South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-18
REFEREE WINS
FOR ROCHESTER
With Four Minutes to Play,
the Score Tied, Locals
Make Basket.

This is the rottenest deal that I
have ever had during my whole ex-
perience i'm basketball" was the re-
mark that Coach J. G. Cohlmeyre
made on the Rochester game. that
was played at Rochester last even
ing. The locals were hoodwinked in
every stage of the game. the referee
giving every close question 20 the
Rochester five, which eventually
won the game for the Rochester
quintet by the score Of IS TO Is. The
question Of the dirty playing that
was staged by the Rochester crew
was not the biggest fault that the
locals found in Referee Barr. it was
the unsportsmanlike trick that he
put over on the locals when the
score was a tie with only four more
minutes 20 play, he deliberately re-
fused TO recognize a basket that the
locals forward. Cunningham, shot
this would have put locals In lead.
when questioned as To the reason
why it should not be counted
he replied, that It hit the wall be-
fore entering the basket" 1t could
plainly be seen that il was impossi-
Bile for the ball TO hit the wall. Cum
ningham having shot it from direct
ly under the goal.
The mangle was what one would
call genuine football game, the
Rochester crew having a great ten
dency 70 tackle. it - too bad that
they couldn't have had a football
II IL IS ~
promising football material that APP
peared in yesterdays game. II one
would try and forget the ruff stuff
that was worked. YOU could call it a
list class basketball tilt. because
both fves had the real scrap never
letting it up during the whole game,
besides that both teams were at even
match.
Looks Like Waikaway.
The first few minutes OF playing
looked like a walkaway for the To-
Gals. Waters ringing up two baskets
and free throw, which was soon
followed by a counter from Cum
ningham. the score then standing Z
TO o. But Il wasn't very long unit!
the Rochester crew started their
scrappy but dirty playing, a man de-
liberately passing at one of the To-
Gals "a gesture that should debar a
man from the game, but the referee
only called q foul saying that the
player did it unintentionally.
This scrappy playing soon made
the Down State crowd gradually
creep up on the locals, the score
ending the first half by the score Of
TO II.
The tip off Of the second half took
the locals off their feet. for 10 and
behold Rochester center. Whitmer,
dropped neat one in before a sec
ond of playing this was followed by
SLOPPY ore that Robbins Gagged,
this made the score a tie which re-
mained i'm the favor OF Rochester
when the locals were not in the
lead. il was here in the game that
the breaking point came. The
crowd was going wild. the players
were putting their whole into the
game. when Cunningham staged his
remarkable shot. when the REF
pulled the hot one on the locals they
got so pugnacious that they could
not keep their head which allowed
Rochester TO hang two points to
their credit. Capt. Waters of the
local was heard TO remark at the
close OF the game, that he bet that
Referee Barr received $50 for his
services that evening.
The uneups were as follows:
south Bend. Rochester
Cunningham .......-..-- kirkendalI
Right Forward.
Wedel ....- -. ...-- .-'-. ''iiii'A
Left Forward.
Capt. Waters ........... Whltmei
Cei ter
Runtman .......~( Capt. Robbins
Right Guard.
| Olsen ...........' '....'-'' museum
Left Guard.
Baskets: Whiteman. .. Robbins 3
7 KirkendaH >. Cunningham >. Wat.
! ters .. Buntman. Free throws: Rob
bins 4 ont of Z. Waters out of Z.
Substitutes: Murphy for Smith
Lawrence for Whiteman. Nyikos fol
| Wedel
/ Referee-Barr.
lBFRLIN FEARS UPRISING