The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-21
ID. 81 BASKETBALL
TEAM Wins GAME
FASTEST GAME OF BASKETBALL
EVER PLAYED IN FARGO WAS
WON FROM HAMILTON FIVE
LAST NIGHT BY THE D. q. c.
QUINTET AZ to 20.

A whirlwind swept down the Fargo
COLLEGE gym last night when the Da-
kota Business college basketball team
defeated the Hamilton quintet Of Two
Rivers, Wis. in the fastest game of
basketball that has ever been seen in
Fargo by a score of Al to 20.
No greater game of basketball has
ever been witnessed in the key city
than the one that was played be-
tween these two teams last night The
game was speed speed speed and
rough playing even dirty playing, was
witnessed as a sacrifice for speed. The
game was one great burst Of speed
from the start to finish.
The phenomenal Tierney brothers
started the bali going into the rings
for the D. B. c. On the face-off the
ball went to P. Tierney and with a
direct pass to his brother J, Tierney,
the pill was lodged in the basket in
less than twenty seconds. From this
on the D. B. c. took the lead and
scored heavily for the early part of
the first half.
In the latter part of the initial sec
ton of the game the visitors COM
menced to rain the sphere into the
nets and for time it looked as If
they were going to take the lead from
the locals However, the whistle for
the first half, called their effective
work to a stop and the score was
16 to II in favor Of the Fargo five.
When the second half opened, Carey,
the giant center for the visitors was
unable to come back into the game,
because of sprained ankle, and the
visitors had shifted their lineup. Cap
tain Aldous had moved to the pivot
position and he had been succeeded
at forward by Fogarty, the portly adj
dition to the Hamilton quint.
The new lineup fell down completely
and the visitors scored but two goals
during this half. while the locals placed
the pill in the circle just fifteen times,
and secured foul goal in addition.
Superior team work and faster play
ing won the game for the Dakota
Business college. The players on the
! d. B. G. aggregation pulled of some
samples of team work that were phe-
were sufficient to supply the cravings
of the most erratic speed maniac.
Several of the localsresorted to tactics
that were altogether unsportsmanlike
and roughed their guests up in a man
ner that was altogether unnecessary.
Asleep at the post, would have
been fittingly applied to some Of the
samples OF work that was shown by
the Hamilton guards. Often, their
observation-disclosures caused their OPP
ponents to score, when with the proper
life in them they would have held
the score lower. The Hamilton team
did not do as good team work on the
floor as the Fargo five, nor was their
shooting at the baskets as good. They
tried the long pass stunt, which has
long since been discarded by some of
the best teams because Of it's failure,
and this repeatedly failed to work for
the men from Wisconsin.
Both teams were weak at the bas-
ket. Although some shots were made
that were not only excellent, but were
phenomenal in their success, yet con-
sidering the number of times the re-
spective men had to shoot for the
nal work Of the two teams was just
fair, although at times the d. B. G. ag-
gregation would work off a play from
the toss-up in a most successful
fashion.
No star could be picked for the To-
cal bunch. 1t was simply an all-star
aggregation. They played as stars
working in unison and the two Tierney
brothers were exceptionally fast. Doyle
was very clever and did some nice
work at the basket, while O'Brien and
O'Connell were almost as good.
Captain Aldous was the star per-
former for the Hamiltons, and had his
team mates backed off the boards. He
would have been more successful,
however, in his shots for the basket,
| If he had taken more time in locating
1.-THE nets. Carey at center, played a
good game for the half that he was on
the pivot job. The guards were weak,
and the team would probably have
faired better if its big specimen OF
swarthy chest had been on the side
lines, instead of posing on the floor.
The lineup of the teams and sum-
mary Of the game is as follows:
ID. b. G.. Hamilton
j. Tierney, 49,. r. F., Aldous, Fogarty
O'Brien ........ l.. F. .......... Fox
C'Connell ........ c. -. Carey, Aldous
p. Tierney $500. L. G. -. Reddington
Doyle ......... r. G.. ... Kruger
Scored. B. c. AZ, Hamilton 90.
Goals-J. Tierney Z, O'Brien 5, O'Con-
nell 5, p. Tierney 1, Doyle 5, Aldous S,
Fox /, Carey 1, Reddington |. Goals
From Fouls-Aldous out of IL
chances, p Tierney / out OF chances.
Attendance 400 Referee, Watkins.
Umpire, Hamilton
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