BESSEMBER DEFEATS ALA BOTH TEAMS PLAY GOOD GAME.
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 26 TO 20.
In one of the most thrilling basketball struggles ever witnessed in Tuscaloosa, the five of the Bessemer Athletic Club defeated the husky bunch of the University of Alabama at the Y. M: C. A.gymnasium by the score of twenty-six to twenty, From start to finish the game was full of sensational features, and was punctuated time and again by lightning like plays and strategic moves. The Alabama boys showed great 1m- provement over their former team work, but the boys from the city of smoke and soot displayed more calmness during the crucial moments, and thus were able to put it over the collegians. The contest brought forth two Alabama stars of scintillating brilliance in "Pep" Wells and Gritfith Harsh, both of whom displayed a large amount of that quality known in the phraseology of the sporting world as "class." Wells was as invincible as a streak of lightning to the Bessemerites and brought forth cheers from the spectators several times by his brilliant tactics, while Harsh, though not displaying anything of a sensational nature put up as good a game as could be desired. For the visitors Bailey, Donaldson and Johnson were the particular bright lights, and it was due to their calm headwork that they came out on the long end of the score. In the first half Alabama put it over the Bessemerites as far as teamwork was concerned and succeeded in piling up fifteen points to their fourteen.
In the early part of the last half the visitors played with renewed vigor, and in the first few minutes made four goals, completely playing the locals off their feet. However, after realizing their predicament, the Alabama boys played more consistently and began to do something on the scoring end again. During the last minutes the locals were having the better of the Bessemer boys and would have undoubtedly piled up more points had not the referee's whistle interrupted their efforts. After the game the manager of the Bessemer club praised in the highest terms the local boys, and stated that without doubt they could easily defeat the Auburn aggregation. The line-up was as follows: Alabama-Wells, Hagan and Steiner Forwards; Harsh, Center; Love and McCargo, Guards.
Bessemer--Bailey, Johnson and Donaldson, Forwards; Clay, Center; Baumgardner and Fickett, Guards. Referee, Jones; Time-keeper, Sewell; Umpire, Clay..
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