The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-09
Local Girls Team Defeated By Wis.
itors, But c. H. 5. Boys Trim
Opponents Of Same Sex.
LAST GAMES OF THE SEASON
Missouri Teams Make Great Show
ing, But Fail to Land Priced
Contest Of the Evening.

! After a struggle that was replete
with aggressive y aging, clever team
work and rough tactics, Cairo high
schoo won the last basket ball game
OF the season last nsht at the X. Nj.
X. c. Nall. The opponents were
1.-THE athletes Of the Charleston high
school basket ban team and they
were trimmed by the neat score OF
1873 to 80.
The Missouri lads went with a
vim into the first ha { that gave them
the lead at the end OF the initial
twenty minutes p aging. The local
| five had The best OF it in the center
OF the court by team work, but when
the fighting shifted to the basket Of
the visitors they put it over the G
Ii 1. s. players in throwing. Their
surprising strength rather swept the
ISaircites off their fee,, and they
! ia lied up Is scores to the locals 10
Coach Ryans severe criticism and
| his instructions to do bette-, eyi
IDENTIFY had the desired effect on his
charges for in the second half, they
went into the conflict determined to
win at all hazards. Fighting, anG
Iplenty sof it.-sreal rough at some
| stages featured the second half and
both sides participated freely The
Cairo lads came back, as it were
from their apparent inferior state
and gave the "Show Me" boys a re
dictionary struggle they wont soon
forget In few minutes after the
second stage began, they piled up
enough scores to even the standing
and from that on while Charleston
was steadily gaining, they kept up
the pace and in the finish had the
best Of the argument by 3s to 30.
There was never more excitin J
basket ball game pu led off in Cairo
and there was never more enthusi-
asm displayed not excepting any Pa.
ducah contest. The interest was in
tense and cheering by the big crowd
of "rooters of both sides rent tho
hall the entire evening.
Both teams played well and de
serve especial mention for their hard
work
Having won last nights contest
Coach Ryan and his athletes have a
seasons record they might we'll bt
proud of. Out OF the nine gameS
fthey p aged they won seven of them
besides succeeding to the third placa
in the tournament at Carbondale for
the championship of Southern Iii.
nois. The boys will now devote
their energies to track work in
preparation for the various Spring
contests that are to be staged here
and elsewhere.
Before the boys game occurred
last night, the girls team OF Char
lesion high school was pitted against
| the girls team of Cairo high, and as
if TO even matters for the apparent
impending defeat of their boys
team, they were the winners by o
score of Is 10 II. The visiting girls
showed their superiority in many
parts Of the game, and generally
speaking, had things their own way
This was the second defeat for the
local girls at the hands of their
Charleston opponents, they having
/ suffered a similar fate in tho Mis-
souri, city some weeks ago.
The Char eston players were ac-
eompanied by large crowd of en-
, thusiasts and were chaperoned by
Supt George w. Kirk and Miss
Elizabeth Brassfeld, the girls coach.
, They were accorded a reception and
dance after the games by the high
school boys.
Previous to either of the basket
ball games. ten boys of c. Fl. S. all
favorably known for their ability in
oratory participated in an extempo-
raneous speaking contest and ac.
/, quilted themse yes creditably. The
subjects were assigned each of the
boys Friday afternoon at the close
of the school by Miss Margaret viii
son. the prineipa, and were thus
enabled the preparation Of only d