Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-17

makes the TRY 1Or basket. Inc
guard Immediately falls back to his
opposing forward in case the play
should be intercepted and the sphere
find it's way into dangerous territory
Then in covering positions about the
goal the center as in the play on tho
other side Of the floor, takes up his
position directly In front of the goal
while the left forward having crossed
over when his fellow-player took HE
position, is on the right side Of the
goal The right forward stands fast
after the toss for a basket and as a
result all points Of vantage are occu
pied. OF course, as l have pointed
out previously. it is only necessary to
, cover these positions in front of your
goal when the man, upon whom the
scoring effort devolves, fails to throw
! the basket. II he succeeds the play
ing starts again with the tossing up OF
the ball by the referee between the
opposing centers.
l have told you that guard plays at
best are dangerous parts of teams
! repertoire and some basket ball cap
tains, even those who are best versed
in the game, use the formations only
when their point totals are far ahead
Of those Of opponents. Then their de-
sire to give the guards chance to
cavort in the spotlight prompts tho
use Of these plays. In other cases
team may have a particularly brilliant
guard so well trained in this sort Of
play that he seldom fails to score
when given the opportunity. OF
course. that being the case, 1t would
be folly not to give the guard the ball
for tries at goals occasionally.
And right here l would like to speak
of 4 basket ball point which have
reason to believe Is responsible for
25 per cont. Of the success Of the best
teams. That IL good-fellowship be-
tween members Of teams. Players
should not concern themselves about
the honors which are divided either in
a winning or losing contest. There
should be no post-mortems over the
relative scoring abilities of players.
xOllO"1AR Tic 6oA1Os k1Au "OAAOCAo VI
teams who have at heart the best in
terests of the club or school which
they represent will not count bas-
| kets."
As long as your team scores the
goals why should you, as an ind1vid-
ual care just how many points you
secured? In other words don't lend
| a thought during game to which one
of your team gets the goals. The work
| is done for a common cause and the
guard who is up to scratch with &C
| curate passes and defending his own
team against the scoring efforts of OPP.
ponents is entitled to as much, If not
more credit than the basket-throwing
forward with long string of goals to
his credit. The same with the center
who starts the good work going by
out.jumping his opponent. The plau'
dts Of an admiring gallery Of support
ers is music to the athletes ear, but
team work should never be sacrificed
for grandstand play. II play to the gal
lery could be cut out by many players
| dozens Of final results would be re-
versed.
Always, rather than take along and
hazardous shot at goal yourself. pass
the sphere to the player who 10 near
cit the goal and uncovered. You per
haps might score, but the odds against
you are long and II you miss the play
or who had the opportunity to make
an easier basket Is the victim Of an
Injustice a. we'll a. all the member
Of the team.