Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-23
TWO BASKETBALL
CANES TAKEN BY
NORMAL SQUADS

Especial Correspondence to The JOurnnl.)
Ration, N. NJ, Jan 22.-The boys
and girls basketball teams from
Las Vegas Normal university in
vaded Ration Friday and went home
with the scalps of the Ration bas-
keteers. The girls won over the
Ration sextette by a score of So to
20, while the Normal boys copied
the game by q score of 80 to 10.
The girls game started off with a
flash, the Normals making two
baskets before the Ration girls
scored Ration then gradually
plunged ahead but change in the
Normars lineup, putting Helen
Ellis in at center. Dia Herringa
dropping out and A. O'Malley go
ing in at forward, changed the
tune. This change strengthened
the team considerably and from
then on Ration had difficulty in
scoring, the half ending in the
Normals favor by a score of 10 to
10. The second half was practical
ly repetition Of the first, with the
Normals taking the lead at once
and with their close guarding, pre-
vented the fast Ration forwards
from scoring many field throws.
The team work of the Normal girls
was excellent and it is probably
hard to find team their equal, In
basket shooting, also, they were &C
curate and fast. Joy Currie, cap
tain of the Vegas team, was the
star performer of the evening, net
ting her team twenty of the thirty
five points scored Fanny Poltz of
Ration played her same steady
game, scoring eight field goals and
two free throws. Closeness Of the
guarding by the Vegas ri Is pre-
vented her from scoring more.
The boys game was fast and
furious from the beginning. Pank-
ratz of the Normals broke away
for the first basket and several
others followed Immediately after.
The excellent team work of the
Normalites was too much for the
less experienced Ration boys and
they were held scoreless during the
firt half. The long shots tried by
the Ration boys proved rather dis
astrous. The five-man defense of
the Normal worked superbly and
time after time an excellent shot
was blocked and worked rapidly to
the Normal's goal and a score fol-
lowed. The half ended 13 to In
favor # the Normal. The second
half showed a great change in the
playing of the Ration boys. Giles
pie was replaced by Murphy, thus
making q faster combination for
the Ration boys. The lead which
the Normals gained In the first
half was too great to overcome at
this time. The Normals still con-
tinued their close defensive work
and accurate shooting and when
the final whistle blew the Normals
had a good start over the Ration
quintet, the score being 35 to 10,
The excellent team work Of the
Normals probably stood out more
than the individual playing of the
men. All worked together like a
machine and every man was in the
place the others expected to find
him. Coach Miller has worked out
n winning system of play and the
guards were always ready to feed
them to the forwards, Ration lack
ed this team work in the first half
but found some of it in the second
half when Gillespie was taken out.
Nyhus of Ration did the best work
and with a little more experience
he will undoubtedly make one Of
the best players Ration has ever
produced. This is the first year he
has played,