Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-09
Basket Ball.
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Another very exciting basket ball game
was played at the Opera House Friday
evening and was witnessed by large
crowd. Deering high, the visitors, put
up one of the strongest games seen on
the local floor this season, and although
this team is not considered among those
that have a chance for the state cham
pionship, the game that they played
bore at this time made them q much
harder team for Norway to win over
than was Portland High last week.
It must be understood that Norway
entered this game under q tremendous
handicap and their strength Was much
below that OF Q week previous. During
the practice on Wednesday evening
Shepard injured his ankle 30 severely
that 1t has been with great difficulty that
he has been able to get around since
then, and 1t was impossible for him to
pay, although he came to the hall and
put on his suit with the other players
and attempted to practice for the game,
bsfore he was willing to give up and
ack owledge that he could not play.
Early In the game Norway was further
handicapped by having Smith injured,
aud although he played the game ont,
he visited doctor at the close and Cd
examination 1t was announced that one
of his ribs was injured, perhaps broken.
The changes made necessary by these
conditions were more effective In break
ing up Norway's team play than was the
work of the visitors. and although An
drews tried hard and did we'll, he lacks
the experience as we'll az the height and
strength of Shepard, and the Norway
team was much weakened. Had tue
home team been able to present Its regu-
lar line up, We believe they would have
won by q comfortable margin.
The game was holly contested from
the beginning and for greater part OF
the time there was not more than two or
three points difference in the score OF
the two teams. At the close of the fl rst |
half the score stood Norway High Is,
Deering High II. In the second half the
visitors went into the lead and at one
time were six points ahead. Norway
overcame this lead and finished one
point ahead, very largely because OF
Smiths good work on goals from fouls.
This. is the first game this season, and We
hope will BE- the last, when Norway's
margin Of victory has been determined
by the ability of their man who shoots
the goals from fouls.
Deering came here without a referee
and the game had hardly started before
SiOckman began to tell Referee Farnum
how it should be played. This unneces'
sary talk by the visiting player make him
unpopular with the crowd, who got after
him rather bard. Stockman also had
Farnum and Sanderson agree before the
game started that If there was any un.
necessary roughness the offending playe or
should be ordered out of the game, and
10 the last of the second half, when be
jumped on Klain's back and knocked
that player to the floor, he was imme-
diataly ordered out of the game by Far.
mum. he took different view about
rougbness then and 1t was
only when appealed to BY other members
of his team that he left the game.
That Deering was fouling frequently
throughout the game cannot be denied,
but it was also q fact that Norway's work
in bis line was not what it ought to
have been, and Klain's performances
when a visiting player shot for foul
goal we're disgusting to any but the most
partisan supporters. he gains nothing
by such tactics, and those in charge of
the team should see to 1t that stop is
put to such practices.
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