Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1912 — MILITIA LOST FIRST GAME OF BASKETBALL [ARTICLE]

MILITIA LOST FIRST GAME OF BASKETBALL

Lack of Team Work Kept Locals From Winning Saturday Night Contest. From Whiting Owls. One of the fastest and most interesting basket ball contests ever seen in Rensselaer occurred at the armory Saturday night, when the Whiting Owls and the militia played to a standstill, the game at the end of the 40 minutes of play, being a tie, 33 to 33. Basket ball rules, however, do not aim for games to end in a tie and provide that the game shall continue until one side or the Oliver has made a field basket. The Owls were fortunate in this respect and made a good basket after about 4 minutes of furious play. The soldier team played superior ball individually but; their team work was not good and the visitors who have been playing against good teams all fall were in much better team training and pulled off a number of very good baskets as a result of their collective playing, while Rensselaer los.t a number for lack .of team work’. The game was a whirlwind from the start and the good sized crowd of spectators wore greatly enthused. Everything points to a great revival of basketball interest if a winning team is developed and that there is championship opportunity all those know who saw Saturday night’s game, There is nothing to feel bad about the loss of*a game to Whiting, for the team is a fine one, being coached by Carp Stockton, one of last year’s Purdue stars and picked for the all-Ameri-can guard. It was Stockton who developed the champion Monticeilo team last year. Stockton was himself here and played against St. Joe in the afternoon, the college hoys winning the game by the score of 41 to 23. The iedTlege has a ' distinct '*a<l van tage on its floor, which is much larger lha.ii most athletic-teams are used to playing on and the baskets are hard to hit without a lot of practice. The showing of the militia team was. -th erefore, exceptional ly good an d with the development of team work, to which they will now devote themselves, they will have one of the strong teams of the state. There are a number of goods games in sight and it is probable two games will be played during the holiday week. One has been scheduled'for Wednesday night, Jan. Ist. Friday night of this week the team will, play at Goodland. On Wednesday night of next week at Lowell. Hi F; Parker takes, charge of as coach .tonight'The line-up and summary: Rensselaer-33 Whiting-35 L. Clark , • Eaton cJI. F. i Porter, Hamilton Duggan C. Kirk ' Griffith L. G. Putts Girard , R: g. . * Parks, York, Watson - . Bartuska Field baskets—Kirk--7,-.- Clark r> Putts 1, Watson 1, Baton 5, Duggin 5, Griffith 4, Girard IBartuska 1. Free throws—Clark 5 out of 6: Eaton 3 out of 8. Time of halves 20-25. Referee, Dean. Score: Whiting 35; Rensselaer 33.