The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-20
CLOSE GAME IS
A. & NJ. VICTORY
Sumner Defeats Strong Elon
College Quin BY Shooting
Goal During Last Minute
of Play.

the admission price of 20 cents last
night when A. and M. nosed a victory |
from the strong Elon College quint
after what seemed a sure game for
the visitors. With the two time
keepers at difference about the end
of the game and the visitors one point
IN the. lead Sumner got the ball, drib-
blpd for a short distance and then
shot il into the basket for what
proved to be the winning throw, the
referees whistle ending the contest
a second later with the score standing
% TO % in A. and Ms favor. 4
A more holly contested INC
spectacular game could not have
been desired and applause af-
ter applause greeted the play
ers as some one would make a
difficult shoot or by excellent block
ing thwart d possible score. ElOn Col
Iege BOYS played a better game in the
first half and exhibited more team
work which brought them point after
point while the locals only succeeded
in throwing three field goals for six
points. At the end of the half h
score was 10 to 6. The most spirited
part of the game came near the close
and when the score too 20 to 10 in
favor of the visitors. With a de-
termination and pep that outwinded
the visiting five "A. and M. players
threw goal after goal that brought
their end of the score to 90. Later a
foul gave Sumner chance to give his
team the lead by one point. Elon
followed later with the only field goal
during the last ten minutes Of play
and again assumed the lead. Sumner
then shot his last field goal just a
second before the referee called the
" Tho VISITORS uQrc NOT satisfied
with their defeat by any means and
Kick ~strenuously upon the referees
failure, they say, to cal the game
when their time-keeper announced
time up. Coach Doak, of the ElOn
team stated after the game hat his
team had been treated unfair by the
referee and that the game should be
% TO 81 in his teams favor.
There was an unusual amount OF
r~oughness during the game, but nc
one will make the charge of any in
territorial roughness on the part Of the
players II is well known that any
close game has a certain element o.
r~oughness and last nights was Ger
tainly not excepted. 1t seemed from
a spectators point Of view that Ref
cree Cheshire and Umpire Reeds hat
ed to call fouls on the visiting play
ers. but 1t is Easy to understand
'io' AOht eyes Coulu see every OCldl
OF the game. Several players re
ceived hard falls on the dance hal
moor and Newman. of Elon' wa
Knocked out for a few minutes. H
retired from the game later.
Ii would be q hard problem to picl
the stars without mentioning ever
player OF h two teams, but Newman
Atkinson, Morrett, F~erjerber, Sumne
should be mentioned as probably do
ing The host work FOR fhoir rocDocf;x,
quintets. Van BrOcklin and Maso
Also played a cracking good game.
coach K. S. Doak, who by the wa
Is a brother of 'Chick" Doak of Gull
ford College. has moulded togethe
a strong basketball team and it's dc
feat by Wake Forest and A. & M.
certainly no indication that Elon Co
iege has not got a basketball quinte
on an equal with any other baske tba
team of the State.
Coach Hegarty has made a decide
Improvement in the work of his play
ers and in two or three more contes
they should be able to make a goo
moving against the best teams
THIS section of the country.
The Lineup.
a. and NJ. Position. Elon CoIIeg
Left Forward
Mason Newma
Right Forward
Sumner Mill
Center
ferderber Atkinst
Left Guard
Scarry Morre
Right Guard
van Brocklin Bradfo,
Summary.
observation-disclosures for NeWma
Dowd for Mason. Osborne for V;
Brocklin. Field Goals-Sumner
Ferderber 4, Scarry 2. Mason 2. A
ktnson ). Newman 3. Morrett 2. M
Ter |, Johnson 1. Foul GoalS-Snr
ner J.. Morrett 2. Referee. Cheshir
mpire. Reeds. Attendance, 1000
Mr.. w. s. West Improving.
Mrs. William S. West. has just !