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

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1un1 illlllluniulnllmill!!llmlllllillillllllilllllllill 111a uliunnilililllllln 11I1 the gun sounded with the score standing at 25-21. Upsetting the Tigers for the second time in as many years, the Warsaw quintet completely mas- tered the situation and sent the Blue down to defeat by the score of 34 to 23. Speed and accurate shooting by the Tigers spelled defeat for their traditional rivals, South Side, before an overflowing crowd at the latter's home floor on Wednesday, January 16. Both squads possessed excep- tionally tight man-to-man defenses, but the fast break offense used by the Tigers rushed the Archers on their defense, weakening it somewhat. War- field and Neat starred, both in floor play and in point gathering, scoring 14 and 10 points, respectively. This was nearly the entire scoring for the Blue, who garnered a total of 29 points as to 19 for the Green. Bluffton, entertaining the Central Tigers at Bluffton on Friday eve- ning, bowed to them after a nip-and-tuck battle. Steve Sitko proved to be the valuable man that time when he connected for 11 badly needed mark- ers, bringing the score to 31 to 26. As was customary, the Tigers got off to a slow start in the next game featuring the Huntington Vikings. Not for long did the Tigers stay in the wake, however, for Neat again starred with 18 points. In a game in which both the City and the N. E. I. C. championship competition, was handed the Tigers by the Decatur Yellow Jackets, who were beaten by the Tigers earlier in the season. The final score was 31 to 26. North Side's Redskins offered surprisingly little resistance in the sec- ond meeting-of the two teams on February 1. Central had complete con- trol of the game after the first quarter and doubled the score at 32 to 16 by the end of the tilt. The Senators from Washington of East Chicago handed Central its fourth and last defeat in the regular season on February 9 when they scored a field goal with less than a minute to go and then controlled the next tip off to make the final score 31 to 29. In a game in which both the City and the N. S. I. C. championship crowns were at stake the Tigers again romped to victory over the South Side Archers by a score of 35 to 26. Neat and Warfield also starred. as in the previous encounter between these quintets, scoring 16 and 13 points respectively. As a result of this victory Central won the City Basketball Championship and tied the Archers for the lead in the N. E. I. C. race. On the following night Avilla, encountering the same Tiger which had not calmed down in the least, went home with a stinging 38-19 defeat. The second string played the entire game and didn't so much as threaten to give way to the visiting quintet. X As a parting blow to the 1934-35 basketball season the Central High School Tigers handed the Elkhart Blue Blazers a setback to the tune of 31 to 17 in the Central gymnasium on Friday, February 22.

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illlllruIInuifmllilililIHIIHUHillmnllmrlllilmnllirimillllllmiiifxlfw ,,,, ,..,..i.,. .L,q .iii.ili.i.i.,...,i..,....,li f,,, in.inwiaisfxsifurfwemnii Central Catholic, but by some trick of fate the Barrettmen turned the tables on the Tigers and tossed in the winning basket, making the score 18-17, with less than thirty seconds to play. This defeat would have cost the Tigers the City Basketball Championship if the North Side Redskins had not badly upset the Irish, who had not lost a single game up to that CENTRAL WINS TOURNEY During the Christmas holidays Central acted as host to Valparaiso, North Side, and Decatur in an invitational tourney which was held at the North Side gymnasium. Lots were drawn an hour before the afternoon gamesg Central drawing the Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Redskins drawing Valparaiso. The Tigers defeated the Yellow Jackets, 29-26, ad- vancing to the finals with Valporaiso, who had beaten the Redskins in their afternoon tilt. North Side turned right around to defeat Decatur in the consolation game, played as a preliminary to the finals. The Blue again winning, 32-30, another feather to its hat by winning the tourney. Auburn's Red Devils also found the Tigers too much to handle and re- turned with a humiliating defeat to the tune of 42 to 21. Central, by vir- tue of the win over Auburn, was in the lead for the N. E. I. C. crown with four victories as compared with three for South Side, who ranked second. ' c The next evening, January 5, Winamac entertained time. 2- 5 V the raging Tiger and had no better luck at taming it 15 . B than did Auburn. The Blue returned with a 25-13 vic- 6 U . - f,., a tory to add to the ever increasing victory list which now . c totaled ten as compared to one in the opposite column. . .i , . Hartford City was the' next to fall under the crush- fa 1.74 -fc. H A ., Q , ing paw of the Tiger. The Airdales entertaining them on in 'Q-,: January 11, held the visitors to a seven point advantage, 41 34 V223 The next day Winchester and Warsaw split the team for a co-operated attack on the rapidly rising team from Folt Wayne the former attacking the Blue s second five and the latter luring the first string to distruction at War- saw The second five subdued the boys from Winchester in a close and exciting battle which was not decided until Dick Warfield Howard Shockey Jack Paul Ed Barker Dan Bourne Virgil Riddle

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mmmWMUlilllllfllillllflflWiliflillililHillillllllliilllliilililiiimml.iiiin.lil ..4g ......ii ..Q iiiiill..ii,l.....iill.lliiiiszrgiiirriiriiniii Putting up a game battle against the sometimes cruel Lady Luck, the Central Tigers lost the final game of the sectional tournament to their bitter rivals, the South Side Archers. The Tigers entered the tournament as strong favorites, but, because the Archers, having received a lucky break in the drawings, played two fairly easy games while the Blue were playing three tilts, two of which were ex- ceptionally tiring, they couldn't fulfill the predictions made. Arcola was easily conquered by the Tigers and the second round put the Hoagland quintet on the Tigers' trail. Hoagland caused the Blue a great deal of worry during the first three quarters, holding the edge throughout those periods. Mendy sent in the first five, whom he had been resting for the afternoon and evening games, at the start of the second half. They immed- iately pulled the game out of the fire, but at the same time tired themselves considerably. From then on the Tigers had the game under control and piled up a score of 34 to 22 on the Hoagland five. North Side's Redskins sank several shots from past the middle of the floor in the last quarter of the semi-final game to overcomea lead of 25-19 and take the lead at 27 to 25. The Tigers gained possession of the ball and made a volley of shots at the basket without being able to connect. Neat finally sank a one hand shot from under the basket to tie the score at 27-all with less than a minute to go. On the next play Neat was fouled in the act of shoot- ing. Stepping to the free throw line with remarkable calmness, he made his first shot count while his second was wide. The gun sounded soon after to end the most exciting battle of the tournament at 28 to 27. In the final game the Archers took the lead at the start and never were headed by the fatigued Tigers. The Tigers, although always behind, never quit trying and displayed that indomitable Central spirit until the final gun cracked,with the score standing 36-23, cruelly shattering their dreams of representing this section of the state at Indianapolis in Indiana's premier basketball tournament. WM vs , idwv TIGER cues 'Q 1:52 A W 612