The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-18
(Contributed)

Friday and Saturday were very ex-
citing days for everybody interested
in athletic sports, basket ball in par
ticular. The tournament opened Fri
day afternoon at three o'clock at the
Y. NJ C. A, when Paris and licking
ton clashed. These two teams are
very evenly matched, and the enthu
siasm ran high, especially since the
local team had defeated the visitors
twice before by a very narrow mar
gin The battle was a hard-fought
one, and the final score was II to Is,
in favor of Lexington.
The next game was played be-
tween the two Winchester teams,
Clark County High and Winchester
High. The former has much the
better team, and won an easy victory
over their opponents with a score of
16 to 4.
The next season of playing was
at 1880 that night, when Lexington
opposed Georgetown and Paris oppos-
ed Clark County High. For while
it looked like Georgetown might be
victorious, but Lexington put in a
fresh player and in the second half
ran the scoreup to certain victory,
and ended with 16 points, while
Georgetown had 8. In the second
game, between Paris and Clark
County, the local team was success
full defeating their opponents "a td2.
Saturday morning Winchester
High was beaten by Lexington by a
big score, the Winchester team max
ing only one foul goal, while Lexing-
ton had % points to her credit. 0ne
of the closest games Of the tour1a-
ment was between Paris and George
town. This was in marked contrast
to the former game between. these
two teams at the first Of the basket
ball season. Then Paris was easily
the victor, but this score was I7Nto
|16. ...;, 81 Il s
Only one game was played IN Tie
afternoon. On account of their being
only five teams represented. one team
had to play an uneven number of
times. 1t had been agreed that a
team was eliminated when it had
been defeated twice, SO it was neces-
sary for Lexington or Paris to play
Clark County. In the drawing 1t fell
to Paris lot and the visitors were
beaten by a score of IA to IL.
The final game was played Satur-
day night, when Paris and Lexing-
ton locked arms again. The crowd
was wild with enthusiasm and when
the final whistle blew giving the
game to Paris the score stood IA to
Is. At no time did the local team
let the. visitors get ahead of them
and the work Of all ten girls was
snappy, fast and full; of pep.
| This tied the tournament cham.
pionship between Paris and Lexing.
ton and it was. played OF on the
State University floor last night. The
result did not alter the fact tina,
Paris holds the championship of Cen
trail Kentucky, but 1t decided who
gets the cup offered to the winner Of
the tournament. Owing to the late
ness of the game, we were unable tt
get the result for this issue.
j It is impossible to mention all o.
the points in the entire series, fol
something could be said about eacf
Individual player. The best WORK
done by anysof the visitors was thai
OF Miss Northcutt, OF Lexington
Georgetown's team showed vast i'm
provement over the FIRST Of the sea.
SON. Winchester High never seemed
to locate her; players or the basket
Clark County High showed good
team work and splendid nighttime
spirit. AS for Paris, we all know
twho they are and what they can do
= : - Z !. 80 tss'ss
Senator Sherman Is In the happy
state where he can freely speak hil