Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Y. N. c. A. REGULARS
DEFEAT CARDINALS
Final Basket Ball Game of the
Season a Victory for AS
ISOLATION, "a to 20.

In the last basket ball game of the
Washington City League last night the
fast regular five of the Y. NJ e A. won
from the Cardinal quint of AIexandr.a
score II To -. The contest was well
played and exciting from start to finish
While the Y. NJ. c. A. five won the game
the result was always in doubt. as the
Cardinals always kept within mailing dis
lance at all times.
The Y. NJ. c. A. five did not put up its
usual game, its team work being shaky
at times. while the Cardinals surprised
everybody by the kind of game they
played. The Virginians played together
well, and in passing the ball had the Y.
NJ. c. 4 lads completely outclassed.
Shooting for the baskets was where the
Cardinals fell down. The Alexandrians
had plenty of opportunities to score, but
many apparently easy chances went wild.
The Y. NJ. c. 4. started the SCORING.
when Miller mad a pretty shot from a
difficult angle. 1nis shot was followed
by two more in quick succession by the
same player. With a siX-point lead 10
start with the Regulars looked like sure
winners by large margin. but this ad-
vantage did not last long, as the Cardinals
started in to score. and from then until
the end of the first half it was nip and
tuck between the two fives. The first half
ended with the Regulars in the lead by
the score of Il to $.
The second half proved to be the most
exciting of the two. both teams putting
up a harder game. In this half the Y. NJ.
C. A. five scored the same number of
points as it did in the preceding session.
while the Cardinal quint did little bet
ter. scoring ten points. which was two
more than 1t made during the first half.
The defensive playing of the y. NJ. c. A.
five during this half was better than dur
ing the first period, although the Cardinals
scored more points.
Miller was easily the best performer
of the evening, the fast Y. NJ c. A.
forward scoring fourteen of his teams
twenty-four points. Miller. with six
goals from the field, scored all of his
teams points in the first half. To this
he added one more difficult shot during
the last half, bringing his total up t.
seven goals from the floor.
Williams played the best game for the
visitors the Nirginian making seven
goals from the floor, for total of four
teen points. His teammates could add
but six more points To this. Williams
also played Il good defensive game.
Walk, the lanky center of the Regu-
lars, while scoring but two goals from
the floor, deserves a lot of credit, az
both were hard shots. being long and
from a difficult position. Mckay put
up the best defense for the Y. VI. {. A.
five.
The game was Interrupted for few
minutes during the first half. when
Referee Roberts had a tooth knocked on.
by coming in contact with one Of tie
Alexandria players elbows. Roberts
pluckily stuck to his job and finished
the game just as if nothing had hap-
pened The lineup and summary fol-
low:
,nSsuars. positions. Cardinal 4. g
Miller ...--..-. left forward .. Williams
Frazier. Right forward ~ Eutwis.
Walk .Centpr 49,. Patterson Rober,S
Allwine. ~
Mcdonald. Left guard Cockrell
Mckay. Hall. -. Right guard ..-. HAYDEN
Walk ~. Williams a.. Cockrell HAYDEN o.
Goals from free tosses-valk. .. Referee-Mr.
hoberts, T. NJ. g A. Timer-Mr. Tenny. Scorer
Mr.. German. Time OF halyes-2O minutes eaca