The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-04

Vile. OuS 6AptCJb " Idht up hAiloAN
in Nashville. Mr.. and Mrs. Cass Mar
tin were the guests of Mrs. Hughes
Sunday afternoon. Prof. ]. c. Whitley
was the guest Of Miss Hughes Sunday
afternoon.
BASKETBALL AMONG coLoRED
PLAYERS.
BY Edwin B. Henderson, Physical pi-
rector Colored High Schools, Wa&-
igton, D. D., in the Amsterdam
News.
Already basketball players in New
York City are dropping the inflated
! sphere through the ring and get in
holly contested games, while Their
more Southern brothers will hardly
clash on the court before the knell of
football season around Thanksgiving
time. In colored schools and col
leges football takes so many Of the
star basketball players that little at
tention is given the game until later.
That basketball will be more popu-
lar than ever this year is assured.
From the standpoint of both scholas-
tic and ameteur basketball the game
will be given a boost. In collegiate
circles the newly organized intercol-
legiate Athletic Association will,
through it's rules and government,
make for keener competition and
more interesting sport. Last season
marked the entry of colored colleges
in the field of basketball. Three Of
the big four in the Middle Atlantic
district met. Howard University
team had played the game for a long
er time and carried experienced men.
Lincoln University was not so favored
nor was Hampton, but it was up to
Hampton to put the first crimp in
the crown so long won by the Blue
and White team of this city. No one
had heard of Gurnoe, the Indian, I'M
til Howard went to Hampton, and
then much discussion arose as to the
comparative merit of the-for a long
time-incomparable "Huddy" oliver
, and the "Redskin." Lincoln played
Howard in the old True Reformers'
: Hall at Washington and did little but
watch the ball switch for Howard,
Hampton is the only one Of the col
. leges in this section that has a gym
nasium and will be a big factor in
= collegiate basketball. Lincoln Uni
. versity Is not favored with a good
y practice court, but is in a field offer
ing splendid practice competition with
-. the many and good teams in Phila
delphia. When Howard erects 6
gymnasium a better varsity aggrega
ton will exist than now holds premier
honors. In the far South, Tuskeget
won an unbroken string Of victories
q while in the West Wilberforce me
It and defeated the few colored teams
|. lin its neighborhood. More sport will
lbe observed in these two sections dur
ing the coming term.
" In Washington City two series o
II games will be conducted for second
n airy school teams, one to be for tn
a interscholastic championship and tn
- other for the public school champion
ship. The existence Of three suitabl
* courts for basketball creates an a
- most ideal situation. True Reform
er's Hall will be the most inferio
. court of the three. The Y. M. G. A
s gymnasium and the Armstrong MAI
/, iudl lIdlllll6 oCDOOl JuihdoAhhh w
e ideal in playing arrangement, a
> though not so many spectators a b
le accommodated as could be crowded |
u the old hall. Two of the best scho
or astic players in the city will ente
n Howard College this fall and shoul
make some of the other players hui
lie tie to hold down their jobs. Bot
II, Lafayette of last year Academy teal
Id and Holland of M Street Hig
to Schools championship five will b
seen en- the metropolitan city court
in a year or two. Rector, formerl
of the Smart Set aggregation, in
proved enough to make the M Stree
p team in his first year there, and~th
e. year is given the honor Of leadin
re that organization. The Armstron
IT. team with a new and %capacious gym
e. nasium in which to practice wi
ne make a strong bid for championshi
honors in the coming season.
mt P. S. A. L. elementary school boy
ed in Washington have been tossing til
e. sphere about at the various city pla.
ad grounds all summer, and in man
N backyards a paper ball with dime,
is sions of a basketball and an old ba
rel hoop are affording practice
Of youthful a~sDirants. A red-hot serit
" is predicted in the struggle for div
&c sion and city honors in the light an
~ heavyweight classes. Club teams re
~ resenting the government departmel
-, are forming a league, and the Y.
eS C. A. court will be the battle grour
for many a series of games. It
very likely that a strong Y. M, G..
quint will invade the northern al
lis eastern cities this year,
)el The Dunbar Club Of Baltimore
by one Of the most serviceable Of at
di- letic clubs. This organization n
ev. alone puts a team in the field Of val
Wis Gus snorts. but spends most Of