The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25


homes. after three days of tournam
Thirty teams of girl cagesters came t
ing davis play, but tonight the tow
visitors and thirgs have begun to res
Many of the teams are disap-
pointed tonight as they return home
ward. but ali are carrying with them
remem FRANCES OF .. Weekend enjey-
ably sp.mt in this pretty little col
lego towO. Remeihbrances are not
ali the Sci MA girls. "Amazons of Dali
las County1 are carrying beck with
them, though. for Capt. Bertha Tep-
per ana hsQ valiant young court
warriors are bearing nome beau
itful silver Icing cup, emhlematic
N the state ch. Nn1iosskip for 1923
Ir a eampaigi. Eeplete with thrill
ingfnE battles close escapes and
gruening cor. pc ttion--which in
cluded the playinty OF three games
Friday and two Sa turday morning
Captain Peppers Una high school
girls proved beyond 1he shadow of a
a doubt their superiority over all
they met, and tonigh hit sand INDIE
Tea ed over a field OF so contenders
for state honors.
A Worthy Champion
Selma y lts4t III - a 9lAthbA0 OaASt
and - Dallas county maids created
wonderful Impression on Monte
valIo folks and visitors. To girl,
thew were eoted among the best, and
won ad iration for their general
Gle lnly cut appearance on the court,
ara the busines,;lil1e manner in which
thsy went about winning games aud
the state title.
Mcntevalle is disappc snted that It's
H., >
didn't win. but Montevalo realizes
that in falling by the wayside, its
girls were conquered by worthy
foe-the Selma high school basket
GERS, who later rode right on through
TO their championship.
E,veryone-the players and Of
ficials of the teams and the visitors
were unanimous in deciding that
Alabama's first state champ ionship |
tournament for girls was = success. |
am. that Montevallo authorities are
to be congratulated on the splendid
manner in which they ran off the
tournament. Miss Minnie Sellers. /
head of the tentative Alabama High |
School Athletic association for girls /
has been given great credit Tor this I
first toui nament, and Miss Sellers is /
certainly due credit TO- her great |
work in staging the eet closing |
today.
Festivities were officially brought +
to close shortly afternoon today, |
when Frank Willis Barnett presented |
the loving cup to Miss Bertha Topper.
captain of the Selma team, and the
all-star honor roll of players, com
piled by three sporting writer's pre-
sent at the tournament, was read. At
the dining hall, where hundreds of
girls and visitors were gathered.
cheer was given, aIFl song after song
was sung, in honor Of the victorious
Selma lassies and in sympathy to the
losing teams. Il
After the mid. day meal. the exodus
from Montevallo began. and tonight
the grand cid college town seems
strangely quiet, ,fter its weekend
OF gayety and festivities.
selma Wins Finals.
Selma won the championship today
by the elimination of two of the
strongest teams in the tournament.
PrFttville and Atmore. Prattville was
defeated In the morning carly semi
final game. while Atmore. which
drew a bye in the semi finals, was
conquered in the finals later on in
the morning.
In defeating Atmore in the finals.
Selma trounced team which has
won It's games consistently. always
holding the opposition to unusually
low scores.
The Selma forwards. Misses Beard
in and Morrow, had made scoring
records throughout the tournament,
and the battle between these stellar
young scorers and the Atmore
guards was a feature of the tour
nament
The Selma 1assies got away to a
I'M iaa1 in mn o.
and that won the game for them.
The score at the end of the first
period was 10 to in favor of Selma
at the end of the half IS to 5. at
The end of the third quarter 20 to
10, and the final score was % to II
Misses Beardin and Morrow made
enough field goals to win the game,
while Miss Morrow added on several
foul goals. Miss Beardin, who had
scored 81 field goals Friday, tailed
five against Atmar, four OF them
coming in the first quarter. to give
Selma its winning margin over At
more.
In the last quarter Miss Harper,
captain of the Atmore team, settled
down and started ringing up goal
after goal. Her great work almost
enabled her team to overhaul the
Selma outfit, but the rally had begun
too late. and the final whistle blew
with Selma six points to the good.
The work of Selma's centers. Miss
es Topper and Boggs, was almost
sensational. These two young peo-
pie work together like a we'll
machine, and feed the ball to their
forwards with great accuracy. Miss