The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-02-03
BASKET BALL
| CONTESTS PLEASE
Some at Y. N. C. A. and at
MOristOwn School.

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Morristown Young Mems Christian
association basketball team was
beaten by the team from the Mont
clair association Friday night thirty
seven to twenty-three Morristown
was outclassed by the passing OF the
visitors. Wienstein, of the Mont
clair five, was the bright particular
star in basket shooting ON free
throws. making nine points for his
team. Walter Selvage did almost as
well for Morristown Dr. Moodey led
the locals in field goals and Brooks.
of Montclair. secured five.
The line-up:-
Morristown Montclair
Sturgis Brooks
Right forward
Pierson, w. Mcintyre Weinstein
Left forward
Moodey Bunten
Center
kronenberg Taylor, siger
Right guard
Selvage Palladino
Left guard
Score at end of first half-Mont-
clair %, Morristown g.; final score
Montclair 81, Morristown %. Referee
Mr.. Richards
The spectators who crowded into
the association gymnasium saw
double-header, the Morristown high
school team meeting and defeating
the Dover high school five in a Tri-
County league game forty-two to
twenty. Morristown has not yet been
nh y
for the locals making six field and
two foul goals with Jim" MacIn-
tyre right behind with five field and
one foul goal Parker led the Dover
boys, making four field and one foul.
The lineup
Morristown Dover
Meyers Parker
Right forward
Butera Jadowitz
Left forward
j. MacIntyre stark
Mitchell, Freeman Burns
Right guard
West Blanchon
Left guard
Score at end of first half-Morris-
town II, Dover 10; final score-Mor-
ristown AZ, Dover 20. Referee-Mr.
Richards; umpire-Mr. Pedrick
Morristown School defeated Trinity
school, of New York, at basketball
Saturday afternoon in the Morristown
School gymnasium. The score was
Morristown twenty-seven, Trinity
twenty. The New York lads were
much lighter than the Morristown
team and several of the second string
men were put in the game by the To-
cal management. A new face on the
Morristown team was that of Thax
ter Wendell, brother of Percy Wen
dell, Of Harvard football fame. Young
Wendell made good at foot ball at
Morristown School last season and
has now turned his attention to bas-
ket-ball and gives promise of becom-
ing a classy player. The game was
featured by the work of the Devitalis
brothers who starred in all round
playing and by the goal shooting of
Hepburn.
The lineup
Morristown School Trinity School
Hepburn Lawson
Right forward
Clement, Johnson Shuford
Left forward
Walter Devitalis Eccles
Center
Will Devitalis, Harris Zabinskie
Right guard
Johnson, Wendell Cannon
Left guard
Final score--Morristown 81, Trim
ity 20; score at end of first half
Morristown IA, Trinity 6; goals from
field-Walter Devitahs 4, Will De-
vitalis 2, Johnson 1, Clement /, Hey
burn 1, Zabinskie l, Cannon l, Shu-
ford l, Lawson A; goals. from foul
Hepburn s. Walter Devitalis 3, Law
son 5. Referee-Mr Richards, of
Morristown high school.
Morristown School defeated Plain
field high school at basketball on
Wednesday afternoon in close and
exciting game. The teams were neck
and neck up to the last few minutes
of play when the Deyitalis brothers
and Hepburn succeeded in dropping
the ball into the basket for four goals
The final score was thirty-siX to
twenty-eight Walter Devitalis and
Love each starred at basket throw
ing. This is the fifth consecutive
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team being undefeated this season.
1t was the twentieth game for the
Plainfield team and its second defeat
of the season.
The line-up:-
Morristown School Plainfield H. S.
William Devitalis Love
Right forward
Hepburn VanMater
Left forward
Walter Devitalis Dunning
Center
Johnson Burner
Right guard
Harris Abrams
Left guard
Final score-Morristown So, Plain
field 2S; score at end of first half,
Morristown 10, Plainfield IA; goals
from field: Walter Devitalis Z. Hey
burn 8, William Devitalis 8, Johnson
l, Love Z, Dunning 3, Burner L, Van
Mater /; goals from foul: Walter De-
vitalis s, Love Z, Burner L; referee
Mr.. Richards, of Morristown high
school.