Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-02-04
BASE CAPTURED ANOTHER
Doctors Surprised Everybody by Rum
ming or With High School
Wednesday Night.
Alumni Had Field Day al Expense Of
Shops Team. Winning by
Iopsided Score.


henderlender. the fourth of nine such
events In the schedule of the Deming.
Cody league. was an unusual one IN
two resipcis-it brought ouf the 5ig-
gest crowd ~ the season 10y good III.
~ per cent. aud IL resulted In two very
one-si'led games The Santa Fe shops
team has never been able to seriously
warrr iiA upponcnts. hut the three
other teams have seemed almost even
In strength. So that heretofore the
double-header events have resulted III
one good. tight game and one parade.
This order was changed Nednesdny.cv-
ening. The Alumni beat the shops 10
Ia ~. which was to he expected but
the base hospital squad upset every
body's calculations when they ran off
from the high school 81 to 10.
Heretofore ID. H. :. has lookcd good
enough Ia win one Of It's three games
with the base. hut now the dope" looks
like II will have Ia be revised. unless as
many believe. the kids simply had an
off night
The shOpS-aunni game was princi-
pally field day for Capt. Paul Major
of The Alumni who Gagged fifteen has.
kets. an average of one for each two
minutes Of play. Trowhridge dropped
four IN and ltosch like number. The
shops boys were unable Ia score field
basket In the first half. hut Huffman
4
second half. and six free throws by
Huffman accounted for the rest nf the
ten points. The Alumai looked hettcr
than Ia any former game and the fans
are now counting on them to make the
much-desircd dent in the record of the
thus fav undefcatcd hospitallers next
Friday night
The doctors got the jump on the
high school and before the game was
five minutes old were leading by
count Of II to . The kids rallied nj
this point. however Cnusland. Dryer.
Clark and Ehrman scoring field has.
ketS 80 that the half ended with the
fairly respectable score OF - to s.
The rally was followed by relapse
In the second half that gave every ID.
HIS. fan an attack Of the horrors. The
kids could neither pass nor shoot. the
two guards rarely got within speaking
distance Of their men and the whole
team developed u had case of duck
flutterS. They developed positive
genius for passing the ball tO the hos
pitaf players. and when the bull was
loose they seemed tied and fettered.
ON the other hand. the base squad I'M
proved as the game progressed. swamp
ing their younger opponents In flood
of baskets. Dean. always dangerous
near the basket. became positively I'M
clnny in the accuracy of his shooting.
raging five goals before the half end.
cd. four Of them In quick succession,
Just MS the half opened. Franks ALSO
went on n scoring spree. tipping four
into the basket. and Olson and Gran
mer added three more The high team
failed 10 negotiate a field goal In this
half hut Dryer made two free throws.
The high school will come back
their supporters believe. for nobody IL
inclined to accept Wednesday nights
performance as guage of their true
ability. Their next game Is with the
shops. and the outcome will he watched
with interest uS indicating whether the
punk exhibition against the base was
merely a slump or proof that their
aSe is hopeless.
The nrmory was crowded. and the
roofing was mostly for the two under
logs the shops and the high school
The game Thursday between the base
md the alumni should I've thriller. The
,lunni lost their first game To the
and will he out for revenge.
defeat for the base would put them
IN an even footing with the alumni
'ach with three games won and one
oSt. The high school must heat the
'hopS or drop to an even footing with
hem, with little or no chance Of fin
shing higher than third The Alumni
'till have n fine chance To win the
pcnnant offered by the
var camp community service.
Ieague Standing