Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-06
YALE'S SCORING
MACHINE ROUTS
ALL-COLLEGIATES
Captain Taft's Aggregation of
Football and Baseball Stars
Gain 44-24 Victory
local BOYS SHOW FORM
Large Crowd Witnesses Classic
Exhibition in Chestnut
Street Auditorium

In a classic basketball game played
flast night on Chestnut Street Audi
torium floor the Yale varsity tossers
took the Harrisburg All-Collegiate five
into camp with A to "a score. The
game was an interesting exhibition of
clean, fast basketball on the part of
the New Haven visitors and an in
teresting one from the spectators
standpoint, unused as Harrisburg is to
the intercollegiate rules. Nearly one
thousand fans crowded the big room
and the brilliant shooting and good
team work and passing that was
shown by both teams provided plenty
of thrills
Yale's presence in Harrisburg gave
local enthusiasts the first opportunity
to see in action some of the stars who
have been prominent in baseball. foot
ball and other athletics at New Haven.
1t was fashionable crowd that at
tended the game and the Yale alumni
were there in large numbers. dance
program followed the game.
Yale's Scoring Machine
Early in the game Yale's scoring
machine started. Kinney, last years
all-collegiate star, was the big fellow
In this department and while he stayed
teammates, led by Captain Charlie
Taft, kept feeding the ball to the
speedy and elusive little forward, who
rolled them in from every angle. Cap
tain Taft did his scoring from the foul
line, but was a big factor in the pass
ing and floor work of the visitors.
Harry Legore, the famous football
star, was scheduled to play with Har-
risbuA, but eligibility rules prevented
him from appearing in the lineup. In
order not to disappoint the big crowd
he was put in the Yale lineup in the
ST cond half and showed his skill and
accuracy by dropping three clean bas-
ketS in short ume. Horton, who
went into the game late in the second
halt, was the only Yale man who
failed to tally. Olsen's floor work and
quick follow-ups to the basket fea-
tured the playing of the Yale team.
while Garfield, the tall center, was
constantly in evidence. Stradella, who
succeeded him, handled his end of the
playing very capably. Neil Mallon.
one of the best guards in the Inter-
collegiate League, did not get into the
game. He was being saved for the
tussle with the Navy at Annapolis this
afternoon.
Local Players No Slouches
The Harrisburg boys put up splen-
did game under the circumstances,
with Shortly Miller and Pat" Rea-
gan following the ball every minute of
the time. Frank Roth put up a good
game and guarded closely, while Her
man and Stackpole occasionally
showed traces of old-time form. The
five field goals scored by Stackpole,
who captained the Yale 1915 team
that won the intercollegiate champion
ship against Princeton, University of
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Columbia and
Dartmouth, We're a factor, and Her
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half aided materially in the scoring.
The team worked in spurts, with an
occasional brilliant goal from the field
by Miller, Roth and Reagan. Red
Atticks too Herman's place in the sec
ond half and A. H. StackpoIe replaced
Z. ]. Stackpole, Jr., in the last few
minutes of play. Both these players
made their presence felt
The only regrettable incident during
the game was the unsportsmanlike
kissing of the crowd at one of Referee
Miller's decisions.
Harrisburg Stars
Herman. of Harrisburg, scored first
for Harrisburg with a foul goal. but
the lead was shortlived a field goal
and two foul tosses by Kinney follow
ing for Yale. Field goals by Rhett
and Olsen preceded a foul goal by
Herman. Garfield and Kinney made
two points and Z. J. StackpoIe, Jr,
scored the first goal from field for the
Collegians.
Field goals by Rhett and Kinney. a
foul by Herman and field goal by
Stackpole and a field and two foul
goals by Kinney, made in the order
mentioned, brought the score up TO
20 to Z. Stackpole added two more to
his list. The score at the close of the
half was % to IL.
Second Half
Taft opened the second half with
foul goal. z. J. Stackpole Jr., scored
from field. Olsen tailed three times
from field and Taft added a foul shot,
A field goal by Reagan, another by Kin
ney and three in row by Miller, At
ticks and Reagan followed Legore
made two field goals, Taft two fouls.
Stradelia q field and Taft another foul
before the Collegians scored again. A
foul toss by Miller, a foul by Taft
and field goal by Legore and a field