Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-13
World OF SPORT.

meet their old rivals on ti1eif owl ber'i
xsny from this elty are eonteHpiai
sag nsking The tip. There vii be
setarn game playt'd in this city ~ III
early part Of February.
a. /. NsFfELIs ..
The basket bail team Of the Hooi
aad Ladder company Of The Putnam
FiFe Department are claiming th'
cham r,lonsbip Of the department. NJ
enc may dispute their tiiie-set-6Bl
tnev will BE- called upon 70 defend tias
ute 10 the near future and will bafs
10 night all the way 10 maintain Iheii
position. There promises 10 te se'ftse
good sport among the various teams
and the first game Tuesday night was
on,y starter OF what promises % be
IN interesting season. As It was the
fsfst game and the Hooks won Il, they
are eertsiniy The cham pioas. BIT,
walt and see what develops. Next
Tuesday night Hos and : Will meet
IA the hoard court and the yietofs, II u
safe 90 assume. will Immediately be
after the Hooks for the Title. And the
Mansfieids are not eoneeding the title
Indefinitely by any means. They
~ant another chance al tine Hooks and
~ they will have 70 meet al eomefs O.
forfeit the little IL is safe to say they
will get chance. 20 Il l. easily seen
that there will be something doing be
fore The SEASON CLOSES.
But % return % the game. There
1ese living tackles, aud mass plays
galore. Hammefioeh, half Nelson's
and even toe holds were mol barred
ard hence much Of the f5siB that had
been sprinkled over the fioaf was soon
sticking 20 The cosiurars 81 The players
nffefding the tackles 50 much The let.
Ter gfIp. And speaking Of costumes
There was varied assortment, white
seeks. red socks. and SOME safisaied
hosiery that viii doubtless sci the
style for the summer OF 1911 There
were some fancy shots that made the
snsnager Of the Putnam team take cut
ais note book and jot them down for
future use. For instance. Myers shot
one through the space between The
roof bsace and the wall and II landed
an the net. Byrne shot cut the electric
light 81 center and attempted 10 get
a. 80 bal Ia a b.
tut the referee stopped play to gather
ap the pieces Joe Loiheilc wanted To
u sure be was credited with basket
and did not care how he got it, - when
opportunity offered be shot II into the
basket Of the opponents. Harry Morse
Thought Il good trick aud turned il IN
The last Icfiod thus evening up mat
ters as far rs the score was concerned.
The game started with n rush and
tof q few minutes IL looked ~ u neither
sisie would score. The period was half
Uses when SOME one fed the ball to
Ascitonsid and he tossed IL In. Byrne
~vensd up and again Macdonald shot
1t la giving the Hooks The lead, but
sast s~tore the bell rang Morse Gagged IL
and the scofe " ~ tied
Ia the second period l.oisellc was
she first To cage Il but as he put IT In
ais opponents basket IL counted for
them. Morse made the only other
basket In The period and when The bell
rang Mansfield we're TWO points TO the
good
La the third period the Hooks gained
= point getting three baskets 10 oppo-
nents' two. The spectators anxioasly
nv aised the final period feeling that IL
would be a hard fought finish.
The ball had bnt just been put into
play when Ryrne shot out sight aud
time Was called Al The tap on Morse
put IL Into the Hoses basket lleing
The ssore. The lasi I've baskets were
snade hs Macdonald although uagne
had eone In and worried the fleoks
PRIMER shooter every minute. aud II
Was anly by some fast work and good
shooting that he pulled his seani 10
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