El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-25
HIGH SCHOOL boys BA5kET BALL
TEAMBEATS NORMAL BY 48 To "A
FL Paso Girls Team Loses Silver City Girls Making
First Defeat in Three Years Local Team Has Been
Organized Alleged Unfairness of the Referee
Is Considered Partly Responsible.
BY J. G. BRANN.


r,artisan sDectator would have been
compelled to concede him the adVan-
tage And not only that but despite
Lin's advantage in height and reach Al
outjUmped him.
Fhe team work displayed by the High
saturday night was simply beautiful
When Tatum outjumped Dunlap there
was ALWAYS a "HT' player at the spot 70
receive the ball When Dunlap out
Jumped Tatum he invariably knocked
the ball in only one direclIon, IoW .a.l
his own forwards. On these occasions
little Jimmie Kilburn or Palmer Schu-
maoher would usually dart IN and Cd
tain possession Of the bali ana gen
orally when the High school got lhe
han the team was gone for the basket.
Nornnal PLAYED a good game but found 1t
next to impossible to break up the op-
positions magnificent passing.
Schumacher Scores 16 Points.
For the High school. Palmer Schu-
7nacher was the star and easily the
star Of the night. Playing running
guard Palmer shot eight baskets scor-
inc l6 points. Many of his baskets were
Of the really sensational kind. He shot
one from the center OF the field, stand
ing within an inch Of the side lines. Ana
his guarding was simply great. Like
the rest of the team he selected Dig LIN
Dunlap to fight whenever posslble' ana
If was mighty seldom the latter got
away from him Then, too, Palmer
would dash down from under silver
Citv's basket. and while Jimmie XII
burn was stalling off couple OF SILVER
CITY men. Palmer would dash IN anu
secure the ball. Jimmie hilouIh, az
the other guard, played his usual star
game at anchor guard. The silver cry
PLAYERS found that to score ON Jimmie
before Schumacher got back down the
field they had to shoot from almost the
center OF the field. To the spectators
Of
Dulled off by Jimmie. kilburn,. the
highest man on the floor, hooked up
with the giant Dunlap on every posi-
bic occasion. Twice Jimmie WrestIeG
with Dunlap for possession OF the oail
. and on both occasions Jimmie took IL
vvav from the big fellow Another tune
| thew were rushing 'tOgther and Jimmie
! suddenly ducl1ing, sent Dunlap hurllnS
over his shoulder
Tntum Gets the Big Hand.
Al Tatun. however, got the Dig hanu
! Of tlle evening III of the other play
I ers had gone to the mat excepting Dun
Z Ian. until he and Tatum came together-
I The crowd had been yelling to see him.
I too go down. And when Tatum was
I the first to turn the trick the CROWD
I simply howled. Cliff Anderson, at Ior-
ward was the same old CHI Ihere
are no frills and nothing of the sen
! sational to Cliffs playing, but ne is
! always there. Cliff does not shoot bas-
I kets as the ordinary player does II g
never rises from his feet and rarely
} throws overhanded. Instead. he has a
very deceptive underhand throw And
he losses so easily that an opponent
! frequently turns to see to what team
mate the ball has been passed TO when
! Cliff has already shot basket. And as
/ there is no waste motion IN his throws
! they are really more effective than the
] jumping throw. Cliffs passing too
! was superb The way he slid the ban
( under. over or to one side or the Other
| OF an opponent was remarkable some
/ Of the supporters Of Hi feared the
team would not be able TO beat Silver
CITY. owing to the fact that Bob Bry-
/ amt captain and star forward OF th'
I team. was out of the game with an IN
Jury and it was necessary to SUBSTITUTE
/ Cooper McKemy at the forward, They
feared that Cooper's playing at the 20
Z sition would not come Up to the stand
ard set by Bob and that the team worE
would not be as good as it should Blu
1 early in the game "the fighting Irish
man proceeded to shUw them how fa
they were in error. Cooper played thu
| game OF his career He put up one o.