Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
BASKETBALL MEN
WIN TOP HONORS
POLYTECHNIC TEAM LEADS
SOUTHERN SCHOOLS
FAST AGGREGATION is FORMED
AROUND NUCLEUS
Fair Outlook at Opening of Year Is
Improved Until Shop Lads Become
nvincibIe-Record of VIM
ming Series

The basketball squad of Polytechnic
High school during the season just
closed has made a remarkable record,
winning the Southern California cham
pionship. The Poly season opened
with Blair, Kallmyer and slaughter
from last years team as a nucleus
with which to make a winning team
The weak point in the team was at
the forward position, as Manning and
Slaughter were the guards and Kali
myer was the only available forward
BY chance Capt Blair happened to lind
Record, an eastern man who had been
pleying at center, but who soon de-
veloped into a fast forward, as was
shown by his seasons work.
With these five men the Washington
street team began hard practice for
the first game of the season, which
started November 20. Poly's first
league game was with Hollywood
High school, which was won by the
shop men by a score of 80 to 8. Holly
wood proved, notwithstanding the fact
that they lost, that they had cham
pionship material on their five.
The Whittier game was the hardest
of all in the interscholastic ranks, and
was in many ways a disappointment.
Whittier protested on the grounds that
the Poly court was not of regulation
size, but Poly showed it's class by
winning by a score of 36 to %. The
protest was not allowed
The finish of the city election was
easy. The semi-finals play, which was
with San Bernardino High school, was
not walk-over by any means. The
score see-sawed back and forth until
toward the finish, when Poly made a
hot rally
The finals for the Southern Califor-
mia championship were played with
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the game with "a rush and scored nine
points on the champs before they
could recover. The second half opened
with Poly scoring the first points, and
from that on they were never headed
and Won by a final score of Is to II.
This gave the Washington street
team the Southern California title. The
basketball captain sent a challenge to
the Oakland High school, champions
of the state, and as no reply was
forthcoming the championship is still
in dispute, but Poly claims it.
Blair captained throughout the sea-
SOP as no other player could, and was
always the mainstay of the team in
throwing baskets and team work. He
was the equal of any player in the in
terscholastic ranks
A. Record, left forward and center,
is q new man, but proved the record
find of the season. He is a close sec
ond to Blair in throwing baskets and
an all-around man in covering ground.
T. Kallmyer at center was a find in
this position and equal to any other
center in the high school ranks.
N. Manning at left guard was a
stumbling block to the opponents for
wards and a sure passer.
l.. Slaughter at right guard and
manager of the team was Manning's s
side partner and good running guard.
A. Nibecker, a substitute player, was
a new man, but a jewel. He played
a forward position throughout the sea-
son and certainly made good.
Blair, Manning, Nibecker and
Slaughter will be graduated this year,
leaving Record and Kallmyer as a
nucleus for next years team. With
the material from the second team
such as Jack Wells and Potter from
the Hollywood High school and a new
man from Salt Lake, the Washington
street aggregation should develop a
winning team again next fall.