The Detroit times., 1911-02-02
DuL GUARDIAG BY
5PlLO|NGss CANT
STOP D. A. c.
art shoppers Take Advantage Of
Lax Officiating, But Lose
By Big Margin To
Makers Men.
port shoppers Do Everything But
lite in Vain Efforts To Stop Steady
Hail of Field Goals.
b PAUL HALE sRuske.

Some evening couple ut consct
Dn<ions basketball officials are going
- rise up In their might and, working
y harmony, are going TO make an
@Dparent fiasco of some important
Ice OF competition by calling at
asst half the fouls which are com
lifted.
n On that evening the crowd is going
- wax indignant, in all probability.
layers will deliver impromptu adj
'roeses. There may be scenes Of vio-
nee 10 other objects than the Eng
~ language.
Hut there will be chastened spirit
hen that game is over.
During the past two seasons there
- sprung up In Detroit a species OF
nnrding which is illegal, foul and
<ntrary TO the cardinal principles OF
1Dkefbal1. To great extent IL has
Don fostered by the liberality of the
Dcials who have become increasing
lax In their desire to see q fast
me and to keep the crowds provid-
with continuous entertainments.
~ striking instance OF the retrogres-
.cn Qf the game was given last night
the d A. C.-Spalding contest
)hlch the ID. A. c. won, q TO s.
spaldinss' Work Raw.
The Spaldings entered the game In
mt, apparently, on playing rigidly
IS the defensive. Each Spalding man
nvoted his sole energies TO his Delta
lewis. He usually tried to keep a
Int hold of his opponents arm.
non the latter had the ball. the cor
1Donding Spaldingite always tried
- hold both arms. Failing In this,
xo0d waist-hold was second choice.
~ ontwine q set of Spalding fingers
ND. a. G. hair was fayorite pas
Inc. A neck or a leg hold would
IS. when others failed. The recovery
y the ball and its progress toward the
Dnlding basket was minor consid-
1nfion. In fact, the inflated sphere
g the Spaldings oftener in the back
the head than In any. other part
That the ID. A. G. five succeeded in
oring up no less than eight field
1kets despite such tactics Is re-
nrkAble. That the Spaldings quit
- evening content with two field
nls Indicates that they were lucky,
1<her than otherwise.
Daring the first half, ,oach Frye,
ID. u. s., oficiated as referees. The
o1dings took his laxness. for grant
and major share of the sculing
- done In this period, which ended.
% 2, In favor of ID. A. G. In the
cond half, with Al Huebner presid-
=, the Sport Shoppers were q bit
IRE 0bservant of the rules and spirit
the game.
Individually the ID. A. C. out-classed
~ opponents. as had been predicted.
Dxborough for the SpaIdings played
brilliant game In tho center, and
oomparatively clean one, as com
1ed with that of his comrades. He
~ Boosey from field goal ell eve
~. though the d. A., g. man was
"a more active In digging I'd the
The same result was N evil
nce In the duel between McDiarmid
I'd Ulbrich walker, Kinsel ard the
nneer scarborough all tried IL vain
ia BY relays to. cover Mazer. but
IKE emerged from the game, cover
with scratches and glory.
Miller Tames Merz.
The ID. A. G. guarding was clean
= effective. Joy Mile showed con
nDlvely that he has forgotten none
his old ability at the indoor game.
n had Merz tanned from the start
nd did some most effective shooting
|llhout ;mperiling his defensive work
the least
$ Naxer injected Fred Shinnick into
IL game at forward in the closing
<oees and the veteran slipped no
- than three baskets on 7eddis in
~ than as many minutes
The Y. M. c. A. players returned
- p. A. G. mems visit OF Monday
fht and agreed that the ex-champs
@re In shape to give them stout
little for the title---a view shared nv
oryone else who saw the game, in.
ud;rg the Deltas' opponents o. the
cn;ng-