The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
ARTILLERYMEN LOST
Wellingtons Give a
Good Exhibition at
the Armory.
SCIENTIFIC PLAY WINS OUT.
Dorman. Love, Jordan, Frost
and Others Were the
Stars.
SCIENTIFIC PLAY WINS OUT.

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basket ball players went under in last
evenings contest against the yelling
ton Rifles. The Wellingtons moved
over the armory floor as if on roller
skates, getting into every play. The
Battery men were slow in the first halt
when they gave their opponents such a
lead that victory was out of the ques-
ton for them. They were not cutters,
however, for in the second half, with
such a score staring them in the face,
they played a plucky uphill contest,
and deserved great credit for the show
ing they made.
The We1lingtons put up a speedy
game. They simply lost their oppo-
nents in the aggressive play and mixed
1t up so strongly on defense that the
Battery lads could do nothing effective
~ until the victory was assured their
rivals.
The last half was pretty exhibition.
The first half was too much Yelling
ton to be interesting. Before the Bat
terry lads awoke to a realization that
they had to move fast the WellingtOns
had thrown several goals. 1t was fast
play on the part of the Wellingtons
in the first half and fast play by both
teams in the second half. But there
was no roughness about the play. AL
though several fouls were called, none
of them would cause the partisans of
the rival team to find fault. They were
in all cases the result of accidents fol-
lowing fast play, The Battery men
suffered most, not because they made
any more than their rivals, but because
their fouls were in conspicuous places
and appeared as big as house.
While there was brilliant individual
work in the playing of the Wellingtons,
it was team playing that won the game
for them, together with an excellent
display of brain work. Dorman, Love,
Jordan, Frost and Jones did great
work on aggressive play. They worked
together finely. When blocked, they
passed prettily and Clearly and good
fortune attended their trials for the
basket. But it was not all luck. The
men placed themselves in desirable
positions under the basket, making the
throw for the basket as easy as could
be obtained They scored several goals
by such forethought. The Battery men
We're slow in not preventing the
chances. When one of the Wellingtons
came down the floor and a try for the
basket was as sure as fate, several of
his team dashed for good positions I'M
off the rim, one Of them was ready to
slam 1t back. Several goals were made
in this way. The Wellingtons played
so fast in this respect that on more
than one occasion they had half a
dozen shots at the basket in quick sue
cession, while their opponents were
wasting their powder in futile efforts
to stay them
Love probably carried off the honors
fgAN. To- i i,
pressed by the other Wellington for
wards Their lodging and ducking and
successful illusions of Battery oppo
nents were in great contrast with the
poor work of the artillery men in this
respect, for the Wellingtons found lit
tie trouble in knocking the ball out Of
the way when they had a chance to
block off a Battery player Jones
played fine game from home in pass
ing the ball effectively. The success
full throwing of goals from the field
by Taylor of the artillery men gained
MN sympathy of the crowd. He had
but two chances and scored as many
goals.
Battery B started off the faster, but
Stacked up in very short time, and
for the remainder of the first half it
was all Wellington. The first goal
came in two and a half minutes play.
Love, on foul by Gleason, missed, but
as the ball fell Jordan hit it back. 1t
wasn't good shot, but the ball fell
into Frost's hands, who stood to the
side of the cage, and he threw it in.
He scored the second goal in I'm. los.
play. On centre UP near the north
goal, which Battery defended, Jordan
hit to Frost, who was not covered by
Jenkins. He Gagged it.
In 3m 20s Jordan scored a goal on
the fourth successive attempt of the
Wellingtons. Jordan started the try
ing by long shot. Frost hit it back
to the cage and Love caught it as it
bounded off He threw, hitting the
rim, and the ball bounded only a few
feet to Jordan, who had rushed for a
point under the cage after making his
attempt. When he made the second
try the ball went in.
Powers ran with the ball for which
Dorman took a free pass. He threw to
Love, who carried the ball up the floor,
lodging two battery men. He made a
running try and missed. Jordan got it
on the rebound, but he missed Frost
was on hand, and when it struck the
floor again he jumped it into the cage.
Time, I'm. EOS
The next goal was made by Rathbun
on a pass from Jones in I'm ass.
Love threw goal on a foul by Will
Jams. He threw the next field goal on
q pass from Jones in 6m. 20s. Jordan
got one alone in 25 seconds and 20 sec
onds later Taylor scored Batterys
first point by caging the ball after
Jordan's foul. The half ended with
the score to in favor of the Well
ingtons.
Battery began the second half by
playing faster and continued to put
up a good game throughout the half.
The next goal was a pretty one. Dor
man went down the floor hopping the
ball. While sprinting in record time
and unable to stop he passed to Love,
who Gagged it. The time was ON. 13s., |
the fast play of the artillerymen keep !
ing the tries of the Wellingtons inef-
fective.
After a scrimmage for the ball near
the wellington goal, Traver got it and
promptly scored. Time, I'm. pos Jordan
enabled his team to score by brilliant
work. He came the entire length OF
the hall with the ball. despite the
strenuous attempts of the Battery lads
to block him. Near the battery goal he
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