The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
Best Players Win.

Best Prayers win.
Yea, it was a great evening and a
great game-that is for Richmond.
New Castles version OF the whole af-
fair was that the Richmond team and
rooters were a bit rude and rough
and fast. Alibis from the hackers OF
the Rose City aggregation were few
and far between, however. Richmond S
victory was clean cut and even the
majority of N. H. S. hackers conceded
that their team had bean outclassed.
As predicted, both teams took the
floor with regular varsity lineup. Vic
Lawson's alleged invalidism' didn't
keep the husky pivot man Of the White
and Green warriors from roughing, or
trying to rough, every member of the
Richmond team. Forward Brown of
Richmond "out of the game with a
wrenched shoulder" played every min
ute of the game.
Happy Gets on Floor.
Fully one hour before start OF hos
tilities, space in the New Castle hall
became so cramped that Mascot
Happy" Ward weight 54 pounds, had
to don his basketball suit and hang
his street clothes out the window be-
fore he could hope to witness the
game.
At $40 o'clock Referee Bishop of
Muncie. gave the signal for strife.
And strife it was. From the first
second of the first minute of the initial
stanza to the last second of the final
both teams were in the game to win.
New Castle, as per custom, started the
game with lots of the rough stuff
In doing this N. H. S. guessed. wrong
as the Quakers proved that they could
participate in that little game, too.
Forward Clarence Porter annexed
the first score of the game, just ninety
seconds after start of play. His bas-
ket was neat one and the issuing
noise from the R. H. S. section echoed
through the belfry of the Henry
county court house long after Bus
Parker had added another Quaker
point on a free put.
Gordon Scores One.
A field goal donated by Thad Cor
don and kampe's accurate throw of a
free one, evened the count at three
A second contribution of Porter fol
lowed up by foul point marker OF
Parker gave the locals another mar
gin. This advantage lasted about
thirty seconds once Cap Gordon got
range of the Quaker netting. With
the score six all' New Castle took
the aggressive and Richmond temper
arily dropped to the rear.
At one time during the first hall
the Rose City combine led the Quak
ers, 16 to 8. Three minutes before
close of the round Richmond rallied
with the result was New Castle Is
Richmond %, at the close of time.
Richmond Comes Back.
The second stanza was mostly
Richmond. From the time that Center
Bus Parker (who by the way played
one great game) trapped field TIL
the time that Brownie" with half the
New Castle team draped around his
shoulders, shot the last two point
marker, Richmond was all to the gooC
in this large round.
With the score 1921, Richmond, Vic
Lawson, New Castle center, retired
in favor of Pence. Whether New
Castle hoped to work the old gag, 'i1
Vic had only been in the game" is moi
known. Richmond made no substitu
ton throughout.
Richmond high rooters, vastly pleas
ed by the manner in which New Castle
was slowed away returned to the city
late last night and early today, feeling
that the r. II. S. crew now has al
unobstructed path to Bloomington.
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