El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-31
TIT TIGERS MEET
STATE MINERS
TONIGHT


D TOSTHITIES viii be resumed n
n the City Basketball league. sat
urdav night at the y Il c. a.
IN the opening game the Myers team
viii meet the leading Popular Quin-
tef while those bitter athletic rivals.
the FL Paso High school and Texas
O School OF Mines. VIII meet iu the
other affair. Both games give prom
Use Of the same fast. high class
B basketball. which has been shown
+ in the City league since opening
At casual glance the first game
would figure as a fairly easy vic
tory for the powerful P0pniar five.
The Popular team defeated the Min
ers by a decisive Margin. while the
Miners. in turn, scored a decisive
victory over the Myers quintet But
a more careful summary OF the
games shows that the Popular laes
figure TO have anything but an easy
WIN Be Fast Battle.
The Popular players are themselves
somewhat in fear OF the Myers lads.
more so than they are OF any team
in the league And they have good
, reason 70 be fearful. despite the
Myers record OF two games lost and
none won The Myers players, on the
other hand. are in high hopes that
they viii be the first 70 take che
e
classy followers
In captain sauer and Bates
Whutley the Myers quintet has
two OF the fastest and classieEt
forwards in the league Against
the Miners and Bankers they
were unable TO get properly
started, for against TIE Miners
they were facing Harry Mekemys
the closest guard in the league
and Loose. almost ns strong aE
A I'm
faced Pud Gaylord the cleTerest
and ablest running guard in the
] league. and that impossible bar
riers che giant Schumacher.
Second Also Good
The second game IS certain 10 be
Fast and furious affair from first
to final whistle The Miners and
I Tigers always stage a sensational
battle, even when one or the other
mas a superior team And this sea-
son the two appear 20 be about as
/ evenly matched as IL would be pos
sible to find teams Which fact in
dicates that this battle viii prove
I the greatest IN The history Of ath-
3 letic relationship between the two
: Institutions.
The fact that both teams are
flushed with victory over the New
Mexico Military institute, both VIC
tories scored during the past three
days, viii add something 10 their
play IN this game And the show
iuEs OF the two against the cadets
developed how evenly matched they
are. Until Nanny Ponsford entered
the game the Tigers did not show
quite as Wen against the cadets as
the Miners had But after Nanny
entered the game the play OF the
Tigers was about on par with that
which the Miners had shown against
Roswell the preceding night
The Tigers VIII probably be
compelled to depend upon gritty
little johnny Richardson for
most OF their points in the game
Nanny P0nsford will be forced
TO oppose Guylor Mlgruder ana
Nanny has never been able to 90
big with Guyl0r opposed TO him.
Even though Nanny be shifted
10 mother position than center.
ns was done in n former game,
IL Is likely TO have little affect.
a Guylor viii probably be told
off 10 play Nanny regarulcss OF
where Ponsford plays with an
other player detailed TO care for
T. GuylOr's man,
Ordinarily the Tigers are able 70
get away even when Nanny Is op-
posed By a player who can hold him
D. in check For Andy Cohen is a great
little point maker and he generally
manages TO work clear when Nanny
labors under difficulties But in this
game Il VIII be different. for the
classy little Harry MckemF VIII be
sent against Cohen And AndEs
Q baskets VIII probably be very Few
Z and far between with the close
2 guarding nfckeuw riding him