Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-08
OMAHA RICH EASY VICTORS
South Omaha Shows Lack Of Practice
and Team Work.
PLAY Is DECIDEDLY ROUGH
Captain BurdIek Of Omaha f. Injured
Early in Contest, but PIuekily
Returns and Plays the
Game Out.

omaha Hish school. 81; South Omaha
High school. O.
Omaha High school alumni. .; South
Omaha High school alumni, -.
In a game of basket ball that was both
fast and closely fought. yet a waIk-away
for the local quintet. the packers were
packed up tight by the purple and white
stars and sent back home after one Of the
greatest defeats the South omahans ever
sustained. The game was played at the
Young MEMS Christian association symna-
stun Saturday evening and was the second
OF the home series Of basket ball contests
being played by the lads OF the old school
on the hill.
To partly make up for their overwhelm-
ing defeat in the big game of the day the
South Omaha bunch took first place in the
alumni match, winning by a safe margin
through their superior basket tossing and
team work.
Exceedingly rough play on the part of
the visitors, frequently laughable situations
in the game. due to the strenuous style of
play. and a p~reponderance OF cool-headed
skill and organization on the part Of the
locals. characterized the main game. The
Packers did not have even a ghost OF a
chance to win at any point during the
forty minutes of play. being outplayed CON-
pletely in every phase Of the contest.
One or two South Omaha players were
called for class b fouls, but no one was
disqualified.
Burdick shows Pluck.
Starting with a fast. snappy play that
showed good form and careful training and
practice. the 1908 champs kept up the pace
throughout the match. Within two minutes
of the first whistle Captain Burdick was
floored with an injury to his weak knee
but after leaving the gymnasium for .
minute he returned to be greeted with ap-
plause and cheers and soon scored the
first points of the game. He played the
rest of the match with a poor leg, but
nevertheless did not fail to put up hill
usual brand Of stellar work.
Forward Carrier made more field goal
than any other player and had things goinl
his own way most of the time. Will
Neavles under the South Omaha goal t.
recover the spherical pigskin whenever I
got into the wrong company, and Carrie
or BurdIck under the Omaha basket t
bag 1t each time an opportunity was OF
fered. the two points on every field goa
kept pilIng up till the Packers lost hear
completely.
Guard Eagl. playing the running position
also did more than his share OF basket
tossing, and yet managed 10 watch his maj
closely. His tactics bewildered the Magi
City lads so much that he was often lef
alone right under the basket while his op
ponent was patiently waiting for the bal
to come to him.
With a reach that can hardly be equale,
orn1p. 1hfCh urhonI nlayara and an aO1nr
acy for caging the ball. Mcwhinney, a
center for Omaha. not only held his own a
the toss-up. but also was not lacking witt
the goals.
Good Team work counts.
Teamwork Of exceptional swiftness an
deft certainty more than once left tn
South Omahans watching with open mouth
while Omaha scored. Twice a triple pla;
, carried the ball from South maha's I
Omaha's goal without interruption, an
placed it in the basket on the first try.
Poor judgment was SHOWN several time
by leaving Burdick, Omaha's star OF thre
seasons. unguarded under his goal. III
weak knee prevented him from movin
about much. and yet he was left alone. i
the only position where he was sure q
scoring. while his guard wildly chased tn
ball In another quarter Of the field.
Only once did the opponents OF IN
champs rally to a decided stand of stead
playing. and that was when a rough an
tumble for possession Of the ball left every
one In a more or less muddled-up conditiot
and the ball happened to get into the hand
of an unguarded South Omahan. This b
Of spice only served to liven up the loser.
but it did the same to the locals. 50 thing
remained as they had been.
Among the visiting players. Shield
showed up well as running guard, an
Dickman starred as goal-thrower, il tw
} goals can be considered star work. strykeI
except for unusual rOughness, played
good game and showed skill with his IRE
|, throws. The whole team lacked unit
against the local five. whose speed an
practice were just too much for their or
ponents.
Lineup and score:
c.- OMAHA I'll, SOUTH OMAHA
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