The Winslow mail., 1924-02-08


school auditorium tOmOr-
row night
Winslow High basketball teams
from the strong Prescott squads Sa-
turday night at the Washington
school auditorium, the boys defeating
the Badgers Is to 10 and the girls
romping on the Badgerettes to the
decisive tune of 28 to 3.
The boys game was either teams
game until about eight minutes be-
fore the end of the contest when
the local lads showed superior
squirt of brilliant playing and gained
a five-point lead, holding their op-
ponents to ten points. At the end
of the first half the score was 8 to
6 in favor of the Badgers. Winslow
came back in the third quarter tying
the score at the end of that period.
The local lads played a great game,
but they won it fighting for all
that was in them. The game was
even harder fought than the Normal
clash. If the local lads expect to
defeat the Badgers when they go to
Prescott to play them on their own
court in a few weeks, they must
take advantage of the intervening
time and do everything in their power
TO perfect their team work.
The Winslow boys showed marked
improvement in team work since
their last contest here two weeks
ago, both in passing the ball and in
their trick plays. Every one of the
local lads played a wonderful game
with no outstanding stars, a situation
which is commendable. With contin-
ued improvement the maroon and
white boys will be more than able
to hold their own against the Bad
gers when the clash comes on the
Prescott court. Moore and Dumont
were the outstanding players of the
Mile Hi team Fain proved himself
a skilled free basket shooter.
AS has been the case thus far this
year the girls game was walk-away
for the local sextet, all the lassies
playing in Stellar form. At no time
during the contest did the Badgeret-
tes have the slightest chance of Win
ming. 1t was Winslow's game from
the start, although the Mile Hi girls
made the local maidens extend them
selves at times.
From the contest Saturday night it
is evident that the girls team is
composed of players who can do
stellar work. 1t is also evident that
if for any reason one of its members
should be unable to play the squad
would be seriously handicapped The
team that will win the state confer
ence is the one which can substitute
players just as good as those that
may be taken out. In conference
clashes it is very seldom that all
the first line players are able to
take part in all the games. Forced
to substitute the local seXtet would
be under such a great handicap that
it would probably lose in confer
ence, unless this weakness is rene
died. If either Proctor or LaPrade
had been unable to play throughout
the game Saturday night Winslow's
score would have been reduced to a
considerable extent During the time
that LaPrade was out of the contest
it was evident that the local squad
was not playing the same brand of
basketball that it played while she
was in the game.
This weakness is obviously lack of
team work, which if not perfected
is likely to prove very costly if the
local maidens get chance to compete
in the state conference. Team work
must be perfected and individual
stellar playing abandoned or the
sextet will lose in the crucial test
of a conference series. Ii "a player
is substituted, the squad should be
in a position to play as good . game
and be unruffled by the change. This
can be done with team work. Al
though the individual player may
have to forego moments of personal
glory, by sacrificing to the team
She wins glory for her school, which
is true sportmanship and after all
it is the only thing that really counts,
as the Individual star seldom wins
a game nowadays against perfected
team work. The odds are too great.
With perfected team work down to
the last substitute the Winslow sex
tet will be able to hold its own and
then some against the best high
school teams in the state if not in
the Southwest.
At the opening of the boys game
both the Prescott and the local teams
started out with a rush. Both teams
were determined to win, the game
becoming fast and rough. Janeway
made the first score of the contest
a field basket. Prescott failed to
make a free throw but garnered a
field basket shortly afterward. Tully