El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
PLAY IS ROUGH
IN Bic TOURNEY
~" and Institute Have Best
Chance at Title Now,
Winning Easily.
(BY RUTH M. AUGURl


Play that savored Of more or less
acrimonious spirit with resultant sore
eyes and sore shins and with a grand
elimination Of one player being
knocked unconscious. was fact If
not a feature Of the tournament for
the basketball championship Of the
southwest
In the final game Of last nights
play between the a and II. and the
Y. n. c. A, Fats Ross the big guard
on IT, latter team. was tripped and
fell = fatty that he was carried from
the floor unconscious. Earlier in the
day Bob Hoover, Of the E. P. NJ. l.,
had received a bad cash over the eve
but had IL bandaged and resumed
play. TWO players we're banished from
the floor for palpably foul work and
In the aggregate the tournament
tended to show that championship
basketball Is somewhat akin TO out
.Ys and aIv Most Likely.
From the way the home basketball
teams took the measure Of the visit
ors in the opening games OF the
southwestern federation basketball
tournament. played at the "Y" Fri
day, II would seem as though the real
championship contention would be
narrowed down to the Institute and
the Y. NJ. c. A.
Both teams were victors in the
games played, the Institute won 50
10 = from the A. and II. in the after
noon, and 81 to IA In the night game
against the Bisbee Shamrocks The
" had an equally winning time Of
L. IN the afternoon GENE the .T de-
feated the Hi" % to Ia and won
from the A. and NJ at night 81 to 20.
The first game Of the afternoon.
Det%een the A. and NJ. and the T. p.
A. l. was a walkaway from the start
Tor the military boys. The Aggies
made the first two scores Of the game.
but after that the "T' whirled away
With everything The first quarter
was &c to in the military BOYS cred
1t, and the second 81 to p The last
two quarters were played IN one. so
many time-outs had to be taken. Nor
timer Johnson was decidedly the star
performer, though WAYNE Chenoweth
OF the points scored, and "Cheny" 49,
Johnson had his own way In the
game With his slip-through tactics
ne kept the Aggies guessing all the
I'm tIille- ne quite outJumped his oppos-
ing center and kept the ball with
Lne Is most Of the game Bob
Hoover played a good game. The
scoring was general with the team.
every player adding a few points TO
the taliy. John Hagard did the best
shooting for the Mesiua Park Roy
Boat and Charles Briggs played a
good consistent game for the Aggies.
Inc llneups for this game were: Z.
I. NJ. Mortimer Johnson. center;
wayne Chenoweth. Robert Hoover.
forwards; Wendell Kuhn. Jim Ready,
Brooks Mccarthy, Spencer Darbyshfre
and R z. Hurd guards.
A and M-Herbert Smith. center;
John Hagard. Roy Boat. forwards;
charles Briggs and Edward Wharton.
Referee. E. n. Robinson; umpire C.
L Garwood
y; VI. {. A. Keats the High school.
Inc HI game was closely
Fought in the first quarter, but the
steadily gained and ended with
a walkaway
Vern Lyman threw the first score Of /
the game for the High school. The
playing was fast and furious. but the
quarter ended "N" e. Hi" T. DOC" T
GarwOod was a wonder with free throw F.
shooting. caging the ball with the
greatest ease. while the Hi" seemed /.
nOOdOOed, and or many opportunities ,
only landed two balls Peralta gener- (
lled his men we'll Harold King and .
Lace Rumsey played dandy guard .
game. Rumsey threw one of the SEN
sational shots Of the contest. caging 4
from down the field King also sur
1rised the HIS with a pair Of has
Kets Lee Evans made a couple Of
backward throws that did the
work. The lineups were: "Y." Jose
Peralta, center. Doc" GarwOod. Lee
Evans. forwards; Harold King and
ace Rumsey. guards Hi" Sag
Shea, center, Nern Lyman Win Tay-
or, forwards; Nelson Rheinheimer
md VIII Grady. guards.
r badly. but continued in the game.
robinson refereed
Shnmroczs Were OverrHted.
From the accomplishments of Larry