San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-14
SCHOOL FINALS 4
IN TWO SPORTS
NON BY No. 8
Boys Down No. 7 in Basket
Ball and Girls Take Vol
ley Ball HOnOrs.
FINE RECORD FOR BOYS
Navarro Basketeers Haven't
Lost League Game in
Three Seasons.

Navarro School No. S holds the city
elementary school championship in both
basket ball and vOlleybal as the result
of final games, winding up a prolonged
series of elimination, which were played
Saturday afternoon on the courts az
Main Avenue High school.
The Navarro basket bail team, which
has swept all opposition aside with its
speed this season, was given hard bat
tie by johnson School No. Z, but Miss
Capt's youngsters went down by a score
of II to ), scoring only one point in
the first half.
The No. girls vollcyball team also
won, downing the No. II girls in
straight games. 1j-1. Us, match the
brilliauCc of which is not indicated by
the score. On one serve, the ball passed
across the net fourteen times. No. II
was Il little weary, having played No. (
half hour earlier TO settle a tie, win
ming in straight games, 1J-7 and 1j-4.
Lost by Point Last Year.
Last year, Miss kraitZer's No. VOL
leyball team lost in the finals 10 No. II
by one point, and Saturdays victory
was sweet revenge.
The triumphs in both basket ball and
yolloy ball Saturday entitle Navarro
School to both the championship cups,
given the elementary athletic asSoeia-
ton by the Hex company.
Tho victory of the Navarro basket
bail team marked the cOnsummatiOn Of
a remarkable three-year record in grade
school sports in which the team has not
lost a single league game and in which
aggrcgatiOnS larger and older have been
outclaSSed and Outgoaled by the speedy
little Mexican school boys.
A. w. Eddins is coach of the Navarro
boys, and also coached the champions
last season.
Boys Trained Hard.
The No. 5 youngsters went into the
game fOrru pounds under the specified
game four pounds under the specified
There is n story behind this. In a
couple of games the boys, though small.
went over the weight limit a little and
substitutes had to be played who ham
pered teamwork somewhat.
Saturday, the No. S regulars ate vir-
tually nothing for lunch. For days be-
fore the game, every member of the
squad ran from the school to Kelly
Field and back, which amounted to
many miles of road work, in order to
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to the lowest weight possible.
The No. five was rather nervous
and missed a number of easy shots at
| the basket.
An unusual feature Of the game was
that Juarez brothers played on opposite
| teams.
Peter "Greenie" Amaya was the star
for the winners.
The lineups:
Navarro SCHOOL,. Amaya, center;
,. Iuarez and Z. PERIL, forwards; T..
COuSres and A. Compass. guards.
johnson School Lineup.
johnson SChOol-Joe Rosales, center /;
Ben Juarez and Joe Villareal, for
wards; lSo Rodriguez and Henry Es-
| coIsSte, Guards.
J. X. Harris refereed.
The winning yolleyball team had the
following nine members:
Consuela Elizona, Tomasa Rodriguez,
Emma Posi-. ElOisa Flores, Teresa
Garcia. Alicia Frias. Flora Trevino,
! Manuela TreyiRo and Mercedes Mena.
The No. II girls, the runners-up for
the title, were Marie Hanna. Inez How
ell, Josephine Sanchez, Elizabeth FayS
! cite, Florence Colesworthy. Clara Buch.
| Oltz, Agnes Bucholtz. Eugenia Garag-
non and Mary Teubner.
f. Guy Rogers refereed the volleybal
contests.