
Monday Dec. 18-City Guards VS.. EN-
met Guards
Friday, Dec. 22-Emmet Guards VS. Wei
lington Rifles.
Guards and City Guards VS.. Wellington
! Rifles
Thursday, Jan. 4-City Guards VS.. EN-.
met Guards.
Friday, Jan 5-Battery B VS.. Wellington
Rifles
Wednesday Jan. 1O-Battery B VS.. En-
met Guards
Thursday, Jan. 11-City Guards vs. Bat
| terry b.
Monday,Jan. 15-City Guards VS.. Emme
Guards.
Wednesday Jan. 17-Battery vs. Wei
| Monday IAN % Fnmet Guards VS.
Wellington Rifles.
Thursday, Jan. 25-City Guards VS.. Bat.
terry B.
Wednesday, Jan. 3o-Battery B VS.. En-.
| met Guards
Friday, Feb. = City Guards VS.. Wei.
| lington Rifles.
| Monday. Feb. 4 - Emmett Guards vs.
! Wellington Rifles.
Thursday, Feb. 7-Battery B VS.. Wei,
| lington Rifles.
Wednesday, Feb 1S-Battery B VS.. En-.
Friday. Feb 15-City Guards VS.. Wei
| lington Rifles.
Monday, Feb. IS b Emmett Guards VS.
| Wellington Rifles.
| Thursday Feb 21-City Guards VS. Rat
terry B.
Wednesday, Feb. u City Guards VS.
| Wellington Rifles.
y Friday, March i Emmett Guards VS.
| Wellington Rifles.
Monday, March 4-City Guards VS.. En-.
met Guards
Thursday, March 7-City Guards VS. Bat.
terry B.
All games will be played under thu
PLAYING RULES
adopted yesterday which are a set o
4 M. c. A. rules revised to meet tn,
| demands of a nine-men team. TIL,
principal changes from the old rnIe
are set forth below. The playing spac,
shall be the armory floor
The goals used shall be the same al
those used in 1896. Teams for leagu
games shall consist Of nine men each
In league games, all players must b.
mustered 80 days before date of gam,
in which they play. The officials shall
be: One referee one umpire, on,
scorer and two timekeepers. The ref
cree shall have the power to overrui,
the decision of any foul called by tn,
umpire. .
| In counting for points the rules state
| "A goal from the field shall count on,
| point A goal from foul shall coun
one point. A goal thrown shall coun
| for the side into whose basket it il
| thrown. A game must be decided b,
| the winning of most points in 40 min
utes' actual playing time. In the cas-
of tie at the end of 40 minutes actua
playing time, a third period of ten min
utes shall be played off at some futur
date to be decided by the board of di
rectors."
The rules of the game as made III
are slightly contradictory. For in
stane: Article 10, "In case a man i
disqualified, substitute shall be al
lowed to take his place. Also a fire.
try for goal shall be allowed to tn
opposing team" Now, article SO saws
in regard to penalties for, Fouls Oh
a man, free try for goal except wheI
a man is disqualified and substitut
takes his place"
The rules further state that "In cas-
a man is disqualified for a deliberat
rough play, no substitute shall be al
| lowed to take his place during the re
mainder of the game Also, one fire.
throw for goal shall be allowed tn
opposing team for foul when a maj
is disqualified for deliberate rougl
playing"
when a foul has been made tn
opposing team shall have free try 70
goal at a distance of is feet from
point on the floor directly under tn
goal"
A rule that is bound to create som
protests is article 81: "A goal score,
before the whistle can be blown for
foul made by the team scoring, shall
not count, but if a player while throw
ing for goal, is fouled by an opponen
and succeeds in scoring, both shall b
counted"
The company on whose drill night tn
game is played, shall be responsible 70
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