The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-17
LACK OF TRAINING GIVES
RICHMOND TWO DEFEATS IN
BILL WITH ANDERSON HIGH
Coach Mullins Men Fail to Show Proper Form Over
come Fast Anderson Crew-Varsity Defeated, 26-17
Seconds Also Lose.

Showing greater development
and much more aggressive spirit, An
derson High schools basketball rep
resentatives downed Richmond High 8
leather tossers in both contests Of a
double bill at the Coliseum Friday
night, the second taking their game,
p to 8, and the a. H. S. varsity com
ing out with the big end of a 26-17
score.
The perfectly organized Anderson
aggregation started in the first game
to show its superiority over the R. H.
S. fives and after the first five min
utes of play, the youngsters of r. H.
S. were lost
Anderson gained the rub, when Dy-
kins, their lanky center gained the tip
off at every goal It was here that the
R. II. S. representatives fell down.
Lacking the proper coaching that
would put them in possession of the
ball, without having gained the tip
off, coach Mullins men were unable
to stop the floor work of the visitors
and the first half ended, Is to 6, An
derson
The same playing was true in the
second half, and after repeated eff
forts to gain the ball, without the
knowledge of how it should be done,
the r. H. s. five started a rough
house, much to the benefit of Ander-
son. The game ended with the score,
% to 9, with seven of Anderson s
points being made on free throws
Seconds Lack Coaching.
The same lack of coaching for de
fensiye play was noticeable in the
second half of the evenings bill. Sim
mons was outjumped by Miller, of An
derson, and time after time, the An
derson five carried out their plays
without a hitch
This was particularly true in the
first half, when a cross floor pass
from Trueblood to Cannon, after the
tip-eff from Miller netted the A. II.
S five four points.
Richmond started in the lead in
the second game, but this lead was
soon overcome, and when the Cannon
Trueblood combination started rum
Ing, the visitors had the r. H. S. five
swamped before many in the crowd
realized what was going on.
r. n. S. Men Game.
Too much credit cannot be given
III Tic S5e1lil1ICoo VI LllG INISdl1lOuu LIVE,
and with proper coaching they should
have been able to hold their lead
gained in the first few minutes of
play. The boys showed plenty OF
speed, and an ability to stick to the
game, but their technical knowledge
was not developed to a sufficient ex-
tent to compete with the well trained
hard playing, Anderson five.
The greatest fault of the R. H. S.
five in the first half of the varsity
game, was overcome in the second
section, and in the final section, the
Quakers cut down their opponents
lead by two points Anderson, in the
first half, was able to work the Rich
mond defense down the floor, and
then with a series of long passes, elud-
ed Shelton, the Richmond back guard,
and registered two points
Cramer, however, stuck to his knit
ing in the second section, then this
play was effectively blocked
Two Out on Fouls.
Two men were taken out Of the
game on fouls, and the ntire even
ing was spent with exhibitions Of
rough playing on the part of both
teams. Especially was this true of
the Anderson five in the second con-
test
The visitors had evidently been told