Arcanum High School - Arcette Yearbook (Arcanum, OH)

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BASKETBALL - he first game of the basket-ball season was played at Ansonia on the 15th of November. The team received quite a bit of practice at this game by ohalking up 44 points to 10 for Ansonia's Tigers. New Carlisle was the next team to bo victimized by the Arcanum players., This game, held on the home floor on the 22nd of November, proved tc be one of the most exciting of the year. In the last minute of play Arcanum wasonn point be- hind. Aukerman, while dribbling down the floor, was fouled and knocked out . He made his free throw good to tie up the game. In the first overtime Lehman a- gain tied the game, which had been endangered by a New Carlisle basket. Bristley proceeded to win the game, 26-24, by a long shot in the second over- time. Not nearly so exciting but much more necessary j?ff to Arcanum's success was the 16-IO beating our Z?q'f9 team handed our old rival, Monroe , on the Monroe 7, floor. The winning of this game is credited to r-al. the splendid guard-work of Reese, who kept the ball V f, fro Arcanum territory time and again during the ,zur Ah is last mis. ,N The next game, against ' x West Carrolton, was play- X' Q o p pp g ed on our home floor. Arc- e W l N e y y anum started out with a 0 I Q . bang to lead 15-7 at the , ef. 4 half, but found the game ' , A tied 18-18 as the gun was fired at the fourth quarter. I Bristley remedied this difficulty, however, by making good the foul attempt which was allowed him. This left ,FX the final score 19-18 in favor of Arcanum. wing Little should be said of the Union City game which - followed, as Arcanum, not up to proper form, lost by a y ' score of 21-12. Next came another walkover for Arcanum with Franklin, the loser. This was a home game, played December 20th, which Arcanum won by the truly lopsided score of 35-13. Then 09-me 8 game in which was evidenced the true Arcanum spirit--that of coming from the bottom to overcome difficulties. At the end of the first quarter Hol- lansburg led by a score of 5-2, and at the half the score was deadlocked at 9-9. Then in the last half Arcanum turned on the steam to swamp Hollansburg by a 25-15 score. Following this came'the easiest game of the year--played with Versailles on the Versailles floor. In this game Troutwine went on a rampage to obtain the highest individual total in one game per year--17 points. Lehman added 13 to this and the other members of the team chipped in till the total reached 46 points In this game Shelley distinguished himself by making five points. To oppose the

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