18 January 1920

**Syracuse Herald**- All-Syracuse Tossers Humbles Oneida Five In Easy Style

All-Syracuse Wins Easily From O.C.L; Locals Add Another Triumph To Long
List Of Victories- Score 48 To 9; Billy Rafter Stars; Former Orange Athlete
Scores 18 Points

The undefeated All-Syracuse basketball team triumphed in a one sided
game from the Oneida Community Limited five at the State Armory Saturday night
by the score of 48 to 9. Even with the big score the local basket tossers
played professional rules in which the visitors were supposed to excel. The
pass work of the Syracuse five was near perfect and the accurate shooting of
Rafter accounted for the local’s big score. Rafter starred in the first half
throwing seven baskets from the field to which he added two more in the second
half. Half of Rafter’s baskets were made after excellent pass work across the
entire field by his teammates. The entire Syracuse team, with the exception of
Tormey, had baskets to their credit in the first half and in the second half
Tormey came back strong shooting four. In this period Schwarzer threw five, one
being a sensational one-hand throw from the sidelines. There were very few
fouls called. Both teams played exceptionally clean ball. Larkin, center for
the visitors, played the most consistently for Oneida. He scored two of
Oneida’s three field goals. During the entire game seven fouls were called on the
All-Syracuse team, while only three were called on the visitors. Summary:

ALL-SYRACUSE: Tormey, lf (4-0-8), Rafter, rf
(9-0-18), Schwarzer, c (6-2-14), Crisp, rg (1-0-2), Casey, lg (3-0-6) TOTALS
(23-2-48). O.C.L.: Keating, lf (1-0-2), White, rf (1-0-2), Larkin, c (2-0-4), Carroll,
rg (0-1-1), Sanderson, lg (0-0-0) TOTALS (4-1-9).

Glens Falls Five To Play All-Syracuse

Visitors Have Won Eighteen Straight Games This Season; Play At the
Armory; Fast Amateur Quintets Will Come Together Wednesday Night

The Glens Falls basketball team, winner of 18 straight games this
season, will invade Syracuse Wednesday night in an effort to break the winning
streak of Wilbur Crisp’s All-Syracuse quintet. The visiting team for years has
been recognized among the strongest independent aggregations in the state and
has a record of 87 victories against 16 defeats in a period of five years play.
The team played only nine games last season and those were staged with a
patched up line, Waiters and Rowe, its strong pair of guards, being with the
American army in Europe. This season Glens Falls has defeated practically every
independent club in the eastern section of the state and won one game from the
Mohawk team of the New York State league and two from the Amsterdam leagues.
These are the only games it has played to date with league quintets. Coming to
Syracuse, Glens Falls will be forced to take the same handicap that has proved
too much for Mohawk, playing under the name of the Beechnuts of Canajoharie,
and other strong clubs to swing. It is a professional basketball club and as
such plays the rules adopted by professionals throughout the country in leagues
and independently. The Syracuse management, answering what it sincerely
believes to be a popular demand from its patrons who become interested in the
game chiefly as spectators at Syracuse University, has established amateur
rules as the governing principles of court play here. Glens Falls men do not
know the amateur style of play and as a result, they will be under the same
handicap as to the calling of fouls that Mohawk and other teams suffered. The
Glens Falls boys are hopeful that Manager Crisp will meet them half way in the
problem of solving this handicap and play one of the two halves of the game
under professional rules. He granted this courtesy to the Utica league team
when it appeared here and they feel they are entitled to the same
consideration. They argue that this will be little, if any, concession on the
part of Syracuse, claiming that Tormey, Rafter and Schwarzer have all played
professional ruled basketball in years gone by and that Crisp also has had some
experience in the game.

**Syracuse Post Standard**- Champion Quintets To Meet Local Contenders

All-Syracuse To Play Leading Court Teams In Next Four Weeks; Manager
Crisp Books Strong Attractions For Local Aggregation-Series With World’s
Champions Arranged

With a record of nine straight victories the
All-Syracuse team enters the second stage of the 1919-1920 basket tossing
season facing a strenuous campaign of contests against some of the strongest
basketball teams in the country. Manager Wilbur Crisp stated last night that he
had arranged to schedule 4 games for the next month that will give the
All-Syracuse quintet the sure test and decide whether or not the team is of
championship caliber. Next Wednesday night at the State Armory the formidable
Glens Falls team, winners of fifteen straight games, will oppose the locals.
The Glens Falls combination is regarded as one of the strongest in the state
and should give All-Syracuse a battle long to be remembered by the fans. Next
Saturday night the famous Buckeye Giants of Dayton, O., champions of Ohio, will
oppose the local aggregation. The Buckeyes have been sweeping everything before
them to date, and in their invasion of eastern territory seek to annex the
court championship. On Wednesday, January 21, the Cortland Sodality five
probably will oppose All-Syracuse at the Armory. A game has been arranged
tentatively. The following night in Buffalo Captain Jim Tormey and his mates
are scheduled to play the Buffalo Orioles, world’s champions, in the opening
game of a series for the state title. The Tuscarora Indians, a team composed of
former Carlisle school stars, will be the opponents of All-Syracuse at the
Armory on January 31, and on February 4 the Orioles, formerly the Buffalo
Germans, will be the attractions in this city in the second game of the
interstate series. Manager Crisp also is negotiating with the Centrals of
Rochester, the Paterson Crescents, leaders of the Interstate League, the Alcos
of Dunkirk, the Hewitts, Easter Brands and Lincolns of Buffalo, the Pittsfield
quintet, the Flake Bed Tops and many other teams of note. A game has been
booked for later in the season with the All-Detroit team of which Lew Castle,
former varsity star, is a member.

Local Fives Win Easily From Oneida Ltd. Teams

Completely outclassing the Oneida Community Ltd. quintet, the
All-Syracuse five added another triumph to its season’s record by defeating the
visitors to 9 last night on the State Armory court. A crowd of more than 1,200
witnessed the game. Starting out with a rush the All-Syracuse basket tossers
quickly gained a comfortable lead on their opponents and by the end of the
first half had increased it to 28 to 7. Rafter’s shooting of seven field
baskets featured the opening session. Schwarzer came into the limelight in the
final period, distinguishing himself by counting five field baskets and one
foul goal. The locals found the Oneida aggregation the easiest of any that has
faced Captain Tormey’s basket tossers to date, and the invaders were
practically helpless before the baffling team play of the Syracusans.

ALL-SYRACUSE: Tormey, lf (4-0-8), Rafter, rf (9-0-18), Schwarzer, c
(6-2-14), Crisp, rg (1-0-2), Casey, lg (3-0-6) TOTALS (23-2-48). O.C.L.:
Keating, lf (1-0-2), White, rf (1-0-2), Larkin, c (2-0-4), Carroll, rg (0-1-1),
Sanderson, lg (0-0-0) TOTALS (4-1-9).