Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-02-11
ALUMNI STOPPED BASE
Hospitals String Of Victories In Bask.
etball League Was Broken
Thursday Night
Two Teams Now Practically Even
With Pennant Depending on
Last Game

LAST tame
The base hospitals string Of yicto-
ries. which threatened 10 turn the
peming-c Cody basketball league race
into Il one-ieam affair. sustained a f-ac-
ture Thursday night when they encoun
iercd the Alumni team for the second
time on the nrmory court. The Alum
nj gave tile league race AN entirely
different look by mopplng up on the
doctors by score Of 80 10 u. IL now
seems certain that the pennant Of
fered by the war camp community SER
vice will hang ON the last game of the
league SEASON. between these two
teams the only thing that can upset
this calculation being victory by
either high school or the shops over
one Of the two leaders The shops can
hardly hope to do this; the high school
might do IL. hut the dope" Is against
them.
The shops lost to the high school, as
was expected, hut they put mp a much
improved game: IN fact hut for n
scoring rampage by Mckinney, playing
his first game nt forward position
for the high school. they would have
made 1t u very even battle. McKin-
ney Gagged II baskets. most Of them
long ones with shops guard stand
ing on either foot II he had been able
10 make the easy shots lie would have
hung up II record for the rest Of the
league Ia shoot ut. hut he missed all
the easy ONES aud made all the hard
ones.
Huffman. Parker I'D Smith played
we'll for the shops. Huffman getting
three OF their five field goals. and
dropping In five free throws out Of
eight chances. Causland plucked
three field goals and Clark. Ehrman
and Gibson one each for the high
school. which added TO McKinney's
II, made n total OF II baskets. one
free throw made their total score 80
TO the shops 10. =
The Alumni swept the Base OIl
their feet In the first half. Dean, for
the hospital. made the first basket of
the game, hut the town bunch had
scored IL points before the base nicked
the score sheet again. Every nan on
the Alumni team scored during this
half, which ended 30 to Z, with the
base on the short end
Il IL looked like landslide with the
base on the receiving end at this stage.
J but the md half was a different story.
The base woke up and Outscored their
opponents II to III In this period, but
the long lead was too much for them.
At one time they seemed to have
: things all their own way. scoring four
baskets In quick succession, putting
! them only s points behind. bur the
Alumni woke up In time Ia check the
threatening disaster aud Major slipped
! n couple of baskets In just ns the half
closed, putting his team ont 0f danger.
Major tossed nine baskets altogether.
Trowbridge got two. Bell one and Rue.
bush one. Every man on both teams
! scored. Dean made three for the hos
pital, Olson three, Franks one, Me
Bell. the Ammnl's new guard, added
at least - per cent to the strength of
the team. not only by his clever floor
work and close guarding hut by the
pepper" he instilled into the squad
with his eyer-wOrklng mouth. On
Thursday nights performance he looks
like one Of the hest guards In the
league. Every man on the team
played II bangup game. The base men
) all played we'll. Dean making good
! showing with the handicap Of an in
Jured hand. Olson played his usual
cool, heady game. and Franks as usual
ranged effectively over the whole court.
Mclaughlin did his customary good
floor work and Lehman guarded just
us tightly as ever. The result was not
due 81 much 10 individual difference
on play as to the fact that the Alumni
successfully solved the base style for
the first time.
4 Games hereafter will he ON Friday
night except when very exceptional cir.
cumstaDccs forbid. Next Friday nights
doublcheader will be started promptly
at I 80 80 that both games may be
finished In time To give the floor over
To the officers dance at q O'Clock. The
base and shops will play the first
game; the high school will try to stop
the fast-coming Alumni in the final