El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
SCHOLASTIC TITLE
To THE SOLDIERS
Spring Surprise of the Sea-
son When They Defeat
the High School.
(By Ruth M. Augur.)

With Mortimer Johnson, the insu-
tute's big center. slipping continually
through the high schools defense. and
WAYNE Chenoweth, the rs" shooting
star. caging balls from every part Of
the field, the r. P NJ J. team over
W-helmed the plucky HIP quintet 40
TO p in the basketball game played at
the "" Friday night. BY this victory
the soldiers secure the city scholastic
basketball championship title.
Though the great discrepancy be
tween the scores would indicate
Walk-away. this was most emphatic
ally not the case, as the -'Hi' quintet
stubbOrnly and pugnaciOusly contested
every inch Of ground The game was
the toughest fight in the basketball
nne that has been played this year, and
The football tactics used left the floor
strewn with players.
The institute team played decidedly
season, showing a marked improve
ment in speed, team work and indt-
Tidual playing over their former style.
They went into the game at terrific
speed, and with their advantage of
weight, rushed the Hi" boys off their
feet
CheBOweth Star shooter.
larIv e-ood came for ne rs g fRieuEi1e
conspicuously in the floor work and
being personally responsible for p OF
the 40 points made Mortimer Johnson
did great work for the military squad.
accommodating I6 OF the score points.
Johnson certainly knows the trick OF
eluding his coverer, he was always alb
soiutely free and right under the bas-
ket when the ball was sent to him.
These two players worked together ad-
mirably, johnson frequently guarding
Cheneys' guard, leaving the little
shooting star absolutely free to do the
ball caging business. The "T' teams
pass work was most effective
On the HI team the scoring was
general, almost every member Of the
quintet adding a couple Of scores to
the HIS" tally. The HIS team
work was good, but they were most
unfortunate in the shooting business
and the "T' men guarded them with
the stick to-it-iveness Of glue, block
ing many shots after the incest kind
Of pass work
The high school students gave their
team most vOciferOus support, keeping
up the roar Of cheers until the very
end when the game was really lost
The roofing throughout the game was
so deafening that the referees whistle
could scarcely be heard, and in one
instance lost a score for the HIS"
as Lyman not hearing the whistle.
rode the ball on to beautifully
thrown basket, which, Of course. could
FIRST Quarter to Soldiers.
Jim Ready, Of the rs" threw the
first score OF the game. The playing
in the first quarter was at white
heat, each side doing good blocking,
but Johnson began his slipping
through tactics. and the fquarter-up
chime showed a to 3 score against
the HI"
In the second quarter the soldiers
continued TO gain, outdistancing the
high school IS to at the close The
same ratio was preserved in the third
quarter. but in the final the rs ever
lastingiy went ahead
The line-ups we're
z p NJ l.. Mortimer Johnson. CEN
ter: Wayne ChenOweth and Bob Hoover /
(captain), forwards, " enoau Kuhn /
and Jim Ready, guards
E P H S. VIII Grady and Sag
Shea. centers: Sag Shea, Blonde" |
Robertson. Doc" KilbUrn and VIII
TAYLOR. forwards Vern Lyman leap
tain) and Dutch" Rheinheimer,
DOC" Garwood refereed. Baylor
Foster scored, and Fats" Ross kept
time
The preliminary game between the
second team of the high school and
a pfcked team from the Grammar
Schools Athletic league ended IN q vic
tory for the high school, with p to
u score. The players were: Second
High, Stanley Shea and Earl Weisiger,
centers- Kelly Fassett and Louis
Robertson, forwards; Orban Walker,
Earl Weisiger and Philip Holman, [
guards
The picked team Of the G. s A L,
VIII Lemnahan. center; Bob Bryan and !
Albert Adkins. forwards; Leonard
Butchofsky and Cooper McKemmy,
guards. c. c. Golden refereed