The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-19
Bullock Shoe Co. 2l Dexter.


 pened Saturday at wetumpka? The Montgomery Girls Basket Ball Team was defeated by the Girls Basket Ball Team of the Fifth District Agricuitur- al School The score was. but really we ought not to tell it. We'll tell it directly. maybe
 But never mind, if the Montgomery girls were beaten, 1t wasn't their fault The umpire did it. The sporting edi- tor knows that the umpire did It be- cause the girls told him so, But get~ ting beat by the awful score of--weil, never mind but getting beat wasn't the worst of 1t. The way they were treated by the umpire or referee, or whatever the name Of the official Is that presides at one eg these games, was simply awful. The sporting edi- tor knows that they were treated just that way because they told him.
 ' They came right to The Advertiser office and told us all about It, as soon as they got off the train from Wetump- ka. They certainly were lot of pret- ty girls Any referee that would treat unfairly such pretty girls-well. we went say just here what we think about 1t. One little miss with dimples and flashing eyes said:
 And what do you thinkf He put me out of the game. For nothing, too. I only said he cheated, and he put me right out of the game. What do you think of that?p
 We Thaught 1t was Awful.
 He certainly was a hard-hearted man, if he put her out of the game. She would be an ornament to any game in the world And to Put ner out for merely saying the referee cheated--the very idea. But she apolo- gized later and the referee rsiented. However. our girls won't forgive him no sir, never, never,
 Then when our girls had a free throw for goals the crowd yelled out as loud as they could. They were SO rude. And besides the rules say that when side has free throw fer goal they were beaten by score of e2 to 3. There, the whole thing Is outl Bgt never mind. our girls returhed to town on Saturday night gay, despite the fact that they suffered sad de- feat while in Wetumpka." ThaFs what they said in the account they wrote Of the game which they nad ready for the printer. And we arc going to give that account n Iuil 9ust ae they wrote t Saturday night,
 aThe members of the Montgomery Girls Racket Ball Clup, returned to the city last nlsht at f:S0 All of the girls were gay, despite the fact that they suffered sad defeat while n play a different game from the We- tumpka girls, which difference MT. Tarr defined as a mems game and a ladies game, Our girls have a strong team, but as all the rules were entirely different they were defatdeeeeeeecmfd different they were defeated with a score of es to g., The WetuHpka girls put up e splendid game. which show Cd a good training and fine team play ing Before the game the Wetunpka referee read us their rules, and of course our girls we've afraid to tackle in the least, for fear of fouls; of which we are glad, we made only two. The girls were also at a dtsadvantage pe- cause of the failure of their referee ing is very low and also the baskets very much lower than ours While we were taking q free throw the We tumpkA people yelled, which IS posi- lively prohibited and which entities the goal thTower te another throw but since Mir. Tarr is the Wetumpka coach, he proceeded one or our pay CTS noticing 1t, called ms ateehttoR sS the fact He laughed and confessed that we were entitled to it. and we aot It. But the player very unwisely foId the audience that he cheated for which she was put out of the game. Afterwards, she proved herself a lNdY by apologizing.
 "During the rest our players asked for the other half to be played in our way but they refused. Then we ask ed for the last five minutes MT. Tarr consented, but the girls refused, since thev were afraid to fight and tackle, In the next half our left forward. Maud Howe scored two ana then the goal thrower, Sue Cochran, scored one on a free throw. but that was all to our
 After the game the Montgomery team challenged Wetumpka to play our way in Montgomery, but MT. Tarr refused.
 'The girls in Wetumpka were so and entertained us SO roy ally that we win Invite the team to visit us even though we don't play
 ''The members of the Athletic Club know what the girls had to contend with for they had the pleasure Of playing against MT, Tarr a week ago.
 But of course there are two sides to everything even to basket ball game, In which a charming young woman Is put out of the game because she ex. ercises a womap's prerogative and speaks her mind. Professor Tarr also has a side which came in over the tel