Evening journal., 1911-12-04
HIGH SHOOTS
MANY GOALS
WiCkerSham Helps Smother
COIIinGswOOd Boys in First
Cage Game
BACK TO GAME
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY

Wilmington High School started
their cage season in an auspicious
manner on Saturday afternoon by
ssrimming the ambitious wings of the
eCollingswood High School five to the
melody of 32-S. From the moment
Referee Spoer called the boys TO ac-
.iion until the final whistle for timo
was blown the handwriting on the
wall spelled Wilmington.
The locals started on with a rush
and before two minutes had passed
Wickersham Gagged the home teams
first tally. This goal was an incen-
tive for immediate action and started
a bombardment of field goals under
which the opposing five retroated'
.Mickcrsham. Coke. Jones and Rim
finger divided the scoring honors in
ihe first session and when the initial
half was concluded High boasted OF
n hard earned points while Ceilings
wood displayed but ?. Long and ac-
curato passes by the entire team IN
this pcriod put the visitors TO flight
and Wicky's timely shooting assured
victory TO the cherry and white. Mat
IIiMr play Au lAii AAnRh AANaAA ~ -
standstill i'm this period and prevent
ed him from scoring in the entire
twenty minutes CoXe's floor work and
rapid ERE shooting while covered, to-
'Eother with Jones lightning-liko pass
Ding. brought forth round after round
of applause from the enthusiastic
spectators.
In the final fifteen minutes the Jer-
scymon seemed to awaken. On Sow
eral occasions they passed around
Speers proteges but this was soon
broken up Wickersham pulled the
bali out of the air and after dribbling
Through his opponents entire lineup
tossed one Of the prettiest goals of
the day Ilorty was given "a chance
lat forward i'm Jones place and made
Ia favorable impression. Mccall re-
llievcd Matthews of sentinel duty and
guarded his man IA great style. Hay
ney in this half Gagged two neat goals
for the visitors and his splendid play
ing OF the floor prevented High from
running up a higher score. Out OF
three attempts he secured two clean
iallies from the foul line. Penning-
ton and Nonncl We're sent I'm to stop
Wilmington's onward strides but they
soon found il "a hopeless task. Both
teams PLAYED "A clean game and but
few fouls were called. The conquerors
will have as their opponents next
Wednesday afternoon the Newark
High Schools aggregation of basket
tossers The lineup:
Nv. II. s. Collingswood
CoXo ... Forward. . Hayncy
tJonos .... Forward. ...... Flynn
Borty
wickcrsham Centre. =. Schooling
Rcmlmger .... Guard. ......... Mace
Pennington.
Matthews 5000. Guard. ....... Nennell
Mccall.
Field goals-Hayner ., Ncnnell 1.
7Wickersham 6. Coke 3. Jones 3, Rem
tlinger 3. -Four goals-Hayney 2 Coke,
JRomlngcr Referee, Spcer Timers,
Eckman and Clevinger. Scccer, Daley.
Side Line Gossip.
Ono game on the right side of the
won and lost column.
Wickcrsham had a tail proposition
tto contend with. Six feet three
inches we measured and then the
yard stick broke.
ColingswOod & center did not have
~ very good schooling In basketball.
Lanky Bob's numerous field goals
wcrc conspicuous by their absence
Some one remarked that the Wis
itors had plenty of sand. They ought
for they came from a sandy state.
Wantcd-By John d.. "A shoe A
tennis one and not a horse shoe
please.
The Cubs method of vanQuishinl
The enemy was Tinker TO Evers. to
Chance. Wilmington's plan on Sat.
urday WAS Jones TO Coke TO Wicker
sham
The Jersey mOsQuitors crossed IN,
Delaware 10 bite the ambitions de-
sres OF the local quintet. hut in.
stead they "bt the dust"
Wickersham went hunting for field
goals and shot six.
Coke, Jones and Wickersham kept
caging goals TO the delight Of tho
spectators who amused themselves by
singing that heart rendering ballad
entitled. you'll DO the Same Thing
Over"
Mccall. Horiy and Poly Matthews
have the earmarks Of future greats
aud should rapidly develop under
DIT. Speer's instructions.
Norman Jones displayed some of
the form that made him so valuable
last season aud his work gave indi
cations of a most successful career
for the coming session.
The next game will be the Newark
High School at the West End Read
ing Room on Wednesday. December
6. and play viii be called at 3.i5
O'Clock