The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-02-13
LOCALS DROP BOTH
BASKET BALL GAMES
Local Teams Outplayed in Both Of
Friday Night Games-High
Plays KerryilIe Tomorrow


Playing before the largest crowd
that ever attended any local basket
ball games, the Covington players
went down in a double defeat last
Friday night.
The visiting girls from the West
Tennessee State Normal had all that
Is needed to make winning team
good pass work, plenty of speed
and forward that could shoot bas-
kets with her eyes shut To Miss
Irene Henderson goes the credit Of
making % Of the 81 points scored.
She was easily the star of the eve
ming, and her fellow players fed her
the bali at all times, enabling her
to stand out above all players on
the floor as q tosser Of baskets. Had
she not been around Normal would
not have put up much of an exhibit
ton Of basket shooting, but the young
lady was there in more ways than
one, and the score jumped every time
she looked at the basket. The spec
tators were interested to see Mary
Robson, formerly Of the Byars-Hall
team, playing against her erstwhile
sch00lmates.
For the high school girls credit
must 20 to all for putting up game
fight in spite of the superior play
ing of the visitors. Elizabeth Nc
Elanahan scored the three points of
the local score. The other players
were too well cared for to allow any
other scoring. Irene Kinney and
Mildred Turner, guards, played the
ball accurately whenever the visitors
attack broke down, and Lucille Owen
and Dinah Wright, at center, kept
mixed up in almost every play. Ju-
liza May Walker, playing at forward,
was unable to get away from her
guard, who had the staying quail
ties Of a certain brand Of glue
Igotchu.
This game was refereed by Mrs.
Caldwell, of the normal.
The Covington town boys had more
than they could handle in the team
of aviators from Park Field. From
the very first whistle 1t was evident
that the game was going to be
thriller. because the local players
were determined to do their very
best to trim the lanky and airy SER
wants Of Uncle Sam. But ais the
game progressed the visitors took
substantial lead which placed Cow
ington On the defensive for the rest
Of the game. Hays Owen and Eli
Whitley at forward did their hest
to get away from their opponents,
but the aviation guards stuck closer
to them than brothers, and ii was
only rarely that the town boys could
snatch basket to swell the score.
Hurts and Mcbride at center-at diff
ferent times tried to keep up with
one lean and lanky Reisgen, who
ran over the court in the most APP
proved scared rabbit style, but end
cd his spirits almost every time
with neatly Gagged basket. Capt.
Frank Mcbride and f. Parker at
guard, covered their men in fair
style, but were unable to stem the
tide of team work that was unloos-
ened by the visitors.
The aviators had all the pep that
comes from high living and good
practice, and gave the spectators
d bewildering example Of just how
fast and quick a basket ball team
can be. In team work they were SUI
perior to most of the teams that have
ever come to Covington. In shoot
ing baskets they were more than
a9lrate they were dead shots, and
practically all chances to score were
used. Taylor, at forward, split hon
ors with Reisgen, at center, in scor-
ing nine baskets. The other play
ers delivered the goods when they
were called upon, with the result
that the score mounted higher and
higher in short order.
All in all, however, the victory
was no runaway affair The Cow
ington boys fought all the way along
and scored their points BY hard
playing but had to yield to a SUI
perior collection of tossers.
The crowd was enormous, more
than 500 persons being sardined into
the grandstand and along the walls
sof the building. This interfered |
somewhat with the playing, but in
terest was intense and no untoWard
event married the game.
Both contests were clean and well
played.
This weeks schedule of the local
association brings the two high
school teams from Kerrville, the
girls to play the Byars Hall girls,
while the boys try to take the meas
ure of the scrappy Byars-Hall boys,
who have good record behind them
this season. The Coyington school
boys are determined to get revenge
on Kerrville for a whipping admin
istered earlier in the season on an
outdoors court at Kerrville. At that |
time the winning margin for Kerr
vile was small, SO the high school
plans to clean up bit, now that this |
final game is to be on the home
court.
The Kerrville girls have played |
several games this season, and de-
clare that they are going to add one
more victory to their record, but the |
Byars-Hall girls are out for a bet
ter showing than they put up last |
wreck, So It is expected that both |
games will be won by Covington toss-d
ers.
Tie game win be called at 8 |