Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-30
VISITORS WIN
FROM LOCAL QUINT
Baltimore West Branch Y. NJ. c. A.
Defeat Machine Gun Company
at Basketball.
BY ONLY 81 TO 80.
An Exciting Game in Which Oliver
Stars for Visitors and Jones for
Local 0uint.

The FIVE of the Machine Gun Com
pany played with unexpected speed
and cleverness last night at the Bla-
den Street Armory, and were defeated
by the veteran reserve five of the Bal
timore West Branch Y M. C. A., by
only 81 to 30.
In spite Of the highly creditable
game played by the gunners. the re-
suit was disappointing. because the
local boys had won the game by so
to %. according to the score board
and everyone believed that they had
secured a victory. The players shar-
ed this belief and only learned that
they had lost by point when they
returned from their shower bath. AS
the wit of the Company expressed
it. I'VE won the game on the floor and
lost it in the shower bath"
There seems to be no duobt, how
ever, that the score was as finally an
nounced, and that the marker at the
blackboard failed in the excitement to-
ward the end to note one of the goals
shot by Oliver, the fast forward of the
visitors The official score-keeper, the
coach and manager of the visitors and
a newspaper correspondent, who kept
the score, all agreed that the proper
score was 81 to 80 in favor of the Wis
itors However, this showing was
most creditable to the locals under
the circumstances.
The Gunners took the lead at the
start, but were overhauled by the Wis
itors before the half ended. the score
of the first period being IA to in
favor of West Branch. They also led
well in the second half, and it was
not until we'll near the close that the
remarkable playing of Jones, with
some good shots by DeConway, and
goal by Muhlmeister, made the final
result in great doubt.
Oliver was playing wonderful ball
/ all along. however and vieing with
Jones in making remarkable shots,
while the other members of the team
notably Goode and Boobs, were help
ing out. The fast, hard game or tRIe
| local men was very effective, and
there seemed to be no doubt that with
more practice, they would defeat the
West Branch.
| Jones played as fine a game as any
local forward ever put up.and the gen.
/ eral work of the other players show
ed marked Improvement. DeConway
is also developing into an excellent
forward. and with the improvement in
his shooting which practice viii bring,
he should be a notable forward
One of the pleasant features of the
contest was the excellent sportsman
ship displayed by the members of Co.
NJ, who backed the local team, who
might be considered rivals in some
sense, as heartily as if it had been
their own. The largest crowd of the
season attended the game, and the
dancing which followed was very
much enjoyed.
The lineup and summary:
w. Branch. Machine Gun.
Goode. .... Left Forward. Jones
Oliver <. Right Forward !. Conway
Davis. ..... Centre. =. Muhlmeister
Bobbs. ... Left Guard 49,. Sunders
Zimmerman Right Guard Kaiser
Goals fro the court-West Branch
Oliver 9, Goode, 2, Bobbs. 4. Machine
Gun Co, Jones, 8, Conway. 2, Muhl-
meister, 1.
Goal from foul line--West Branch,
Bobbs' 2 in 5 chances. Oliver, l in 2
chances; Machine Gun Co. Jones. S
in Is chances.
Referee and Umpire Thompson. OF
st. Johns College, and Lutz. of Balti-
more, talternating) Time of halves
Twenty minutes.