The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-03-01
OUR BAsKETEERs AND FANS
ENJOY TRIP TO DYERsBURG

On last Friday, both the boys and
girls basket ball teams of the Byars-
Hall high school went to Dyersburg
on the morning train and were the
guests of the high school teams there,
where they played a double header
that night. In addition to Mr.. Wood
son, Miss Drane and the teams, there
were some twenty-five or thirty en-
thusiastic fans, composed of students
and sport lovers, who made the trip.
They were met at the train by the
Dyersburg people, who took them in
cars for rides over town, showed
them through the high school and did
everything to make the day pleas
ant one for the visitors. The Byars-
Hall students all reported a fine time
and are very grateful to their hosts
who made the day so very pleasant
for them.
1t was at first arranged to have the
girls game in the afternoon and the
boys game at night, but for some
reason this plan was changed and
both games were played at night,
Because of the fact that Miss Drane
and some of the girls wanted to re-
turn on the 9 o'clock train, the girls
game was played first. AS the Byars-
Hall girls were playing on a new floor,
they were a little slow in getting ac-
quainted with the baskets and the
first half ended with the opposing
teams tied l and /. But, with a
change of goals, the visiting girls
got down to business and soon tossed
field goals and free throws enough to
total IA points, without allowing their
opponents to score. Of these IA
points, Elizabeth McClanahan scored
8 and Mary Robson 6. Final score:
Byars-Hall, IA; Dyersburg, l.
The boys game proved a much
closer, harder fought contest than
was the one played here week be-
fore. The Covington boys found their
opponents much improved and have
about decided that Coach Joyner had
gotten onto their style of playing and
coached his team accordingly. The
Dyersburg boys played good ball;
their passing showed wonderful i'm
provement and their guarding was
up to the standard. Instead of the
contests being landslide, it was a
real game, one that would make the
struggle by the Teutons to take Yer
dun pale into insignifcance. The fin
al score was rs to "a in Covington's
favor, but the game was won by the
visitors after the local team had got
ten seven points in the lead. AT the
end Of the first half, the score stood
IS to for Dyersburg, 8 of their
points having been gained on free
throws after fouls.
The second half was where the fun
began, for it was a nip and tuck af-
fair throughout. The visiting boys
soon caught up with the opposing
team and its score was twice tied and
finally broken when Willie Moore
placed a pretty field goal just about
one minute before the final whistle
blew. 1t was scrap that will never
be forgotten by the big audience that
witnessed it, for both teams were bat
ting as if their lives were at stake.
It was one of those blood curdling
struggles that was anybody's until
the final whistle blew, and goes down
as one Of the best games ever played
by Byars-Hall team. It was good
example of that invincible never-give-
up spirit that characterizes the work
of the Byars-Hall boys. 1t is seldom
that a team marches to victory over
a z point lead Of their opponents, and
such good pass work and head work
as this make a team of which the
coaches and supporters are truly
nroud