Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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TIGER FIVE WIN MAJORITY OF CONTESTS DURING SEASON Although the record of Central's basketball squad this year does not equal the record made by the teams in former years, the school is just as proud of their fighting team as ever. The team opened the season with a bang, winning their first five games. The Blue and White defeated lo-itland in the opener, 19-15. In the second game Hartford City was :cnt home with a defeat in a closely contested game, 27-25. Central broke a jinx by defeating North Side's Redskins three straight games in one season. In the first city series game the Tigers downed the Red and White 18-16. In the third week of the basket- ball season, Central took' the Ken- dallville Red Devils into their lair 34 to 15. For the next game the Tigers traveled to Columbia City to trounce the Eagles 30 to 19. One must take the bitter with the sweet, so, after winning five con- secutive games, the Blue and White were defeated 17 to 16 by the Rail- roaders from Garrett in one of the hardest fought games of the season. During the Christmas vacation, Central met their second defeat at the hands of Greencastle, 23 to 20. With a band of rooters the Tigers traveled to Auburn only to meet de- feat, the final score being 29 to 23. Central again broke into the win column by defeating Winamac 31 to 26. Winamac later went all the way to the finals in the state tourna- ment. In the next game Central met South Side in the second city series game. Before a huge crowd the Tigers went down in defeat. This was the fourth loss of the season. The final score was 20 to 16. Next week Central traveled to De- catur, only to be defeated 20 to 16. Bluffton came to Fort Wayne and took a victory back home with them to the tune of 19 to 16. In the next game the Tigers de- feated North Side again, this time 27 to 25. This game was a real thrill- er from the fans' viewpoint, al- though the brand of basketball played by both teams was ragged. In the final city series game of the season Central again met defeat. This time the score was Central 24, South Side 22. Central met Central Catholic in a charity tilt. This was the first meet- ing of the two teams in many years. Although Central Catholic had a lead at the half, the Tigers came back into the tilt with renewed de- termination to win. The result was, Central 25, Central Catholic 16. Central defeated Warsaw in the next game 32 to 16. The Tigers have never been able to defeat a southern team, and this year were defeated by the Anderson Indians 30 to 15. Central traveled to Elkhart and again suffered defeat in another heart-breaking tilt, 18 to 16. The Tigers closed their regular season with a brilliant flash of bas- ketball. The game was originally scheduled with Washington of East Chicago, but, as that team was un- able to come, Central met Roosevelt of the same city and defeated them to the tune of 34 to 21. In the sectional the Blue and White met Harlan and North Side in the first and second rounds respec- tively. The Tigers played superb ball and crashed through these two games easily. In the semi-finals Central clashed with South Side. Al- though the Archers led at the half the Tigers came back to tie the score at 18-all at the end of the regular playing time. In the overtime Cen- tral scored the first basket, but South Side followed with another to put the score at 20-all. With 15 sec- onds left to play, Disler was fouled in a mixup. He made the extra point to put South Side ahead 21 to 20. From then to the end of the game Central was unable to gain posses- sion of the ball and the game ended without further scoring. 106