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GILBERTSVILLE GIRLS DROP TILGHMAN – 1930

| 2 TILGHMAN GIRLS DROP CAGE GAME TO GILBERTSVILLE Rompers Lose 13-12 As Both Teams Miss Numerous Shots At Basket " .By ERNEST MITCHELL In their Initial start of the basketball season the Tilghman girls were beaten: by the girls. from Gilbertsville by 13. to 12. The game was fairly close; with both teams missing numerous shots at the basket. The Tlighmanites showed promise of developing into a first class team as their floor play excelled that of their opponents. Their fallure to connect with the • basket lost the game for them. Dorothy Simmons was the outstanding* player, scoring 7 points and handling her floorguard position in good style. Tighman held a 1 to 0 lead at the end of the first quarter but soon lost this when the Gilbertsville lassies began to locate the basket. They staged a rally in the last few minutes which gave them 5 points and all but won the game for them. 4 The preliminary, staged by can: didates for the Blue Tornado, was 8 rough and tumble affair which ended in 7 to 7 tie. The guarding of both. teams featured this contest. Woody Wilson and Pete Harris, lettermen guards, were the luminarles, with "Pug" Robertson giving them a close race. Burnett and Sills were best at the forward positions. Gilbertsville' (13) Tighman (12) Donahue 2° Grimmer V. • Ruggles F Lane H. Ruggles 2 / C Krueger Timmons (c) G Simmons 7 Miles 4 G Devania Referee, Whedon; timekeeper, Twitchell; scorer,. Mitchell.

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