The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
FREE TOSSERS
Big ADVANTAGE
ALI Basketball Quints Should
Have Good Foul Line
Goal Shooter.
TRACY A GOOD THROWER
Mickey" Keliher Now in Charge of
Gallaudet' Five-Middies
Offer ''Y" Date.
TRACY A GOOD THROWER
By FRANK CoLLEY.

1t is to the advantage Of every basket
ball team to have a man who is practi-
caIly sure on shots for the basket from
the foul line, whether he be a good shot
IN the game or not. II is wise plan 10
have this man on hand TO drop the ball
in the basket when the opposing team
makes a foul, as this affords the team
fouled a free shot for the goal. What II
this PLAYER can not cage the ball while
being guarded? a team is almost sure
TO make five or more fouls during the
contest and that is where your man
comes in mighty handy. A free shot has
often won a closely contested game.
For instance, in the advisability OF
having such a man, take Mathews, of the
Y NJ. =. A. club. while he is good shot
from the floor. at the same time he beat
the George Washington quint by being
able to cage the ball from the foul line
Tracy. of the Catholic University quint
is another good man when it comes to
sending the ball through the meshes
from she inner circle. Before entering
Catholic University, Tracy held down
forward position on the strong st. Johns
Guint Of Brooklyn. The writer has seen
this boy in action a good many years
and it has always been his shooting OF
the free tosses that his brought his team
up within fighting distance of the oppos-
ing club.
Almon. of the George Washington
uuint, is another good boy, both on play
ing the floor and Caging the ball from
the foul line. while Georgetown hopes
are in waldron, who is a past master
at this art.
II man is only fair shot from the
floor while being guarded, but can put
ND A creditable game of basketball out
side of this fact and is able to cage the
ball from the foul line, a manager will
make no mistake in playing this man, as
he will add enough points to his team
credit TO make up for his deficiency in
caging the ball while being guarded.
Inst before the Y. NJ. G A Reserve
National Guard basketball game the
other night the Guard team were in its
dressing room talking over their chances
for winning the contest. Some one men
rioned the fact that the association boys
had been playing for two months, and
should have a good team by now. Hut
ton, who is known for his quick wit
smoke lIp and said, IF they have been
playinC for two months l guess We stand
a good show of winning the game, as
they will be about tired out when they
take the floor tonight
Gallaudet's basketball stock has taken
with the acquisition OF Maurice kelhher,
better known around this neck Of the
woods as Mick" The boys will be
coached by Mick" when they come back
after the holidays, and fans look forward
10 Gallaudet making a far better show
ing than they have done so far this
season. after the former Georgetown and
Carroll Institute player has had them
under his eye for awhile.
II was noticed in the Gallaudet-George
Washington game that the boys from
Kendall Green are fast, but when It
comes to dribbling the ball they slow up
considerably. To dribble a ball in game
and keep up your speed is an art, and
when keIliher was playing the game he
was Onr Of tie best in the city at this
kind of stuff He should be able to help
the Buff and Blue lads overcome their
faults in this respect Another glarlns
error that Gallaudet made in the same
game WAS for one player 10 get right on
top of team-mate and then pass not
toss III, ball. but send il at such
pace as to make it almost impossible for
the receiving player to handle the ball
cIeanlv. This caused a lot of fumbling,
and gave the George Washington lads
the chances they were looking for, that
is. to get the ball
The team work was good at times, but
most always the ball would be fumbled
before q shot at the basket could be
taken. Long passes were used through
out the costest and had the Kendall
Greeners resorted to short pass work
better results would have been obtained.
January 5 has been offered the Y. NJ.
e. A. Regulars as date to play the
Naval Academy basket ball quint. It is
h. ~
will accept this date, as it is too near the
first of the year, ard as the game Will
have to be played in the afternoon, some
Of Coach BeCkett's boys cannot get
leave The boys are all anxious to play
the Middfes, and a good game should re-
suit if they meet at some future date.
Coach Beckett has asked for a later
date and is waiting for an answer. If
a later date is obtained, the Y. NJ. c. A.
lads should make a good showing, the
only fault they will have to overcome
is that of playing collegiate rules.
Coached under the A. A. L. rules and
then having to play the most important
games under collegiate rules does not
argue well for the coaching system they
have been under. Would it not be better
to have coached the boys under collegiate
rules, as they have been playing the A.
A. U. rules long enough TO know them by
this time and should have no trouble in
switching to them at any time.
On the Y. NJ. c. a. schedule all of the
local colleges have len listed and they
will undoubtedly play collegiate rules, al
Though Coach Beckett will ask to have
the game played half and half, that is,
one half a. A. L. and the other Col
legiate. In the game with George Wash
ington the Association lads did not show
up half as well when playing under the
COLLEGIATE rIlleS fhev did in
half which was under the A. A. U. rules
If they have to go a whole game under
the rules played by colleges what kind
of a showing will they make? 1t would
hot be a bad plan at this late date to
switch TO the collegiate game, as most
all of their future games are with teams
which play that kind of a game