The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-28
MARIETTA GIRLSLOSE
ESTATE CHAMPIONS
Girls High School Basketball Team
Wins From Kirkwood on Friday
But Lose Saturday Game
Marietta SO, Kirkwood 2

| Marietta Do, NhkWooo
On last Friday the local girls high
school basketball team entertained a
like aggregation from Kirkwood. Ma
rietta had a walk-away from the start
and won by the overwhelming score
of SO to q. The visitors failed to
make a single field goal, their two
points being scored on fouls.
After the first half Marietta started
putting in subs and when the final
whistle sounded Marietta had five
subs on the floor against the oppo-
nents.
Miss Muriel Williams played fine
game and scored 10 of the so points.
Others who scored for Marietta are:
-Gober a, Cole 4, R. Galley 2, Benson
8, Nash 6, Montgomery 6, Dobbs 2.
Of the subs, Misses Benson, Mont
gomery and Nash showed some fine
field work.
It will be noticed that of the 5O
points scored by Marietta none OF
them were made by Captain Katha-
ryne Galley. In fact, we don't think
she has made a point for her team
this wear. But, there's a reason. She
is the one that keeps the opponents
from scoring, paying her whole at
tention to the guarding of the oppo-
nent's basket, which is really just as
necessary and important as making
scores.
Gainesville ID, Marietta 8
On last Saturday night the girls
met and we're defeated by the state
champions from Gainesville. But let
us state right here that the visitors
had to use everything they had to
win. At several stages of the game
it looked like Marietta would win, ana
the Gainesville girls played frantlcaily
until they took the lead.
Marietta didn't register a single
field goal, but Miss Williams pitched
seven fouls and Rebecca Cole, one.
The visitors were heavier than the
locals, and several mix-aps occurred
on the floor, most often with Marlet-
ia girl on the bottom.
A great deal of time was taken up
during the evening by series OF
debates by the soldier attorney of the
Gainesville team. This part of the
program was rather tiresome.
CAPTAIN Allen was the star for the
Gainesville bunch and scored seven
of their Is points.
We are printing below a communl-
cation which was received by Captain
Galley from Captain Allen, of the
Gainesville team, and which appeared
in the Atlanta dailies:
Capt. Aliens Letter
To Miss Katharyne Galley, Captain OF
Marietta Basketball Team:
Dear Miss Galley: We deny the
accusations your team has brought
against US in the Atlanta papers that
we played rough basketball at Mari
eta Saturday evening. We demand
proof that we played rough.
Eve-witnesses bear out the follow
ing statements: Miss Ruth Galley's
hand was injured before entering the
game and she acknowledges that she
was not hurt in this game.
Miss Rebecca Cole, by her own &C
acknowledgement was accidentally in
iured by the Gainesville guard, the
injury being due to Miss Coles failure
to see the Gainesville guard in time
to avoid a collision with her.
AS for the fouls called on two of
the Gainesville players, resulting IN
their removal from the game, every
body knows that Marietta banked on
the goal-throwing of Miss Muriel Will
liams, their star player, and whom
they kept in the game when the cen
ter, Miss Gober, was removed. 1t
was Miss Williams, not Miss Gober,
VINO made the personal fouls for Ma
rietta, and who should have been re-
moved.
AS for your statement that no field
goals have been shot against you,
beg to remind you that have thrown
five field goals against you this year.
and in behalf of my guards, will say
there has been only one field goal
thrown against them this season, that
goal being thrown by Miss Rebecca
Cole, of your team.
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