Central Junior High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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.4-N X !f23C7dX , NN, B-,,x ' f fb xi f 'I' I - - ... ' x : 'T Lge EWU L Wwe U j,, O N L Ll J I j I I 1 wnffssslffafllg-s..X.s-Xfs e-WL new I February El, Cur seeend eontest with Vernon Heights resulted in ! another defeat. By Winning this game Vernon also won : from Central her first series. Before this year ' Vernon had won but one game from Central, this being in: I l927-28. At the half the seore stood 6 to l2 with Vernon leading. Both teams displayed excellent defens-4 ive play. It was generally eonaedod that Central ex- eelled in floor work. Although we had more shots at the basket than our opponents, we were not sc fortunate in our shooting. The game ended 20 to lf in Vernon's favor. Hero led the scoring for both teams with 4 field goals to his eredit. February 29, Twine this season Central failed to keep elean a record made by previous teams, The first was to allow Vernon to win a series, and the other to lose to the Harding Veaationals. This team had an exceptional year having lost only one game in fourteen starts. During the entire game Central managed to keep Within striking distance, but at the end the count found us 8 points behind. The final score was 25 tg 17, Marsh V, Poor beginnings often result in glorious endings. At least Central's 29-50 season proved it. Probably ' there so mush enthusiasm shown rm L. Oreutt, Evans, Tee, Gab Heights, proved more of expected. ln the firs field goals and to one point. in no game this year was s in the faculty game. This team eomposed ef Messrs. lor, Wise, and Crane of Vernon a throat than the student body t quarter the faculty made two ed in holding the Central outfit sueoedd Starting theseeond quarter with a score of 4 to l, the faculty again held their own and andod the half with li counters against ll made by the Varsity. The second half proved a good object lesson about Why We daould keep fit. lt was quite obvious that the Fae- ulty were not in the pink of oonditien for time after time the Jentral outfit raced down the floor for baskets. The third quarter ended with the Faculty trailing by 7 points and the game, with a seoro of 54 to l9. SUMMARY CF SEASON lQ29-50 During the l929-HO season Central played a total of twelve games. Cf these four were Won and eight were lost. This means that Central sueoeded in winning one third of her games, which een-Q stitutes a percentage of 555. Before this year Central has never been below the 650 mark. ln justice to this year's team we must add that the schedule this year was mueh more difficult than that of previous years. In the twelve games this season a total of 517 points were made. Cf these Central made 255 against 264 made by her opponents.