The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-03

Wyoming Seminary and the B. l. A.
All Stars of Scranton. The game
with Wyoming was played just af-
ter the local boys had lost the ser
vices of Capt. Brader, who left the
team on January l, and his place had
not been satisfactorily filled; as it
was, they were only beaten by two
points, II to Is. The B. l. A. All
Stars of Scranton twice defeated the
locals, the last two weeks of the
season, but the Rink Five were not
in the condition of palying the game
they did the first part.
The regular members of the
champions are: Louis Bader, Capt,
Leon Ross, Manager, Munson McDer-
mott, Reginald O'Connell, William
Polt and Julius Polt. Leslie Brader
was captain of the team until Jan.
1st when he was obliged to leave,
as his work called him to New York
City to live.
Brader's equal as a guard would
be hard to find, combining his good
floor work with his ability to shoot"
when the opportunity came and for
u time after he left, the team sadly
missed him.
team owes many points, as Tim"
was usually able to get the jump on
his man even though he was alrg-
er, and besides is naturally a good
shot
At forwards the two regulars, W.
Polt and Ross, worked the best to-
gether, the former being the only
member of the team who participat-
ed in every game. He scored the
most points of any man on the team
and was always a hard worker,
while Ross was more for floor and
team work, being quick and fast on
his feet. At guards, after the retire
ment of Brader, Capt. Bader and j.
Polt and later McDermott made
names for themselves in this depart
ment of the game. j. Polt was fire.
quently used at forward as well as
guard and showing equal ability in
this position. Bader was the "old
reliable" and saved many a game by
his careful guarding and ability to
get ahead of his man. Munson Nc
Dermott is the Oldest man on the
team in experience and the latter
part of the season was big help to
it through his fine floor and head"
work. Although not having played
for four years previous to this sea-
son he fully demonstrated that he
could come back" and at the end
| of the season was one of the most
valuable men on the team.
Taken all in all the Rink Five has
a record to be proud of and should
do still better next year if they can
hold the same team together, as team
work and " getting used to one an
other" counts for whole lot in
basket ball.
The team has certainly been a
! good advertisement for the Rink this
year and perhaps will be a good
advertisement for the town next
| season.
SPORTING NOTES.
John Tuman, of White Mills, who
, has played good baseball on the local
athletic field, will be retained by
Manager Freeman for Scranton
team. He will be played at short.
The Scranton Times says that
! those who have seen Tuman and
Starr (second baseman) play, believe
that they will make good. One thing
! that they will do is plant a pepper
factory right in the middle of the
diamond and that's one thing that a
winning club must have.
The Times says further:
Manager Freeman never did in
tend to let Tuman get away from
Scranton this season. He is a big
fellow and can do one hundred yards
in eleven seconds. Tne one thing
that has kept him out of the short
position so long is that he hits left
handed and there were too many
left side clouters on the team. With
Freeman out of the game, 1t will sim
ply be putting another left handler In
his place. He played in all the ex
hibition games and nobody could
make a kick on his work for ht
showed his speed even though the
grounds were a little heavy all the
time. Tuman played third for tive
years at st. Bonaventure and for the
same length of time at Phillipsburl
in the Inter-Mountain league and las
season hit 1876 for that team. HI
has plenty of confidence, Is always
talking and at touching a runner
the thing that makes a shortstoI
good or bad, he is clever"