The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1916-01-29
5. s. c. BASKET BALL
DEFEAT |. N c. A.
TEAM BY SCORE $3.50
In Game Played Here Last
Saturday Night-Ed Watts
An Impartial Referee =
Tycer and OtLer Locals
AS a Unit Make a Hit. "

What was undoubtedly the prettiest
game of basket ball Witnessed at the
Bay in long while was she one played
Saturday night last between the New
Orleans Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation and our own st. Stanislaus
College Team, which resulted in a
victory for the collegians, by score of
35 to 20. The New Orleans team is
composed of a big rangy bunch of
players who have had from five to ten
years experience and their team is
conceded to be one of A4 strongest in
the Senior Amateur Athletic Union
League which opens in New Orleans
the coming week. From start to finish
the game was marvel for speed and
tricky plays on both sides and the
forty minutes of actual play were oyer
before the large number OF spectators
realized it, much to their disappoint-
ment.
At the end of the first 20 minutes of
play, the collegians were leading by the
score of Is to z. just exactly one
minute before the end of the first half,
the score stood 10 to Z in favor OF ST..
Stanislaus. Then the crowd was brought
to its feet by pretty piece of head
work pulled off by Nat. Tycer, who
jumps center for the college. Seeing
that the opposing guards were playing
close uuder the ball, he slapped the
ball full force to the end of the court
where Wilbert and Shirer were waiting
for it and in less than so seconds three
pretty field goals were shot by the two
boys. In doing this little strategic
piece of work, Tycer crossed the signals
he had received from the forwards and
the G. A. players. In beat
ing the Y. M. G. AS, ST. Stanislaus
had to go out of its class aid proved to
the eoubting Thomases. IN we have a
team here which we'll deserves the
liberal support it has received from the
citizens of the Bay and one that we all
are proud of.
One of the prettiest features of the
game was the manner in which Mr.. Ed.
Watts, who is the official A. A. A. u.
referee handled it. His imparti-
ality, knowlege of the rules and prompt
of penalties upon offending
players, as wel as his absolute fear
lessness in sticking to his decisions,
made the game fast, clean and extremely
scientific. This is the first time that
the Bay has had the opportunity OF
seeing this well known official in action
and they would like to have him all the
time.
To pick the real star on the ST. Stanis-
laus Team would be rather hard matter
as the team works as unit or a vel
oiled piece of machinery, every mar
doing his part at the right time, the
selfish individual starring being con-
spicuous by its absence. Nat Tycer the
colleges big blonde center as usual had
no difficulty outiumping his opponent
getting every one of the taps. Tycel
also played all over the field and made
five field goals. Wilbert at forward
also made five field goals and Shirel
the other forward made one field and
nine foul goals. Sporl and Ros al
guards played remarkable ball max
ing it almost impossible for the men
whom they were guarding to ever gel
the ball and when they did, these two
little fellows would pounce upon them
and cover them SO that they were un-
able to shoot for the basket. Further.
more, both Sporl and Ros did some
exceedingly pretty passing and both
shot two field goals.
For the Y. M. G. A., Fl. Vittur a
forward who shot two field goals, Mike
Ziegler who is one of the best guard;
in the South and Briant who shot si,
foul goals out of six did the best work
Vittur is tall fast boy who has bee,
playing basket ball for the past eigh
years and his work all over the foo
was as pretty as has been seen her
this season.
The score follows:-
ST. STANISLAUS
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