The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05
DAWSON WALLOPED
AMERICAS EASILY
NOT A DULL MOMENT DURING
GAME, AND AUDIENCE GAVE
VENT TO ENTHUSIASM.

They did it! Certainly they did
The Dawson high school basket
ball boys walloped the Americas high
school boys in the most exciting. the
closest and the fastest game played
on the local court in the last three
years. 1t was a sportsman's game
fast, furious and serious, yet honest,
clean and pleasant-the kind which
almost dopes the feelings of the on
locker. -
There wasn't a dull moment dur
ing the whole game; it was always
close. At the end of the first five
minutes of play Dawson led z to O.;
at the end of the first half Ameri-
Gus led Is to IL; and at the end of
the second half Dawson led % to 20.
Even the most staid, sedate and dig
nlfied of the spectators jumped
about, yelled and even threw hats
some of the ladies bobbed up and
down in their chairs and were I'M
able to repress squeaks-all of which
was good; it all helped win a ball
game.
1t was the kind of game you hear
people talk about, referring to it
generally as "some game" and those
who saw it are sorry for you if you
missed it.
That's just the beginning, though
We go up against Americas again
this spring and at the same time
tackle any and all other schools in
the Third district which care to enter
the contests, and we hope and expect
to repeat our last performance in a
very good percentage of the events
scheduled for the meet. If you miss
ed the basket ball game you may be
able to redeem yourself partly from
your self-blame by being at the meet.
This is not an elegy, but rather a
eulogy, for we hope that all the boys
Of both teams may be permitted to
match their strength next year. The
only difference to be made in COM
mending the various players is that
necessarily brought out by their ex-
perience in the game-some were
experienced more than others; all
played as was expected Of them.
Joe Nasworthy and Virgil Mellow
ell at guards and Clifford Farrar at
center are playing their first year on
the team and a review Of the score
card of the Americas game speaks
we'll for all of them. Dewey Mathis
and Hunter Bell at forward have
had a bit of experience before this
season and they, too, acquitted them
selves well. Hunter was the high
scoring man of the afternoon with
Dewey next.
For the visitors Webb and Mono
han easily stood out as the stellar
players, with Allen close to them.
Webb was responsible for exactly
half of his teams points and Mono
han saved his team at least as many
points by his close guarding
The rest of the team-Allen, Mer-
rift and Lumpkin-played nice ball
and nothing ought to be detracted
from the honor due them.
The game to great extent showed
very clearly that one cannot take too
many liberties with the human body. !
The best team won and won because
they were in the best physical shape
and earned a deserved reward The
score for the first few minutes of
play was Z to 0 in favor of Dawson; |
this was because Of familiarity with !
the court. The experience of the
visitors showed up as soon as they
became familiar with the court and
the first half ended Is to II in their
favor. The visitors scored two points
in the second half and Dawson sew
enteen. That was because they had
the stamina, a condition to carry
them through the second half at the
pace they started. The following is
the box score:
Dawson (28) Americas (20)
Mathis COR. F. Webb (10)
Bell Q4)-----L. F.--Lumpkin az
Bolton
Farrar (2)-----C.----M Merritt (4)
Mcdowell OR. G.----Allen (2)
Nasworthy---- L. G. Monohan
Referee: Give Moore.