The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-03
See.Saw Scoring Leaves Results iu Doubt
Until Last Three Minutes Of Play;
Fin | Count I'll to 70
DUNCAN OUTSTEPPED
BY C. H. S. GIRLS
Second Battle With Visitors Calls FOith
All Reserve Force Of Both
AggregatiOns

After one OF the hardest loughl anu
keenly contested games Of the basket
bah season and one in which, due TO
d heretofore unmatched see-sawing
and lndecisiye balancing the issue rel
NAMED doubtful till the last, Riddle 8
Basket men finally spurted in deluge
OF irresistible forwarding and guard
ing in the last three minutes and won
the final game Of the schedule from
the Shawnee basket ball cagers here
Friday night II there had been inter
est manifested on the night previous
there was doubled demonstrations IN
last nights conflict. A fast meet was
anticipated but after the Introductory
play it was evident that even the most
expectant were not prepared for the
surprising increase Of dash over the
first game. The Chickasha quintet
strengthened to meet the expected re-
newal of fierce onslaught but even
they were taken back by the unac.
countable improvement in the visiting
strength. Chickasha entered confident
ana set the pace for the Shawnee
High. Not long was this maintained
however, for soon the tide began to
run steadily from side to side and for
the time, the last game with S. H. s.
seemed to be smacking Of tie. Gard
ner, Hill and Griffith as on the night
previous, answered the sideline call
Tor scoring and kept the home count
advancing steadily by the ringing Of
free goals. Brown provided that the
Shawnee account should remain in
reach of an even break with the G. II.
S. BY alternating sprints, the two
squads Icd in turns and even at the
conclusion OF the beginning half, the
mark-up showed an eYened tally on
1915.
c. n. S. victors IN Last Three Minutes.
With the opening Of the last, though
suffering from almost disqualifying in
iuries. Griffith and Gardner continued
the pounding of the opposing guard and
It was only by the stellar playing by
Brown practically by himself that the
reckoning could remain the same,
Some rough play was occasioned by
the over-zeaious work Of both squads
Tor the supremacy and the strainine
speed Of the play could not fail to tel
Upon the efforts Of the men. Until the
concluding minutes, both held out ad
mirabiy but when the last ounce O
energy was brought forth by the home
team. the visitors We're unable to meet
the rush and the purple and gold fin
ished 4 neck length in the lead by the
stating Of a 21 to rs finish,
Griffith and Gardner, as usual, head
cd the score foller for Chickasha, the
former netting fourteen points Of th'
winning total while Gardner added an
other eight. Hill and Riddle perform
ed equally as efficiently at their post
and it was by their superior defens'
alone that the last half did not en'
with honors equally divided. Brown
the S. II. S. right forward tossed fly
field goals and five foul goals for tn
eastern quintet for fifteen numbers,
The lineup, practically the same q
on the night previous, was:
chickasha Gardner. Hill, forwards
Griffith. center; Riddle, Wilson
guards.
Shawnee Johnson, Brown, forwards
wilbourn. CENTER Meaks, WinsloV
guards.
Referee-Hunter, Oklahoma Unive
sity.
n. S. Girls Show Pretty Team Worl
The Chickasha High school CIR
regulars met the Duncan sextette Fl
dav evening and administered we
Organized defeat to the girls from Il
south bv as excellent a showing Of g
operative team work as has been see
from the team this season. chickasf
led the invaders from the whistle an
the visitors were unable to score u
der the excellent vigilance of the
II s. guard. Mabel Hill and Mar
Morgan. forwards for the Chickasl
High. excened their opponents in pra
tically every way while Marcia Dik
man and May Chandler neld the Du
can six TO only five points registere
Captsin Thelma Rose, backed by lol
Teis. newly stationed at second &c
ter pushed the sphere into home t