The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-16


that, as a rule the team that is play
e-----~ Ing in its own
TD,c,. N home gymnasium
All is equipped with
! Gyms" an advantage At
the start OF the
game which. other things being equai'
lis estimated. according 10 me various
trick floor conditions at from hNe
points TO 10 or 20
There never was gymnasium Se'
where strange team had as soou 4
chance as one that had piaNea inert
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I told the writer a long time ago anu
1 local nails abound IN illustrations o1
the fact
! The beautiful y. NJ. c j. symna-
stun Is strange enough To MAKE ,ne
average newcomer feel simpi! lost. 10
a PLAYER who has been accustomed To
view the basket with background Oh
wood or other solid substance the
glass THAT backs up the hoop AZ the
y" looks like nothing Al all. ana
tendency TO shoot low l. always no
ticeable This impression Is tostereu
by the very inadequate lighting OF tue
ends OF the moor, where the basKets
are located. But the y moor Is
probably the best court III Mlchisah
at tha; The l. \. c. court has tilch
I'm a wall M one end. back OF when
there are 10 "out-of-bonds team
nlaying toward that end is always
wise TO take long shots and quick
passes. for the ball cannot be lost au'
tomatically TO the enemy, In case the
shot goes wrong.
The burroughs gym" has an even
triekier end than this, part OF II beihs
blind and part open. The homo team
invariably starts the opposition al
work toward the blind end in the hrst
half. Before the tricky condition is
really sensed. the half IS over ana
then the home team goes 10 Work
Systematically and runs up the score
using the advantage 10 the limit
on she few occasions when games
are PLAYED in the Light Guard armory
the waxed dancing floor offers han
dicap that is nearly fatal 10 team
that has not been prepared Tor tnal
very thing. And the same Is the case
with the floor al NJ A. c.. from when
returning teams bring stories OF IN
abinty 10 do anything but sprawl.
while the college boys were doing all
sorts OF fancy skating and the nali
was shooting through the basket Win
aggravating frequency.
Galleries. gymnasiums. apparatus
low rafters and similar impedlmehts
exist in various halls where the game
is played and form advantages which
the home team is always ready 10
grasp. OFTEN style OF play can be
fostered in a trick gymnasium, which
IS virtually unbeatable. even when OF
posed by a team OF far superior merit
But the trickiest OF all the state
gvmnasiums is the one at Adrian col
iese. where there is no out-of-bounds,
the playing floor being entirely sur
rounded with wire netting. The
light is all from above and the spec
tators are grouped in the gallery.
From back OF the wire through the
gloom. the stuffed birds and beasts OF
the college museum glover al the Wis
iting athletes whose emotions are al
ways greatly confused for the hrst
few minutes Of play. II not for a long
or period.
In an imposing special number OF
the highly-esteemed Western Horse
men. which has just reached us. that
organ advises trainers 10 use alcohol.
strychnine and nitro-glycerine on their
tired charges. rather than the juice
OF the kola nut heroin strophanthus.
digitals or cocaine, which are only
suitable for thoroughbreds And still
We wonder a; equine crime
Old friends OF Horace Fogel. the
Philadelphia magnate, fail To recall
any prior attacks OF the govt which
kept him from settling with Billy MUIR
ray i'm New York the other day. Doubt
less Horace recently started eating
three squares per day:
Mcrningstar is a nice hopeful name.
and its possessOr needs IT'S inspira-
ton. one might imagine. Can't they
fix il for him to beat that boy Hoppe
once in while. just to make il inter
esting IN SOME other town.
Umpire KERN protests against the
use oil footballs in the Tiger training
practice He says Jennings men are
peruiciously accomplished kickers
now.