The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-02-14
THRILLING GAMES
SATURDAY NIGHT
Winnemucca and Fallon High
Schools Broke Even in Contests
But the Alfalfa Cirls Re-
tain the Championship

The basketball games between the
high school quintets representing
Winnemucca and Fallon, on the
local school court Saturday night,
furnished thrills sufficient to last
the individual of parts for a long
time. Ancient rivals, evenly
matched, every boy and girl on their
tiptoes, two periods of play for
each game replete with striving for
supremacy, formed a combination
that fairly charged the air with that
unexplainable something that made
gray-headed men rise to their feet
and their women mates yell them
selves hoarse. As athletic contests
the affairs Saturday night must go
on record as fulfilling the term in
stronger sense than any games
previously seen on the high school
court in this city and probably out
rank any student effort ever put
forward within the state. These
are the conclusions of the several
hundred people who saw the games,
including many fans who have fol-
lowed the pastime from the date of
its introduction into athletic circles
in this state.
School tradition was added to by
the clashes and lore created that
will be recounted by youngsters,
and grownups too, for many years.
The most spectacular game was
put forward by the boys of the
two schools and Winnemucca estab-
lished a stride early that presagcd
overwhelming success. Five points
were earned before Fallon found
the basket and the first half ended
with Winnemucca leading, 14-7-
But pace had been established for
athletes trained to the minute and
the snappy first period work took
heavy toll of the vitality of the
Humboldt county lads. A shift in
the Fallon lineup and a change of
style of play were inaugurated and
points were rolled up by the oppo-
sition and the final score stood Win.
nemucca 10, Fallon IT, the invaders
scoring ten points in the second half
while 'Winnemucca scored by one
half the number.
Clyde Brown earned plaudits in
round measure when he shot two
baskets from the center Of the
court, probably as interesting an
exhibition Of accuracy Of eye and
muscular effort as has been seen in
the state.
At the outset Fallon instituted
play correlating around the FIVE
man defense plan and Winnemucca's s
quintet had been trained to pene-
trate just such a formation. It
didn't take many minutes of play
to drive home to the minds of the
Fallon coach and his charges that
the fve-man defense is net adapted
to Winnemucca contests. In tribute
to the visitors it should be stated
that had the game progressed for an
additional period the victory credit
might have belonged to them.
The girls game shared honors
with the boys contest, both from a
standpoint of excitement and excel
lence of play. Fallon's coach
brought over some husky, well-fed
girls from the alfalfa belt, and the
way those young women could
shimmy and fox trot and dribble
across the court proved revelation
to the big crowd. They are no. the
state champs by accident, as is
shown by the score, which was 10
to II in their favor. But that they
will continue to be champs after the
forthcoming Reno tournament is no
certainty, because Winnemucca's
team Saturday night was crippled be-
cause one of the frst-string girls
could not take part in the game and
another mainstay was injured in
the second half when she fell heav-
lily against one of the seats.
An interesting comparison in the
girls game is that the Fallon girls
missed eighteen throws for baskets
while Winnemucca's forwards missed
/ onlu four times during the ramr