The Washington herald., 1911-03-09
GEORGETOWN WINS
IN EXTRA PERIOD
Captures Fast Game from
Y. NJ. c. A. Quint.

1t required an extra period OF play for
Georgetown's fast quint to down the
Y. NJ. C. A. five "A to p in the first game
of a series of three to decide the basket
ball championship of Washington at the
Arcade last night.
Many followers of both teams were on
hand to cheer on their favorNes, and when
Referee Hughes whistle rasped outa shrill
call for the two quints to take the floor for
the great struggle, a hush went over the
hall that was only broken when another
short blast of the whistle sent the two
teams into action in what proved TO be
| a grueling, bitter struggle for supremacy.
The factor that came near proving the
| downfall of Georgetown's hopes was the
accurate, sure, and short passing of the
Y M c. 4. men. Time after time again
| beautiful teamwork pulled of by Hoppe
and Walk would work the ball down into
Georgetowns territory, where a skillful
toss would register two points for the
Association lads. Georgetown, on the
other hand, was easily master of the
dribbling game, at which they show up
TO their true form. Many a time Martin
and Barricello advanced the ball by this
means all the way down the floor, dodg-
ing or side stepping man after man who
attempted to intercept them. In this
sort of game the superior weight OF the
Hiutoppers told heavily on the light u
| Nj c. A quint, whose efforts to break
up the play went for nought In short,
weight and experience seemed to have
| the best of skill and speed.
MuIIoy Makes First Basket.
Muuloy opened the game in the scor-
| ing line with a pretty toss from dif-
hcult angle, after a neat pass from
Walk. This lead was but short lived,
however. for Barricello pocketed the
| leather from the middle of the floor
after a great exhibition of dribbling by
Martin, tying things up for the time
Barricello fouled on the next toss-up,
and Mulloy promptly tossed free one,
putting his team in the lead by one point.
| Neither team was able to score for some
time, while the play being fast and fu-
rious, Georgetown doing their best to
even up matters, and the G street five,
on the other hand, endeavoring to in
crease their Lead Martin brought the
Georgetown contingent to their feet
when he tossed a difficult goal from over
near the side lines, putting Georgetown
| once more into the van. Monarch quick
| ly followed this brilliant piece of work
up by caging the sphere from a difficult
angle and Schlosser broke into the lime
| light with a wicked toss from under
meath the basket, but rapid cross-fire
teamwork by the association lads soon
evened up matters, and by the aid of
three points secured from fouls COM
mitted by Barricello, ard Miller's true
toss just as the whistle blew for the
| termination of the first half, the Y. NJ
| c. A. crew stamped into the lead with
the score standing II to s.
Second Half Is Fast
Martin quickly pried open the final
period of play by a quick and accurate
heave from the middle of the floor, and
Schlosser gave the Blue and Gray a
one point advantage by Tipping the
leather between the meshes while on
the run from under the basket. Excite
ment was now at fever heat, and was
brought to a climax when Mulloy tied
things up once more with pretty free
toss on Martins foul. Both teams were
now tlghting as they never had before.
Thornton, Y. NJ. c. AS fast and aggres-
sive center, now showed his true worth
when he meshed the ball from one side
of the floor, thus putting the G street
Quint in the lead by two points, but sue
cessive goals by Schlosser and Barri-
cello thrust the Hilltop quint into the
Head, which they were never made to
give UP. Miller's two badly needed
goals came close to tying things up
again, but Georgetown was not to have
victory snatched away from them
while it was within their grasp, and by
desperate and furious playing managed
| to hold their own with their rivals,
Thornton's toss making the score read
% TO % when the timers whistle cut
the air.
An extra session was agreed upon, the
team making the first two points TO win
Various easy chances were offered both
teams to take the game, but it remained
for Barricello to break open the tie after
four minutes of fast play with a tess
from the side lines thus bringing to
close a game that will be remem-
bered for some time to come in the an
nails of Georgetown and Y. NJ. c. A.
basketball history.
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