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Show M1LF0RD ATHLETIC CLUB DOWNS BRANCH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN HOOP TILT PACKED CROWD WATCHES MILFORD WIN EXCITING GAME BY A 30 TO 26 SCORE A. C. FACES SUSTAINED PROTEST Fellow townsman met his neighbor in the basket ball came at Milford Tuesday night, when the Milford A. C. won out over the Branch Agricultural College quint by a count of SO to 26. Six lads calling Minersville their home played in the tilt, four being on the Milford lineup while the collegians colleg-ians had two from the city of big pumpkins and basket ball players. This home town feud may have been the cause of the fierceness of the game. In no way detracting from .the excitement of the game ,it is true that the ball was tossed about at times with the dexterity of a grocery Irn juggling sacks of salt, but at times spectacular shots were made though the loop from all angles and positions. It was the kind of a game where anything might happen. The teams were evenly matched and the score was tied numerous times. Milford was ahead by two points at the half, but the B. A. C. took the lead in several sev-eral last-half sports. Erratic ball was played, mingled with brilliancy. Gillins, Yardley, Marshall, Bettridse, flashed good at times while Eyre and Glenn played consistently. The Union Pacific band played at intervals during the game following C?hort street concert befoa the game. Caliente Protest Dampens Enthusiasm Following close on the heels of the win over the B. A. C. team, news of a protest from Caliente on the playing play-ing on several players on the Milford A. C. team caused gloom among local court fans. Worse, the protest has been sustained by the head of the Union Pacific Athletic League, although al-though an appeal has been sent in to higher railroad officials. The protest is made that Milford solicited miscellaneous Union Pacific employes for its team. A team early in the season here was called the M. E. G., but was eliminated for unit honors by the Miscellaneous Employes Em-ployes team of Caliente. This was necessary because only one team of this group could be entered in the pennant chase. The local A. C. then obtained for its team the services of some of the players of the defunct M. E. G. team. It is the prevailing opinion that the Milford A. C. was not restricted to the use of shopmen for its squad. It is well known that one of those M. E. G. men, Myers, has played all season for Caliente. If the protest is successful, it may ""and the death knell of basket ball interest locally. Milford people have backed the railroad team enthusiastically enthusias-tically and the decision, coming at the close of league play, will do little good for further efforts. The Milford Mil-ford A. C. has lost but one game in a long series of contests, and having hav-ing beaten the Union Pacific champions, cham-pions, Pocatello, in two games played, was reckoned directly in line to bring honors to the L. A. & S. L. at the system tournament in Denver. |
