El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-25

OR the first time in the history OF
II the present High school girls
4 basketball team which has been
tocetber for the past three seasons, the
team went down in defeat Saturday
night at the Y. NJ c. A. by the margin
OF one point. the final score being;
Nevv WeTico Normal. Il; FL PasO High
school. TO- IN the second game the boys
got revenge from the Normal boys, ue-
feating them As to q
A fact which contributed to the defeat
or the High school girls was that ABOUT
the middle of the second half Just as they
1,easn TO get going good, Miss Edwards,
the star guard, was knocked out she was
thrown to the floor in trying 10 stop
a silver City forward and the iatlei, IN
her eagerness to throw a basket, 1alleu
to notice the fall and acclaeh. LAZY ANY
stepned on the formers body MISS
Edwards was revived in a snort time
and gamely came out and. resumed her
7,osition on the floor The referee. now
ever. refused to permit her 10 play On
the ground that the rules did not per
nit she remittance of a player INTO lne
game after she has once leIJ w ME
PHYLLIS Routledge, who then went IN
,laved a splendid game, her coming III
served to somewhat break up lne team
work, as the other members OF the team
vrere not quite so accustomed TO ner
girl shot a basket on Miss Bouuedge Dy
the barest margin, the latter getting IN
front by a bare fraction OF a SECOND
later Nancy Edwards, win her 6teaI
speed. would have been almost certain
10 have made up this fraction and have
stopped the throw
Both Teams Played Well.
THE defeat Of the "Hf' girls, while IL
broke up their record OF consecutive
wins for three straight years, and while
81 was deplorable. was by. no o., means .llIs
irhCmIufous Every player on the team
nlaved we'll The star for silver CITY
vas Katherine Angle, the "a year old
left forward This little girl, the young
est on the floor, scored seven OF the II
points made by her team Whlle one OF
the baskets was pfacIleally = - ~ -e,ie
to her and her team, the others were
not and she kept HIS guards on the
90 throughout the game TO keep her
covered.
II was perhaps a good thing Tor the
bovs' team Of the High school that the
Girls lost the first game, and IN the
manner they did. For the boys went
into the second game fighting mad ana
simply carried the Silver city boys OH
their feet The onslaught was so Ter
rifle that it seemed TO have. the silver
Citv team dazsd for several minutes
When the visitors did wake up and be-
Gin 10 get into the game 1t did them no
good, FOR High school simply would not
be denied. Having previously ueIeaLeu
Zip and having defcutcd the Mesllla
Arzies at 1iesilla Friday night by al
most as large score as Hi deteated
that team here the Silver City team
was very sanEuine OF victory But the
'-Hr' boys dashed their hopes by score
OF As TO "a.
TormaIites Were OutBIayed.
The High school team Outplayed the
Ncrsnalites at every position and I'm
every department OF the game except
ing at center. Lin Dunlap. the star OF
thc Normal team. scored six field goals
10 Al Tatum's two. This is not at an
TO AIS discredit. for he usually passed
tho ball to q teammate instead Of trying
for the basket himself On the other
hand Lin shot whenever there was the
slightest possibility OF making n score
and his teammates passed the ball "a
him for a shot whenever possible. IN
fact, Normal appeared 10 be very much
q one man team Al not only guarded
far better than Lin. but there was
absolutely no comparison between the
two in team work and passing. AIS
margin being so large that even very