The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-04
TEAM
BEATEN AGAIN
Father Mathew Team 0utpIays
the South Worcester Men and
Gains Its Second Straight Win
Over Its Rival
CAPT. N00NAN'S QUINTET
STRONGER AND FASTER

|
Capt. Sheehan'S Team in Every
Department of Play
c. Y. M. Lyceum basketball team
| took an overdose of ginger in Father
| Mathew Hall last night and after
playing a fast opening half, the Lyce-
UNI men wallowed on the canvas like
worn out horses and were outplayed
by Father Mathew team. Defeat was
administered to Capt. Sheehan's team
even more emphatically than last week
when the Father Mathews made run
away of the second half. Last night
the teams ended the first half on even
| terms, each having scored six points;
While Capt. Noonan's men were MAX
| ing an even dozen points in the clos
| ing half, the South Worcester quintet
got but two points, the final score be-
| ing IS to s.
Although the weather was fearfully
disagreeable, about 400 people attend
ed and there was enough in the WORK
| Of the team to keep the crowd on edge.
Referee IT. ]. Reilly of Webster had
a task that was too much for him and
although he undoubtedly intended to
be fair he was not competent, and I'M
til the Father Mathews began to show
up the Lyceums as a lot of feeble
young men, trouble for Mr.. Reilly was
in store. But the fact that the official
| was not an important factor in decid-
ing the merits of the teams made 1t
possible for Mr.. Reilly to escape with
only mild comments from the bleach
| critics.
In the first half, Referee Reilly call
ed fouls so often that the crowd got
nervous and every time there was the
slightest lull in the roofing, some fell
low was sure to shout foul in i'm
itation of Referee Reilly's tragic an
nouncement. This evidently muddled
the official for he saw minor offenses
and allowed grave ones to slip by with
out attaching penalties. The laxity of
the referee was not noticeable on
points of rough play to such a degree
as in other rules of the game.
In centres up, Referee Reilly had in
Vulnerable squabbles with the players.
Rourke, the Father Mathew back, had
lone foul called on him during the game
He probably was guilty of breach OF
rules on no less than 20 occasions for
every time he dribbled the ball he car
Tried it under his arm several feet. Once
he went through a group of players
near the centre of the hall and ran al
least five yards with the leather tucked
under his arm. Sheehan used unneces-
sary roughness repeatedly, but was
penaliZed only twice.
Father Mathew deserved to win
Cairns, the regular centre of Manager
Thompson's team, did not appear, ant
Batty Sullivan, a substitute, went il
for the Father Mathews, After the
Lyceums had obtained a lead of t
in the first half, the Fathel
Mathews, by splendid team play, tiet
the score. The passing of the Father
Mathews was so much more effective
than that of the Lyceums that at times
the South Worcester quintet appeared
like a pack of unseasoned amateurs
struggling against a combination OF
skill and Drawn that was invincible.
The speed of the South Worcester
team in the first half was more than its
limit, and in the second period, Father
Mathew simply peppered the Lyceum
basket and played Capt. Sheehan's
men off their feet. There wasn't gump-
ton enough left in the losing team at
the close, to explain how it happened.
Cullen and Capt Noonan figured in
some clever passing, and Sullivan was
exceptionally strong in offensive work.
On the defense, Father Mathew team
showed its real strength, and on nu-
merous occasions, the close covering of
Lyceum men saved goals. Father
Mathew men pounced upon Lyceum
men who had chances to get shot
at the basket with such speed as to
continually break up the attempts at
team play by the Lyceums.
Referee Reilly called a foul on
Rourke after centres up, for running
with the ball. Quinn scored on the
free try. OReilly got the ball In a
scrimmage in front of the Father
| !, 4
| the leather in. Quinn scored on Moo
mans foul and followed UP with an
other point from the foul line when
Sullivan was spotted for holding. With
the score 5 to ] against them, the Fa-
Their Mathew men began to hump, but
a foul was called on Cullen, from
| which Quinn threw. On two fouls by
Quinn, Cullen scored once from the foul
line. Cullen threw from the foul line
when Sheehan was detected holding
Cullen missed the try from Quinn s
foul. Sullivan wriggled away from
| Quinn and scored from the field on
| O'Reilly's foul, Cullen scored the point
that tied the score, the half ending
with each team credited with six
points.
In the opening minute of the second
half, the Lyceums played themselves
out. Keegan dribbled along the side
of the hall eleverly and scored from
the field. Rourke scored from the field
on a shot from the side of the hall
| and the score was tied. Cullen tossed
one in from a scrimmage. The ball
was kept In Lyceum territory the
greater part of the time and the resis-
lance of the South Worcester men
lost power in each minute of play.
Cullen threw from the foul line and
| then Sullivan batted one into the Ly
ceum basket from a toss up at the
| west end of the hall. In the remainder
| of the half, there was not enough Ly-
! ceum enthusiasm to be noticeable. Two
| field goals by Batty Sullivan, who was
| playing all around his opponent, ended
| the scoring. Score:
| FATHER MATHEWS
C. Y. NJ. LYCEUM
Cullen. l. f. r. b., Keegan
INoonan. 7. f. l. b., Sheehan
| Sullivan, c. c., Quinn
| Sweeney, l. b. r. f., OReilly
/ Rourke. r. b. /. f., Dorman
/ ScOre-Father Mathew IS, Lyceum s;
goals from field, Cullen, Sullivan A.
| Rourke. O'Reilly, Keegan; goals from
/ free tries, Cullen 6, Quinn 4; missed
free tries. Cullen 8. Quinn 2; fouls, Cul-
/ len, Noonan 2, Sullivan 2, Rourke,
Dorman. OReilly 2. Quinn 6, Sheehan
! 2 Referee, T. J. Reilly, Webster.
J Timers, NJ. ]. Toohil, ]. H Deadly.
Time. 20 minute halves. Attendance,
/ 400.
HARRY BOWLES GOES
TO NEW HAMPSHIRE