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.

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f-'s, -' '--., JA . ,5 -J ,., 'W g - Y --f-4 'X EiQyZlb v1 -1 fx EE!f CD K e O L1 L 'Q 'X Q0 5 mls 4,311 I-,D,xQnl Y.M.C.A. TOURNAMENT In the Y.M.C.i. tournament, Central was represented in classes B and C by teams made up from members of the squad. Neither team represented a first or second team but was formed with age as the chief factor. Class B Members of the team: Charles Reece, David Hughes, William Creasap, Oliver Hagan, John Boicher and William Koller. The boys comprising this team plqfed a game that will go down on the annals of local basketball as one of the most sensational surprises ever staged by a Central team. Central drew the first game the grchon Torch Club which is composed of members of the 1928-1929 Central team. Earlier in the season this team had beaten Central with the lopsided score of 40 to 8. A duplication of this score was predicted by followers of each team, for not only had the Central squad been weakened by dividing the teams by age but also most the Llumni's team had seen considerable service on the Harding High squad. Two of the players, Clay and Morgan, were letter men. In the first quarter Central led by two points, the score being 5 to 5. Of course this was a surprise. However, when the half ended with a score of l2 to 9 with Central still in the lead it was easily seen that Central had maintained her lead by consistently playing good basketball. The third quarter began with the nlumi grimly determin ed to overcome our lead. The score at the end of the third quarter gave them a one point lead, With three minutes to play, Central trailed by a score of I5 to 2l. In rapid succession three field-goals for Central brought the two teams to a 2l to 2l dead-lock with only one half minute to play. In the last ten seconds, Don Lindsey put the ball through the hoop for a two point lead. It was generally conceded that if Central could have made the necessary three points to win from the Alumni, we could have won the Class B. Championship, for in the next game with Waldo the Llumi doubled the score to win the tournament. Class C Theiremaining members of the squad played in Class C. These werea Hero Jones Stark Whitcum, Mason mid uaintance. D 3 i J In the first round a bye was drawn. In the second we met the Waldo Wildcats and defeated them by a score of 25 to l5. In the finals Central was pitched against Vernon Hts. Considering that only two members of the first team played in Class C, and that Vernon was represented by their entire Junior High squad, the final scorc'of 25 to 51 was very commendable. Lt the end of the first quarter Central led 6,to 4, but the half ended with Vernon in the lead by a l5 to 8 score. Stark led the scoring for Central with twelve points,