The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-21
AN UPHILL CONTEST
Battery B, Defeated BY Yelling
ton Rifles Basket Ball Team,
Plays PIucky Game
JORDAN MAKES A RECORD
FOR QUICK GOALS
He and Love the Stars of a Game
in Which Individual Work Was
Very Prominent

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victorious Battery boys played a
grand uphill contest in basket ball
against the Wellington Rifles at the ar
mory last evening. Inability to check
the brilliant playing of a few Yelling
ton men was responsible for the de-
feat. The artillery lads played a fast
contest but showed a big fault which
proved fatal to them. They allowed
such clever basket throwers as Jordan
and Love to remain uncovered at crit
ical stages and the Wellington men
shot the ball in.
Last evenings contest establishes
record Tor goal throwing. In the second
half three goals were thrown from the
floor in Al seconds, and all were from
centres-up in the middle of the floor.
Jordan bore off the honors. He threw
one goal in Is seconds, which was the
record of the armory. Immediately
afterwards Cardinal of the Wellingtons
threw another in exactly The same
time. Whether that nettled Jordan, or
whether he determined to surpass the
throw and establish a record that will
stand, nobody but himself knows, but
in II seconds he had the ball in the
basket again.
The game was largely individual
playing. The team work, which char
acterizcG the play of the artillerymen
when they made the City Guards maui
down their flag, was absent, and the
Wellingtons usually strong in team
play, forgot the art. There was patch
of it here and there which shone out
brilliantly, for it was effective when
combined with the luminous individual
work that was seen.
Jordan and Love were the stars of
the contest. casionally other players
got in for short time but those two
played brilliantly throughout. Traver
and Taylor did excellent work for the
Battery. They rushed the game
TOWARD THE WELLINGTON DE-
TENSE,
and Cardinal helped out by coming to
Taylor's aid in passing. Gleason did
good work on defense and Moore i'm
proved several chances to pass the ball
back well when it threatened his goal.
Taylor,s work on free passes was in
marked contrast with what he has
hitherto done. He made several pref
ty passes and on every occasion gave
his me a chance to advance the ball
without interference.
Frost and Rathbun played we'll for
the Wellingtons. their exercise of good
judgment at certain stages of the con-
bGSl OGlllS unusually SOOu JOIl6S WdSn
quite up to his standard At times he
played finely and again his work was
mediocre
The contest was remarkable for the
careleSsness of both teams in allow
ing opponents to play uncovered. Many
times during the play little groups of
similarly clad men would be seen in
different parts of the floor. On account
of that fault with both teams there was
comparatively little work in the CEN
tire of the floor. Nearly all the playing
was at one goal or the other, and the
infantrymen forced the artllerymen to
act on the defense more often.
During the first half the Wellingtons
did not pass with anything like their
usual speed or accuracy, which enabled
Love to shine with lustre. He put up
fine game. He dribbled the ball for large
distances several times, but the bril-
iancy of his play was more in lodging
plockers than in any other feature.
JORDAN SHOWED UP STRONGEST
in the second half, and like his mate
did little dribbling His cleverness was
shown in uncovering himself from the.
opposing centres interference and fol-
lowing the ball. The best work of the
Battery lads was the passing and adj
Vancing the ball that Taylor and Car
dinal did
The game was fast, despite the lack of
passing. The men were punched most
of the time close to the goals and the
struggles for the ball were hot. There
was little fouling which was commend
able, especially when the play was so
warm. The work of the officials was not
open to question.
When the game started Battery
forced the play around the Wellington
goal. Love- relieved it and came back
with the best piece of dribbling he did
in the entire contest. The lack of pass
ing by the infantrymen was noticeable
The first goal came hard. Each side
had many tries for the basket and
made many good attempts. The first
basket was thrown in I'm. les. Taylor
and Cardinal started to carry the ball
to the Wellington goal. King blocked
Taylor and hit the ball out of his hands
AS it hoped, he passed to Love. Jan
kins jumped in front of Love as he came
down the floor, but Love lodged and
lifted the BALI over his head.
Several Battery lads jumped in front
of him as he got near the goal. He made
feint at throwing which caused them
TO lose their balance as they moved to
follow the ball, and Love lodged them
before they could recover, placing him
self in an open position a little to the
left of the goal. He was entirely I'M
covered and had practically a free
throw, NHlcn opportunity ne improved
by caging the ball.
An unsuccessful try by Jordan, which
circled the rim of the basket long
enough to give spectator heart dis
ease, came after what was probably the
best piece of judgment of the contest
Frost got the ball to the left of the 4
Battery basket. He passed to Rathbun.
who stood almost under the basket, but
whose back was to it so that he could
not throw. Instead of trying, he passed
TO Jordan, who stood uncovered a short
distance to the right, and the throw
was all but successful. Jordan evil
IDENTIFY determined he wouldn't miss the
next chance. He got 1t soon after.
Jones carried the ball UP to the left
side of the basket. He wanted to
throw, but
MOORE BLOCKED HIM NICELY,
and he couldn't. He passed out to Jor-
dan, who made an overland throw and
Gagged it. Time, 9 minutes and % sec
onds. The half ended without further
scoring, the tally being points to 0
in favor of the Wellingtons.
Jordan was the player of the second
half. Bieberbach went against him.
Williams going to home Jordan won
the centre up and hit it to King. He
uncovered himself from Bieberbach and
ran up to the left of the Battery goal.
receiving the ball again from King.
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