The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
Amid Thick Chunks of Gloom
EarIham Laid to Rest
Championship Hopes.
ANOTHER SYSTEM FAILS
QUAkERS TRY OUT A NEW STYLE
OF PLAY BUT ROSE POLY
sMoTHERs THEM UNDER BY A
SCORE OF 81 TO 81.

accompanied Dy the SOUNDS OF SUD-
dued music, the sobbing of Quaker
friends. the ruthless ieers of the
Knockers the secondary champion
ship of Indiana for the basketball sea-
son was laid to rest at the Coliseum
last evening. Five stalwart sons of
Rose, aided by sub, served as pail
bearers. Gently as possible, but with
steady hands and unerring eyes
"Champions-10O9' were consigned to
their last resting place. Thoughtful
acquaintance had prepared the tomb
stone in advance and when the veil
was removed the figures 57-37 were
displayed. The world will little note,
nor long remember what those num-
erals signify, but when Earlham col
lege students visit the graveyard to
open the fount Of tears, he will know
they mean the score of last evenings
basketball game.
EarIham Showed Under.
Rose Polytechnic's team simply
showed Earlham under. Some coed
q
In the air. But the Polys say that
couldn't have been the case and laugh
at the memory of the leaden soled
shoes worn by cream and yellow
players. Earlham 'profs.' say the
newspapers must not criticize the Qua
ker teams. Well, that's all right-no
exception is taken. Why need to criti-
CHE? Bowling under the weight of over
confidence, depressed by the burden OF
chagrin and gloom, the Quaker team
feels badly enough, so the press need
but to chant the story and leave Earl
ham coaches to give more chapel talks
via telling how it all came about.
Used Another System.
The game of week before was to be
a test of the high and low pass styles
Of playing. Earlham used the low and
Wabash the high. o, what slaughter
of the innocents. Last night, it was
to be different. Earlham was to ''cov-
err up" to use the high, low or any
other kind of pass, just so the ball
went true. But it didn't work. 1t
was no bed of Roses on which the
Earlhamites lay down. 1t was rather
a pillow of thorns. The Quakers
played hard and rough, but they
couldn't win.
The game was. easy for Rose from
the start. The team did bit of bun
glesome work and boneheaded play
ing, but enough to overcome the lead.
The forwards covered the floor too
rapidly for the guards and when OPP
portunity came for shot at the bas-
ket 1t was taken and too often to the
Quakers' discontinue. The team
work was beautiful at times and these
frequent sparks kept the partial au-
dience in a spirit of excitement. The
playing was such as to maket he spec
tators feel glad that they had seen it..
Pardon Us, But
Earlham worked hard Nothing can
be said about that. but the trouble
was, they couldn't handle the ball
We ask pardon, Mr.. Holmes for saying
that the Quakers spent too much time
in trying to be rough. instead of fol-
lowing the ball and throwing for goal.
With man the size and weight of
| could complain after defeat of being
too light. Pardon us again. Prof.
Holmes, for daring to criticize, but
| there's the trouble with the Earlham
team. The players are too heavy on
| their feet. Too much glue sticks to the
soles Of the shoes and not enough to
the fingers. Again, Mr.. Holmes, we
| would not dare to presume to know
anything about the game of basket
ball las Earlham plays it,, but why
all this crowding and showing with the
body on the part of the Quakers? Why
not keep free and handle the ball :
This is not knocking-merely a COM
| ment. If you don't believe it look at
the score board. count the number of
| fouls and explain it in chapel.
When Earlham settles down. to play
basketball. it plays it as we'll as any
team that has been seen here, but
these periods are far too seldom.
Lineup and summary:
| Rose Poly Earlham