El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-10
BANK QUINTET
And BILLINGS
TEAMS LOSERS
League Inauguration Brings
Good Basketball; All -Four
Teams Show Much Class.
CALUMUS FIVE HAS
MANY STAR VETS

bright individual Playing ~ Hl--
Il as smooth team work fsatqre-
= the opening OF the city Basket
ball league Saturday night Al -la
I Y. n c. A. gymnasium when L-e ll.-I
teams OF the circuit broke rom me
wire IN the initial games
II remained for the splenqi1lg
] coached well conditioned High school
Tiger team. champions OF last sea-
son. 10 spring the surprise OF Le
evening and carry OF the honora ~
TOW u-ffh the corrosive CalumuE
club which. judging from its snow
Ing. viii make the same record IN
basketball that Il did n football. The
Tigers defeated the First Naliona-
Bank team So to % q the opening
contest. while the Calumus walked
away from the lighter Billings boys.
30 70 2, IN the second conleaL BOD
games were hard 1QuElt ron LAa
first bell and were excellent lnoica-
tons OF the good games 70 be e1-
/ pscted this season
Against Sag Shez's quintet or
veterans the Tigers showed up %
the greatest advantage during the
evenings play
mier guards OF the Bank team.
could not hold the CobleulE crew
safely IN the first half. and the
orange and black striped war
riors get away with n total Of 10
points in the first hElf- The
Bankers fought hard IN the see
ond half and held their serIuuT
rivals nearly erens but the mis-
chief had been done. So com
handing was the TlEer Iead that
It seemed as n the school boys
had just settled down to the work
OF holding their own althcuE1
they were forced TO 90 at n top
pace BY the shea lEErer1fiezss
who refused to be doFFued easily.
IL was the passing game OF the
Tigers, together with their basket
shooting ability, that spelled defeat
for the Bank boys The Tigers were
also in tip top trim and had evil
IDENTIFY been working for weeks. AZ
they started consistent pace curing
the first i've minutes Of the game
and continued e until the last bell
Coach Luther Coblents has a strong.
rapid fire crew which should do it's
tige in the City league this year
Andy Cohen was the chief acoremaAar
OF the Tigers with 1G points. while
Johnny Wiiliauls topped al Banker
scorernal zers with 10 points
CalumuH Looks Good.
Manager Jack McDcnald's GALAXY
OF veteran stars proved too strcnE
for the Billings boys IN the second
Race and McKsmy, held the rival
team 70 but six points. while the
cluhmen were DilinE up a total OF 15
Cotton Robertson. Errcld L1urw-
ski and Francis Broaddus proved a
perfect scoring combination for the
Columbus team and they made every
The CalumuH team did not
show the condition OF the ElEerE.
nur the sane gleldEleEE which
has featured the work OF these
men IN the past was apparent
from the first bell The C1lu-
mus team IN its combination OF
experience and speed a. the most
dangerous OF all Cffy LEAGUE
einhs and q Is a question A. me
football champs VIII set into
proper condition II they DO IL f.
going 70 be battle between the
clubmen and the TIGERS and ahe
fans are going 70 see some old
rivalry renewed that VIII result
IN the best basketball seen around
here j \ long time.
the Billings boys played steadily
throughout and earned the applause
or the basketball fans By their cIea7
work. This team IS also 20 be rer--
onso with when u gets into condf-
Liols as u Is composed OF light T1ee
men who know how 20 play
IN, me summary OF the two games fol-
First Came.
Hlgh school, r F. Cohen, IS
l. -, Esqulval. g Chearens and
sohnsoni c. UhliEs q Brown. q p. a..
Springer, a l. C. Butler 7r5 S-r,-7
Ter Total Is
First National Bank r she-
Z - = =, Gaylord, s, and Biefer. q.
r =. mans TO- r G. Eoks; L c.
Second.
s,-laInus club R F.. LapowsEi. s.
- 5nq slloernerEs q; T. F. Robertson. &.
SOD bryanr- g, and Fritz Brvart- g
Broaddus, IA; r G.. Race md Goes
IN IN L. g. Aehemy and Kubufn-
Biningss company. R. +. and Z. F..
FS-ie-,5' ~ r. - Cordova; 4
< - D Hunter. ., Aronson and
1e-llk. 4. 81. p Talbot. .. Total. 25