The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-01-14
'WH|TMANS AND
RECALLS IN THE
WINNING ROLE
LARGE CROWD WITNESSED TWO
GOOD GAMES OF BASKETBALL
AT THE Y. M. c. A.

Before crowded galleries and a
squirming, yelling side line, the Whit
mans defeated the Mystics last night
by the tune Of % to 81, and the Recalls
ran UP rs points to Pensacola High
Schools 16. Both games were inter-
esting from start to finish, and all
four teams played good ball through
out, though some of them failed a
little in the head work and team play
at times when such failure spelled de-
feat
The first game opened with the Mys-
tic Five scoring one point on a foul
goal thrown by Captain Burnham. At
ter some play, Captain Horrell missed
field goal after pretty try, but
Merritt Bell followed up with two field
goals for the Whitmans, making the
score 4 to 1.
Then occurred mix up of players,
first around the east goal and then
around the west, until Captain Burn
ham caught long fly and with beau
tiful leap tried for goal, just missing
it. A little later. after much swapping
of the ball, Captain Horrell scored two
field goals at short intervals apart,
and Captain Burnham came up with
foul goal. Score s to in favor of the
Whitmans. Gibson for the Whitmans
followed their success by field goal.
which could not be counted because
of foul and Durham added one
more on foul goal for his team, and
Merritt Bell q field goal. Leon Bell
made a beautiful try for goal half
the length of the field. but the bali
rolled out, and after some play Burn
ham put in a field goal for his team.
Bell, for the Whitmans, catching a long
field length throw from Hoffman, made
nice field goal, but failed at ,ong
try later. Horrell followed with two
field goals for the Whitmans, one of
them a beautiful and difficult play over
his shoulder, as he wriggled out of the
grasp of two men. Captain Durham
missed a foul goal the ball rolling
around the basket and out, but put in
the next one, while Horrell missed-oc-
casion double foul-Merritt Bell re-
trieving the situation with two more
points on a field goal, Gibson and Hor-
rell each added a field goal for the
Whitmans. and Gibson made another
pretty try, but the ball rolled over the
edge of the basket. Score Whitmans
IS, Mystic Five, g.
RExALL-HIGH GAME.
The first half of the Rexall- High
School game saw the ball go down
toward the High School goal by rapid
passing, then back to the Rexalps
ground, one OF the latter team re-
lieving the danger to his goal by a
very long throw which just missed
scoring. For the High School, Lang
missed, and after some play, Richards
collided hard with Olsen, and dropped
out of the game for minute to clear
the stars from his eyes. Langford then
scored foul goal for the High School
A beautiful long High School throw
was stopped by Olsen, and the ball
played back and forth until another
foul try, the High School failed to
score, while Captain Wallace, for the
Whitmans, put in two foul goals sue
cessively, and on a double foul later
added another the High School mis-
sing again. Richards advanced the
ball almost to his opponents goal by
series Of bounces, only to lose it
there, and get challenge for his best
skill, which he met by throwing
little later by a clean goal from the
center of the field.
Then back and forth to the High
Schools goal and back to center, long
throw followed long throw, and around
the High Schools goal the Whitmans
kept the ball passing and might have
scored, had not foul made Wallace
try for a goal. On the failure, and
after much playing, Wolfe scored two
points for the Waitmans. Langford,
on foul goal, added one for the High
chool. Toss-up ball down field and
back, outside, back to center, thrown
at High Schools goal striking it, no
score, foul. Wallace scored goal, but
Brassell made a great catch and a
beautiful try an almost impossible try,
Langford another of the same sort,