The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-30
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W. P. E. Club Defeats 6 Team
 of Picked Players
The Baskey Ball Season Commences With n Lively Contest Where sugeriority Is shown By the the Winning Team

The nrst game of basket ball for thu season was played in the W. P. E. Gu, House Thanksgiving afternoon before d crowd that made Jp iu enthusiasm what lt might have lacked in technical knowi' edge of tnv sport.
 At thc end of the battle the scorc stocd q Co io in favor of the Club team.
 The contest was one between a tear gathered together by Lieutenant Raines and one picked from members of th, Club.
 The game was scheduled to begin ai o'clock. and Ions before that time th, gay holiday crowd slrgel into the buill Ing. soon uIiirg the stand at the north end of the hall
 There was vast amount of rootir2 done. and it didn't make much difference whether play was good or bad. the ap plause was forthcoming just the same The victory of the w F. F.. Club team was principally due Co the fact that scv eral members of the team had played together in a number of sam 's. and wcr therefore able Co work together Besides the railroad boys were tn better conii- ton from an athletic standpoint
 n. c. Barley was chosen Co umpire and s IT, West acted as time keeper
 The line-un was as follows; W P E. Club. Picked Team Weber. Gardner Forwards Forrest Luke Blanchard Q. Q. ..Ccnter............T Taylo' Garrison. Broemscr e 'ds Raines. Downlng
 Brbb. substitute" The first half was characterized by some very stif work Al the start. Tay Tor Blanchard Weber and Forrest bc- came mixed In scrimmagc which re- suited In a bruised forehead for Blanch. ard. who was dazed for moment. but piuckIly played on.
 When the scorc stood even Co s. For rest fouled Weber thus allowing Blanch' ard. of the Club team. Co get one ball and the first haif ended with score of to tn favor of the Club team.
 In this half. Gardner's work was clever and accurate in throwing the ball In thu basket.
 The work of the picked team also de- serves much cr,dit as with their lack oi practice. they held down the scorc ra- markahly we'll
 Lieut.. Raines became exhausted and Bebb was substituted at the beginning pt the second round
 In the second half the Club boys prac- ticauy had things their own way. mak ing nine baskets Co the one scored by th" picked team. 10 was said that Bebb was SO full Of turkey that he could not play up to his usual standard.
 For the Club team. the honors were carried on by Weber Gardner and Blanchard. while the guarding of Gar rison and Broemser was effective.
 Taylor at center and Luke and For rest. forwards for the picked team. show ed up well In their positions.
 Downing received whack on the nose In the first haif that made him see a lo, of fireworks
 Weber. as usual played hls fast and tricky game
 Umpire Barlcy's decisions were fair and impartial
 The game was simply m exhibition contest. and was not played In the direc- tion for the possession of the Kern cup. The first game for the cup will probabI be played some time next month. as teams are being organized by the hremen. EIks and Y. NJ c. A.. and now that the basket bah season Is fairly commenced some exciting contests are In anticipa' ton.