White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
Elko Co. High
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BASKET BALL DUEIS BETWEEN
RIVAL TEAMS RESULTS IN A
DOUBLE DEFEAT FOR LOCAL
SCHOOL BOYS.

Thursdays train, and Immediately set
about making preparations for one of
the greatest events of the school
year. They came with the firm in
tention of administering to the White
Pine aggregation of athletes such a
drubbing as would in a measure off,
set the trouncings that Elko has re-
eeived in past years. and with this in
view had selected the best material
that could be induced to qualify in
the state interscholastic league az
a team of basketball players
The Ely team went to Elko last
year and enjoyed the hospitality of
a generous rival for two days with
all expenses paid. This is the return
team. Preparations had been going
Oh for several weeks and the Ely
boys had everything in shape to give
their friends and opponents a most
cordial welcome and to make their
stay in Ely one to be long remember
ed by the members OF the Elko team.
Although the train was late Thurs
day night. about forty students met
the visitors at the station and indulg-
ed in more or less vociferous ex-
preston of their pleasure in seeing
the youths from the neighboring city
who were to meet the Ely athletes in
two of the hardest fought contests
In basketball that have yet taken
place In Ely.
the games in the Bio hall. on ac-
count of the small seating capacity of
the high school gymnasium, and two
teams were selected from the high
school girls to play the preliminary
games OF each evening. This added
much to the entertainment Afforded
by the games and gave the girls an
opportunity for trying their mettle
on a strange floor under conditions
quite different from those under
which they play in the school gym
nasium.
The game Thursday evening start
ed with the referees whistle at 7:45.
the girls having had a few minutes
only for getting accustomed to the
slippery floor. Signs OF stage fright
and uncertainty passed after the FIRST
nve minutes and the opposing teams
settled down to real work. This was
the first game In which the problem
OF keeping the ball within bounds
had ever confronted either of the Ely
teams. which accounted In . measure
for. the slow work OF the first half of
the game. The final score was Is to
6 In favor Of the white Sox." Miss
Gladys II. Lewis acted as referee for
the girls.
The boys came on the floor imme-
diately following the close of the
girls game. and the play began. Prin-
cipal r. J. Terry Of East Ely was se-
lected a. referee for the frst game
between White Pine and Elko. and
he lost no time In getting the boys
into action. Elko vas fortunate In
making q basket within fraction of
q minute after the game opened, and
from that time on through the hrst
half struggled hard to keep up the
pace with which they started out.
The first half closed with q score of
to in favor of Elko. The second
half found the Elko boys ready again
with number OF well prepared spe-
cial plays that carried past the Ely
boys and won for the visitors TWEEN
ty more points. while the White Pine
team was unable to score q point.
The games opened on time Friday
evening with everybody prepared to
do business from the sound of the
whistle. The girls again contended
for honors. there having been sew
eral changes made In the lineup on
each side. The stage fright of Thurs
day night had disappeared and the
off-side problem did not seem to af-
feet the playing materially. Alto
gether the girls gave a very clever
exhibition OF skill in playing the
game under girls rules. The final
score stood 26 to 80 in favor OF the
team representing the high school.
The score was close throughout the
entire game and both teams won
much applause from the spectators.
Miss Myra Gibson OF the White Pine
high school was referee.
The tension of both players and
spectators was great when the boys
came on the door for the second