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

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yy ease ee 4. X pl f ? A ll' . x' XM V .4- , l Q 'E 1, 'in 5' Y -1' Ig 5. - Q L'h' l': j . V I V .1 v'lNf I 1 v :WU 9 fr- ,W ' e L 5 , ' , ie the g'me. go tnc end Centril led l7 to 15 All glory in this game goes to Q Vernon plnyei, Johnnie Vestal. Ls Whitcunfs guard he not only held the letter to five points, but was able to score'u total of six himself. We went to congratulate the entire Vernon team for Q well-played game. March l3--Central vs Curdington--at home. The second Freddy the thirteenth marked for Central e rather unexpected defest. Although our game was defin+ itely scheduled with the Csrdington H. S. Reserves, we played u team that csme nenrer to representing their versity. Of the seven boys who played for them dll but two were first-string players. At first we decided not to play the game, but because of the spectators who were already in the building we went dhesd with it. it the half we led ll to lO but in the third quarter Cnrdington piled up Q lend and maintained it. The game ended 24 to l9 in favor of the visiting team. Whitcum made le of the points scored by Central. . March 24--Centrdl vs Vernon Heights--Y.M.C.i. Tournament In the annual Y.M.C.L. Tournament We entered class C which includes boys up to l6 years of age. Be- cause of the nge limit, Pistt was unable to play. Since we drew Q bye it was necessary to play only one game--the Winner of the Vernon-Waldo contest. Although Vestal and Ruhl were unable te play because of the nge limit Vernon had no difficulty in beating Wmldog so for the third time in one season we met this team, Again Central met m long-shot attack which this time gave Vernon s l5 to 8 lend at the half. Central was badly out of form from two weeks inactivity. In the lest half Central was more suc- cessful. Vernon again was held scoreless except for two free-throws. The game ended l9 to l5 in Centralfs fever. May of Vernon und Whiteum of Central each scored eight points for their respective tcsms. As class C champions of Marion county, each player on the Centrwl team received 2 very beautiful bronze watch chdrm engraved with the Word dChsmps of 1951 H gig? l '!'7' HQXN4, hi .l:..:: Q., 4 I ,J ' 'Tiff QE : ' x- V ? -...Mx-I'A'2x, f -5' :lu 351: y:f u.TiU:-.1 '.::- ag , ,st .. ,. . Q' V. -cg 'A .v U '-1:3q.:Q- ,,. JZFS ' M . X .

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ttth G A sU1v1Mri o' T1-111. sv-,som 5 - 1' l ' r X qd' - ' X W . lx l ' 74 sh M .1541 .9 '::: 3 ,lux 'H ' .-Jw' Q '13 - J .. , F W.. 1' -4- i 1 ' 9 Q H V - ' ym 1 x- r' 'ff' K Ngl 1En F s N ' l' V - 1. 5 N .1 0 ,- Q f X A I :lu N91 W f.r .Liu L Y E1 -a :s1.JJ.AkJ Central played l4 games and won 8, giving them a percentage of 571. Central scored 554 points against 560 points scored by opposing teams. Central won two championships this year--the city junior high school and Marion County class G. The individual scoring was as follows: Whitcuma l55 Castner 67 G. Mason 55 Piatt 59 Hudson ll Johnson lO Quaintance 9 Griffith 5 Weller 2 BASKET BALL BANQUET At the close of the season the entire squad was entertained by the faculty at Ringer's Inn. Bronze basket balls were given as favors. The boys and members of the faculty were surprised to find that the feature of the even- ing's entertainment was the projection of secretly collected baby pictures of those present. LETTERS Letters were presented to the following members of the squad at an assembly held March 25g Maurice Whitcum, Joe Castner, Donald Platt, Gene Hudson, George Mason, Robert Mason, Virgil Johnson, Donald Quaintance, Melvin Griffith and Joe Search. ilEE . ,.- SHN Ei, IEEEQ EE E545 'f' -!X1':--Ax-A ' aa. '1 '? ' -F-5: .wh L Q . MA. . lj' A-.v5.g5.f. . ig , N- . JZHS 4 o 1Qb4'!b1alEE5