The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
But Once Awake the
LyceumS Show
Fast Work.
HUDSON TEAM DISTANCED.
Dorman Exhibits Some of
the Best Basket Ball
Playing Seen.

The basket ball game in Father Ma
thew hall last evening, which was won
by Catholic Young Mems Lyceum
team, was the best that has been seen
in this city since the opening of the
season. The opposing team was the
speedy delegation from Hudson. They
came to Worcester with a good reputa-
ton for their first appearance here and
in the first half sustained the reputa-
ton easily. They played all around the
Lyceum team and the friends of the
latter thought they saw the finish of
the South Worcester lads in sight In
the second half the South Worcester
boys put up the fastest and most sci
entific game of the year and discount
ed the Hudsons easily. Dorman carried
off all the honors. He was everywhere
When acting on the defence he had his
men covered more effectively than if
the opponent was smothered under a
circus tent. When aggressive play was
the proper thing for. him he lost his RI
val as easily as a follower of poolrooms
loses his money and rushed around the
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a bicycle record breaker. He made sew
eral pretty shots at the basket, caging
the ball three times, although the call
ing of a foul on an opponent prevented
one of them from counting. He also
assisted other members of his team ma
terially in goal throwing for he passed
so prettily that they had practically a
free throw
There was a large attendance. fully
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game. In the first half Dorman was
the only Lyceum man who appeared to
have any excuse for being on the floor
The Hudson men Outplayed the re-
mainder of the team at every point.
But in the second half all was changed.
The Lyceum men played their rivals to
a standstill
Sheehan, Dorman and Holmes did the
brunt of the work for the victors in
the second half They worked togeth-
er prettily. Rogers and E. Green put
up the best game for the visitors. In
the first half Green outplayed his rival
center, Horan easily enough, but in the
| second half Koran got into the game
with something like the speed he usu-
ally shows and it was an even thing be-
| tween them.
| In the first half the Hudsons walked
away from the Lyceums. They made
| three baskets from the field, while the
| Lyceums got only one, but the rough
| playing and foul work by some of the
Hudsons helped the Worcester lads ma
! terially. The Hudsons made half a
dozen fouls in the first half on three OF
which Sheehan scored, so that his
| team got more through the rough work
of the Hudsons than they could make
| from the field. In the second holt Hud-
son was so badly outplayed that they
| couldn't get anything like a field goal
| and the only point they got in the halt
| was on free try caused by foul by
| Sheehan. Lyceum on the contrary pill
| ed up nine points, three field goals an6
the same number of goals out of half a
| dozen free tries.
| E. Green drew first blood. On a cen
| ter up Porter hit the ball to him and
| he promptly threw 1t into the cage
| Shortly after he fouled and Sheehan
| scored a point for the Lyceums. E.
| Green again entered into the play. He
| brought the ball the length of the hall
by pretty dribbling and Gagged it with
| out assistance. Soon after Sheehan
| fouled and Green threw a goal, making
! five points due to his good work Shee-
! han Gagged a free throw from Rogers
! foul. Porter made the Hudson score
| seven by tossing a basket on a pass
| from Connolly of the Lyceums who
made a bad mistake. Dorman scored
| the only field goal for the Lyceum in
| the first half. He dropped another pref
| ty one, but while the ball was in the
] air the referees whistle blew for a
! foul by E. Green and the goal didn't
| count. In the second half Sheehan
| scored on free throw and Porter did
| likewise, making the tally eight to six
in favor of the Hudsons.
Lyceum forced the play hard, and
| kept the ball at the Hudson goal, but
| tough luck attended their efforts. Ho-
ran made two pretty throws from half
| the distance of the hall, but didn
score. Dorman scored the two points
| that tied the tally. Connolly got the
ball in a miX-up, and passed to Horan.
The latter turned 1t over to Dorman,
who uncovered himself from Howe's
interference and Gagged the ball. Shee-
han put his team in the lead soon af-
ter by caging a free throw on E.
Green's foul. Sheehan made the next
goal from the field by neat play.
Holmes shot for goal on a good chance,
but the ball circled the rim of the bas-
ket and bounded back. Sheehan
grabbed it, and promptly tossed it in.
Koran did all the playing for a few
minutes. He made two tries, which all
but landed, and then bringing the ball
the length of the hall unaided, Gagged
it. A successful free throw by Sheehan
on Porter's first foul ended the scoring.
The lineup:
CATHOLIC LYCEUM HUDSON.
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