The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-01
BASKETBALL OPENS AT '. M. |. A. GYM Interesting Contests Are Ar ranged for the Winter RESULTS BY TELEGRAPH Half a Dozen Associations Will Com pete at Home and Results Will
 Be Wired After Each
 Event.
RESULTS BY TELEGRAPH
Y. M. C. A. Basketball.

The opening of the Young Mems Cnris- tian Association's November basket ball league witnessed three snappy games last night The men are rounding into con- dition and the sport promises to be faster
 than ever this season. Games will be played every Monday and Thursday
 nights during this month.
 The results of last nights games were:
 Chase, IL; Orr. :.
 Lackmond, 20; Fitch, O.
 Greenwood. 16; Garner, 8.
 Another interesting feature of the Y M. c. A athletic work which will be started this season will be the holding of telegraphic athletic meets. The idea
 is novel one and has aroused good deal of interest among the athletes here.
 Five meets will be held this fall and
 winter, one being held on the first Fri day of each month. The first one will be held next Friday, November S.
 The associations in a number of south-
 ern cities will participate in the meet, and instead of each association sending q team to some town for holding a gem l eral meet, each association will run off | the events in its own gymna sium. As l soon as completed the first three re-
 suits in each event will be telegraphed to
 the associations. A statement of the re- | suits will also be sent by each associa . | ton to Dr. Fisher international secre- | tary of the Athletic league, who will l award the prizes. banner will be given
 to the association making the greatest l number of points, and gold. silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the | men making the highest percentage. l The meets will begin simultaneously in l each city and the records made will be !, official. At present there are no indoor | records for the south and the holding oi | these meets will establish southern rec | ord. Galveston, Memphis, TeXarkana and
 Birmingham have already completed ar. | engagements for holding their meets It is l very probable that Columbus Ga, At l lanta, Montgomery and New Orleans will l also enter
 There will be five entries for each | event, but only three will be allowed to | run. Two of the five will be substitutes l who will not enter unless some of the l other three are prevented from partici. l pating A meet will be held by the To- | cal association next Tuesday night for l the purpose of selecting men to enter l the meet next Friday. The five best | men in each event will be chosen to en- 1 ter the contest
 1 The same event will not be pulled off 1 the second time, an entirely different pro- l gramme being outlined for each meet | The events will be run off as follows: l November: 60 yards, potato race run ming high jump. 12-pound shot put. three I standing broad jumps and one-fourth mile l potato race
 ! December: Running high kick. fence vault standing broad jump, 150 wards | potato race and pull up on horizontal 1 bar.
 January: Running high dive. standing | high dive, dip on parallel bars, running | broad jump and 100 rope skip for time ] February: Standing hon step and jump
 IS foot rope climb, double kick, three