Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-01
SOUTHERN CAGE
HONORS DEPEND
ON GAME HERE

The Douglas high school, basket
ball quintet who are flirting with
the southern Arizona championship,
will have the hardest opposition this
week they have had all season when
the invading Tucson Badgers come
for a game Friday night. This game
is likely to clinch the championship
for one team or the other. At the
present time the Douglas team leads
in the conference race by defeating
the strong Nogaies team Saturday
night, 18 to IA, while the same No
gales team sent Bisbee into second
place by trimming them, Is to Il.
Within the last two weeks Tucson
and Douglas have both won victories
over Nogales by the same margin,
Tucson winning, 16 to 12, and Doug
las. IS to IA The fact that both
teams won close contests from No
gales proves that the game Friday
will be a thriller.
Douglas won the opening game
against Tucson four weeks ago by a
score of IA to IL after the teams had
fought for nearly the entire game to
a deadlock. The third quarter ended
LU- III. DC6lCyS NY SACNCA oAAOOSAAAsS
and dribbling, placed the winning
basket in the loop just few min-
utes before the game ended.
Since the teams last met, D. Cary
has been replaced by F. Cummins at
the back guard position, while Nell
son and Van Camp are additions to
the Badger squad. Coach Dutch"
Van Antwerp, who formerly was
hoop mentor at Douglas high, is
drilling the Badgers this season.
Under his tutelage they are begin
ming to play better and more con-
sistent brand of basketball.
Coach Warren. of the local school,
is preparing his charges for the
hardest game of the season. A VIC
tory over Tucson at this time will
be sweet revenge and practically
cInch southern honors unless some
unusual upsets come in the play
with other teams
Douglas has a hard game with st
David when they meet on February
Ii at the Benson gymnasium for the
return match The return Bisbee
match is likely to be a close game
ALSO as the Pumas are staging q
comeback and giving the best teams
III the conference hard tussles with
a new lineup built around the flashy
Hargis, who alone remains on the
squad for the second half of the
season.
The Bulldogs are evincing consid-
erable determination this week to
end the suspense of the champion
ship race and will endeavor to tame
the Badgers in the next clash. The
locals show surprising strength at
times and an offensive that get re-
Suits. but without signs of weaken
ing the same team goes into an
ivory slump and drops the ball on
every pass. This department Of the
game will be stressed in scrimmages
this week as the team that defeats
Tucson will need to be on the alert
from whistle to whistle.
Denno and Pratt, ordinarily good
shots, had trouble after the opening
minutes in finding the hoop in the
Nogales game. But for the early
lead piled up in the initial quarter
The Bulldogs might have been
s:wamped The sum total of their
efforts in the second half yielded
but one basket shot by Seeley near
+he close of the last quarter. Shot
after shot hit the rim only to roll
eff and go to an opponent. The
team seemed tired out before half
the game was over:
The Bulldogs have firm grip on
first place, but one or two defeats
will put them out of the running,
should the Badgers meet with suc-
cess on their southern tour.