Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
GUARD QUINr
AND TEXACOS
STILL WINNING
Salisbury And Crisfield Come
To Grief At Pocomoke Ar
mOry Last Week
GUARDS AND TEXACOS
TO TEST SUPREMACY

Inc National GUARDS won CnelI
fourth consecutive basketball game
last Thursday night by defeating the
Crisfield Speed Boys, considered to be
the best on the Shore, by the score
of $40. The game was marked by
brilliant shooting on the part of both
teams and the locals looked like the
Guards of few years back when they
met and defeated the best the Shore
had to offer.
The Soldiers welcomed Herman
Phillips, fast breaking forward, into
the lineup Thursday night and in his
first appearance this year on the local
court, Phillips Tailed II points. He
was tied in the scoring honors by his
fellow team-mate, Tom Miller who
found the basket to his liking on diff
ficult long shots. The Guards have
never had their full squad on the
floor this year; Johnny Blaine School
field, able center, is nursing broken
ankle as was reported in these col
umns last week. However, the teams
physician has given the Guards as
surance that Johnny would be back
in the game around the first week in
March.
The Guards have a brilliant record
this year having Tailed 191 points in
the last four games for an average of
As points per game; this record is I'M
matched on the Delmarva Peninsula.
While running up this impressive
score the locals have kept the opposi-
ton to 121 points.
The Guards records follows: Guards
81, Crisfield Speed Boys 40; Guards
At, Sea Gulls, "a; Guards 45, Crisfield
and Princess Anne Eagles "a; Guards
45, Sea Gulls %.
The Texaco quintet continued to-
ward an undefeated season by over
coming a strong Hakoah quintet from
Salisbury by the score of 1918. The
Hakoahs was former City League
champions of Salisbury and found the
locals little too hot. It is to be re-
membered that the Texacos are keep
ing their slate clean minus the SER
vices of their regular center, Paul
Merrill and able ball handler, Curtis
Callahan. In this game the TeXacos
should be commended for bit of
craftsmanship not always seen in
these contests. When the Hakoahs
found themselves without substitute
the result of Punishment on account
of fouls, Manager Mac Littleton with
drew one of his men so the two teams
could play on an equal footing. Good
work, Mac!
The Texaco team has found it diff
cult to get strong opposition and last
week issued a Shore-wide challenge
to any team over the WSAL net
work.
Mac Littleton, coach of the Texaco
five has informed the writer that
Paul Merrill would be back in the
lineup before the annual champion
ship affair with the Guards and also
stated that Curtis Callahan would be
ready for action at that time.
The Texaco record has also been
impressive having scored LAP points
in their four games played this year
and holding their opponents to a
meager SO. Their record follows:
Texaco S3, Salisbury Hakoahs 10;
Texaco "a, Cambridge %; Texaco 46,
Virginia Eagles 81; Texaco 20, Biloxi
ON 20.
The Texaco squad are still the IA
vorites in the Guard-Texaco cham
pionship series but it is believed that
when Schoolfield returns to the line
up for the Guards, the two teams will
go into the affray on an even basis,