The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-02-22
VICTORY GOES TO BYARS-
HALL IN BOTH CONTESTS

The Byars- Hall basketeers came
back good and strong in the games
Friday night against the Dyersburg
teams when they not only won, but
walked away with landslide victories.
From all reports and the extra follow
ers that the visitors were bringing
to witness the games, the local play
ers had their apprehcnsions as to the
final outcome, but it took only few
minutes Of play by both teams to
show which ones were the stronger.
The girls took the floor first and the
ball zigzagged between the would be
possessorg for while until Mary
Robson broke the ice by ringing a
pretty shot and the walk to victory
had begun. Elizabeth Mechanism
soon came in for her share of the fun
and the two forwards placed pretty
shots at will. viii Burrell King and
Irene Kmneydid some excellent guard
ing and the good pass work Of Kath-
crime Upton and Lucille Bailey con-
tributed much to the success Of the
game,
The visitors showed an inability to
get together. Their pass work was
not up to the standard and their oppo-
nents, therefore, found little difficulty
in breaking up their plays. Miss Grin
scored the only point for Dyersburg
on free throw for goal. This was
the only one thrown out of IL chances.
Up until the whistle blew announc-
ing the beginning of the second game,
the home boys had, judging from Dy-
ersburg reports, ETC., formed the con-
clusion that they were up against a
hard proposition. However, few
minutes of play proved that the ne
ports were all bosh, for once the bat
tie was on the strides to victory were
made in such rapid succession that
Cap Smith was tempted to call for
an assistant to help increase the num-
bers in the Byars- Hall column of the
score board The first half ended with
AZ to 2 victory for the home boys
and to this they added IS more in the
second half, just for good measure,
making the final score so to in their
favor To attempt TO name the stars
of the game for the local players
would tax the intellect of a Philadel-
phia lawyer, for the game was one
succession Of meteoric flashes and star
performances,
Hays Owen led the team as point
gamer. He soon got his eye on the
circle and the local coach, who, by the
way, is an instructor in mathematics,
thinks that it is the study of geometry
that is responsible for these accurate
shots at the center of this circle. Be-
fore the game was over, Hays had
shot Is goals. Paul Shoaf came next
with 3 goals to his credit, which was
unusually good, considering the fact
that he had been on the hospital list
for few days. L. Dennis played
against center who had to reach
down to pat him on the head. But, in
spite of this, Big Dennis played rings
around his opponent and got away
with some of the most clever signal
work that has ever been pulled off.
"Freck" Hurts broke up some pretty
plays at guard and made several long
passes to his forward teammates.
Captain Moore was handicapped by
having a sprained leg that was in
jured in practice game few days
previous. In spite of this, he did his
share of the work as a defensive
player and threw field goal, besides.
It was a great night for the sport
loving people of Covington. The play
ers have always had the support and
encouragement of the public and they
are very keenly appreciative of it.
The games Friday night were a fair /
example of what good team work,
coupled with persistency, will do and
it is hoped that the teams will keep up +
their winning streak now that it is
started. There is one thing, however,
that the local coaches are guarding
against, and that is that spirit of
overconfdence that sometimes follows
a great victory. It is just such a
spirit that plays havoc with athletics
at times.