Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-16
PLAYED BASKET Ball
The Fast Team From RiVerdale Met
Alma High At The College
Gymnasium

Last Thursday evening the River
dale Athletic clubs basket ball team
journey over To the Alma college
gym and went down to defeat at the
hand, OF the fast high school team
OF that town That the team lost
was nothing to their dscredit. for
everything was against them. In the
first place there was lack OF practice.
for the club has been organized for
only short time and the players
are all business men who have other
affairs to attend to besides basket
bali. Then. too. the long ride from
Riverdale to Alma in the cold was
no aid To the men. And lastly. the
Alma highs were no slow bunch.
Hence
From the start the expedition was
doomed to disaster and disappoint-
meut. w. +. Swope and II. A. Lyon
and wives started for Alma early in
the evening in a buggy When about
two miles ont OF town, one OF the
aNles of their carriage broke. with
the result that the party had to hurry
back to Riverdale in order To catch
the evening train east. Mr. SWopc
and Mr.. Lyon took the train and
ioined the team here. but their wives
remained behind.
IL was nine o'clock before the
Rivcrdale team arrived at the gym.
The Highs had been there for some
time waiting and practicing SO that
they were in fine icttle, while the
shift in Riverdalc's team was for the
weary. But such is life in basket
.Aiter the preliminary arrangements
the ball was tossed up between Hood
Of Alma. and Clark OF Riverdale. the
opposing centers In three passes i'll
almost a. many seconds the ball slid
through the basket for Almas first
points. Nina missed a try for bas-
ket ON a foul. Kress, OF Alma, made
several baskets. and after few mo-
ments Hall made Riverdale's first
point. Score. Riverdale l.
On neat pass. Hall to Lyon,
LYON almost scored Kress scored
some more and Wood tossed few.
Then bv series OF lucky bounds
the ball came within reach OF Swope
near the basket. and he gently tossed
Rivc~dalcs first basket from held.
Score. Riverdalc 3.
few minutes later. Riverdale
threw another basket. but il hap
nencd lust after the whistle had
blown for foul and consequently
did not count. Rivcrdale missed
try for basket ON foul Swope made
Rivcrdalcs fourth point shortly after
Score. Rivcrdalc I.
The first hall was now nearly and
up Rivcrdalc began to be more ag-
grce@;yc The ball was kept in
Alma's territory large part OF the
time during the last few seconds IN
the half but the athletes failed to
score. Kress tossing the last basket
After teu-minutc intermisSion
both team, went AT il again with
somewhat changed linc-ups The
hotter a the last bali was more IN
where the ball was at the right time
was considerable see-sawing back
and forth. during which Alma scored
once or twice. Then Clark secured
the sphere and by quick neat toss
added two more points to Riverdale :
total Score. Riverdale 6.
This ended the scoring as Tar as
the athletes were concerned. Inc
game although resided, was never
theless fast and exciting. both teams
putting up a great deal OF good ma
turcd ginger into their work. Inc
Riverdale men especially played an
aggressive game. but on account OF
the superior team work of their OPP
ponents were not able to work up
any combinations that resulted III
ANYTHING. Any good work that was
done was individual work. and OF
This there was considerable.
Harry Hall and w. t. Swope,,
playing at the forward points. played
fasfsand furjouss Hall Especially wE
aurres size and in the game Yeveb,
minute. and seemed almost tsreless'
write ". n Swope. though. perhaps
not so aggressive as Mr.. Hall, kept
his head as much as was possible
amid the turmoil, playing steady