The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-27
Basketball
Championship
Complicated

With the state university for op
ponents, the girls team of the Okla
homa Methodist university will usher
IN the basketball season Thankseiv
ing night. The game will begin at
) o'clock prompt, and viii be played
IN the gymnasium at the university
The girls BASKETBALL championship
Of the state this year will be d more
complicated affair than that cf the
gridirOn supremacy Oklahoma uni
versity outclasses anything else in
the state in football by many points
second 10 them and by comparative
scores mnch stronger than any third
team is the aggregation Of Aggies az
saltwater, bt it is up 10 them 81
defeat the local university to final
" settle second place. Mt SO in
girls basket all Most CT the lead
ing shools OF the state have been
busy in the cages for weeDs and al
ready have a good idea cf the whole
strength OF their teams, but as vet
no match games have been played
The Central state normal school OF
Edmond, heretofore always home -
the strongest girl ca9ers in the state
IS said to have better team than
ever, yet openly acknowledges that
certain other teams have them worri-
ed
Chief OF these is the Oklahoma BaD
tlst college of BlackweH which now
rs being coached by the man who nut
the state champion teams in at Ed
mond. Then reports from Norman are
TO the effect that under the direction
oil Miss Caldwell. the state university
IS turning out squad that thratens
to wrest the championship laurels.
A Promising Local Squad
Not much has been heard from
them but the Methodists will not be
trailing the list wheo records are
compared in the spring Though il
is the first year for the Guthrie
school an unusually promising squad
has been al work 1t is composed Of
more than a score of girls, many OF
whom have played n some OF the
pest high scacoi and college teams
in the Southwest, and some Of these
are hard pressed and in all probabil.
ity will be suppianted by those who
are playing their first season The in
Qividual stars are present, and under
the direction OF Mrs Merten have
been schooled in team work till it is
with confidence OF making more than
merely a creditable showing the state
was asked to open the sea
son
In the game Thanksgiving evening
Reba Calm fcrmer l.. c. II. S.
forward, and Villa Friedley or Flea.
more Post. will START as forwards. at
center will he Ethel Warburton. ac
knowledged one ol tie hest scholastic
enters in the state last year: secon,t-
~ by Babe ALnner who is playing
ler First season, aud the guards will |
lc Jania Williams. formefly of the |
)klahoina Christian university. and |
tnby SsteeB. another beginner /
hayme Patterson and Celeste Beacn /
rwaris Foy Yonng. second center (
md Ethel Coleman, guard. have Been |
lnt on the substitute list FOR the M I
ming session bnt all give promise OF /
ilaying In more than one match game
before the season Is brought to a
lose
The team will work out against the
.ogan county high school squa1 ,n,s
iternoon, and Tuesday night viii
ilay a short practice game to accus
ON them 20 playing by artificial light
Wednesday viii come the last prac-
ice and then rest on the last AZ.
ernoon before the big event al night
FINEST or BON BONS. LEWIS
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