The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-24
Catholic Young Mems LyCeum
Basketball Team Loses Its
Third Straight Game to the
Green Street Men
INJURY TO CAPT. SHEEHAN
FORCED HIS RETIREMENT
During the First Half the South
Worcester Men Had An Album
dance of Speed But in the Sec
ond Period Capt. Noonan'S
Quintet Flew Away

Father Mathew basketball team made
another attack on the South Worcester
! representatives in Massachusetts Cen
trail League in Father Mathew Hall
last night. Lyceum fell % to II, in a
game that was hard fought until the
closing ten minutes of play when the
men under Capt. Noonan swept the
Lyceums down like wobbly tenpins and
poked in the sphere at will
1t was the third straight victory of
the Father Mathews over the rival
quintet In the early stages. the Ly-
ceums appeared to be headed for the
winners stall, but after a few min
utes of bruising play in the second
half, some of the speeders baked, and
the ruggedness of several of the Father
Mathew bunch showed itself in It's most
powerful form
Lyceum had the best behaved team
that has been put on the floor this sea-
son by the South Worcester society.
The addition of Billy Halloran to the
IIyceums was a strengthened and
half Sheehan broke a small bone in his
nose but insisted on finishing the game.
With his face covered with blood,
Sheehan played in the desperate fash
ion so well known to basketball de-
voices, and at the end of the half his
opponents were spattered with GRIM
son.
In the second half, Sheehan came on
the floor and his approach drew APP
pIause. After a few minutes of
rough work. in which Sheehan never
fiinched, the nose of the Lyceum cap
tain wasacting as a fountainfrom which
gushed blood. Several delays were nee
essary but Sheehan kept at it until
weak from loss of blood. Then Jack
Callahan, a local youngster, replaced
him. Young Callahan had an attack
of stage fright and he was ineffective
in his efforts to take Sheehan's part in
the chain of team plays that the Ly-
ceurns had been showing with good re-
suits.
Capt. Noonan of the Lyceum never
had sitter opponent than Billy Hal
lOran, the former Marlboro leader, VINO
/ wore a Lyceum uniform for the first
time last night Until five minutes be
fore time was up in the second half
Noonan never got the sphere into the
netting. HallOran kept his man COW
cred so effectively that NOonan was
forced to figuer in the game only as an
occasional handler of the leather, until
the Lyceum team collapsed.
Kynoch and Cairns had a fierce tus-
centre outpointed Cairns, but the latter
had bulldog determination and he kept
plugging away until Kynoch wearied
in the closing minutes. Then, for the
first time, Cairns scored a goal from
the field
Cullen was a brilliant performer, his
five baskets from the floor represent
in some beautiful shooting. One OF
his goals, made on a shot from the
side of the hall, while dribbling to es-
cape contact with a Lyceum blocker
was a splendid piece of work. Another
sensational piece of scoring was per-
formed by Kynoch, who scored from
beneath the Father Mathew basket
with Cairns hanging over him.
Within IS seconds after the sphere
| was tossed uD, Father Mathew had
two points credited to it. KynOch bat
ted the ball in centres up and the
sphere went into ROurkes hands. The
little fellow made his usual run along
the side of the hall, but on this occa-
sion was actually a participant in a
creditable bit of work. From a point
/ beyond the centre of the hall he
! worked the ball to a position at the
side of the hall, from which he tossed
| the ball in. Keegan scored from the
! field, snatchng the ball in a scrim-
mage. After. Cullen had scored on a
free try, Kynoch scored from the field
and Lyceum went into the lead. Cullen
added a point on a throw from the fou
line. Kynoch made a long pass tc
/ Sheehan, and "Blocky" tossed in the
leather. Score: Lyceum 6, Father
Mathew T. A field goal by Cullen tied
the score. Sheehan bumped his nose on
ROurkes head and blood flowed
| Sheehan scored from the field and Cul-
len made another successful attack on
the basket. The half ended with the
| score 10 to in favor of Father Mathew
After Capt. Sheehan went out of the
game in the second half, the Lyceums
appeared to play in a half-hearted way
nd gopis we're s1Ot easily by the
Father Mathews. Summary
FATHER MATHEW
c. Y. NJ. LYCEUM
lCU!!an, ]. L =. b., Holmes
Noonan, T. Z. ]. b., Hallorar
Cairns, c. C., Kynoch
Rourke, l. b. +. f., Keegan
Sullivan, T. b. !. f, Sheehan callahan
score-Father Mathews %. Lyceum
Il; goals from field, Cullen 5, Noonan
Cairns ROurke, Sullivan, Keegan
Sheehan 2, Kynock 2; goals from free
tries. Cullen 4, Sheehan; missed free
tries. Sheehan 2. Callahan ,. Cullen 8;
fouls, Keegan ., Holmes, HallOran A.
Noonan. Cairns 8. Rourke. Referee
George D. Morse. Timers, NJ ]. Too
nil. George Dorman. Time. 20 minute
halves. Attendance, $50
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