The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-05
AZ TO 8
Pride Of Bourbon Goes Down In Defeat
Before Maysvillo High School
Quintet

Friday night before the largest
crowd of the season the fast Paris
High School basketball team went
down in the mire of defeat before the
speedy FIVE of the Maysville High
School
A preliminary game between the
Freshmen and the Grade team which
was played before the big game, re-
suited in favor of the class of 1919 by
The score of 81 to 9, for which Cab
fish was responsible for IA.
The principal event of the evening
was called at 8 o'clock and after the
toss-up at center the ball was passed
tack and forth for several minutes
until a foul was called on NJ. II. s.,
aDc Barnett, one of the Bourbon boys
forwards, registered on the advantage
shot. This small lead was soon exter-
minated by the loop-the-loop shot of
Smoot, the lengthy forward of the 10
Gals, who started the ball rolling for
Maysville Not to be outdone by his
subordinate, Captain Hampton of the
Gold and White tribe, opened up and
by some classy lodging evaded the
splendid guard, LAWN, and rung up the
second goal for the boys from Mason,
Smoot repeated. Hampton took adj
vantage of a foul on Adair and rung
up the first lone point for Maysville
and Smoot went him one better by Gag
ing another goal. Then little Edward
Parker made fitting end of the first
half and gagged his long guns and
pulled off his favorite shot, a goal
from the center of the floor For Paris
Barnett was able to get another free
throw in the basket, ending the half
with Maysville on the credit side Of the
ledger by the score of IL to 2.
After the usual rest of twenty min
utes of rest, during which the coaches
of both teams eXhorted their men to
get busy, the game resumed. Mays
vile evidently must have taken heed
of Coach Mance's words of advice, as
they started right the minute the Sec
ond half was ushered in. Wood, the
consistent centerspring of the locals,
staged one of the circus stunts Of the
evening when he located the goal with
Humpty Adair, the heavy center OF
the Paris bunch, hanging on his shout
ders. This feat was one of the pref
test pieces of basketball ever seen in
this city and much applause greeted
the stunt. Captain Hampton, with the
aid of the local admirers, who by their
joshing got the better of Little Robby
LAWN, and once started, the big cap
tain of the Maysville team, was i'm
possible to head off. Urged on by the
cheers of the crowd, Captain Hammy
started to ring up points at will. Smoot
after playing with his opponent and
shooting baskets at will, retired in
favor of Chenny Everett, the boy with
the big record. Chenny kept up his
reputation and soon had Adair, his
guard, guessing. Then Shea, who
had been playing the defensive game
of his life in the Paris end of the
court and who was in no small way
responsible for the smallness of the
Bourbonite score, tried his eye on the
Maysville basket, shooting the ball
from well beyond the center of the
floor and getting a basket. This with
another basket from Shea ended the
scoring. Hayden and Adair after sew
eral efforts, scored six points be-
tween them for the Paris aggregation,
which was all the scoring that Paris
could do. The game ended with Mays
vile in the lead to the tune of AZ to 8.
The summary:
Maysville Position Paris
Hampton .....R. F.... Hayden
Smoot .........,L. F..... Burnett
Wood ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AdairI
Kerr ...........,R. G...,.... LAWN
Parker .........L. G......... Rice
Field Goals-Smoot 6, Hampton s,
Wood 3, Shea 2, Parker, Everett, Hay
den 2. Adair.
Foul Goals-Hampton 3, Burnett
Referea-Manca