The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
G. v. u. TOSSERS
LACK THE PUNCH
Fans Not Impressed with the
Showing Against West
Branch Y. M. c. A.
NEWS OF OTHER TEAMS
Washington City Basketball League
Il
NEWS OF OTHER TEAMS
Washington City Basketball League
Not Yet Started-Dartmouth and
Columbia to Have Fives.
By FRANK CoLLEY.

Not many fans were impressed Win
the showing made by the George Wash
ington quint in its first basketball game
Of the season, ~that is, the one with the
West Branch Y. NJ. C. A team OF Bal
timore. Let il be understood at the start
that the boys of the Monumental City
are not to be sighted when it comes to
playing the indoor game. The team that
can go to Baltimore and take the meas
ure of the West Branch team has some
thing to be proud of. For the first game
of the season, Coach Schlosser's five
had to tackle a hard proposition, and
that they were defeated came as no sur
prise.
How many of you players, fans, or
magnates have even been inside of the
gymnasium where the West Branch
quint holds sway? Maybe many
and, on the other hand, many OF
you have never seen the inside
of the gymnasium. From the players
who have played in Baltimore and in
the West Branch gymnasium comes the
statement that it is one of the hardest
gymnasiums to play ins around this neck
of the woods. AT one end of the hoor
there is a brick wall, and the Baltimore
players have a habit Of coming down the
floor, passing to d forward and he in turn
takes a flying leap with one foot against
the wall and drops the ball in the basket
To the inexperienced player this proves
a great handicap.
No, the George Washington boys are
registering no kick or trying to prove |
an alIbi for their defeat, but that is one |
obstacle that all teams playing in the |
West Branch gymnasium Will have TO |
overcome before they will defeat the |
Baltimore lads.
Taking no credit away from the West
Branch boys for their win over George /
Washington, Coach SchlOsser will have |
to develop far better team than the
one now representing the university OF
he wishes his team to make any showing
at all against the local quints and col
Ieges, not saying anything about the
teams out for the South Atlantic title,
with which they are scheduled to play
this winter.
Owing to the fact that the directors Of
the Washington City League cannot
agree on a schedule, the teams entered
in the leagHe are in doubt when the
season viii start and who will open up
the festivities Many schedules have
been made up but none have suited the
managers concerned. As nearly all OF
the managers have out-of-town games
booked for their teams and the dates
were taken by the men in charge of
making up the schedules, these managers
kicked and new schedule had to be
made out II this sort of thing keeps
I'D the fans who have stuck to the Wash
ington City League will give their at
tention to some other sort of amuse-
ment and the Washington League will
suffer thereby.
This is not the right kind of spirit nor
the right kind of treatment to hand the
many fans of the District, and ii will be
a great blow to basketball of the Dis
trict IL the magnates allow many more
occurrences of this sort. Why wrangle
over the opening date o. any other date?1
If the fans are going to attend the per
formances of your team they will at
tend, regardless what day the game is
played.
The Dartmouth quint and the Columbia :
University FIVE are in the field once more.
Both universities have a large squad
to pick from and should make a good &
showing in collegiate circles. Columbia I
plays the New York University five for S
the first game OF the season and the lat 7
ter team is out for the championship /
and has as its coach Parkinson. formerly
of the championship Wesleyan team. In
Coach Schlosser has some mighty fine :
material out for the George Washington ;
ouiut as could be. seen by lacol enthus- !,
lasts if they had attended the game be-
tween the University and Mount st. Jo- !
seph's five. That boy Almon has the
malzines of one of the best forwards in
the South, and although a little light,
he makes up for this ailment in speed t
and accuracy in caging the ball While +
this IS his first season on a college hve
he has showed enough to ensure him of c
a regular berth on the quint. Another [
hoy who is a conner is the big fellow h
Iaa Talar df
rerience, playing the same kind OF a
game as they play here under collegiate .
rules while playing with the Portland =
Academy duint out on the Pacafic Coast.
shaver has enough weight to enable him 7
TO dribble the entire length Of the floor
and shake of any opponent that tries to
block him while on the run. He will DC n
heard from before the season is over y
and the writer is looking for him to de- r
veIop into a star of the first water.
The first Interpretation of the new rule \
compelling the center to jump on the toss a
up with one hand behind his back was
seen Friday night in the game between
George Washington and the Mount St
Joseph's team. 1t was evident that ow-
ing to this fact. both men are put on an ;, =
equal footing, as some men can jump
higher when playing under the old rules
than they can with this rule in Togue. te'
The Mount ST Joseph team showed L
lack of practice in this art and they had
to be cautioned numerous times by theI
referee The main object in this rule 8,
is to make the game less rough. Many
times have good centers been ruined by
the opposing center twisting his arm. n,
This is a1ieviated by the new rule, asI
the men jumping have no chance tol
crab another persons hand or twist an =
arm with one hand behind their back Is
This new rule is one of the best thatl =
could have been made. 1t makes thel y
game faster and less rough. WhetherI ~
the associations will follow this rule ~
remains to be seen, but the colleges will
carry the rule out to its full
extent