The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-26
PARIS WINS CLAIM TO STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP.

The week enQlnS FEBRUARY 20,
added four more games of basket |
ball to the list of victories which the
teams of the Paris High School have
won this season.
On Thursday night Maysville came
to town, bringing both her girls ana
hoys' teams, and and expecting to!
carry away the honors of the Occa
sion, but their hopes were in vain.
and Paris won both games. The
Paris girls played faster ball than is
generally seen in girls games, and
came out on the long end OF a score
of SO to IA, thus keeping up their
reputation of being undefeated by
High School team. AS usual, Miss
Rose led in goal throwing, but the
work of Misses Elder and McClin
took, and Miss Heller's air-tight
guarding were features that APP
pealed to all true lovers of good bas-
ket ball.
In the boys game the Paris boys
had fairly easy time and were able
to save themselves to some extent for
pecting the following night. Rule
took Captain Rice's place at center
in the last half in order to have Rice
as fresh as possible for the Somer-
set game. Burnett was the chief
goal thrower of the occasion, but
every Paris man got into the scoring
column during the evening. The
final score was Paris 81, Maysvillc
Is.
On Friday night the team from
Somerset High School came to Paris
with the State championship already
in their possession, as they thought.
They were quite sure that Paris had
no chance to wrest that coveted
honor from their grasp. But alas, for
dreams-the passing and team work
CT the Paris boys were more than
they had counted on, and after get
ting away in the lead during the first
few minutes Of play, they were fore
ed to realize that they were gradu-
ally being out-played and that their
hopes were ebbing. Early in the first
lead, but that failed to scare Paris
in the least, and the end of the first
half found the score II to 16 in
favor of Paris. In the second half
the Paris team came back stronger
than ever, and all doubt was soon re-
moved as to which was the better
team. Every man on the Paris
team played like veteran, and to
pick a star would be impossible; but
the way LAWN and Clark kept the
ball away from Somerset's end of the
foor deserves mention. The final
score was 81 to 80 in favor of Paris.
A summary of the game follows: i.
Somerset-Goals: Cooper, ca;
Claunch, F.; Lewis, F.; Han, F.; Nc
Evan, G.. and F., 6; H. Clarke, g.,
z; Fifth, c., Roberts, c. i,
Paris-Goals: Rice, c., 1; Bur
nett, F., S; Roberts, F., 6; LAWN,
c., 3; R. Clark, G., 1.
Foul Goals-Burnett in nine at
tempts.
Referee-H Hinton, Georgetown Col
lege.
Saturday night our boys went 10
Frankfort and found they were rath-
er stiff and inactive from their hard
game on Friday night. During the
first half they were unable to get
started and the. half ended with
the score Is to 13 in favor of Frank
fort. But all the Paris boys needed
was to get supplied up and they were
ready to play in their usual form
during the second half. While Frank
fort was making eleven points the
Parisians rolled the pigskin sphere
into the basket for forty-one points,
making their total score 81. Rob-
erts, chagrined at failure to score In
the first half proceeded to make ten
goals in the second, while Burnett
got eight, Rice three and LAWN five.
Frankfort's final score was 26.
Teams that play such basket ball
as these games have shown our teams
can play deserve the support of every
person in Paris. See that you the
among those present at the Y. M. c.
A. gymnasium next Friday night at
seven-thirty.