Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-17
INTERCLASS BASKETBALL

The basketball season opened De
cember 5 with the annual interclass
tournament. Eight games were
played in all The boys champion
ship went to the seniors after defeat
ing the juniors 31-22 The girls
championship went to the juniors af-
ter defeating the seniors 4-3. The
tournament opened with the senior
boys playing the sophomore boys. 1t
was a good game from start to finish.
but the accurate shooting and SUI
perior passing won from the sopho-
mores 30-12. McKarcher and Rob
erts starred for the seniors, while
McCroskey played a brilliant game
for the sophomores There were no
substitutions.
The junior girls walloped the
freshman girls by a score Of $50
the same evening Although the
frosh fought hard they could not stop
the shooting of the two junior for
wards.
On Wednesday the junior boys
lined up against the freshman boys
and took them into camp 1924. The
juniors showed superiority in every
stage of the game. The basket
shooting of Cannon and the work of
the two junior guards were the fea
lures of the game. The juniors had
the same team they had last year,
so worked well together Mcdonald
played a good game for the frosh
and is going to make strong bid
for the high school team if he keeps
it up Hays was substituted for
Hubby at forward.
On the same evening the senior
girls lined up against the sophomore
girls and after one of the hardest
fought games ever played by a girl
quintet the sophs went down to de-
feat 90. The seniors won their vic
tory by the basket shooting of Bar
clay and Dixon. Atherton and Emer-
son also played stellar games at
guard. The stars for the sophs were
Caldwell and Roberts.
These four games eliminated the
frosh and soph girls and boys.
On Thursday, the Sth, the cellar
championship was played off, the
sophs taking both games. The soph
omore boys completely outplayed the
inexperienced frosh, winning 1919.
McCroskey and Mauer played a good
game for the sophs, while Mcdonald
played the best for the frosh.
The soph-frosh girls game was a
whirlwind from the start but the
playing of Roberts and Caldwell en-
kets. Final score, 21-S.
The final games for the champion
ship were played Friday evening at
7;30, the senior girls lining up first
against the junior girls. The game
was marked by close guarding on
both sides, the score at the end of
the first half being %. The second |
half opened up with the same style |
of play, the juniors making only one
basket and the seniors making one
foul. The final score was 4-3 in |
favor of the juniors The game sup
piled many thrills caused by the play
ing of Chapman and Dixon for the
seniors and by Gilleland and Hodges
for the juniors.
The senior-junior boys game was
a fast game from the start. The jun
iors were able to maintain the lead
until the latter part of the first half
when the seniors stiffened their de-
Tense and McKarcher shot basket af-
ter basket which enabled them to-
gain lead of 4 90 at the end of the
first half The second half opened
with the juniors making two long
shots. The seniors came back strong
and made three baskets due to Nc
Karcher. Fouling was frequent in
this half and the juniors made 14I
points on fouls. The final score was
31-22 in favor of the seniors. The
stars for the seniors were McKarch-
er and Vosburg, while Hammond and
McCully played a good game for the
juniors.