The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-08
FAST BASKET BALL
ANB CLOSE SCORE.
Crowds Visit Banner Game Of
the Season.
Y. NJ. c. A. DEFEATS L. D. S.
THE SCORE STOOD 10 TO Is IN
FAVOR OF CHRISTIANS.
Y. NJ. c. A. DEFEATS L. D. S.
Standing os Teams.

IN the gr at ~ game OF basket ball ever
played IN this city the Y. NJ c. A de-
leated ths L. d. s. in the remarkably
close score of Is to Il. after forty minutes
OF the fercest kind Of playing
the game was played at Social hall.
which was crowded to it's fullest capacity
Dy o'clock. when the doors were closed
and many people applied for admittance
atter that time and were turned away.
iue contest IS hooked upon as the decid-
ing game of the Salt Lake Basket Ball
league series. and-the winner now has
clear sailing for the city championship
ah,I the handsome silver cup offered as
an the local fans expected 20 see hard
anu clc%o contest and in this they were
nos no. olS3ppOintec as the two teams are
as closely matched as possible, and while
Ihe CHRISTIANS won out. five minutes be-
lore the call of tirle their chances for
victory were rather slim
Ihe l.. ID. 5. secured the first goal on a
Iemdrkable OLe-hGnded throw by Taylor
and In a few seconds Johnson tied the
score The l.. =. 5. secured two more
goals in the next ten minutes pIav to one
Ior the \. NJ. 9. A. and it looked as if
the L. d. S. would finish t.c first nan
Win me score in their favor. when Rip
Peto, Jrst a second before the call of time
LOT ehis half shot difficult goal from
the center o. the field plump into the
basket, ending the FIRST half with an even
score or 70 6. In the second half the
eolegians gradually forged 10 the front
pnttl they were four points in the lead
out by the hardest kind of playing Rip
pete threw three more baskets and landed
une game for his team. The features were
the spectacular work of Taylor. who shot
BOelS from almost Impossible positions.
ana me remarkable playing of Rippeto in
covering the entire floor space and fore
ing opportunities to m Ike the try for
goal. Smith Of the Y III. c. A was the
only guard on the floor to come out with
q clcan record. his forward Romney. be-
ing the only one not scoring.
baSSett or the l.. d s. deserves a
EraaL- amount of credit for holding Clark
1sOWi 10 one basket and scoring himself
ne latter player is one of the surest
DdShet tnroWers in the city. and until
l,lsl evening has never made less that
I'VE goafS In any contest this sea son.
tIppeto, johnson and Smith of the Y NJ
y a came out with a clean record on
IOuls, while Foster and Smith of the 1,
- y each had three called on them.
IreBca and Clark two each Bassett Tay-
TOT ana hOmney one each While there
was some kicking on the work of the Off
Sials II was generally conceded that their
1eclslons were fair to each team The
following - the summary of the game.
\. NJ. 9 Ala. Position I. d S-f5
johnson. -... Right Forward 49, Romuev
AlarlS---- Left Forward ........ Foster
ItlppetO. Center ....-..--- Tay-lor
lregsa. 1890. Right Back ........s Basset I
Smtth. -........ Left Back .......... Smlth
keteree, Sanders. umpires. BOde1l and
walker; time keeper. Tucker, goals from
Held. Taylor .. RippetO ,. johnson ?
Ozark. Foster and BaSsett: GOALS from
FOUL. Taylor missed 3. Johnson missed 4
Clark ;, Rippeto. Time of halves, twenty
minutes