Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
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that he was refereeing an excellent
game.
In u. P.'s' letter he says that the
referee awarded at least ten fouls to
Central What kind of an excuse do
you call that? As the rule goes, "A
poor excuse is better than none"
Wen let it go at that. I admit East
Side has a fast team and give it full
credit for its victory over Central.
But you know there is luck in basket
ball games. / do not want to take
any credit away from East Side, but
it could be plainly seen that Central
was not at its best in the game with
East Side. Do you remember the
first game between Central and East
Side? Wen, the score was close, but
Central clearly outplayed East Side.
Now let us get to Sammy Lehrhoff
and Johnny Leonardis. Lehrhoff is,
as you say, the best player.
Leonardis is also a good player. He
is twenty points ahead of Lehrhoff in
the n. III. S. A. A. point standing, but
don't forget Leonardis is a forward
and Lehrhoff is a guard. Where does
Leonardis class with Lehrhoff?
Mr.. McKiernan" expressed his
views nicely. but you know that
points do not count in the making OF
a player In this way, he may have
him outclassed, but in general play
ing Lehrhoff can show the way to all
of them. Lefkowitz is the best for
ward in the league in the matter Of
points scored. H. NJ. R.
Leonardis is dandy basketball
player, but Lehrhoff seems to have
the call around here, with Lefkowitz
his nearest neighbor. So Central High
has a perfect right to blow her horn,
and she is also in the championship
class in that respect.
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There are other school basketball
teams besides Central High and St.
Benedicts, it seems. The Newark
State Normal School team, for in
stance. Now let us hear something
about this team:
J. P. N:
While this controversy is going on
in regard to the relative merits of in
dividuals in the scholastic basketball
circles / would like to call your at
tention, from a mere spectators view
point, to the quintet representing the
Newark State Normal School. In The
Star recently / noticed that the Nor
NAL team defeated Paterson High
School by a score of IS to II, accom-
panied with the statement that the
Normal School had finally managed
to win game. Perhaps the writer
is not well acquainted with the con-
ditions at the State School.
Coach Hodgeson had exactly ten
men from which to pick his team.
Ten men from which to pick five
players to cope with the fast schol-
astic teams hereabouts was the prop
osition with which he was confronted.
This Normal School team has faced
the best quintets in the vicinity. 1t
made East Side hustle to win on the
East Side court, losing out by a score
of 25 to 90 This victory was q we'll
sought and well-earned one. Let the
East Side rooters tell you about it.
South Side bested the Normalites, %
to 20, in the first game, and then de-
feated them the second time, prin-
cipally because the Normal School had
little practise for a whole month, its
representatives being engaged in
teaching in the various schools of the
city.
The Normal School five has defeat
ed Nutley High School. Seton Hall
Prep, Montclair Normal, South Or
ange High School, Paterson High
School and a fast-going five COM
posed of the alumni of the Normal
School.
Don't forget, j. P. N, that only
twelve boys attend the school, not
three or four hundred. Yet this school
has been able to give battle to the
best scholastic teams in the State.
Barringer has repeatedly refused to
meet the Normal School, principally
due to cold feet. / imagine.
Green Fast or Kanter, of the Nor
NAL team, are as good, and in great
many cases better, than the majority
of scholastic basketball players. Sport
critics have picked the trio as speedy,
clever and clean basketball players.
Koss, the centre, is slowly coming to
form, and Ginsberg, a recruit playing
a regular position at present, gives
promise of becoming a fine player.
This plucky team deserves all the
credit in the world for its splendid
showing. I'm not mentioning any in
dividuals. but let me remark that the
Normal five will bear watching. So
here's good luck to that crackerjack
team that makes 'ern alb hustle. Hats
% - SPECTATOR.
You will find, kind friend, that re-
suits count, in the main, and that
when you lose no one will hunt
around for excuses for your defeat
1t is the same with victory. When
you come out second best you will
generally find yourself termed sore
head if you endeavor one whit tc
show that the winner was a winner
through fortune. That the Norma
School has a good basketball team
We are pleased to learn, and now
that you have told us all about the
team all the world will be as wise
O.
IS. o. & Co." has something tc
say. Listen:
]. p. NJ:
On different occasions we have
showed the readers of sport Topics
how strenuously we objected tC
fakes i'll sporting enterprises. We
said what we thought of fencing anc
of wrestling. and we are pretty sure
that the fencers, wrestlers and Other
takers will not dare to appear in the
li,nclights of our theatres or halls tt
show their jumping and rolling
ability
We intend, with this correspond
ence, to show how much little tall
by the editor of Sport Topics" ere
ated numerous enthusiastic sympa
thizers. In fact, we remember will
pleasure, the time. during last sea
son. when the Tigers were losing
thsl, rames and the public was no
| supporting them by any means IL
their strenuous effort to win the pen
nant. All at once came the enthusiast
tic talks in sport Topics and thou
sands went to see the games, to Civ,
the boys their support, morally anC
financially. ito give them their APP
plause and encouragement, and oul
Newark team finally won the pen
nant.
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