El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-09
TIGER STUDENTS
SWAMP MESILLA
AGGIESAT THE Y
Coach Behnamann's Team
Is Again Victor at the
Big Gymnasium.
PONSFORD rs STAR
OF STUDENT TEAM
N aBTD1 RUTHERFORD.

FTER three months Of official
a idleness, the e Paso High
= = school Tigers won ample re-
venge from the 1IesiIla Aggies, Friday
night for the football defeat Eus-
tanned at Mesllla IN November, by de-
feating the New Mexico basketball
quintet in a snappy, hard fought game
~ the Y. n. C. A gymnasium; score
IS 10 a.
Setting the pace during the entire
game. the Tigers had little difficulty
in piling up a commanding lead during
1he latter half of the game while their
superb guarding prevented the Aggies
from making but five points. only two
of which we're counted by a field goal,
the remaining three being foul throws.
Livery member Of the Aggie team was
lhorOuEhly covered after the Tigers
lad once warmed Up TO the game.
while the splendid work OF Nanny
ponsford, ErrOld LapoWskt and Harry
Ackemy was evidenced in the increas-
ing number OF baskets thrown by the
Fl Paso school boys in the second
Tigers Too Speedy.
Facing q weight advantage Of sp-
proXimately ten pounds TO the man,
the younger Tigers outdistanced their
larger opponents, and we're much more
LapcWski, for instance. did not miss
a single shot at the iron ring during
the entire game, while Ponsford, al
though playing center, rulg q total
OF five field baskets and brought the
Tiger roOters to their feet. cheer
ing many times during the game. by
making daring shots at the basket
Lapowski and POnsf0rd did the entire
scoring for the Tigers with the ex-
eeption OF two field baskets runE BY
guard Bruce Bevans
LapoFFHki Scores First.
Two minutes after the referees
whistle had sounded LapOWEid
threw the faitiai Tiger basket,
hacking a perfect show from the
left side OF the ring. PonHford
scored the second marker Of the
High school Students when he
caught = perfect pass from Bruce
BeFuns and tossed Il into che net
Humble made the first score Of the
Aggis team when he threw a foul
goal resulting from technical vio-
lation on the part of one OF the Tiger
players. LapoWski threw a foul goal
following a technical violation by
Nickers. and a moment later threw his
second field goal, bringing the score
up 20 seven to one for the Tigers.
D'Hara scored the initial AEgie field
basket when he managed to elude the
Tiger guards. but a second later La
powsh retaliated by making q per
q ten feet
BeFaus Ia star.
BeTans scored on a long shot from
center for the last basket OF the game
after Vickers and Humble had rung
uD four points for the visitors. bring
ing the score up TO Is to for the stu
dents when the whistle blew for the
first half
The clever combination OF Mckemys
Ponsford and LapoWski worked to ad-
vantage during the early part Of the
second half, and the score spared 70
IS 70 3, before the Aggies had an op-
portunity to increase their mark by
one. point Humble throwing foul
o,Hara threw the only field
basket OF the visitors in this half,
making this directly from under
the basket while the Tigers were
playing for time, during the last
five minutes OF the contest. Hum
bic threw all three Of the foul
goals Of the visitors, bringing the
net resIis - OF their work in this
half mp TO five points, while the
TiEerH' score was n.
Ponsford rung two baskets by snap
py overland throws from the left side,
before the second half had been under
way for two minutes. Bryant shot
he ball 70 LzpoWsld after mixup IN
The center OF the floor. and the little
Forward came back with another has
Eet Ponsford scored once from the
side, and LapoEsirf rung a basket IN
DER the net POnsf0rd again scored
from the side, after a hard fight in
The center OF the floor in which la
i-oWsfd was injured and had to be car
led from the gymnasium The little
fellow was back on his feet again
within the required tEo minutes. how
ever. and was received with thun-
derous cheers on the part Of the IT,
ger rooters.
Humble Scores First.
Humble scored the first point OF the