South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-02
MICHIGAN AGGIES
TRIM NOTRE DAME
Gold and Blue Stage a Rally in
Last Few Minutes, But
Fall Short of Victory.
BY Charles a. Grimes.

Another Notre Dame ninth in
ming rally" fell short last night and
the Gold and Blue quintet lost an
exciting 81 to 2s game to the Michi-
gan Aggies. Facing a 1O-point han
dicap five minutes before the final
whistle, Notre Dame started a squirt
that had the crowd cheering franc
ticslly. The Aggies held gamely.
however. ignored the old army style
OF Sailing, played the game for all
they had and sent the Notre Dame
tossers down to their second success
sive defeat
Better games have been played on
the NOtre Dame court, but few have
been those with finales more excit-
ing than last nights affair The
cause seemed hopeless for the Gold
and Blue with the game nearing an
end and the Aggies in the lead. 80
TO 20. Not discouraged. however.
Gilfillan started the fireworks He
grabbed the ball almost beneath his
own basket leaped out two or three
PAGES. and as the Aggies rushed to
cover he took deliberate aim and
shot the ball clean through the hoop
on the longest shot OF the game
Bahan raced down under the basket
minute later and tailed again.
Nohs, replacing Smith. shot one in
from the side. The Aggies worked
the ball up the floor and scored a
long one. Not to be outdone, Gilfn-
Ian leaped down the floor and Gagged
a pretty one. There the scoring
ended.
Garrett dropped in the first one.
a long shot for Michigan Aggies, aft
er the game had gone five minutes
without a score. Brandy raced un-
der the basket and made the count
two-all. Captain Kirtz threw a long
one for the Farmers. Brandy came
back strong with another artillery
hit. and Gilfillan scored on a foul.
The Palm Snyder-F Foster cOmbina-
ton got TO working for the Aggies
then and they ran the total up to Il
before the half ended. Brandy pair
ed off with Bahan in brilliant fash
ion and he scored five times from
the floor in the first period His
improved passing and accurate
shooting and Smiths aggressive de
fence were the Notre Dame fea-
lures.
Pete" Bahan evened up the count
10 seconds after the second half
started. Gilfillan tipped one in from
near the. basket. Foster and Palm
started another squirt, gained the
lead and from then on the Aggies
were never headed.
Palm and Snyder were the Far
mers' big guns and scored the ma
jority of the points. Captain Kirtz
played well on both the offence and
repeatedly frustrated Notre Dame s
shots at close range.
Gilfillan leaped around the court
for Notre Dame with the agility OF
a young bengal. Several Of his shots
went for naught because the ball
spun around the hoop half a dozen
times and then-dropped out. Notre
Dame got more shots at the basket
than the Aggies, but those of the
latter had an inclination to stay out
and the Aggies won.
The score:
AggieS (32). NOtre Dame (2S)
Palm .............. Gipp. Brandy
Right Forward.
| Coleman, Snyder $500. (C) Bahan
Left Forward.
/ Foster ..-.............. Gilfillar
Center.
] Garrett ...-........ Stlnt
/ Left Guard.
Kritz CO ........... smith, Vohs
Right Guard.
Goal from the flOor-Brandy 5
Bahan 3. GnfilIan 3. Vohs 1. Palm
Z. Snyder 3, Foster ], Garrett I
Kritz 3.
Goals from fouls-Gffillan 4. Eos
ter ..
Referee-Co0k of Indiana.
Time-2O minute halves.