El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-15
CACTUS CLUB TEAM
OUTPOINTS MINERS
Wins Larger Score in Basketball Game
in Extra Five Minutes of Plays
CITY LenEue Opens Saturday.

City Lengue Opens Saturday.
Thursday night the School of Mines
and Cactus club basketball teams
hooked up in a practice game. At the
end Of the time agreed upon the Miners
were ahead by a score Of 20 to IL
After that the Cactus club team found
they were fit enough to 90 five min
utes longer. After this extra five min
utes the club team was ahead by
score of 81 to %.
The game was marked principally by
the fact that both teams stand in sore
need of practice that it brought out
a bunch of old time players with the
Cactus club and that this team might
well be dubbed the Old Guards or
something similar. There IS not a
single player on the roster of the
Cactus team who has not passed the
voting age.
Cactus team Thursday night only two
have been seen in action previously
this season. Dave Hughes, who played
at forward in the second half, has
played most of the season with the
Commercial league, but before the
Commercial league season had not
played for three years. Bob Hoover,
captain and forward of the Cactus
teams has played one or two games this
year in the Commercial league, but
prior to that had not played since the
days Of that wonderful team at the
FL PasO Military Institute.
Wendell Kuhn, who played at guard.
has not been seen here since he played
as a tcammate of Hoover's on the In
stitute team. Kuhn has been attending
Lehigh university for the past two
and a half years. Z. Sauer has not
been seen in action since his school
days here, having attended college in
the east for the past four or five
years. Al Adkins at center, has not
played here since the City league three
md Tr-bn
played at guard during the first half,
has not played for about five years.
The Cactus club was handicapped in
many ways. The players were not all
uniformed alike, which sometimes made
it difficult for d player to recognize
a teammate in q flash as he should be
able TO do The team had never played
together before But above all else
they lacked condition. In the first half
the Cactus club gained a big lead. In
the second period, however, their lack
Of condition told and the Miners, wear
ing them down. went into a good lead.
After a brief rest the club team again
came strong and, holding the Mine boys
safe, it again forged into the lead.
Thursday nights play disclosed the
fact that the Cactus bunch has not
been at all Overrated- Despite the fact
that the team averages several years
older than any of the other teams, it
is going to prove mighty hard to beat,
once the members regain their cOndi-
ton and get to working together. In
Sauer and Lucas two players were I'M
covered who are going to add great
strength to the team Sauer showed
clearly that his sOjOurn in the east
has not at all weakened his playing.
He showed 2 splendid game Thursday
and in addition showed that ne has
kept in better condition than the re-
mainder Of the team.
Saturday night at o'clock the City
league will open with games between
the High school and School of Mines
and the Y, N. c. A and Cactus club.
Owing to the fact that the other teams
have had so little practice the "Hr'
and "Y" teams are expected to win
these games. After this week, how
ever, it will be hard to dope out the
winners.