The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
The Washburn Basketball Five
Beats William Jewell.
Fast Game Opens Season in the
Thomas Gymnasium.
SCORE WAS 22 TO Is.
Glenn Millice Stays One Half in
the Middle.
Carl Smiley Proves Star at Goal
Throwing.

The Washburn basketball five won
their first home game for the season
from William Jewell college at the
Thomas gymnasium last night. The
score was % to Is.
Both colleges perhaps are playing
better basketball than ever before and
the teams were more evenly matched
than the final score indicates. From
the first whistle the game was fast and
somewhat rough. Not more than
minute was taken out for time during
the entire contest and the battle be-
came one of endurance.
This same team of visitors edged out
the Blue over at Liberty, Mo-, last Fri
day night 10 to IL after the game had
closed in a tie. They had turned the
decision by sending in fresh men when
Washburn had none.
The tactics by which the Blue won
last night were not altogether dissim1
lar. The five sent onto the floor in the
first half were expected to run their
opponests down-and they did. "Blon-
die" Millice was sent in at his old place
at center for the first time this season.
He couldn't have thrown the ball
through a barn doorway in spite of
the fact that he once was the surest
man on the floor. But when the Wis.,
itors got through wrestling with him
during the first half, they were easy
money i'll the second. He negotiated
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four for disqualification and induced
his opponents to make as many. Crum-
bine, too short for highest efficiency at
forward but fast on his feet ran Mar
tin, the visitors crack guard, into sub
mission and the score at the end of the
first half was to 4.
Each team made two field goals and
three free throws. Crumbine scored
one from field after a tangle under the
basket and Janney came down from
guard position and clear of the mix
tossed another in for Washburn.
Crumbine scored the free throws.
For William Jewell. Guard Clark
romped down the field dribbling and
slipped one threw the basket and Cap
tain Rhodes reached one in after a
spell of fast team playing. johnson
got the three free throws.
The Winning second Half.
In the second half, CLANCY, the reg
ular center replaced Millice and Bish-
OPP relieved Crumbine while for the
visitors Boyer went in for Norman
and Babb for Clark. In this half the
Blue began to romp away and counted
10 points to the visitors 8. Field
length dribb1es formed a part of the
excitement Time and time again a
member of one team seeing his mates
covered ran the length of the field
only to have the ball jerked from him
before he could make his throw.
Smiley jumped into evidence by
tossing in five goals from the field. He
was under, around and threw his OPP
ponents and threw from seemingly i'm
possible positions. CLANCY added
two more For William Jewell, Mar
tin, Rhodes and Norman scored a
goal each from long chance throws un-
able to get close position. One free
throw was scored by the Blue and two
by the visitors.
William Jewell plays the Emporia
college tonight.
The lineup:
Crumbine, Bishop RE-. johnson
Millice, CLANCY. C Norman, Roger
Janney ....... .RG. ....... Rhodes
Bolton, SearIe ..LG ....... Martin