The age-herald., 1901-02-23
EASY VICTORY FOR BIRMINGHAM BOYS Opening Game of Interstate
 Basketball Series NASHVILLE TEAM DEFEATED Score Was 15 to 2-The Tennesseans Could Not Follow Pace Set By the Locals-A Substitute
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TEAM DEFEATED

terstate series for this season was played at the Athletic Club last night by teams representing the Athletic Clubs of Bfrm- ingham and Nashville, and resulted in victory for the Birmingham boys by the lop-sided score of 15 to ?. The Tennessee boys started off brilliantly and scored the first point on a throw from foul, but after five minutes play they seemed to weaken and from that time on the local team had a walkover.
 Occasionally the visitors would brace LID but they did not seem to be able to go the pace set by the home team. The one-sded score Is partially explained by the fact that Nashville had to play one man, Coles, who was not on the regular team. He took the place of a player who is said to be engaged to play with the Nashville team at a salary, and is there fore considered professional The agree ment between the clubs Is that only members of the clubs shall play on the respective teams, and that so-called TO- fessionals shall be in the game. Professor Miles of the Athletic Club wired the Nashville management Thursday not to bring this particular man, saying that he could not play and that the game would be declared off if they persisted in play ing him. Notwithstanding this telegram the man came with the visitors and at o'clock yesterday evening the game was declared off. Later, however Nashville ln1 play left forward.
 It is hardly probable however that the score would have been materially changed had the so-called professional played in the game. The local team put up the best game ever seen in the home court, every member being strictly in the game at all times. The Nashville team played good game, but when they got a chance to throw at the goal they were unable to land the ball in the basket. They did not make a field goal and only two from cent defensive work of Warren and Mc- foul out of seven chances. The magriifi- cent defensive work of Warren and Mc- Call were features of the game and a number of times when 1t appeared to be
 
 vile from scoring one or the other would rush In and either take the ball from his adversary or prevent its being thrown. Dean and FergNGon the forwards for the local team, each made two field goals on beautiful passes, or by artfuly lodging their guards. Huey made a e-handed throw from the center of the court one of the prettiest plays of the game. War ren made the other goal from the field by slipping the ball from three or four of the Nashville boys and as many of the Birmingham boys. who were fighting for it, and then throwing perfectly
 Nashville made several beautiful pass es from the Birmingham goal to their own, but they were unable to count. Their individual playing and their team work on the whole was good, but on one or two occasions they seemed to have an attack of the 'rattles." On their own court and. with a sympathetic audience they will give a better account of them- selves than they did last night.
 The lineup of the teams was as fol- lows:
 
 Huey. center ....... Meadors Ferguson, C.. right forward .... Sawrie Dean. left forward ........ Coles Warren. right guard Phillips, c. Mccall. ............left guard ...... Eubank
 Umpires- Simmons and Davis of Van derbilt University
 Referee-C. L. Baton of Birmingham. The scores were made by the following players:
 mingham-Ferguson points, Dean 4 Huey ?, Warren 5, one goal from the field and three from foul. Nashville-Sawrie 2 points, both from foul.
 Seven fouls were called on Birmingham and five on Nashville.
 The Nashville team was accompanied to Birmingham by several friends from that city. These, with the dozen or more Nashville and Tennessee people in the city, rooted" hard for their favorftes to win, but the latter could not make good"
 The visitors returned to Nashville on the Louisville and Nashville train that left here at 1925 o'clock last night.