Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-20
AMERICAS GIRLS
WIN CLOSE GAME,
Goal in Last Few Min
utes Saves Threat
ened Defeat

After having apparently lost
the game in the second half
the Americas high girls basketball
team Friday night staged a great
comeback and won from the Una'
diHa High girls by a narrow margin
of one point, 13 to II. The game
was fast and well played from the
start to finish, the closeness of the
score keeping the spectators In the
greatest of excitement.
The game started promptly at .
o'clock with only small crowd pres
ent. Americas got the first goal Of
this half, Georgia Lumpkin parking
one within a few minutes. After a
few minutes of fast play foul was
called on Americas and Unadilla got
one point via the free throw route.
Americas got another field goal and
foul before the end of the half,
Georgia Lumpkin making both of
them. Unadilla secured another foul
goal and two fields, both her for
wards getting one apiece. The half
ended with the score 6 and 5 in Una
dilla's favor.
In the last half hte Unadilla girls
ran away with the locals until the
last few minutes. Soon after the ball
was placed in play thew rang up
two-pointer, which followed by an
other few minutes later. Americas
got another point through a fouh
Unadilla then got a field goal. Am
CIRCUS seemed to be hoodooed on the
goal shots during this half, both for
wards making numerous good shots
only to have the ball bound out OF
the basket. The Unadilla girls were
trying to hold the Americas girls un
til the end of the game when in the
last few they found the basket. Marie
Bell secured a foul and rang one
field goal and Georgia Lumpkin got
a two-pointer, running the score up
to IL and IL in favor of Unadilla,
With only one more field goal the
Americas team would win. The Una
dilla girls tried in vain to keep the
ball out of Americas territory for
the last few minutes but just before
the final whistle blew Georgia Lump
kin rang a difficult one winning for
Americas.
This is the first game lost by the
Unadilla girls, they having defeat
ed every team this year, except one,
whom they tied. The Americas girls
have one of the strongest teams the
local High school has had in several
years. They have played seven games
this season out of which they have
lost three. Two of these were played
on an outdoor court They have de-
feated the strong Columbus High
which generally turns out one of the
best teams in the state, and have
also won one and lost one to the AL
bany girls. This is fine record, ali
teams played having been top-notch-
ers.
Lineups Friday night-Americus,
Georgia Lumpkin and Marie Bell.
forwards; Frances Sparks and Eliza
beth Sheffield, centers; Julia and
Minerva Allison, guards.
- Unadilla-Ruth Collins and Leila
Crimple, forwards; Maggie Patti
shall and Winnie King, centers; Neu-
bic Vinson and Johnnie Mae Crimple,
guards.
The next game of the Americas
girls will be with Columbus in CO.
lumbus and will be played next Fri
day.
Saturday night the Americas Nigh
boys five played their ancient ri
walls, the Albany High five, at the Sal
walton Army gym. The lineup used
for Americas in this game was Woot-
en- and Perkins, forwards; Glover,
center; Fetner and Hammond,
guards.