The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-03
BOTH SIDES Of
BASKET BALL GAME


to the last few seconds of play tn
score stood 12 to IL in Lakeland
favor. Barlow threw for basket
At this instant time up was calle
by Lakeland's timekeeper. The ref
cree, the only official of the gam
having authority to decide in suc]
instances, ruled that the ball was i,
the air on the way to the baske
when timekeeper's whistle blew
thus adding two points for Barlow
and making score 13 to 12 in Bar
! toW's favor. Even lakeland man
ager and scorer had no authorit,
whatsoever OF dispute the referees
decision.
The Referees Statement
Regarding the matter of my de-
clslon in the basketball game be-
tween Barlow and Lakeland Friday
will say that the rules clearly state
that If the ball is in the air when
the timekeeper's whistle is blown.
and goal results from same. the
goal shall count. In Fridays game
these conditions existed, consequent
ly | awarded the game to Barlow
Lakeland's timekeeper asserts
that time was up five seconds before
the whistle blew. Bartow's time
keeper claims that there was still
hve seconds to play after the ball
was In the basket. In the face of
these two conflicting statements and
the TACT that when the whistle blew
the ball was on the way to the
basket, ! cannot see how any other
decision would be fair.
GEO.. SEYMOUR, JR.
Lakeland's Side of the Game
The management of the Barlow
team phoned the Lakeland manager
that their side of the basketball
game would appear in today's Tele-
gram and, in view of this fact, Mr..
Farrow gives Lakeland's side of the
affair as follows:
Editor Telegram: Barlow seems
unable to grasp the situation as re-
CARDS the basketball game played
there Friday afternoon of last week.
So accustomed to winning and un-
used to defeat, this lost game had
a double effect-that of blighting
Bartow's hope for the championship
of Southern Florida and at the same
time erasing little of the ego that
naturally comes with a long string
of victories.
For the benefit of two classes of
who missed the game
and those who missed the score-I
print the following tabulated score
as handed me by the official scorer
and who Is the official scorer? On
page III of the official rule book,
lnder rule 8, we find the following
words: "But one score book should
)e used by the two scorers, visiting
'corer to do the marking" The Wis
ting scorer in this case happened
o be Prof. S. B. Groom, teacher
II Latin in Lakeland High school
Below is the score, just as his score
ard shows:
First Halt
Observation-Disclosures, three field
,oals AND two foul goals. Total,
points
Bartoy Seymour, two field goals.
;allimore, one foul goal. Total, ,
points.
Second Half ,
Lakeland-Phillips, two field +.
oals and one foul goal. Total, S !.
oints.
Bartow-Seymour, two field goals
MD one foul goal. Baltimore, one >
'ul goal. Total, points.
Grand total for game: lakeland,
3; Barlow, IL.
Had they (Bartow) been entitled
the last goal they are claiming,
le score would have been 13 to 13,
nd a tie. This is what the most
artisan rooters of Barlow were +.
aiming when the Lakeland team -.
It the grounds.
We are unable to find any rule =
hereby any one is authorized to :.
'duce the score of either team, afI :
r end Of the game. II determined .
have the game at all hazards, ;.
by did they not have the referee : :
rfeit the game to Barlow, 2 to o.? a,
his, at least. would have been
tile more plausible.
4 was one of the officials In Fri
ly's contest and know that Lake
nd scored 13 points.
This was wide-open fact and no :,
cret at the time. !"
This other stuff about "the ball . :.
ing in the air" is all riff-raff, and :,
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