. Official basket ball guide and Protective association rules for 1908 '09 . practice, of theseteams is to compete mainly against teams of the professional class,whether they accept pay or not. Past experience having shown that Protective Association tourna-ments are not decided by chance, lnc - or any of the other factors thatsometimes decide events of this kind, none b^t the very best teamssought to enter, and a glance at the entry list will convince anybodythat is even slightlv in touch with basketball afl drs, that the competingteams were the class of the Eastern States and the cream of th
. Official basket ball guide and Protective association rules for 1908 '09 . practice, of theseteams is to compete mainly against teams of the professional class,whether they accept pay or not. Past experience having shown that Protective Association tourna-ments are not decided by chance, lnc - or any of the other factors thatsometimes decide events of this kind, none b^t the very best teamssought to enter, and a glance at the entry list will convince anybodythat is even slightlv in touch with basketball afl drs, that the competingteams were the class of the Eastern States and the cream of the game. The New Jersey Lightweight Championship and the New York andStaten Island Lightweight Championship were played at Peoples Palace,Bergen Avenue and Forrest Street, Jersey City, N. J., beginning onSaturday, February 15, 1908, and ending on Wednesday, March 11, 1908. The entries were as follows : NEW JERSEY CHAMPIONSHIP— Stars, Ridgewood, N. J. Diamond Wanderers, Jersey City, North Jersey A. A., Paterson, N. J. N. k jstitue, JerseyCity. PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL. 33 NEW JERSEY CFIA MPIONSIIIP— Midgets. Jersey City, Atlas, Jersey Citv, N. Johns Midgets, Jersey City, Dominican A. Newark, N. J. NEW YORK AND STATEN ISLAND CHAMPIONSHTP—SENTOR. St. Thomas A. C, New York City. Mohegan A. C. >w York , New York City. Olivets, New York City. Signets, New York City. Keystone A. C, Eltingville, S. I. JNEW YORK AND STATEN ISLAND CHAMPrONSHIP-JTJNIOR. Port Chester A. C, Port Chester, Pierces, New York Y. Metropolitans, New York City. The results of the games played in the New Jersey Senior Champion-ship were as follows : Diamond Wanderers 28 St. Johns Institute 20 North Jersey A. A. 34 White Star A. C 2 Diamond Wanderers 17 Nortti Jersey A. A 14 The Diamond Wanderers, having won all of their games, were de-clared Senior Lightweight Champions of New Jersey and eligible to com-pete in the fin
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