The Detroit times., 1910-01-22
OLD JOINTS CREAK
As D. A. c. VETS
GET BUSY
But Grandfathers Of Local Basket
ball Timber Up and Trim
Franklins BY An I'm
righteous Score.
Antediluvians Still Have a Field
Goal or Two Concealed About Their
WORKOUT Constitutions.
BY PAUL HALE sRUsKE.


They would make fun OF the OLD
scouts would they? Well, o. TO ~,
Take that for a slap on the wrist anu
ray a little respect 10 age hereafter.
Such is the only construction 10 De
p;aced on the result OF last night :
basketball game between the old
guard OF the Detroit Athletic club anu
the youthful Franklin team which re-
Gently defied the stars OF former DAYS
&c come out OF their retirement and
admit themselves has-beens And, II
anyone else maintains the idea tina;
the perennial state champs haven I
a little go-fast lurking in their sys-
TENS. let 'em come TO the front and
make a rash statement or two. $50
therel
They're Business Men Now.
The personal habits OF the ID. A. &.
old guard have changed lot since the
days when they played for and usually
won the state championship and were
rated nationally as one OF the fastest
aggregations in the A. A. U. In those
days they held regular practice. were
always In the pink OF condition and
had a style Of play that was distinc-
lively their own. Since then the mem
bers OF the team have naturally drift
Ell into business pursuits. Jake
Mayer. the coach and star, now bosses
big cigar factory OF his own. Alex
and Roy McDiarmid are candy manu-
facturers. Lidington is a department
head for the Edison Co. Shinnick IS
an once manager for a motor car ac-
cessory house. Basketball has been
far from their thoughts. Their joints
have become rusty and they have
waxed fat and wheeZy. But they got
stirred when gang OF kids defed
them and they turned out 10 one prac-
tIce before the game.
The crowd that attended came to
chide the vets. But they remained
10 marvel The old boys took one half
% timber up their running gear ana
then they cut loose. With a squeak
OF antiuuated cartilage Mazer would
grab the sphere under the enemy s
basket and dribble down the floor,
shaking or Franklins like snow fakes.
Down under his own basket he would
pass TO one OF the McDiarmids who
would shoot to the bald-headed Shin
nick. The last mentioned antediluv'
Ian would creak around into position
and slip the ball through the baskef
Lidington would tear into a Frank
lin formation, take away the ball.
hand 1t to Mazer and step on at least
three sets of hostile toes before his
wind gave ont and he stood back TO
watch his teammates combination
play under the basket
In the second half the shots fairly
rained into the ID. A. c. hoop. The
Franklins we're game but out-general-
ed by the old gentlemen. II was q
triumphant victory of mind over mat
ter.
Mazer IN Poor Form.
Mazef was. of course. comparatively
punk al the foul line. He missed
four of his nineteen shots in shock
ing style. Fifteen OF them managed
to wedge their way Though the hoop,
however. most OF them failing to
touch any part Of the rim
The grandfathers of basketball in
Detroit still refuse TO take them
selves seriously and insist that no
body Is going 10 jolly them into a diff
ferent view OF the case They are
Just playing for fun. They have an
other game with the Franklins and
will doubtless schedule few com
bats with other teams. including the
Spaldings. Ypsilanti Normal Adrian
College and others. II they happen
20 and their joints well-oiled and their
envelopes somewhat reduced along
about Feb. 2S--but what's the use?
They're only kidding at the game they
used TO play so well--to hear them
tell about It.
In the preliminaries the Deltas
managed TO hand a defeat to the
Windsor Fusiliers who have been lick.
ing scrub teams in Detroit with great
regularity OF late. The first half was
close. After that. Jack Miller went
crazy and copied about nine The
final score was 33 To Is or something
like that