The Washington herald., 1922-02-06
SPEED OF YANKEES
in FINAL CRUSHES
KEYSER, s. TO IS
District Champions Out.
class West Virginians
In Brilliant Play.
BY BILL coYLE.

season on home court the cham
pion Yankees upheld the standard
of District basketball at the Coli
scum yesterday by outclassing the
highly touted Keyser Coliegians of
Keyser. West Va. Score IS to Is.
The game was all that could be
desired in the way of intelligent
basketball. though a bit slow in
the final when the West Virgin
ians went stale. Their exhibition
was. the seventh in as many days
on a road tour and IL told on them.
To add to, this handicap, Hoyt. their
sky reaching pivstman Is home
nursing an injury. Parrish. for
mer Virginia Poly giant was
switched to center.
Both. teams were slow in getting
started, The Yanks took the lead
when Heddons counted from the
side on receiving the leather on
an out of bound pass. Parrish
evened the duel with two foul
shots. There was no further scor-
ing from the field until the Yanks
recovered the ball off the tap and
worked it TO the basket by snappy
passing. Atherton freed himself
and shot the goal.
With the score to . in the
Yanks' favor. Slocum got one under
the basket. Ingley and Catiin
scored in succession. The peg of
Catlin's was the best of the after
noon. He got the ball on the side
cred that all his mates were "cov-
ered' he tested his eye with a per-
feet goal through the rim. The
half ended. Is to 5.
Yankee. Tear Loose.
For the first few minutes or the
night-cap frame. the Collegians in
jected some pep into their playing
They boosted their total when
Shaeffer scored On downs guard
play A minute later he batted
the leather through the goal in
scrimmage that looked like a push
ball contest.
For the remainder of the game
there was nothing to IL but the
Yanks. II would be a waste of
space to give a detailed account of
the remainder OF the going.
The District title holders did as
they pleased with their leather
without neglecting their strong de-
tense. And the YanKs nave .
mighty stiff defense in Ford and
Catlin. Their ability to intercept
passes and dig the Gall out of
scrimmage gave Shaffer's men
plenty of chances to shoot.
In the first half, the locals were
guilty of considerable fumbling and
their judgment of distance was poor.
They overcame both these faults
in the last 20 minutes. 1t was
during this period that Captain
Gatlin's group worked together
with clock-like regularity. They
took the ball "in there" and
snapped il to one another until
a player was free to shoot. This
style of play soon put them away
in the lead they ended by an ex-
hibition of passing that would be
hard to excel.
All-in-all. the work Of the Yanks
stamps them with the best in the
country, providing they step out
and meet sitter opposition than
they have been encountering in
the majority of their games this
year. They have everything" as
they say in sportdom-speed,
brains. teamwork and scoring tall
ent.
Heddons' Tossing Features.
As far as individual work stands
out the performance Of Heddons,
the District foul tosser was the
feature. He made his first nine
tries and then fell down on his
tenth and last try.
What saved the Collegians from
worst defeat was their perfect
teamwork. Four of the players
have been on the same team for
| several years and know each 9TH
\ er's style like a book. Their
blind" passing, especially near
the basket was of the uncanny like
| order. 1t appears as though the
| right man is at the right spot
every time a pass is made, though
| the leather is hurled from every
| angle. The Collegians also know
how to get rid" of the ball. In
yesterdays exhibition their scoring
eyes were dim and they muffed any
number of easy shots.
Fans who witnessed yesterdays
game would like to see the clubs
go to the mat again when the West
Virginians arc right" Not to dis
credit the Yanks' exhibition, ii
must be admitted that the Col
| legians were og-tircd and simply
dragged themselves around. the
floor in the latter stages. With
both teams at their best, a return
game would be about the choicest
basketball attraction that could be
i l. La Co.