The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-24

HuESa IlS EGC1ulosu l. M -, n.
basketball team closed its season FRI
day night with "a victory over Wake
Forest college IT was "a most fitting
climax to a most successful season.
Beginning the season, the team was
chosen from the best material that
ever represented the city In this line
Of sport. The squad consisted of
Eppa Rixey, of the University OF Viz
gtnta: Norman Beckner. OF v. P. l..
Henry Waiier@tein, of last years "Y"
team: o Bell. Claude Woodward,
Franck n walter Bell. of the Church
I'M athletic club, n David Levin.
Of John Marshall
Union Theological seminary was
wTaiioped by b score Of 81 to IT. and
the following week Randoiph-Macou
was owne at Ashland to the tune OF
% 70 Is. Then the team received its
arst setback Rixey. star center. en-
tered the axny just before the Will
Liam n Mary am in Williamsburg.
This game. incidentally. wa1 started
with four guards and the manager.
who had notp layed since LAST season.
~ TO Is. Captain Woodward arrived
on a'lster train. and the Indians were
defeated, ~ 10 80.
The first Of the two defeats OF the
season was suffered on December 22,
the II" failing before Company l.
a1oth infantry, composed of ex-coilege
and professional players OF Western
Pennsylvania The score was rs to
30, but those familiar with the locals
style OF play considered it an off night,
although only two points decided the
game.
Tha next exhibition was lost on De-
eeyn bar Attn TO an all-star team COM
posed of Richmond boys from vuioua
colleges and universities, who were
homo for the holidays: score, 30 to 20.
Till" Psttway, of University OF Viz
xiniA. won this game In the last min
uts OF play by two seemingly impos-
si6le shotA The team 'wss fandi-
capped with two regulars out of the
EAms.
Following the holidays. Petersburg
" was tackled In Petersburg. and
the Coolers went down to a 80 10 80
count. Henry wallerstein. who had
moved to center from a guard after
Rixey's departure. began TO find him.
self in this gabe. and his ability In
following the ball aided materially
the team to regain their stride. Prior
to this game the Lynchburg trip was
called of by the Y. NJ. C. A. authori-
ties for the reason that Lynchburg A
c. was not q college or Y. NJ. c. a.
team. n the cancelling OF the most
important game on the schedule
served to further discourage the men.
In this garns the boys ~regained some
of their old confidence, and h next
eight games were won by decisive
scores. Randolph-Macon was played
in Richmond. and Bob Bell played his
last game under the Blue N White.
Uncle Sam claiming him for the navy.
The c~ollegfans were defeated ny the
score OF ~ to rs: Bell scored no less
than twenty points.
Following this rams the team lined
UP: woodward and Levin. forwards:
wallerstsin, center: Ehmig and Beck
nsr. guards; Tyler and rranck. re-
serves, and this lineup was kept for
the balance OF the seaaon. Three
Hundred and Fifth sanitary train and
Petersburg Y were the next victim. of
the association auint cores. After a
weeks layofr. Richmond college was
tackled at Westhampton, and the as
ISOLATION v won. 40 to 10. Later In
the week the collegfans were again met
for . retur game. Without detract-
ing from tho co~lisgtans' play. this was
by far the poorest exhibition of the
year. Ovsr-conndence and the TACT
that both Euards had been sick two
days previous allowed Dave satter-
neld's team to hold them to d SO to 81
lscers. Wallerstein's shooting from all
OVER the floor gave the 'FY'' the YER
dict.
William and Mary and Wake For
eat were the last appearances on the
home floor. n both were o~utclassed
The team was an unusual one in
|ecrhs rsnpeota. Not . man was dis
qualified during the season. Five of
the seven men were under age. but
Averaged shout 1s7 pounds. They
sc0red 81 points to their opponents
80.
Woodward led In scoring with ninety-
Ioye i1eld gcals and tAirty-four fouls.
Woakfn6 - points: Levin. eighty
- pcints; WAIsrstein, third, With