The Lake County times., 1922-12-02
COLON|ALS MEET
LAPORTE W
NEXT WEDNESDAY
LaPorte Five Appears On
Temple Court in 3rd
Game of Season.

Stiu tasting the bitterness Of the
defeat administered them by the
Chicago Forges. the Colonials appear
in their regular weekly home con-
test at the Masonic Temple Wed
nesday evening against the LaPorte
T NJ. C. A. While no dishonor is
felt in having dropped the last game
TO the Chicago team by a two point
margin, the Hammond athletes feel
that luck was not with them in that
contest and they yearn for another
crack at those admittedly classy
basket shooters.
The many who witnessed the For
ges- Colonial game must have quit
the huge auditorium with a feeling
Of complete satisfaction with the
evenings entertainment. The Col
onials played brilliantly and most
satisfactorily. The fact that the
score was against them by a scant
goal was more evidence of the fine
quality of basket ball played by the
visitors than any slowing up OF the
local five The Forges were as good
as advertised The class displayed
by them in last Wednesdays game
left no doubt in anyone's mind. we
think. about their ability to again
upset the University of Chicago
should they meet again. Our own
repre- Sentatives were not overshad-
owed The very closeness of the
entire contest places them on level
with the victors Eliminating the
good fortune which necessarily at
tended the Forges players in their
continuous long distance shooting
and our five would have emerged the
1-inner. 1t must be admitted that
the boys were a point or two off
form in their shooting of baskets.
seldom Will Smith. Halliday and
Thompson go the entire game with
but a single field goal each. With
but a lone break Of luck in the many
cases where the Colonial cagers seem
inglv had baskets sunk. only to suf-
fer the distraction Of seeing the ball
wriggle free from the ring. and the
score would have read differently.
The defeat is making felt an IN
fuence which will work q benefit
The boys feel the loss TO such an
extent that a practice IS being held
at the Lafayette gymnasium this af-
ternoon. Rough points in the tip-off,
signals. forma ations. etc. will be
ironed out No chances are being
taken on the possibility Of the La
Porte team duplicating the trick OF
the travelling Forges.
The LaPorte "Y-' team. the team
which appears on the Temple court
Wednesday, received consideration
as Indiana champions last year. The
team won victories over the South
Bend "" the Gary Boosters. Michi-
gan city "Y.'' and Concordia Col
lege. They lost TO the Chicago For
ges. the team which beat the Col
onials last Wednesday, 81 to %. by
a single point. Nine and ten play
ers are carried by the LaPorte club.
as is usual among the ~ teams.
Their captain Is Moffitt. a player
who gained some reputation as a
basket ball star at Toledo. o. dur
ing the seasons Of 1918. 10 and 20.
The team also carries two former
Culver Military Academy players in
addition to the local ~ talent
Basket ball will take a more
promising place IN tho train of
events now that football playing Is
side stepped. awaiting the coming OF
another fall. The huge auditorium
in which the Colonials are playing
each Wednesday IS quite adequate in
size to hold the largest Of turnouts.
On the two occasions that. contests
have been played in the Temple this
season the gatherings have been
large and very enthusiastic. The
interest reached particularly high
point last Wednesday. The contest
on that evening was fast and fur
ious one. with thrills galore.