Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-02-02
Middle Township
MiIIviIle Wins Opening Game of Cham
piOnShip Series

The game between the w. A. G. and
the Elwaga five from Millville, played
in the Casino on Tuesday night, at
tracted one of the biggest crowds of
the year and more than pleased the
audience. The Melville team came
here completely QUILTED with new
suits and full equipment and it was
a pleasing picture the two teams made
when they stepped out on the floor
to begin play.
The game was of especial interest
as it was the opening game of the
championship series for South Jersey.
Enrolled in the league are the w. A. c.
team of Wildwood, the Millville five
and teams from Bridgeton and Salem.
The winner of this championship
series will win the undisputed crown
for champion of South Jersey. For
this reason both teams entered the
cage on Tuesday night intent on Win
ming the opening game. Referee
Baetzel was there ready for action
and gave the spectators a chance to
see that things were run in Eastern
League manner This means work,
and stamps him as the Undisputable
referee of the basketball courts. 1t is
hoped that he can be secured for all
the games of the series, but it is be-
Iieyed that the Eastern League has
offered him a fattering salary to come
and work for them and he may take
their offer, as it holds better oppor-
tunities than does his work here
Whether he eve again appears on the
local floor it can be truly stated that
his work on Tuesday night will make
him inforgettable to all who witnessed
the game. Nothing slipped by his
eyes, and for this reason the majority
of the points in Tuesday nights game
were scored through foul shots.
The first half, d Commute period,
went by so quickly that the time
keepers whistle came as a surprise
to both spectators and players. No
time out was called throughout this
period and it was not until Is minutes
of the second half had been played be-
fore time was called by either side.
This playing of 35 continuous minutes
by the teams shows the boys to be in
fine condition. Referee Baetzel COM
mented on this after the game.
The first goal went to Walker, while
the first foul shot of the series will be
credited agai st Delaney, who dropped
the ball in the net for Wildwood's
third point. He followed this a mo-
ment later with a field goal, bringing
the score up to five. Millville now
woke up and with a number of fouls
tied the score. Wildwood now forged
ahead one or two points and Millville
again tied it. The visitors then took
the lead and kept it until the last
minute of the first half when Wild
wood tied the score, making it 9-9
when the half ended. In the second
half Millville got working better and
Wildwood seemed to lose a little OF
it's accuracy and with but 10 seconds
to play held a five point lead over the
W. A. C. In these last 10 seconds
however, Walker managed to drop in
a foul and on the toss up which fol-
lowed he dropped a field goal into the
basket for two more points as the
timekeeper's whistle blew ending the
game. With one more minute to play
Wildwood could probably have tied the
score and possibly won the game
However, what might have been is OF
no avail and the result is that Millville
carried home the first honors in a fair
and square manner. Wildwood is not
discouraged, however, and hopes to
even up honors later in the series.
In the preliminary game the second
team defeated the Eagle Five in a
1927 score.
The lineup and score of the main
game was.