Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-21
"A VISIT to Yonah Hail, 2727 Column

A VISIT to Yonah Hail, 1927 Colum-
Al bic avenue, last evening would have
revealed scenes rivaling those of New
Tears Eve for excitement and noise.
The suspense was also terrible, for
hall full of rootcrs. representing But.
tcrworth and Baldwin, until about
10 :35 y. m. when the returns OF the
night showed that the Baldwin, first
half champions, had been taken into
camp by the Butterworth aggregation,
score 2S-24.
The victory of the Fast York street
Ave was personal triumph for one,
Joie McNamee, whose sensational work
IN the second half was the big factor In
the downfall Of the locomotive builders.
In the final frame, the winners came
through with thirteen points and ten of
these went to the ISuttcrworth forward
on twu fields and six foul goals.
The contest was we'll. played. choCk-
full OF excitement and plenty of rough
scrimmage to let one know he was
not witnessing game Of ping pong. The
players went at each other with Zest
and three and four were in n heap on
numerous occasions. The absence of Il
wire cage Curtailrd many of the hard
knocks that would have been received
had the game been played in anything
but a net. While the players exhibited
lots of pep, there was an entire absence
OF anything personal or deliberately
dirty.
Field Goals Decide
Two field goals about decided the
superiority of ButterwUrth over the
losers Six 10 four was the sum Of the
evenings two pointers. and that advan-
tsce was gained in the first half when
hn
field tu twice for Baldwin. 1t looked
as if the first half titchOldcrs we're
doomed to be shut out in the second
half, but five minutes before the finish
they staged rally that threatened to
send the game into an extra period.
After trailing along at % to II. with
Eve minutes to play. the Baldwin boys
started off and jumped tho score up to
90 to "a. and Kid Pike had two and
Gallagher one chance to tic the score.
and all three shots grazcd the rim of
the basket. while the crowd held its
breath.
While McSamee was the star for
Bu.terworth. Zahn and Decgler. at
guard, played sterling ball and Willie
Black, at forward. nut up a fast floor
game and three of the four baskets
In the first half were directly from his
assists. Kid Pike and Gallagher were
the stars for Baldwin. Gal blanked
Backic. scored one field goal and Gagged
every one Of his seven foul tries.
Score Tied Many Times
The score in the first hall was tied
seven times. Black tailed first on q
free toss and Graeff evencd the count.
Then Black added another free throw
and his pass to McNamee accounted for
the initial field goal; score. Butter
worth. 1 Baldwin. I. \ one pointer
and Pixies clever corner shot tied the
going at 4. and it was even at ). q and
Z on fouls.
Two more penalty toSscs by Gallagher
gave Baldwin the upper hand. but Paul
Deeger's two pointer on Black $ assist
made the score even ato all. Then the
Broad Street five jumped three points
to the good on GraPff's foul and Gala
gher's wonderful side shot. Hill Zahn
came through with double decker. and
Deegler's foul saw the totals even again
ut 13.
The going at this juncture was excep.
tionally speedy. There were but few
minutes to 20. and both teams were
playing their hardest. Baldwin again
Jumped q point ahead on Graeff foul
but Just as the bell rang Deegher Gagged
his second basket Of the half. ending the
period Is. IA in favor Of ButtcrwOrth.
The Second Half
Gsllaghrr's ono pointer was the only
score OF the first Ave minutes of the
closing half and this again tied the
totals at 10. Then Joie McSamee be-
gan his speedy baSketeering and his
fine toss sent Butterworth out front,
never to be headed. In fact, for few
minutes they played rings around their
opponents and it appeared as II it was
only a question of how big the score
would be. The superior weight Of the
vctors was beginning to assert itself.
On fouls. nearly all by McNamee.
committed in attempts to stop him from
scoring, and two field goals that he did
shoot. Butterworth was soon eight
points in the lead at 2j.11. But sud.
denly Baldwin took Ou new lease If
life. Up until this time they had not
scored from the field and they lot loose
q rally that resulted in sensational
goals by Pike and Fossett, with fouls
that brought them within two points OF
the lead at 90 "a,
A field goal would tie the score.
Baldwin was desperate and they had
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