Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Basket Ball.
EDWARD LITTLE Il. s. "a; NORWAY H. 8.

EDWARD LITTLE b. 8. "a; MIDWAY b. 81
81.
In the game at the Opera House Fri
day evening 1t was another case of the
home team letting the visitors get the
lump on them in the first half of the
game and running up so large q score
that the game was hopelessly lost before
the second half started. Edward Little
High of Auburn gave good exhibition
of fast team play, and had one player at
least who showed his ability to throw
baskets from almost any position in the
hall.
Why a team capable OF playing very
good basket ball should play as Norway
did in the first half is rather hard to un-
derstand. Team play and passing seem.
ed to be lost art with them, and when
they got chance to shoot at the basket
much of their shooting was very wild.
| They seemed possessed OF the idea that
, the one thing necessary was to get the
ball, and several of the players put in the
whole period chasing the ball around.
, When one would get the ball his team
; mates would all be near at hand and
there would be no one to make pass to.
In other words, the visitors made them
look like novices. They uncovered
good passing game and with their team
spread out we'll over the floor made
Quick passes one to the other and kept
possession OF the ball most of the time.
without exception the Norway team fell
down badly in covering their opponents,
and Hasty, the star of the game for the
visitors, managed to keep out of most OF
the mix.ups and be in scoring position
with no one near him when the ball was
, fed to him. :. -
In the second half Norway made one
change in the lineup, Brooks taking
Evirs' place as right forward. The team
got together In better shape and refused
to let the visitors get them on the run.
Their team play improved to q marked
extent, and although lot of their shots
| for the basket went wild they Gagged the
ball often enough to score two more
points during this half than the visitors
could secure. Norway showed during
this half that when they played the
game as they were capable OF playing 1t,
! they were In no way outclassed by the
visitors. -,,
Hasty, postgraduate player at Ed
ward Little, was the backbone OF the
visiting team, and shot eight floor goals,
six of them in the first half. His shoot
ing was very accurate, and he was always
dangerous no matter where he secured
the ball. Bethel, who played against
him, was the star of the Norway team,
but it is q we'll established fact that
J Bethel is not defensive player. His
sty le of playing Is of the whirlwind va
riety, and he probably covered more dis.
tance during the game than. any other
two men on the f]oor.s He 10 always At
ter the ball and what Is more, he gets 1t,
However, 1t would seem to be the part
of good judgment to assign some Other
man on the Norway team to cover Beth
el's man, especially when that player IL
as strong al he was In this game. Bethel
is too strong an, offensive player to DC
much guarding, and that is not his style
of play. -..:.-
tributed by Andrews, who after falling
! to the floor, threw q basket before re.
gaiping his feet. Hasty was near An
drews when be made this play and show
ed good sportsmanship by grasping An
drews' hand and congratulating him or
the play.
The game was very, late In starting and
the crowd was plainly annoyed by what
seemed to be an unnecessary delay. The
Norway management could with very
little effort start the games on time AND
this should be done in the interest OF
those who support the team by constant
attendance at the games.
Il Tho lina-uns