FOLLOW THE FANS.

Transit Tramp, Volume 1, Issue 6, 30 November 1943, Page 3

FOLLOW THE FANS.

Basketball still.continues; to hold the interest of a large number of players ant spectators. be have in the past devoted a great deal of space to comments on the games and players, but we feel that the “fans 11 deserve honourable mention.

‘♦Fan* 1 is a funny word. According to our dictionary it .is. the name fur an instrument “which has as its... function the setting in mutiun of - a current of air/. We can quite appreciate this,- because with some of the odds u he local' bookies have been giving they must be continually trying to raise the wind. J<’ probably the best known and best loved of uur fans x -is McConnell. There is no t£e.m which has not at some time benefited from his advice: “Get it away to your mates. u Ano;her of Mac’s de- . lightful. sayings .is “‘Beaut-; ifu 1 try with which he ~ greets c’c-ry shut at goal by cither side. It is also very h artening when you are near i tie opposing goal I and have tie bail, with at J least thus :.; other people’s i - hands on i, to be advised ; to “Tate, a shot'’. . - |

i Ve consider, however that Mad ■was on his best form at the ] g<mu between Pruy^gto and Si.qe on Friday night when he ! ad vised the Provosts• “If • you ; can't • put .them in, run ! them in.“ /i be- don’t: doubt I that the -Provost could dofl-f ia, but the tactics seem- a • bl harsh : to us. : /’ ; !