The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
CLOSE GUARDING
 WINS FAST'BATTLE
 FOR SOLDIER FIVE
CranSton Too Good at For ward, While Weight Tells,
 AISo-ChiShoIm Stars

Scrapping willingly and courageouSly till the very end, Coach Hutsells Club hcrs lost a close and hard fought game to Camp Bennings at the B. A. c. last night, 22 to l9. This three point margin hardly represents any difference between the two teams. for they were as evenly matched as it is possible for two quin- tets to be and for one to be returned the winner.
 Coach Cunningham has a well trained fighting bunch. His forwards play the floor well and are capable point scorers, while his guards know their business to perfection. It is here that the reason for the Clubbers' defeat maybe located Close guarding by the Georgians pre- vented Floyd and Chisholm, Clubber for wards, from getting many decent shots at the basket and, as Coach Hutsells g wards and center. it can be easy to see the result.
 MQUARRIE A STAR
 Even at center, the Clubbers were fac ing man who knew his business well, for McQuarrie, al-Amercan football fullbacl< of 1919. played the floor like the seasoned veteran he is, guarded his man closely and scored a feld goal al of which contributed much to the Club bers' downfall
 'TIish Pockets" Bryan and ~r9bo'' Baker, center, were not puarded as closely as the forwards, thousb, for they scored four field goals between them, to the three of the forwards.
 It was anybody's game in the second half until the last minute or so of play, when Cranston, one of the best pieces of forward timber seen in Birmingham in a long, long time dropped anothe" field goal and gave the Camp Bennings outfit three ill ,o.ti u,,-r eas 4iub- bers which thN 'att7r oavp~ Nve~oame.
 CLUBBERS TAKE LEAD
 In the first half, the Cluboers led in scoring, as the count stood 13 to s at the end of this period. This five point lead didn't seem to daunt the Georgians any, for they settled down in the second half and captured the game
 For the victors, Cranston was easily the star. The nine points he scored greatly helped the Georgans in annexng the victory. Cranston played under his own basket and it was an easy matter to cage the ball when once it had been rassed to him cleanly. Some excellent guarding by I.anchiinhonse. who plave,, under Camp Bennings basket also, kept CranSton from scoring more than the two field goals he did. The Georgia for ward got in his best work in throwing foul goals. He missed only twice out of seven attempts
 Smith, guard, also played nice game for Camp Benninss. He tailed three field goals and a 4ou, goal. seven po.nts, while his defensive work was feature also.
 Grisuald, substitute guard, once took the ball from underneath the Clubbers' basket and dribbled the length of the court, bringing up under his own goal and throwing as clean field goal as one could wish to see
 CHISHOLM STARS
 Gillie Chisholm was the offensive star for the Clubbers. Gillie scored seven of the 19 points of the B. A. c. quintet. five of them from foul goals Chisholm $ defensive work was also good
 Bryan scored a trio of pretty field goals, while Baker had one Hungry Floyd, star forward of the Clubbers, had hard luck on the majority of his shots and he was able to score only two field goals.
 Laughlinhouse and Smith played their usual good games at the guards Both did their best against their heavier op- porents and it is a credit to them tha the score was not higher than it was
 The Camp Bennin~ boys were toe heavy and could guard too closely for the Clubbers and they won the samA richly deserving the laurels thereby gained. L4ine-uns and sun,mary
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