The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-19
CHICkASHA COPS
HOT CAME FROM
OKLA. CITY CLAN
Conference Battle Goes to Locals
With Visitors Making Strong Bid
Up to Last Three Minutes Of
the Play.
ADAMS PULLS FEATURE
STUFF IN GOAL SHOOTING
Throws Three Ringers from Center
of Court; Second String Men
Drop to Bradley High After
Hard Fight.

''R'N lDli.
IN game characterized by more
or less irregular and loose. but M
times spectacular playing, ME Chick
asha high school quintet of pasAet.
eers raised it's percentage from the
go to the SEQ mark and incidentally
stepped from third to second place
in the line for the conference cham.
pionshp. when it defeated the Ok
lahoma city caging five by margin
Of five points on the loci high
school court last night Immediately
following the gamc the senior high
Scrubs were defeated in lively
game by the Bradley high school
aggregation, the score being "a Is
%.
The first score in the conference
game laat night was made by Fields,
right forward Of the locals, who
dribbed the ball from one end Of the
court TO the other and tarcw a ring
en- within Que minute after the start
ing whistle blew Almost Instantly
Oklahoma City registered with
counter from play.
i was at this tme that Adams.
c. II S. Guard, threw two goals
in succession from the center Of the
court During the game he was cred
tied with three such goals. The
score was soon eNened up bythe VIA
itors and at the end Of the first fi,e
minutes Of play each tenn had req
istered seven points The capital
city five were able to make only
one more score during the rcst Of
the first half while tho locals thrcs
counters TO the amount of seven
more points and the first half ended
with the score board registering
nine pints for Oklahoma high and
fourteen for the hornets
In the second half Chlclsasaa was
the first to score again and main
talned lead Of from four to six
points until The last three minutcs
Ct the me when the visitors raj
Lied and registered enough points
to make the score stand Is TO II In
the locals favor During tho fol.
lowing three minutes during which
both teams fought with redoubled
efforts the visitors were held score
less and Coach Recsc's aggregation
was successful in tossing two goals
from p,1y giving the locals the long
end Of TIE score.
II was the opinion OF fans that tie
Chickasha men did not play up to
to their regular form las night.
More than the usual number of per-
sonal fouls resulted and The pllyera
were unusually erratic in passing the
ball Green. in the center position.
was not at his best and neither We're
the forwards Adams and Smith
both played good games in spite OF
the fact that the former had three
personal fouls charged to him. Adams
was not the only man 10 foul, how
ever as tsere were nine charged to
the entire team. In fact the visitors
made seven Of their seventeen points
from free throws.
Although the Oklahoma City ag
grcgaaion showed moro dclibcration
accuracy and skin in passing che
ball than did The hornets" they
were not as fast, and in spite OF
the fact that they possessed excellent
goal tossing ability tbelr efforts
along that line werc curtailed by the
fighting c. H. S guards.
Scrubs Real Fighters
1t did not discourage the fighting
aggregation known as TIE c. II. S.
seconds in the least when the ref
eree's starting whistle put them
face to face and elbow to elbow
with a five that lowered well sooye
them in stiture and outveighed
them several pounds per man. As 4
matter Of fact they waged a lively
battle from the very first part of
tie game and were in good trim
when the scramble ended with their
opponents only two points in ehe
lead Adams and Ellis received
much commendlfion Ter skill from