Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT [ARTICLE]

BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT

Good Attendance at the Preliminary Games In Detroit. Detroit, March 26. —The senior basketball championship tournament of the central division of the Amateur Athletic union opened at the Y M. C. A. gymnasium here. Fourteen teams entered. The attendance at the preliminary games was good and the advance sale of seats for the finals tomorrow is already well under way. Following are the scores of the opening day’s program: Detroit Y. M. C A. defeated Hull House of Chicago. 32 to 19 Detroit Y. M C. A. Reserves defeated Detroit Young Men's Hebrew association, 28 to 16 Detroit Riversides defeated the Essex Fusiliers. 39 to 25 Evanston, Illinois, Y M C A defeated the Detroit Franklins, 33 to 26. Wilson Avenue Y. M C. A. of Chicago defeated the Burroughs of Detroit, 42 to 14. The Illinois Athletic club of Chicago defeated the Spaldings of Detroit, 30 to 14. 'I ■