San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-27
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ANOTHER FIVE

Sidney Ianler boys Established
themselves on even terms with Wes-
leyan Institute in the Academic Bas
ket Ball League standing. each with
three victories and no defeats. by
overwhelming the st. Mary's College
Buttons" II to 3. ON the Y. NJ. c. A.
court Tuesday afternoon.
Thus the stage is properly set for
the initial meeting Of these two ram
paging quintets, each with a clean
slate and with the opportunity of
springing into the undisputed leader
ship of the league. They will tangle
at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon on the
Wesley Community House court.
Sidney Lanier and Wesleyan In
stitute are the only two teams in the
league composed exclusively Of MeXi-
cans. Lanier defeated Wesleyan this
past fall for the "all-Mexican" foot
ball championship of the city, and the
rivalry between the two schools is
strong.
ACADEMY FIVE WINS.
In another basket ball league gam'
played Tuesday, Coach Crosby's San
Antonio Academy five sprinted in the
closing minutes Of play to defeat 81.
Mary's Academy, 81 to 20. This vic
tory gives San antonio Academy n
record Of two wins and one loss. tied
with st. Mary's Academy for second
position in the league standing. San
Antonio Academy viii play its next
game against the breckenridge Wild
cats Friday afternoon on the Brack-
enridge court.
Sidney Lanier will keep in trim for
Fridays crucial encounter by taking
on the Second Engineers in a practice
game on the Army "Y" court at !
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The rangy Lanier quintet, employ
ing brilliant short passing game cf-
fcctively. had no trouble with the
green St. Mary's College high school
department youngsters. Refusing to
dribble. the Lanier machine would
pass down underneath the goal time
after time to pus in n GRIP" shot.
Clarkson scored all of st. Mary's
three points. while Sanchez, with 2G
points. and Flores, with II, were out
standing scoring stars for Coach To
lars quintet.
The lineups:
st .Msry's 81. Lanier (5D.
Fl. Rodriguez ........ Sanchez (26)
Right Forward.
Brady 49,. 49,, Narez a,
Left Forward.
Ekstrom ......... Flores 40
Center.
Menghini ............. Yasquez CO.
Right Guard.
Clarkson 90 .......... Mendiola
Left Guard.
Substitutions st. Mary's, r. Guer-
ra. Lanier. Barajas (2), Enrique,
Fernandez.
BEAKLEYS BEAR DOWN.
San Antonio Acadcmys 31-to-22
victory over Dale McCoy's st. Mary's
Academy team was featured by the
brilliant defensive tactics of the win
ners in the second half. The score at
the half stood 1eadlocked, 13-to-13.
Langston Lyons, st. Mary's crack TO-
ward had scored IL Of his teams IL
points.
III. Beakley, San Antonio guard,
went out after Lyons in earnest in
the second half, holding him TO three
points during the period. With the
st. Mary's five trailing only 20 to -
with four minutes to go, George Beak-
lev suddenly broke away from his
guards and scored six points in quick
order to give his team STABLE win
ming margin.
The lineups:
San Antonio (SD. st. Mary's C22l.
b. Beakley Q5) 800. Lyons (14)
Right Forward.
Dickinson (2) ....... McIlwane (2)
Left Forward.
Jones (5) ............ Dietzel (4)
Center.
Blenkle ............ ......... TIN
Right Guard.
III. Beakley Me9Vi
Left Guard.
Substitutions st. Mary's, Risinger
(2). Referee: Fullingim (Baylor).
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