El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-31
PLAYERS
JUMP INT0LEAl
Defeat Shelton-P Payne Bias
ketball Team by a Score
Of % to 18.

BY defeating the Shelton-Payne bas-
ketban team by a score of % to Is on
the Y. NJ. c. A. floor Wednesday night,
the Bryan team not only maintained its
1000 percent but also drew well ahead
of SheltOn-Payne team, its closest rival
for the championship
II was simply repetition Of the old
case of well developed team work De-
ing victorious over a bunch of 1ndi-
viduaI stars. Individually, the Shelton
Payne team outclasses the Bryan crowd,
but the team work of the former We'd
nesday was miserable, while the Bryan
team on the whole played well The
Bryan team, however, has one grave
fault, a tendency to pass the ball to
Sag" Shea under any and all cOndi-
lions. With an easy pass to some other
member of the team they prefer to
make a difficult pass to Sag" Unless
this defect is remedied, the Bryan team
will yet be tumbEed from its lofty
perch. The continued passing to Sag"
wednesday showed very slow thinking,
for Sag" was far off on his basket
shooting. Sag" missed shot after shot,
and many of them were very easy
chances. On the other hand, Bob Bry-
ant was shooting splendidly. Had the
logical trend been followed. the team
would certainly have got the ball to
Bob. But it was rarely passed to him
excepting by Sag" himself
Guard Is Walkers Position.
The player who stood out above all
others on the floor was Scott Walker.
Scott appears to have found his proper
position at guard. He played only dur
ing the first half Wednesday night, but
during that time he showed a far better
game than either Thomas or GrOoch,
the star guards of the southwest. Dur
ing the entire first half, SCOTS man
was able to shoot only one goal and
that from very difficult angle Scott
also prevented many baskets by other
players and in addition broke the ice
for his team by tossing the first field
goal.
Better Good Basket Thro7ver.
Phil Holman was easily best for
SheIton-Payne. He was the only man on
the team who appeared to have the
right idea of team work. George Better
made a number of baskets from very
difficult angles and scored 10 of the
Is points made by his team. He was
supposed TO play under the basket SO
that he might be fed. But when one of
his teammates had an opportunity to
feed there was no one to feed. Better
usually being clear at the other end of
the field trying to look after some 9TH
er mans work. Better also attempts too
many shots. He prefers attempting 4
difficult shot himself rather than pass
to some teammate who has an easy
chance.
Umpire Batting Mars Game.
The game was marred in the second
lld4L lUABA CONSTANT umpire DdlLlQEr
on the part of one player in particular
Had this man devoted his time to play
ing the game and leaving the umpire
alone he would have been of far more
benefit to his team. His conduct was
such that he should have been elected
from the gym. There was no reason
for his speech and actions, for they
could accomplish nothing for the good
Of either himself or his team. On the
contrary, such things tend not only to
hurt the man individually, and his team
as whole but the game as well. To the
great credit Of his teammates they en-
tirely disapproved of his conduct. 1t
has been stated on good authority that
a repetition of this sort of thing will
not be tolerated, even though it pc
comes necessary to discontinue the
league.
The hneups Wednesday were:
Bryan team-R Bryant and c. Nc
Kenny, left forward; o. Rheinheimer,
right forward; l. Shea (captain), cen
ter; S. Walker and r. Gaylord, left
guard; c. Fox, right guard.
Total points, %.
SheltOn-Payne team-G. Better. left
forward; r. WorthinStOn and J. Grooch,
right forward; p. Holman (captain),
center; S Shea and J. Grooch, left
guard Thomas, right guard.
Total points, IS.