Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1913 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

At the meeting of the Altar Society last Sunday these officers were elected: president, Benedick Dusek, vice, Joseph Leutkemier; secretary, Edgar Cyr; critic, Cletus Reidelbach; marshal, Joseph Fitzpatrick. Saturday evening the Varsity basketball squad will journey to play the Lowell Young Men’s Club a game. On Siinday afternoon at 3 o’clock they will play a game with St. Michael’s Club of Chicago in the college gym. What should have proven, and as long as it lasted did prove to be. a strong and fast, interesting and exciting game* of basketball was played last Saturday evening be tween St. Joseph and St. Viator in During -the entire first half the advantage was clearly with the visitors. A severe case of stage-fright seemed to have possessed the hoiqg team, and the wonder is that the score was not greater against them when they finally got their bearings. The Hoosiers were the first to score, and that from a free throw before the game had advanced many seconds. Soon, however, the visitors obtained a lead of three goals which they maintained to the end of the first period. But right here was the occasion for the first wrangle. The time-, keeper’s whistle sounded just before the ball emerged from a hot scuffle oil the floor,. and entered the St. Viator’s ring. Referee Lill decided that the ball was not in the air when he heard the whistle, and that hence the points could not be registered. The visiting captain disputed the decision and a compromise offered to accept one point only Instead of two. But if should have been two or none; no such compromise under the rules. That placed' the score at 14 to 8 in favor of St. Viator at the opening of the second half. The home team’s scoring machine now began to work, and within a few minutes of play they had forged ahead with clean goals by two points, and succeeded to maintain that narrow lead. With but four more minutes to play St. Viator scored a basket on a ball that had been carried out of bounds and back again on the playing floor before it was scored. Umpire Lill, who was at the place where the ball had been out, ruled that the ball had been out of bounds, hence dead, and the points could not count. Referee Jacobs maintained that it was his privilege to state that the points counted; at the same time admitting that the ball had been out o bounds. After disputing several minutes the visiting team abandoned the floor, refusing to continue the game. Allowing the disputed points the game would have been a tie at 20, without them St. Joseph’s had a lead of two points, and there were still the four minutes to play in which to win or lose.