The Washington times., 1909-02-27
Washington Association Five
Will Play Two State
Champions.
BROOKLYN QUINT
HERE WEDNESDAY
Minneapolis Regiment Team Has
Cut Wide Swath Among
Clubs in West.

Playing two State champion teams in
three days, the Washington Y. NJ c.
A. basketball team viii have one Of
the busiest and hardest sessions OF the
season next week
There viii be a game with the Brook
lyn CN. " Y. NJ. Q. A. quint on We'd
nesday. and a contest with the team of
Company B, First Regiment Minnesota
National Guard, OF Afinneap polls, on Fri
day. Both games VIII be played in the
Washington association gymnasium.
The Brooklyn five is New York State
champion in the Athletic League or
North America, the National Y. 81. {.
A organization, and has been for two
years a. a. L. champion Of the Met
rOpolitan district, which includes great
or New York. and the northern counties
Of New Jersey The players are
husky bunch of veteren ball tossers
who have played together for four years
and are thoroughly familiar with all
the fine points Of the game as played
under A A. L. rules. They play A
very fast, clean game and have a repu-
tation in Greater New ok as dead
shots for the basket. Captain Salmon
and Tuthill are especially feared among
the teams in the Metropolitan district
for their accurate shooting. Behrens IS
rated the star defense player in the
entire Metropolitan section. The Brook
lynites have, this year. been playing
the strongest game they have put up
N five years and expect TO carry a
scalp from Washington Wednesday
night.
Has Classy Record.
The Minneapolis First Regiment team,
which win be in the inaugural parade.
has been champion OF Minnesota for
two years, and has won such a large
number of games this season that IL
already has the bIue-rfb0on honors
clinched for another year. II has beat
en- all the other military teams in the
State and has made clean sweep OF
the Y VI. c. A. teams of St. Paul.
Minneapolis, Duluth and other towns
| where the quints had championship
aspirations, and has won a majority
OF games from the college teams OF
/ the State, including the University OF
, Minnesota Like the BrOoklynites the
men from the Northwest have a repu-
( tation for speedy, clean play and are
= tOp-nOTch basket shooters. In their
| better advantage in Offense than on
I defense although both P5dgeOn and
/ Brown are firsJ-class goal defenders
I Captain GreAves at center, and Clark
4 anu OV<EAuS III TIC AtEndAG IDcALtOAASg
] VIII make things mighty interesting for
I Hubbard and Reyes and Fowler. Cap
/ tain GreaveS is rated the best center
( in the State Of Minnesota. and Clark
| and Deering are among the best for
! wards in the entire Northwest
/ The Minneapolis soldiers have lost
J only one game this year, and as theS
/ viii be the only team from any part Of
| the West TO play in Washington or any
| other Eastern city this season they are
| determined TO clean up the local Qliint-
How The yLine Up.
The lineup for the two games fol-
lows
| Brooklyn Washington
| Y. N. &. \ Positions. Y. NJ. c. =
W s SaImOn.---..L- Jones
| Captain. Captain.
A G. SalmOn.-..--R F......---- CroShdu
H. G. Behrens- Center Hubbard
! II. r. Behrens G--..-------.R Reyes
| Tuthiu G--.-..------ Fowler
Co. 3. Ist Reg. Washington
Mimi, y. c. Positions. Y NJ Q. 4.
! Deering. F...-JOnes (capJ)
/ Clark. F'-----.--.CUoSh-ill
Greaves Ccapt) Center. Hubbard
! pi6geOn- l. Ci-------------R Reyes
Brown .-.-----.-....-.R r. G-----------t oWlcr