Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-05
A. T. 0. Hoop Men Win
Right to Meet Non
Frats-Phi Delts Win
Especial to Kennebec Journal)

Waterville, March 4.-The Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity basketball team
showed It's superiority over the Delta
Epsilon aggregation this afternoon in
fast game of basketball played in
the Colby College gymnasium before a
large crowd of interested spectators.
The final score stood 51-e1 in favor of
the A. T. Q. basketeers at the end of
the game. This game decided the
team which will play the non-Fraterni-
ty aggregation for the college cham
pionship this year.
The largest crowd Of the year filled
the gymnasium with a large number
of members of the women's division
present. The first game Of the after
noon was the play-off Of the cancelled
game between the Phi Delta Theta and
lambda Chi Alpha aggregations,
which resulted in a 46 to 10 defeat
Tor the latter team. In spite of the
heavy end of the score against them,
the Lambda CHS put up a good fight
| and held their faster opponents during
the first half of the game. For the
winners. Shoemaker and Haines star
red. with Wyman and Mclaughlin
playing we'll for the Lambda CHS. The
summary:
2. d. T. L.. A.
Holcomb. 'rf ........ IF, Mclaughlin
McLeod. IL ............. If. Nesbitt
shoemaker, ............ c. Laughton
BoWerhan, rb ........... RIB. Goddard
Hafnes lib .............. Id. Andrews
Score. Phi Delta Theta As. Lambda
Chi Alpha 10. Goals from floor, Shoe
| maker 10. Iaines 6, Shanahan 2, Wy
| man 8, Mcleod. Holcomb. Mclaughlin
Goals from fouls, Shanah han 4, Shoe
| maker 2. Mclaughlin /, Wyman /.
Substitutions: Phi Delta Theta, Shana-
han for Holcomb: Lambda Chi Alpha
Wyman for Nesbit. Referee. Howard
| Delta Epsilon. Timer. McAllister
lambda Chi Alpha. Scorer. Mccomber
Delta Kappa Epsilon. Time, four ION.
periods.
The second game was fast and clean
throughout with the intense rivalry
clearly shown by spectators on the
sides. The Alpha Tau Omega team
took the lead in the first period and
held it throughout the game. The first
score came through johnson, who shot
two fouls after he had been fouled I'M
| der the basket by d. Nickerson. A few
, seconds late Schmiedel dropped in a
pretty shot from near the sidelines and
| the A. Y. O.'s took the lead when
| Schmiedel shot single foul near the
! middle Of the period. At the end of the
! first period the score stood 13 to in
! favor Of the A. 7. o. crew, and the sec
! ond period saw lengthening of the
/ score with some wild shots by Schmie-
del and Nickerson. The Taus were
| ahead of their rivals at the end of the
| half PALS. The second half was a
| fast one with d. Nickerson running
| wild through the Delta u. defence and
! caging the hall from all angles. The
| Tau freshman sent some almost impos-
| sible shots through the strings that
| brought out repeated applause from the
| spectators. Fotter and G. Nickerson
! were baniShed from the floor via the
| personal foul route for eagerness in
overguarding their opponents when
| near the basket. D. Nickerson took
second place in the number of baskets
scored in the league by caging the oval
| IL times. The Delta L. team showed
little fight in the last part of the game
and the final score stood 51-21 in ia
vor of the Alpha Tau Omega basket
| GERS. For the Delta u. team, Saucier
and Hebert played best with Johnson
doing some good work at center.
The summary:
J A. T. o. D. L.
! d. Nickerson, RI ........ IF, Hebert
Schmiedel, II ....s...... If. Saucer
| O'Donnell .......... C. johnson
G. Nickerson, RIB 80. RIB, Weymouth
| Moynahan. Id ............ lb. Potter
| Score-Alpha Tau Omega 81; Del
ia Epsilon q. Goals from floor
made by-D. Nicllerson II. Schmie-
del {, O'Donnell 4. Hebert 2. John
son 2, G.. Nickerson l. Potter :. Wey-
mouth /. Beatty /. Goals from fouls
made by-Johnson 5, Schmiedel 3.
d. Nickerson 1, ODonnell l. Saucier
.. Substitutions: Alpha Tau Omega
Putnam for G. Nickerson; Delta
! Observation-Disclosures for Weymouth
/ Beatty for Larrabee, Larrabee for
Potter. Weymouth for Saucier. Ref
eree-IIaines. University OF New
Hampshire. Timer-McAllster Lam
bda Chi Alpha. Scorer-Macomber
Delta Kappa Epsilon. Time-Four
10-minute periods. Attendance-300.
AS a result Of the games played
/ this afternoon. the standing in the
| league has been changed consider
! ably until the Alpha Tau Omega and
! Non fraternity teams are tied for
team has dropped to second place.
while the Phi Delta Theta basketeers
are tied for third place with the Del
ia Upsilon team. The standing to
date is:
w. l.. PC.
| Non fraternity $500. 4 / $50
! Alpha Tau Omega -. 6 .S57
! Delta Epsilon ...... > ia
Phi Delta Theta 49,. s. ia