Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-22
MANY BASKET BALL TEAMS
Thirty-Three Quintets Entered in
Tri-City, Commercial and
Church Leagues.
REFORMS IN THE REGULATIONS

Basket ball is soon to enjoy its most
!, active season is Omaha. Thirty-threc
teams have already entered the Trl-city.
Commercial and Church leagues, and
before entries close II is expected the
number Of quintets will reach forty.
The Tri-City loup was the first to
get under way, and at its meeting Tues
day evening at the Young Mems Chris
tian association, elected the following Of
ficers. George Sunderland president;
| William Hewitt. vice president, and
Ralph Leake, secretary-treasurer. j.
Trultt Maxwell and Bud Kerns were
elected to meet with the officers as an
executive committee. Coach Benjamin
of Bellevue and Mulligan of the Omaha
high school were selected to draw up
a schedule.
In the other loups temporary officers
have been elected.
Important changes expected to work
for the betterment OF the organizations
were discussed at the meetings. Among
the most important was that no player
could play on more than one league
team. 1t was further decided that play
ers belonging to the Tri-City organiza-
ton should not play i'm the Church or
: Commercial loups. or vice versa. Last
year several of the stronger church teams
played men from the Tri-City league and
had little tronble in cleaning house with
/ the weaker contingents that employed
members of their own class. This season
an effort Is to be made so that some Of
the weaker quintets can have more of
an even chance.
More Floors Available.
| With Creighton college gymnasium
nearly completed and with the Bellevue
! college gymnasium finished basket ball
tossers will not experience the trouble of
last year i'm finding suitable places on
! which to stage their games. Besides the
| two mentioned gymnasiums the league
/ teams will stage their contests at the Uni
verslty OF Omaha and the Young Mems
! Christian association. While rather small,
! the Nebraska School for the Deaf, also Af-
fords place on which to play.
! OF the three loups organized the Church
| league is attracting the most attention
From a five-team organization Of last
I season II has jumped to thirteen. The
/ players Of the Church league will have to
I toe the mark to be eligible to compete
: They will have to be bona fide members
of the church they represent. They will
have to attend church at least once a
week, and previous to their time of play
/ ing have been members for at least three
weeks.
| Entrance Fees Deposited.
An entrance fee is being charged, which
! amounts to $40 in the Tri-City and Com
mercial, and S. in the Church league
/ This money will be forfeited upon the
withdrawal OF a team before playing
| three-fourths Of its games.
J Basket ball meetings are scheduled
/ this week at the Young Mems Christian
association to complete all details. the
/ Commercial league will meet Tuesday
| evening at 1880, and the Church league on
! Wednesday at the same time. II is
/ planned to start playing by December TO-
/ The personnel of the quintets that have
/ already signed up follows: Commercial
| Ieague-Omaha National Bank, Fairmont
! Creamery company Townsend Reserves,
Joe Smiths Council Bluffs. Commercial
! High school, Omaha High School Re-
/ serves, NJ. f. Smith. Creighton Laws
/ and the Nebraska School for the Deaf
Tri-City League-Townsend Gun COM
many. Burgess Nash, ]. l.. Brandeis'
/ Walter @. Clark. Creighton College.
Omaha High school. Bellevue College and
! the University of Omaha. Church League
First Christian, First Methodist, ran
scom Park Methodists. Calvary Bapust'
Kountze Memorial, Church OF the CoVen-
ant. South Side. Presbyterian South
Side Baptists and West Side lnterde-
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