El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-26
MINES QUINTET
DOWNS RIVALS
At Y Gym



By JIM BHANN.
iDIsPLAYING the most finished brand
IL OF basketball they have shown "a
date, Tommy Dryers school ql
Mines quintet oVercame their p
"jiuX" saturday night at the y Ut
c. A. Thereby the miners secured q
p 10 II triumph over the Myers
quintet, broke into the games won
column and moved up into third place
in the City league. just ahead or High
school In the second game the pow
erful Popular quintet proved too much
for Freddie Gro0m's team from the
Seventh signal battalion, scoring A
10 q victory over the soldiers
Played Fast and Hard
In defeating the Myers team IN ne
opening appearance OF that team. the
miners showed a superior brand OF
basketball. q brand which would per-
haps have beaten any team IN the
City league They showed the i'm
provement expected over their last
start and proved cOnclusively that
they will be more difficult TO stop,
with each succeeding start they make
Three men stood ont promi-
lnentIy in the miners victory
These three were Harry Mcfkemy,
GuyIer MaEruder and captain Os-
ear Rheinheimcr. The Myers
showed that they will have 10 be
sible 10 stop Rheinheimer and
Mngruder on the offensive. Ere
quentIy they tooiz the hail from
opponents and then shot a basket
while closely guarded And on
all their other baskets they
dashed toward the basket. climbed
the back board a though each
possessed the feet Of 4 fly, re-
covered the ball Mt n level with
the basket or above IA. after
some teauImate had missed an
attempt. and dropped the bail
through the ring
Harry Mckemy again gave a Won
derfUl exhibition Of guarding Harry
opposed Sauer. captain OF the Myers
team. vino is but afshade below Har-
ola LapoWskl in all around ability
and Is probably the fastest forward
IN the league And Harry held Sauer
absolutely helpless Only one basket
was this capable forward able 10
make and that one came when Nc
through the turn OF the game Not
only did Harry hold Sauer or but
he frequently dashed in, slipped be-
tween players fighting for possession
o. the ban. and captured il. A num-
Der OF times he prevented possible
scores by making a flying dive for
the ball In the same manner as a
football player dives in and RECEIVERS
a tumble
Myers Makes Good
While the three mentioned played
remarkable basketball, Rhew and
Loose also played a strong game
Rhew, however, played a rather Pc
culiar game in thar he made three
very difficult shots and then missed
as many or easy. open shots Loose
played splendid game at guard. but
Bates Whaley managed TO get away
with three baskets on him. Both
RheW and Loose played a splendid
game on the floor and their all around
play would have been notable had il
not been for the remarkable play o.
their teammates
In spite Of their defeat In the
opening appearance. the Myers
players made splendid show
Ing Against n team playing any
less perfect basketball than the
miners did last night the Myers
lads would surely have won. And
rs Il was. they were by no means
outciassed- In the opening period
the Miners piled mp n 10 10 9 lead,
hut in the second half the Myers
boys came on strong and NJ one
time were but I'VE field goals
behind In the second period
they held the miners practically
erens scoring ] points TO II for
the miners The Myers team
bowed that they will have 10 be
reckoued with.
in the second game the Popular
team scored an easy victory But the
ease of the victory was not due TO
the soldier players. as the score
would Indicate On the contrary. the
soldiers really appeared 20 have
slightly the better OF the play in the
every time a Popular player let fly
at the basket the bah would go
straight FOR the ring. as though
drawn there by q powerful magnet.
Bob Makes Eight.
AT the end Of the first period the
HnnHnrnHna led ! EnnwA "a
70 IS This was partly the result
OF the fact already mentioned But
IL was due even more 70 the wonder
ful tossing OF Bob Bryant on free
throws In the first half Bob had
eight chances on free throws, and
eight successive times he dropped the
ball clearly through the ring. In
the second nalr he tried once and
missed, thereby spelling his perfect
record. But. as it was. his perform
apce OF eight successful throws out
4 nine chances is easily a seasons
record.
1t is not known positively whether
OF not Bob Bryant established a new
FL Paso record with his eight out Of
nine. but as far as can be learned
no one has ever before equaled it.
And whether or not il IS a new rec
ord. Il is certain that no one has ever
before equaled his performance OF
eight straight in one half.
Freddie a Good Referee
In the second half the soldier team
fell down somewhat on its showing
Of the opening halt IL looked IS
though they were not Thoroughly
CONDITIONED and that the pace grew
too fast for them as the game pro-
crossed In this half the Popular
team scored 20 points, while one field
basket and four fouls was .nhe best
the soldiers were able TO do
Freddie GrOoms refereed the first
game and sag Shea the second Both
handled the play IN masterful style.
8 pleasant feature was that not 8nCe
during the two games was there eveIA
a sign Of a protest TO any decision
rendered
The lineups and scoring were as
follows. Miners Rhew, 2. T., s. Cor
dova. r. T., .; Rheinheimer, ]. T.. s:
1lagruder, c.. IL; Mckemy, r g.;
Loose and Broderick, J. e. Total %.
Myers; Whatley. ? T., s; Sauer. !. T..
s.; Cook. c, 4; Bias, T. g., ?; klink,
/ z. Total II.