The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-26
GOOD BASKETBALL
 ENTHUSES LARGE CROWD AT ARM0RY

CROWD AT ARM0RY The usual Wednesday, evening dish. which is becoming more and more appetizing each week, was furnished three rattling good basketball games were run off. The piece-de-resist- ance was the contest between the Bridgeport state leaguers and the
 Stamford semi-profs. The. residents
 won out after grand struggle 26-
 Is. Two decent preiiminaries were
 also packed away, one of them set
 ting the championship of the City
 league In this game the Ramblers
 nn.e TSn iron iras aSso the St. }4sspRz, isde girls humiliated the Seaside young ladies in 7-1 fiasco.
 The Stamfords pulled into town
 last evening, bringing along. with
 them the ,,a a ts fair sized fell9Wisg 9y of so9s-
 They also took along with them g good reputation from their end of the county. having defeated the best. quintets eyer entering the state, This prestige brought out the biggest
 TOO taking in the fun. On numerous instances during the play. the invad- CTS showed flashes of the play which
 gave them the rep, but they were up
 against a superior proposition, as the
 locals are almost invincible upon
 first whistle was the fastest, with the
 residents taking the jump. At times
 the rebels jumped further and were extraordinarily dangerous. With the
 end of the first half. the score board
 ports were ahead, but by one basket.
 14-12.
 In the second period, Joe .Keating.
 who has been tipping off the Seaside
 girls on the finer points of the game,
 got into the fray for the first time
 this season with the Bridgeports. Joe
 had a bad habit of taking spills, but
 he never went down alone, nor was
 he on the bottom, The visitors play ed their best game at the start of
 the second half, By clever pasalng a tie and even succeeded into fore ing the Bridgeports into the rear. They, however, did not hold the upper hand for long, Joe Keating
 blocking duty. but now branched out as a basket shooter, After Al Bur dick had brought the residents into one point of the visitors by shoot ing 9 basket, Heating slipped over three nifty baskets This gave the d never in danger thereafter,
 The work of Miller for the Bridge ports in the first half had telling eff feet on the score, Burdick played his usual brilliant game. The score:
 Bridgeport. Stamford. O'Malley Halpin Miller, Langhammer. ,.... Hogan l.. F.
 smalhns c.'''.''''''' nay
 Heating. Snyder .... .cumminger Burdick ....,... ......,. Swenson
 Score, Blne Ribbons. 26: Stamford IS. Goals scored by Miller, 3; Small dick. ?; Halpin, 2; Hogan. l: Hay, 3; Cumminger, 2; Swenson, 1. Fouls Burlick, t2l. Referee Waters. Ramblers, IS; St, Josephs, 10. This contest was for the champion finishing first with seven wins and lt two defeats apiece. The two clubs had met formerly, with each taking a victory. Not the best of feeling existed between the two clubs, with
 the result that ,at times the playing
 smashed heads being the result How ever. the players we're quieted be- fore any real damage was accomplish ed. The boys may be excused for losing their heads for the importance of winning tho battle told on them all. Every man played his best
 game, luck being with neither side. 1t was the concensus of opinion after the game that the best team won The line up:
 Ramblers. St, JoSephs.
 Goodwin .....,...,'.'... Tnomas V. .t .s
 seso's '''.Li. L. E. ope
 h'shes c. ss Ash, Moran ...... .Leddy, Dunnigan R. G,
 Flood ...'..., .cc,.'.''' Hrellhan Score. Ramblers, 1a; St. Josephs, I10.
 Bridgeport Girls, i; Seaside Girls, 1. The little tete-e-tete between the two girls teams brought out the best game, in it's way, of the evening The girls are deVeloping the passing game with Remarkable accuracy, yet l at times they will forget they are in | a basketball game. 1t does seem that | they just have one thought, that to keep that ball away from their op- ponents, May Smith and Molly l Sherin of the winners played superb 1 ly, while Miss Heaney did the best
 work for the Seasides, The line up; Bridgeport Girls, Seaside Girls. | Miss NJ. Smith ,....,. Miss Heaney
 Miss Mceanh L. F. MISS '''e