The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-18
RED ATTACK
LACKS PUNCH
IN! STRUGGLE
AT MUNC|E
Munele, 50; Richmond, n.

Muncie, 80: Richmond, r..
In full justice to Muncie school spirit
support OF the kind r. H. s. gives its
team on the Coliseum hoor-M. Fl. S.
basketball team in its game with the
Quakers at the Muncie gym floor last
night just simply couldn't lose. Muncie
high, playing on it's home floor and be-
fore its fellow students and rooters
did to Richmond just what the r. Fl. S.
win do to the Muncieites March 2,
when the Delaware county boys come
to Richmond for their return game.
Richmond high school basketball
team has no alibis TO offer for It's
miserable showing Muncie won the
game by superior playing In full jus.
tice to Richmond, however. It must be
understood that the r. H. s. five that
fell before the whirlwfnd attack Of the
M. Fl. s. onslaught was not the same
machine that swept back Anderson In
the game OF but a week ago. The
same fellows wore the Richmond suits
but the team spirit and night was not
there.
Team starts Against Odds.
An analysis Of the game shows that
the Richmond team started against
odds An undersized floor without-of.
bounds ON ever side was no help to the
Red and White tve which depends on
It's speed In open work. The fact
that the team arrived in Munc1e late
and took the floor after an extempor-
aneous lunch taken on tho run In order
to make train connections didn't help
things a bit Altogether everything
went wrong for the team that was
counted to swamp the upstate repre-
sentatives.
But despite handicaps and circum-
stances Muncie had every right to win
To detract credit from the Muncie
showing would be an Injustice to a
team that bids fair to land high In the
state lists this year. Richmond was
outplayed.
The battle opened with the Rich
mond five carrying the fight into the
Muncie camp. A scant minute after
the initial toss-up the r. H. s. for
wards had filled the baskets for four
points. One of these goals-a neat
back hand shot by Emo O'Neal was
forfeited after the referee had claimed
an out Of bound shot. The goal was a
fair one.
Team Appears Worried
With a safe lead Richmond held
possession of the Muncie angora for
five minutes during which time the
Richmond rooters colony INDUCED In
its only celebration Of the game. It
looked like kid money for the Red
and White Muncie rooters were
plainly worried and the M. H. S. team
looked sick.
The comeback of the Muncieites
was terrific in its intensity. Just
when, how and why the Richmond
team went to pieces is mystery.
Muncie's revival was complete. Re-
covering from an apparent state OF
coma the Muncie boys took possession
of every square foot of the floor. 1t
was a case of goodnight Richmond.
y Boost Muncie Score.
Once under way there was no stop
ping of the Muncie attack. Speed that
shot up the Richmond defensives and
made the Quaker guards look like
ornaments lifted the Muncie score to
the double digits in less time than 1t
takes to narrate the event. The shot
r. the close Of the first half found the
Richmond five trailing an 1876 set OF
figures.
Richmond braced IN the final round.
Coming from behind the top heavy ma
forty the R. H. s. for time threat
ened Muncie's lead. Richmond began
to astonish the home folk with
series Of brilliant team plays that gen.
orally managed to 60 for zero when
the Richmond end man missed the
shot at the netting. Richmond's bas-
ket work In the final was crime. 1t
was a sin. It was shameful. AS Mum
Gle rooters admitted Richmond
couldn't hit the back stop.
Toward the close Of the game Coach
Lyboult derricked Shelton in place OF
Dollins. The advent Of the husky
guard added some punch to the Quak
er attack. The defense stffened per-
cept1bly.
Team Didn't Quit
The last minutes Of play saw the
Richmond team leading the scrap
ping. There wasn't gutter on the
team and though the game was hope
lessly shot, every man was giving his
best when the gun ended the suffer-
ing Of the Richmond rooters.
Richmond was whipped, walloped.
trodden upon and punished but at that
there was not fan In the big audi
forum that did not feel that some |
thing was missing some place and
that the Richmond five with another
chance could turn in far different |
showing.
The details of the disaster are con-
tinued In the following set Of figures:
Muncie
els. Els. Msd. Pts |