Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-08
BASKETBALL NOTES.

Da1Cey, WASH 1eaZeQ Tor a moment
in center position. The more he was
out-classed the harder he played.
Daicey is discouraging man to COW
er, not only because of his size but
because of his disconcerting ducking
to the right of his opponent immedi-
ately the ball is in play to receive the
return pass from Beals and shoot for
the basket. Stilpen's work does not
show it's full value in the official score.
Stuart, as usual, was the whole
show. And clean-well, say! OF
course you had to bar few tumbles
for the Wassitt men inconsiderate
enough of their personal welfare to
step in his way when he was in a hur-
ry, but Peg" bravely held himself in
check from rough -and-ready slugging
as evidenced in previous encounters.
Everyone knows that Peg has few
superiors at the pugilistic stuff when
he cuts loose. That he should refrain
and do much at Quieting his feilow
players, even when nastily attacked
by at least one of his opponents, is
entirely to his credit.
Chief Colgan and his men didn't
allow any grass to grow under their
feet in stopping a scrap. To their
alertness was due quick termination
of several little affrays that promised
serious outcome.
The sentiment expressed by one fan
Tuesday night will be acceptable to
all who saw the game, You've got to
hand it to Stuart" If Peg could shoot
he wouldn't have a superior in the
Of i.fyi iv,c
the ball from a trio of opponents tes-
titled to that. And when Daicey step
ped in front of him-Zowie! The 225-
pounder from Auburn. did Lincoln
Beachey about ten feet and crashed
down on the tops of the heads of the
spectators in the first and second rows.
Harvey is a quiet player but ex-
tremely efficient He contributed a
basket from hot encounter and was
in the game every minute. He is an
other prime favorite with the audi
ence.
Glad to see you make good, Jerry!
Stuarts plan of pulling the forwards
under their own basket fzzled sadly
with two successive scores Some
quite commendable schemes fail be-
fore run of ill-luck.
The need of the Augusta team for a
first class passing system and unlimit-
ed shooting practice was woefully ap-
parent.
A. cage" for further games of
basketball in City hall. That is, a
board partition about three feet high
on line with the gallery's edge and
with netting extended to the balcony.
A clean but hard played game Tues
day evening by the Augusta boys
with one exception. The quicker such
an exception is corrected the easier
will the game find its success in this
or any other city.
Daicey surprised some of the Au-
gusta fans by his gentleness and good
nature. 1t is understood that he is to
Join theNAugusta team. He knows the
game and is very quick for so big a
man. His advent will be heartily well
come here.
Without exception Skinner is the
most unsportsmanlike player seen in
Augusta in a long time. Coopers S
quick estimate of him was one OF the
most amusing incidents of the Tues
day game Skinner deliberately struck
Cooper in the face with his clenched
fist while the Augusta player was
turned from him. Cooper, quick-ten-
pered always, reeled, then whirled up
on his antagonist. Had it been Daicey
the fat would have been in the fire,
for the bigger they are the better they
look to Cooper when he wants to fight.
But to turn and see, backing away,
the thin thatched, rat-like Auburn
man, who seldom makes open, fair at
tack, was too much for Coop. He
hesitated, doubled with laughter, and
was back in the game as though
nothing had happened. Cooper has
made himself big favorite with the
spectators, is essentially a team
man" and should be retained.
Westbrook Seminary of Portland
will open it's basketball schedule Fri
day night, playing Freeport High at
Freeport. Manager Martin has an
nounced his schedule as follows. in
cluding a game with Winthrop High
Of Winthrop, Mass: Jan. 9. Freeport
at Freeport; Jan. 16, Mechanics Insti-
tute at Rumford; Jan. %. Deering
High at Portland; Jan. 30, Gould's
Academy of Bethel at Portland; Feb.
6, Blddeford High at Biddeford; Feb.