The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-07

scmbIed on tho local hthiclic il'lr
saturday 70 witness the LupDoch
district b University Interscholastic
League basketball finals played. Inc
s,,,een counties In the league were
ronyesented by team Of four copn.
.,as that team having eliminated
the other teams In their countieh,
and were here 20 contest Tor th'
district championship.
THE first gone Friday evening
was between Emma and PlainVieW,
,ybich was forethought 70 become
he closest contest of the season,
.nd none was disappointed IN that
nrediction, Emma five were on their
Toes from the beginning, holding an
i,n,egnable line Of defense agnins,
the Plalnyiew five at their every
.,,empt TO reach the goal, when
mss peenly and frantically battled
9TH and a brake in the alertness
~ the Emma team in about the
f,~.t ouarter enabled Plainview 20
,.llv with series o. neatly made
goal bitches tieing the score nine.
teen 10 nineteen AZ the ending OF
the first half
The Emma five were rot ~ all
checked At the immediate run-up
"a score which tied the first nan
hot made a holder attempt 10 block
,he opposing team In their every
ATTEMPT 10 gain, which was marked
s,,,h that undcscribabiy perfect
,eamv.,, ,,rk which the Emma five have
40 well learned, and which proved
absolutely reliable on this occas-
sion. Free goals and an attempt
or two By the Plainview team 20
yalIv marked the beginning of the
iast half. with more than one quar-,
ter 81 the last half being consumea
bv Emma team fumhling the bal
over the field with once IN lonR
time a little interference by flain-
vie,s players, but without results
a. the Emma guards were Always
on the lookout and tossed me pAh
to and FRO 20 their fellow team
mates. outwinding the Piainyiew 1--WE
snd nlacing their side ~ the score
"A forty.seven. while Plainview held
Ten icsg counts, the last five minutes
of the game being spent IN Emma
making a Joke u their opponents
akwardness with perfect teamwork,
keeping the ball away from botn
gnala marking time with The pre-
S,sion of an old town clock. Needles
to say the game was appreciated hy
All who saw a.. the alerineas OF ihe
two teams being the subject Of all
the commentors Plainview mas
somefhing 90 be proud n IN that
hasketbali team, f0r any five who
ear al all cope with he swiftne's
and accuratcness of the Emma i've
must know something about th"
game.
Iamesa and Pleasant Valley flvca
offered the next forty minutes en-
terta,nment tthe games being play
al in twenty minute halvesl. but the
tark ~ teamwork on both teams was
noticeable. with good goal pitching
saving the situation, marking the
olavers Of the first class. The first
haf was run neck and neck, with
the score standing with Lamesa Lead
ing with twenty-five 20 eighteen.
Pleasant Valley placed her best
players on the field through the last
half. and rallied, winning the game
with the score standing at forty
two 10 thirty-nine, and met the En-
ma five in the championship con-
test proper Saturday morning.
Saturday morning at ten o'clock
n better crowd than was expected
attended the final Rame between
Emma and Pleasant Valley teams,
the concensus Of opinion being that
these two teams we're far unmatch-
cd a. the Pleasant Vallcy-Lamcsa
game on Friday had been 80 slow
\ was thought the Valleyites had
nothing 20 come IN with, which was
nroven absolutely incorrect and un-
reliable when the Emma team start
"a their run for landslide Of goals
Saturday morning, for never on the
local court before has such splendid
guarding been shown as they dis-
plaved. The Emma five are fast
numbers and are hard 10 cope with,
but the fact that at the end Of the
first half the score stood eight and
eight shows that they we're not so
free 70 put the old ball over the
loop as they had beer on Friday
with the Plainvicw five, which a
comparison with the first half Of
the Plainview-E Emma games viii
show, but the first goal In the last
half was made by Emma, and a lead
was kept until the end Of the game
when the score stood seventeen 10
twelve IN favor Of the Emma team.
The entire city Of Rails and the
county Of Crosby have something 10
be proud Of IN the Emma team, and
here we must also say that the peo-
ple Of Pleasant Valley must keep In
mind that their team proved the
best and fastest opponents OF the
two teams the Emma bunch met on
this occasion. according TO one Of
It's leading players.
Professor Dupre, superintendent
Of the Lubbock Schools presented
the winning team their well won
silver cum, which viii bear the names
Of the participants In the Emma
team, and date on which the cup