El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20
TWO PAST GAMES;
ONE EASY VICTORY.
POpulars Defeat Walz, and
SheltOn-Payne Wins Over
Bryan Brothers

Two rafting good. fast games and
one horrible walk away was the record
for the fourth series Of basketball
games in the Commercial league Tues
day night at the s.Y 80 The Popular and
W9lz teams opened with p to IL per-
Torrance which ended to the Popular 5
credit, making the first game this team
has won. Walz started the scoring, but
the Popular scored Immediately after
For awhile the teams ran neck ana
neck tieing the score repeatedly, put
by the end of the first half, the Popular
had gained on Wadz 10 the extent OF
four points, the score then standing,
Popular. Il; Wall, Z. In the beginning
Of the second half WalZ Gagged two balls
which again tied the score. Before they
could progress any further, the Popular
team cleaned up four field goals ana
with the lead thus gained kept IN al
vance of the Walz outfit for the rest
Of the game. though HOOver's clever
ball tossing kept Wall in the Popular
danger area until the close Of the
game. Final score q to II.
Vern Lyman, G. Pickens and Fats
Ross did the stellar work for the
Popular side, while Hoover was the
mainstay of the Wall bunch. The play
ers were: Popular, G. Pickens. center;
Lyman and Ross, forwards; Humsey
(captain) and Baker. guards
Walz team: Ben Romero. center; L.
Marshal and Hoover Captain, for
wards. and Crowley, BOwden and
stevenson. guards.
SheItOn-Payne Wins.
The second game. between shelton
Payne and Bryan Bros. ended vtctori-
ously for SheltOn-Payne with score
Of ~ to %. This game was one grand
battle from beginning TO end 1t was
crammed full OF excitement and sensa-
uOnal plays. The SheltOn-Pa ynes made
the first two scores Then the Bryan
made the same number with one TO
spare. SheltOn-Payne tied the score,
with a field goal, but the swift ones
in the Bryanites raced away with three
additional goals. Just before the first
half gong, each side Gagged a ball but
the score Il to S. was a. rather dismal
looking one for the topnotch team OF
Shelton>Payne.
second half. to the anguish Of the
Shelton Payne rOoters. but the fighting
blood Of the SheltOn-Paynes was final
" up and they went on a grand ram
page, and in a cyclOnic rush Of PLAYS
worked the score nearer and nearer the
Bryanites. while successfully blocking
the latter's attempts to shoot After
the score was tied Thomas Of the Shell
tOn-Paynes caught a ball on the re-
bound when the Bryanites attempted
basket and in a clean throw sent the
ball the fun length Of the field to
Peralta, who easily tossed a field goal.
%; Bryan Bros. %.
The Shelton Payne team: Peralta,
center Captain; Berg and Hunt for
wards; Robertson, Thomas and ".
Marshall, guards.
Bryan Bros: Sag Shea, center and
captain; l. Marshall. l. Nee and
Evans forwards; King and LOretz,
guards.
Pianists Easy Winners.
The game between the Ell PasO Piano
company and the FL Paso Household
company was dead easy for the Plan
lists from the start It ended IS TO u
and was really nothing more than an
exhibition Of how fast ChenOweth and
GarwOod could run from one end Of
the field 70 the other and cage balls.
The Pianists had Miller. center;
ChenOweth (captain). and Perkins. for
wards. GarwOOd, Brown and Halle
guards
On the Household team were league.
Drehner Freeman. r. Pickens leap
tain), Placke. d. Pickens and Beers.
Robinson. refereed. PaylOr was time
keeper and Snyder scorer.