El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-08
BASKETBALL TIE
IS HARD TO BREAK
Two Additional Five Minute
Periods Required to
Pick Winners.

The picked team Of the Commercial
league OF the ~" defeated the E. p.
a. L team in rapidly fought basket
pail game Saturday night that was so
close that the spectators were kept in
an uproar from start TO finish. The
final score was 40 to s.
The game made a record in the an
nails Of the local ''Y'' by being the first
time in history that two five minute
periods were required to break a tie.
The game was a tie, 80 to 30. so
i've minutes extra was played but
tied also, then an additional five min
1Ie period was played in which the
finally broke away and carried
off the game
The game began with some exciting
play In which tia first basket was
made by Berg of the 'Y" Miller fo1-
lowed this with a pretty throw. then
CnenoWeth made the first basket for
lne soioleT boys With very fast plav-
ING on the team the first half
e sg ga with SIl the score p to II in favor
The soldier boys got busy in the sec
ond nalf, and ran their score up 20 IS
IN ABOUT two minutes of lightning
speed playing. The ''Y'' was still in
the thick of the melee. and tied the
score, % to 2S. Then LOretz of the
made a nice throw, running the
score up TO 80, with only few
seconds more of play. Just a fraction
before the time-up chime Hoover Gagged
a bau for the soldiers, which tied the
score for the game.
In the five minute period added to
play off the tie, the "Y" Gagged the first
ball, running the score up to SO. Just
before the lineup gong, Hoover again
Gagged a ball. tielng the score. 50 to 90
In the additional five minute period to
play off this tie, Hoover made the first
tlly Gagged ball, Romero gained on the
soldiers with another basket. Ready
tied this for the soldiers with swift
shot ball. Then league advanced the
US" score again by two points with
a Gagged ball and Miller followed up
the good work with another, which
finished the game, 40 to Sc to the Com
merciaI league teams credit.
Wane Chenoweth was easily the star
of the military aggregation. while J.
LOretz and Ed Miller We're the shining
lights of the Commercial league team.
The teams lined up as follows:
Commercial league
Of the ~ Z. p. NJ. T.
Berg ....-.... Forward. 90. Chenoweth
league ..-.-- Forward $1,000. Hoover
Loretz ........Center. johnson
Miller -.... Guard. - Ready
King ...... Guard ...... McCartv
Perkins. L. Marshall and Ben Ro-
nero, Commercial league subs.
Hind. Turner and Darbyshire, E. P.
NJ. T. subs
RED" Stevenson, referee; Clarence
Vaughan, timekeeper' w. Halle, scorer.
second Game an Amazing One
This game was followed BY a very
aroazinE contest between the first erY''
team and the high school, which ended
~ to % i'm the His favor. The HIS did
some wonderful aggressive work. but
the mediocre showing Of the 'Y'' team
is hard to account for as the same
men administered a severe drubbine to
the same men on the Hi team only a
y4-eaIr ago. The ''Y" men stood dazed
while the His" bored holes throurb
their defence, and ran away with the
score. Even the stars on the 'Y'' side
gloomy game for the ""
This game was refereed by Cheno-
veth. of the 2. p. NJ. T.. the other off
ciaIs were the same. The high school
turned out with fun force of root
and they made a deafening racl<et de-
monstrating their approval of their
team.
The lineup.
f'Hi'' feY'