Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-23
BANKERS DOWN
BULLDOG TEAM
BY LONG COUNT
Albuquerque High School
Basketball Quintet Is Out
played and Loses First
Game of Season 38 to 21

Holding their opponents even
through the first half but clearly
outplayed in the second period, the
Albuquerque High school Bulldogs
went down to defeat last night, in
the High school gymnasium, before
the strong Banker quintet. The
final score stood Bankers 3S, A.
II. S. 21,
There was no question of the
superiority of the Bankers last
night. In the first half the Bull
dogs fought them to a standstii,
partly because Of effective guard
ing and partly because the Bankers
did not swing into their full stride.
Just after the second half open
ed the Coin Grabbers unCorked a
squirt that soon carried them well
to the front. Pegue broke loose
and Gilbert worked well with him,
while the other members of the
quintet worked into the Combina-
tion nicely. The Bulldogs, failing
to ride Pegue closely, could offer
no effective defense against the
Banker drive.
The Bulldogs started with both
Malcolm Long and Wilbur Wilson
out of the game. Long is the lead
ing point gatherer of the aggrega-
tion and one of the best floor
players. Wilson is the strongest
defensive player. With these two
players in later in the season, the
Bulldogs may reverse the result Of
last night. But last night the
Bankers were clearly the better
team.
Referee Berry started the game
by calling bodily contact closely
and for a few minutes the game
was a fast, open affair, of the sort
we'll worth watching Then Berry
began to make allowances for the1
small floor and the affair soon de-
yeloped into another of those wild |
scrambles. The game was not as
rough as one or two others earlier
in the season and there was
nothing which savored of unclean !
play. But it was unduly rough.
After the game Coach Addison |
Moore stated that the game was |
the cleanest which has been played |
on the High school floor in some |
time. Moore indubitably knows
whereof he speaks, so the only
comment which can be made is
that there is still ample room for
if Albuquerque teams
are to accustom themselves to the
strict officiating to be found else
where.
The game did not serve to offer
a correct line on the possibilities
a In fIn
With both Wilson and Long back
in the game the quintet will GER
-ainly be better. 1t is also certain
the team play which Coach Moore
has drilled into his charges will j
prove more effective on a larger 1
floor. But how much difference {
these changes will make cannot be
determined at least until Long and
Wilson get back. And then much
Will depend upon how well Long
IAN shoot and how much the other
players improve in finding the
oop. Tossing of baskets was. the Z
weakest point generally last night.
Pegue, as usual, was the big
loint gatherer for the Bankers. 1t
vas the lean, rangy captain who
lept the Bankers in the game dur
ng the first half and he who went !
N a rampage of basket tossing in !
he second half, a rampage that !
,inched the game for his crew. He
cored 23 points alone, more than :
he entire Bulldog squad. Tony | |
Gilbert staged the best shot of the (
light, with a long toss from close =
o the center of the floor and near / t
he sidelines. c
:, Bryce, the auburn shocked lad S
yho has recently been added to the
Bulldog regulars, accomplished all
hat was asked of him. He played (
/ fairly strong game and was the i
rest point gatherer for the Bull t
logs, making IL Of the 81. a
The lineups and scoring follow: ]
Bankers: Pegue (CaptD, 8 field t
Ind q foul goals, r. f.; Gilbert,
ield goals, !. f.; White, C.; Wilkin :
on, r. g.; Renner, 8 field goals, S
ind Bryan, /. g. Total So. {
Z High school: Bryce, field and !
{ foul goals, and Hammond, 2
field goals, +. f.; Glassman (Capt),
, field goals, and Roybal, l. f.;
Foraker, field goal, c.; Renfro, :
field goal, Jordan, and Glassman, ,
:. g.; Allen and Giomi, |. g. Total
j. q