GALLED IN MIDST OF ROW..
Moral Victory for Y. M. . A. in,
Contest With Bridgewater.

Association Juniors. Win from Cloyne—
Basket ‘Ball at St. George’s
Gymnasium. |

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Bridgewater's. bas ‘oall record,

‘| which embraces. continuous victories |

| for a period of three years, was barely |
‘saved Saturday evening at the Young
.Men’s Christian Association gymna- |
‘Slum, when Referee Charles Johnson |
,called the contest ‘late in the second |
| halt, because of fist fights whieh cul-
;mMinated in a riot scene, in’ which’
,;many blows were struck and players
of both teams and members of rival
, Sections clashed. “The score was
| 26-24 in the Association’s favor, but a3
jthe contest was called before the end
of the half it. is officially “no game,”
‘although a moral victory for the New-.
|port players, who were in front every
{minute of play..,
| As this wad the most important
game of the season for both teams, 2
record-breaking crowd was in at-
|tendance, Bridgewater fans to the
‘number of 100 coming in a special
‘train, Physical Director Slocum of the
‘Association received a letter from
|Manager Pratt of Bridgewater, stat-
ling that the latter could not be re-
‘sponsible for the conduct of all the
fans, and that if several ‘wecame in-
toxicated it would not be his fault.
About a dozen of the visiting fans,
coming from. “dry” territory, precipi- ,
|tated the riot.
Another thing which had a bearing}
on the final disturbance was the fact |
that Bridgewater could not take ap- |
proaching defeat like sportsmen. The.
Massachusetts team Has won 14 straight |
games this season, and 56 straight in all
without losing a contest. They intend |
going to Chicago in the spring to play |
‘forthe amateur championship, of thé!
Inited States, and a defeat at the,
| hands'of the Association was not wel- |
‘come. As the game went along the}
| Bridgewater players began many
fights;.and in each instance the As-
‘sociation men defended themselves.
| It was a fight of this occasion which
‘began the riot without an_ instant’s
{ notice. Pratt, “the right forward of
the Bridgewater team, tripped in a
+serimmage. the first thing that struck:
the floor was his head, and he was
unconscious -for 15’.. minutes. and
‘groggy for, hours afterwards, Imme-
diately after this Waite, the big:
Bridgewater centre, backed. © White: