Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-12-23
BAsKEr BALL.
what n Psso says Of the Dsfs.t OF Its
Team.

! Paso says of the Dsfsat OF tts
Team.
The HI Pas0 Herald says: IN the
DIST half the evident g0od team work Of
the visitors showed its-if 10 advantage
In b early plays. The iiercely hard
playing Of the III Paso girls kept The ball
always within easy range OF the Albu-
QaerQue goal, bus each time IL wss too
oioseiy threatened clever pass work and
interference saved them from q score.
Frequent awards OF the ball On fouls
gave several chances for fair tries ut the
goal. but both Mis- Julia Wilcox and
Miss Hunt were unable TO place the big
ball until the later succeeded Just before
the end Of the trst half IN making u goal
In the second half. Miss Hughes was
credited with Q beautiful goal from the
held, but this decision gave rise to seri-
Gus objection. Miss Hughes, n Of the
cleverest players on the visiting team,
had . way OF stopping over against the
wall, and Of holding the ball. while
lodging her opponent, Miss Mundy
This the ri PasO players claimed was
distinctly against the rules. ~ Ii Is not
allowable " hold the ball; and 1t was
that alone which enabled her to throw
the goal
For ri Pas0. the best playing was done
by Miss Laura Mundy, whose energy and
f0rcefulness Of attack was u~nabHting.
Miss Julia Wilcox, the clevsrsst and
m 0st effective player Oh the home team
was at no time last night 30 tine q play
or n she has previously shown herself to
be. Miss Louise Wilcox kept lots Of
goals away by her superb defense.
VI the Albuquerque players. Miss Hunt
IL to be- praised for her good head work.
In the tries for goal. the yelling, cheer
ing audiences never disconnected her.
Miss Hughes WAS wonderfully clever, and
the playing Of Miss Williams q be-
most praised by liksning IL to that Of
Miss Louise Wilcox.
The disappointment Of the decision on
fouls was great. The misunderstanding
arose from q misc0nceptiOn OF the rules.
IL Is unfortunate ~ the game scarcely
showed the relative merits OF the two
teams.
The Times says: The basket ball
game at Chopin hall last night
resulted In an easy victory for the
the young ladies from Albuquerque. who
really played q stronger game than the
nj Pas girls. The visitors evinced train
ing, q thorough knowledge OF the rules OF
the game and they played with more vim
and enthusiasm than their opponents
and proved themselves decidedly more
muscular. Then, too. the team work OF
the visitors WAS perfect. and In utter
ference they showed q clear understand.
ing Of the game. Miss Mabel Hunt was
especially clever and made three pretty
throws into the basket.
The young ladies composing the El
Pas0 team were. to use ths words Of Q
lady present. the cutest things In the
hall. They were a. graceful u grace it.
self, and their individual playing wa
spirited enough. But they did not sp.
pear to play In q bunch and were timid
In their interference work. And worst
Of ell II appeared TO the initiated the
umpire was against them, and whenever
he thought II Was time for AlbuQuarQue
to make q point he would call q foul ON
one OF the home team and give AlbuQuer-
Que's pretty pitcher q chance TO score.
which she generally did.
The ri Pas0 News says: Chopin Hall
was crowded with q representative gath
ering last night TO witness the basket
ball game between the Albuquerque
team and ri Psso.
At half past eight the XII Paso team ap.
peared on the floor ami INDUCED In q lit.
tie practice. Shortly after wards the Al
bnquerQue team made their appearance,
and the game was called.
Albuquerque won the toss and chose
the near basket.
IL was an easy victory and the visitors
had little diff ,ulty In disp0sing OF their
opponents
The interference and blocking OF the
Albuquerque team Vas splendid, and
they displayed perfect team work, which
the ri Paso team 40 yisibly lacked.
At the end OF the hrst inning the game
stood 2 to o in favor OF Albuquerque.
10 tho second half the Albuquerque
team kept the ball continually moving.
and scored three more goals, and XII Psso
through the clever pass OF the Misses
Wilcox scored one OF the two goals for
the home term.