El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
Cactus and First National
Quintets Play Off Tie
on Wednesday.
BEST CONTEST OF
SEASON PREDICTED

1.-THE climax Of the City league
basket ball season is slated for
- Wednesday night when the
Cactus club and First National bank
quintet Will fight II out on the ~
floor for championship honors- To date.
each team has lost but one game and
has eight wins to balance the won
column The 4s 20 IS victory OF the
Cactus club five few nights ago,
over the A & NJ college at Mesilla.
Park. served 10 put the Cactusonians
on an even footing with the bankers.
There il every reason to believe
that the Wednesday night game il
not alone going TO he a CROKER.
from every view point. but it Is not
Improbable. too, that II will be one
of the hardest fought contests OF
the season on the s.Y7 floor. II f.
going to be hard fought because
neither the Cactus club nor the
National bankers are willing TO
forfeit their rights TO the City
league championship, and because
IL Is a hard proposition to give any
definite dope which would throw
favOrs one way OF another.
II the Cactus crowd can put I'D the
scrap which the Nesilla collegians had
TO buck up against in the first OF the
two clashes between the two teams
last week. then Dsmar Bowman and
his warriors are going to come through
the season IS topnotchers- But-thsn
s1appy showing on the part OF the
Cactus group TO win from the Bankers.
Two First National men are e.
pecially worth being watched and
avoided. whichever way the ball
goes when the champ game is
staged on Wednesday. "sag7 shea
IL the forward who VIII have to be
guarded more closely than the
ordinary player. for he can shoot
baskets from almost any position
between the net and the center az
the floor. And he has been seen
10 shoot accurately from beyond
the center of the floor.
In the guard positions. Schumacher
is the man TO be given more than usual
consideration He has size and ever
thing that goes 10 make I'D a strons
defensive player Appearing awkward
on the floor. Schumacher shows more
grace than many professional
the while
Getting back TO the Bowman
crowd Demar il one Of the huzkIex
who viii give the Bankers n run
for their cash. Bowman has curt
loose from much OF his Individual
playing. II means that the Gao
tusonians are getting more team,
work into play, and naturally
enough better results.
In Curley Bowman. Demar has 4
good running mate and In Adkins, the
team has a big brscer. Adkins is not
alone 2 good man in the center ring,
but he can get the ball and handle il
after he gets his hands on il.
The basket ball fans are hound
to see n craekerjaek of game
There may not be = great deal of
registering of points, by either
side. but there will be the hardest
struggle of the season to determine
which shall be hailed rs champions.
One game remains TO be PLAYED in
the City league and that game is the
one slated for Wednesday night Either
the Banks or the Cactus Will land in
second place That viii leave the
Nesilla colegians in third place with a
percentage of .667. The High school
failed TO get the 500 marx and go
down IN the standings column with
four games won and six lost with a
percentage OF -3SS- The Acme Laundry
stands ESQ with two wins and seven
defeats while the Shelton-Payne
quintet failed 70 win a single game.
although they played nine.