Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
ST. BENEDICTS VICTORY
OVER CENTRAL DECISIVE
high School Clearly 0ntplayed
- 10y Wearers of the Maroon
and Gray.
M'DERMIT ALL OVER COURT
With Igoe and Baader, Pivot
Man Plays Important Part
in Victory.

6edeemlng itself in the eyes of its
followers, the st. Benedict Prep Sshool
basketball team decisively defeated
. the Central High School quintet yes
ferday afternoon, on the Central
Court, in the scend of the home and
nome series for the city championship
The score was 80 to %. Th etouted
password of Central failed to mate
rialiZe in the face of the stiff St Bene-
nict guarding, while the Prep offense
was ever on the alert and scored with
consistency enough to keep in the lead
after the early part of the first half.
Victory a Preparation.
The st. Benedict victory was some
what of reparation for the "a to Il
defeat suffered several weeks ago by
the Maroon and Gray on Casino Court.
Hot only did the winners defeat Cen
5tral, but they demonstrated their
superiority clearly. After the early
part of the first half the Centralites
never displayed ability enough to
place them in a class with their OPP
ponents. In the second period, Centrl
failed completely in aggressiveness,
and a feeling perVaded the Central
sections that its representatives were
. doomed to defeat. And such proved
the case.
by defeating Central, st. Benedict
has an equal claim for the city school
championship, and in case the Central
quintet refuses to play another game
the Prep school will be able to claim
the title by default.
McDermit All Over Court.
McDermit, the big centre of the
Benedict quintet was all over the
court. All of the winners plays CEN
tered around him and he was respon-
sible for the bulk of the Benedict
scores. Sammy Lehrhoff, the Central
guard, who was shifted with Shartoff
to centre for the purpose of covering
McDermit, was unable to faze the
Maroon and White pivot. Two of his
shots were of sensational order.
A new star doomed in the ST Bene-
dict lineup in the person of 1goe,
the forward, who made his debut in
the varsity lineup of the Props since
4he last game with Central. Igoe, who
is of diminutive stature, took up the
penalty throwing in the second half
after McDermit proved inaccurate on
several throws in succession. De-
spite the nerve tingling roofing. Igoe
located the basket, adding several
points to his teams total.
Frank Bladder, of st. Benedict, also
showed to advantage. His was the
first goal of the game and it gave
the Benedicts first blood in both the
field and penalty shooting, as Nc
Dermit opened the scoring with free
throw
Lcfkowitz on Form.
Captain Lefkowitz, of Central. was
off ON his penalty throwing. He
missed repeatedly, until he was forced
to retire in favor of Lehrhoff. He did
however, manage to tally three. field
goals.
The scoring was inaugurated no
sooner than the opening blast of the
whistle subsidized McDermit Gagged
a free throw which Bladder followed
with a clean-cut goal from the field.
The play continued uninterrupted for
q brief space of time until Central
broke in the score column on LET
kowitz's free throw. Baader broke
loose again and tailed his second
field basket of the game Shortly
after this Lefl1owitz aroused
Central hopes by netting the leather
from the far side of the court.
Once more Baader located the net
from the field and the score read Z
to 8 with the Benedicts playing on
the offense and Central making des-
nerate efforts to cover up. Both LET
kowitz and McDermit proved mac
curate on three throws, Lefkowitz
finally getting one of his several
chances.
Benedicts at 1t Again.
Another Benedict squirt was started
a few moments later when Donahue
took a chance from the centre of
the field, the throw going into the
net cleanly McDermlt supplemented
with a pretty overland goal. AT
this point Central took o brace and
one of the few flashes of Central
teamwork resulted in Safer getting
an easy goal from under the basket.
Lefkowitz. who hitherto had fallen
down on throws from the penalty
mark. tailed a brace of counts inl
succession, while McDermit missed
once Lehrhoff managed to find time
TO leave McDermit and score al
field goal at this juncture, which the
the Benedict pivot offset by scoring
one himself from under heavy guard
Central assumed the top of the
score for the first and only time in the
game at this stage when Lefkowitz
placed Central ahead, IA to IL, with
field goal. The advantage was short
lived, however, for Igoe, who re-
Iieyed McDermit at penalty shooting,
tied the score with q free throw.
4 ,efl5owitz fell down on two chances
In take the lead with free throws
once more McDermit came to the
fore getting his third field goal of
fhe day which hel followed with
another after q whirlwind circuit of
the court An exchange of freeI
throws failed to materialize a score
for either quintet, and the half
ended IS to IA in the Benedict's favor.
Second Half.
In the second half, Kruger replaced
A hramsou. who failed to account for
a single score in the first period.
fgoe took up the free throwing for
81 Benedict's and tailed three points.
Iebrhoff counted twice for Central
NcDermit evaded Lehrhoff under the
basket and dropped the leather into
the net for the first field goal of the
half
After missing a free throw Lehrhoft
scored a field goal from the side of
tbe court. Fouling became frequent.
Imoe scored on a double penalty, but
T.ehrhoff missed and a moment later
both failed on a similar penalty. On
the next try Igoe was successful. Soon
after McDermit scored again on a
i,lmp IN under the basket Flarity
became over-zealous in his guarding
ana a point was awarded to Central
When he was detected pushing Kru-
,rer while the Centralite was shooting,
I.ehrhoff tailed the free throw. Kru-
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