Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-19
DEFINING WINS
Basket Ball Game With Silver City,.
Score is 10 6.
SILVER CITY 0UTClASSED.

The sport loving people of the active
and progressing city of Deming are
jubilant over the overwhelming vic.
tory of the young ladies' basket ball
team in the contest with a team of
Silver City young ladies at Deming
Monday night.
j. Weldon Berrey, a well known su-
thority on basket ball. who has been
at Deming coaching the team for the
past week, AMI Grover Strong. the
local enthusiast, who was requested to
umpire the game, returned to Albu-
querque this morning. Both gentlemen
speak in the highest terms of the hos
pitality of the citizens of Deming and
the enjoyable time extended to them
by the courtesy of the people. But
their most laudable terms of praise
are in favor of the basket ball team,
composed of young ladies from the
Deming high school, who carried off
the victory by a score of IS to 6, and
they are more deserving of admiration
by reason of this being their first
game.
The Silver City team, under the
management of Prof. H. A. Owens.
have been in continual practice for
the past year, several of the players
being veterans in the basket ball
world. Time and time again the Silver
City team challenged the Deming girls
for a game. There being a rivalry be-
tween the two neighboring towns, the
young ladies of Deming made up their
minds that they would show their
neighbors who and what they were.
They Immediately wired Mr.. Berrey,
who has umpired several games here,
asking if they could secure his serv-
ices as a coach. He gave them a fav-
orable reply and went to Deming a
week g last Saturday. The young
ladies were short on practice and
knew very little about the rules of the
game.
Mr.. Berrey Immediately put the
young ladies under a systematic prac-
tice, compelling them to leave dances
and social functions alone during the
ltI III VI lit Pl dtlltC, t1 W 'hO us
pleasure of some of the young gentle
men.
When the people of Deming learned
of the coming event, everyone became
greatly interested in the game. and
tickets were sold in an astonishing
manner.
Big demonstrations. accompanied
the event of Monday night.
The Silver City team were met at
the train by over $50 people who ten
dered them many social pleasures.
AS soon as the game was called and
both teams were playing their best it
was plainly evident that the Silver
City team was outclassed. Their coach
ing had been inadequate, and the
young ladies could not be blamed for
their lack of knowledge of the game.
The team work of the Deming girls
was excellent, displaying skillful and
expert playing that can only be identi-
fed with accomplished players. The
Deming team young ladies range be-
tween IS and II years of age, but they
are clever in the art of basketball.
In the second half, the Silver City
team seeing they were not in the game
left the field, giving the Deming girls
a complete victory.
The young ladies of the winning
team could not thank Mr.. Berrey
enough for his one week Of effective
coaching, In appreciation of his serv-
ices he was presented a handsome
gold medal, bearing the names of the
young ladies in the basket ball team.
This one victory is only a starter; |
they will continue with daily practice,