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

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I 5 I V: T ,U 1 . W . A' 1h?:fEEs gay! ya. n 1 ,zznif as ,YS. Eg? Edd x f' A 'EiL. .3 , VA? NF, '57 77 . x V N111 A ' ., . , ily ,Q E ,. X, x Qi' xl! I f N , l 1 - THE SEASON -7 7 l h cember 5--Central vs Alumni--at home The opening game with the Alumni ran true to tradition-- they won. It was the same story of a green, inoxperlx ienced team unable to cope with a group of players who hed the advantage of having played together a season. The Central team showed themselves strong offensively, but pitifully weak defensively. it the half the score stood Z5 to 7 with the Alumni ahead and at the end of the game, 50 to 23. Stark and Hero lcd the scoring for the Alumni with 27 points between them. Whitcum led for Central with n total of nine. December 12--Central vs Sparton Torch Club--at home. Ccntral's second defeat was at the hands of the Sparton Torch Club, a team composed of Harding High School juniors. The three years this team had played together gave them n decided advantage. Fred Vestal, later a Harding star and Winner of the Central Chic foul-shoot- ine contest, led his team to a 55-lo victory. O December l9--Central va Faculty--at home. T The Central-Faculty contest will be one of the long remembered games of the season. Before the contest thcrc was a great deal of speculation as to the strength of the Faculty team. This was probably due to the formidable size of some of the newer members of the Faculty and the secret prdctices that were held before the game. The neophytes had a SO to le advantng 'I '1 1 J. 1 4- at the nalf. nt tnc end of the game eacn seam had added 25 points to its score making a total of 53 for Central and 59 for the Faculty. Evans, Faculty center, made Z4 points while Whitcum was able to che out a paltry 19 for his team. The Faculty team was composed of Mess'rs Baker, Gabler, Orcutt, Evans, Mitchell, Allen and Ice. January Q--Central vs John Simpson--at Mansfield. Whenever Central and Mansfield meet on the hardwood, it is certain that there will be a spirited battle. In the six games that the two schools have played each other there has been an average difference of four points a game between them. Although Central was beaten by ten points in her first contest ww Mmnsfield this year, the game was more excitinh than the score would indicate. Mansfield, led by W e.1:,.'f J' G Sl? I... -r'v',g- tie. '53 C . it i ... ,- .:-as t-fi. , nf . ' 'liz-..:1. ,M sn ini .X 1 ,W-,f51.,h , 4. -yymmwqynms' 'v f fy .- 4 ,f T. ' -el., .N we - 14 -pq 1 I

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. fe stss ss gm Jester and Zediker, piled up a total of 28 points during the first half while Central hed difficulty in colleet- ing le. Although the boys in green began the second hnlf with a ls teint disadvantage, they put up a deter- mined fight and succeeded in outseoring the Mansfield team by four points in the lest frame. The game ended 42 to 32. The high scorers for the game were Jester lC points, Zediher l2, Whitcum l2, and G, Mason 7. January l6--Contril vs Bueyrus H.S. Reserves--at Bucvrus. This gems was Q preliminary to the herding-Bueyrus contest. From the first it was evident that Central would be unable .to overcome the advantage that the Buovrus team hed in height, weight end playing exper- ience. The gume was one of the poorest played by our team. The score ut the half was lO to l7 in favor of Bueyrus, and nt the end of the game, 50 to l8 their way. Whitcum again scored l2 points. January 25--Central vs Vernon--et Vernon. HThis game marked the turning-point in our season. Up to this time the squad had used sn individuel style of defenseg but, to cope with the long,narrow floor at Vernon they shifted to Q zone defense. This proved so effective that it was used in every game that was to follow. Although Vernon led et the end of the first and second quarters by one point, the Central outfit by strong defensive tactics was ehle to hold Vernon to hut one free throw in the third quarter and to add enough points to make the score ld to 8 in Centrnl's favor. ln the last quarter Vernon added one free throw und one field goal while Central was making enough to hun the final score 24 to ll. John Vestal was the mein- stuy in the Vernon team. Whitcum made his usual l2 pointsg Custner was next with six. January 50--Central vs Crestline H.S. Reserves--nt home. This is the first gfesr'Cen'tr:1l has scheduled games with the Crestline Reserves. The boys went into the game with e greet deal of apprehension, since little was known of the eenm's strength end, from the size of the players, it seemed that the team was up against. a stiff proposition. However, when at the half the M lfigg score stood 20 to 4 our way,.the reserve team was 55g!Egi -I 5- -13 - '.::::- . - 11- ' .,.g 1 '-111 ,. v -7 :57 ' f-KxxyxQE !L . . :Fi AJ:iF:: ,,, M.. ,. - ,Nb . iv. . ,',:,ii1,1 1' . 11: , le L' ghirff VHIIESS