Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-11
BASKETBALL IN
SERVICE LEAGUE
PROVIDES SPORT
But National Guard Team So
0utcIaSSeS Rivals That Spe-
CiaI Ruling May Be Made

alert ............-.. ''oO
Dept. Hosp. .......... ! 1.VO
National Guard ..... I o LOO
Fort De Russy 90
Engineers .......... .Uu'
Signal Corps ......... o .UU'
Fort Armstrong ...... 0 I .ooC
YESTERDAYS SCORES.
Dept. Hospital SIS, Signal Corps 10.
National Guard e., Fort Armstrong
ToNIGHT'S GAMES.
Fort De Russy VS.. Engineers; Enc
infantry VS.. Aterts: g p. m.
Two Cnc,sided games e basketball
were staged on the armCry floor yes
tcrday afternoon. the I, am of Field
Company L, Signal - IS, PROVING
easy for the pill roller ), while the
National Guard iiyefwalkcd away from
the Fort Armstrong team. All eight
teams in the league haze now been
seen in action, and so far all the
games have been won by big margins
II looks as though the was a dis
tinCtly drawn first and second division
although most of the clubs have done
so little actual playing that any one
of them is likely to como from behind
with a rush.
The Department Hospital basket
shooters made good impression, their
passing being accurate and their
shooting fairly coed. There was a
lack Ct, position play among the men,
however, the tendency beng for every.
one to rush around the court without
much system. ..@ - : ..
The second game JroUSnt to light a
rather odd situation. Namely, that
the National Guard team so far out
classed the rest OF the league that 1t
was likely to he a ne.s!ded race all
the way. Four crack Basketball men
had been enlisted within the last few
days, and these made their appear
ance in the initial game. There was
a loud protest from several. Of the
other teams, but there was no real
ground for protest, because the only
rule OF the league as t. eligibility is
that players be bona fide enlisted men
of the organizations which they repre-
sent. The question of length of serN-
ice actually came up at one OF the
meetings and was waived aside by the
athletic representatives OF the various
teams as being unimportant.
From the standpoint CT good sport,
however, IL is unwise % kill interest
in the race at the start, and 1t is like
ly that the guard athlete council will
voluntarily make a ruling that will
weaken their own team. II is proposed
that a player must be enlisted full
month, and must attend three regular
drills of his company or detachment,
before becoming eligible to play II.
the basketball league. This will put
Nottage, Nicholson. Neinecke and
Brown cut of the game for the time
being, and will kick a big hole in the
guard combination. - ...
There is another side to the Ques-
tion of eligibility, however, that must
not be lost sight of One of the main
advantages CT athletics in the organ
lied militia is to make the service at
tractive to the men and stimulate en-
listment Guard service has no Pc
cuniary rewards, and there is much
hard work and time required There
fore, to put up the bars against ath@
lete5 is not in line with the general
policy OF popllarizing the service. In
the interests Of harmony, however, it
is almost certain that the above men,
toned ruling will be made ~.
The cry from some of the opposing
players yesterday was that the guard
had shipped the whole Y. NJ. G. A
team. As a matter of fact there are
10 teams playing at the ~ and as
that is the only place where basket
ball has been played prior to the for
nation CT the Service league, it stands
60 reason that any active player has
some connection with the "Y'' organ
ization. 1t Is not true, however, that
there is any representative Y. NJ. c.
n which has been raided for recruits.
However, even by shelving the four
men who have been stamped as too
fast for the regulars to tackle, the
National Guard will stilI have team
that can give a good account of itself
and in the interests CT sport il VIII
probably take the field next game.
The scores: -..
Signal Corps-Munden, IF: Morris
II; Rice, c; Comisky, rg:: Spencer, lie,
Dept. Hospital-Bennett, rf; Hac.
kett, If; Mokbergen, C; Gatzke, re-;
Armstrong, lg. IL.
Rice, goals 4, fouls ]: Spencer, goals |
B; Morris, goals /; Red. goals 1; Haze
kett, goals II, fouls J.; Bennett, goals
3; Mokbergen, goals l..
Substitutions Red for Comisky;
Thornisen for Morris. -.
Fort Armstrong sko, IF; Lynch, |
If; Natchorn, c; Ur.,hy, IF; Cook,
l. .......... ..s... E.... -. ...:. ..
n. G, H.-Brown, IF: Henry, If; Nj