The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

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The men played as follows:
Forwards-Frazier. Hall. Almon. varle.
and Hoppe.
CCenters-Hoppe and Walk.
Guards-Hoppe, Mckay. Frazier, All
wine, Hall, Alnlon and Mcdonald
The factors which contributed more
than than anything else to the success
of the Y. NJ. c. A. team in the season
Just closed were the boys great passing
game. teamwork and speed" declared
c. Edward Beckett. physical director of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and coach of the team
last night. No one man has desired to
shine pre-eminentiy and the result has
been that all the players have formed a
harmonious well rounded aggregation that
put up as good an article Of Basketball
as has ever been seen in the District
Hoppe the Star.
ITO Capt. Hoppe is due the credit for
much of the teams good work. In fact
Hoppe has been one of the best team
captains that the association has ever
produced. l have been a basketball
coach for twenty years. but in all my
experience 1 have never seen a better
all-round player developed than Hoppe.
He has played In every position and he's
crackerjack in every one.
Frazier, whose playing the past season
has put him in a position second only to
Hoppe. is a man who improves every
year. His work during the season Just
ended was the best he has ever DONE but
next season / expect to see il better still.
Frazier has the happy trait of always
being willing to let the other fellow make
the goal IL 1t seems best. Like Hoppe,
Frazier is one of the Y. NJ. c. A veter-
ans.
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Walk, the third man by individual rec
ord. plays a game so harmoniously de-
veloped that it's hard TO say that any one
thing characterizes his work. He has
learned the secret-and it's a valuable ore.
too-of always being dependable and OF
always playing a solid. all-round. point
winning game. For two years he has
been one Of the regulars.
Hall is one of the. best goal-shooters
We have. He started four years ago on
the second team. but has been with the
regulars since 1911
"Almon used to play with Maryland
Agricultural College. This is his first
year with the Y. NJ. G. A. boys. Speed
and a willingness to fall into teamwork
make him a valuable man for us.
This is likewise Varela's first year
with the Y. NJ. c. A. regulars. Last year
Varela's work Is characterized
by very accurate goal shooting and the
Of his individuality for the
good of the team.
Mckay Is one of the best guards in the
league. This is his third year with the
regulars and prior to that he was one
Df the second team. He laid the ground
work of his knowledge of basketball in
the Boys Department of the Y. NJ. c. A."
Aside from the work of the team MEN,
bers themselves, however, basketball
fans assert that large snare of the Y.
N. C. a. teams success Is due to the wise
Of Prof. Beckett himself. Prof.
Beckett has been following basketball
sver since the game came into existence
and was, as a matter of fact. a member
,f one Of the pioneer rules committees.
One of the first basketball leagues In the
likewise, was organized under
his direction at Marinette, Wis. where
Prof. Beckett was physical director OF the
T. NJ. c. A. That was nineteen years
igo and Prof. Beckett has been watching
The game like a hawk ever since. In ad- |
iition to having been physical director F!
If the Marinette Y. NJ. c. A. he has held
/ similar position with the Y. NJ. c. AS
,f Baltimore. Lansing, Chicago, and
the last thirteen years Of his |
career having been spent here.
This all-round experience in widely |
,cattered portions of the country haSi
made him one of the wisest physical H. |
.ectors in the game. In addition to being /!
/ rattling ba asket-ball coach he has also
turned out champion track and indoor |
baseball teams.
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