Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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Page Twelve THE TATTLER ward soon after the game started. Cowden’s shooting was spectacularly marvelous and displayed an ability to put the “pill in from almost any angle of the floor—an art that he acquired only by nights of solitary practice. It took the Ex-IIighs a long while to get warmed up, but after Davis, Halliday and Smith limbered up, it be gan to look as though an interesting game was in store for the fans present. The old boys had not seen a basketball since the winter of 1917, and the lack of practice showed in their teamwork. If a few more quarters could have been played, it is almost certain that the Ex-Highs would have won. But a game consists of but four quarters, as it was necessary to remind the old boys when the game ended 33 to 24 in favor of the “kids.” It is said that the Ex-Highs had planned to give the young-uns a rough game, thinking that the county teams would all be of that calibre this season. If they are, C. H. S. will stand a fair show of coming right to the front with the bacon, for they turned the tables on the Ex-Highs, who never thought of being rough after the game started and did not even get warmed up until the last quarter. The Ex-IIighs could very well blame the war in Europe for the result, because most of the promising athletes in the Alumni have heeded their country’s call and are now in training camps or “over there.” Line-up: C. H. S.—33. Ex-Highs—24 Cowden ................................................. Hawke Left Forward. Puffer .............................................. Halliday Right Forward. Eades-Smitli ......................................... Hubbard Center. Cox ............................................. Smitli-Davis Left Guard. Cameron ................................................. Dunn Right Guard. Summary: Baskets—Cowden 8, Puffer 3, Eades 1, Smith 4, Halliday 4, Hubbard 4, Davis 1, Smith 3. Fouls—Smith 1. Referee—Hammond, of Ohio State. TWO DOWN. After their victory over the Ex-IIighs, the team had high spirits as they journeyed to the little Pennsylvania town of Conneautville. via The Bessemer Lake Erie railroad on January 4. The Conneautville Vocational School was the formidable name of the opponents and they gave the High School a run for their money. The game was played in the Conneautville Opera House and the floor, in itself, was very slippery, but with six very hard posts, it was indeed hard to navigate. However, it did not baffle the

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tiip: tattler Page Pleven AFTER MANY MOONS. The Varsity Literary Society was finally able to cage the jinx that has haunted them for several years in Smith-Varsity contests by defeating the Smith in a basketball game 30 to 23. The game was played at the challenge of Varsity, although the odds were against them. The Smith, with Eades and Cameron of last year’s team, was thought to be stronger. The Varsity had two of last year’s players, Puffer and Zack, but Zack later developed a sore arm and the Varsity hopes fell to ten below zero. But they still had another shot in their locker, not to mention several dark horses, and so despite the concensus of opinion, they ran away with the game to the disgust of the Smith. In this game Smith and Rubenstein, of the Varsity, and Cowden, of the Smith, made their reputations. Smith scored more points than all the rest of his teammates together, while Cowden nearly equalled the points made by Eades, the star of the Smith team. Rubenstein proved, beyond a doubt, that it was not only in football, but in basketball, too, that he was destined to star. After he became accustomed to the difference between football and basketball rules, he showed that he was a newly discovered basketball satellite and he has not lost his reputation as such up to this time. The Smith team proved to be composed of tough characters and became rough so often that they presented the Varsity with eight points, due somewhat to Smith’s good eye at foul shooting. If Smith had been able to ease up on the violence, they would have been in the lead at the end. Line-up: Smith—23. Varsity—30. Curwood Left Forward. Punkar Cowden Right Forward. Puffer Eades Center. Smith Cameron Left Guard. Cox Right Guard. Whitnev Referee—Williamson. A CHRISTMAS PRESENT—FROM THE ALUMNI. The first game of the season was played on Christmas night and old C. H. S. certainly put up a hard and fast game against those annual opponents, the Ex-Highs. Smith, center, and Cowden, forward, jumped into the basketball hall of fame and showed that even though they are the youngest members of the team, they have careers ahead of them. Eades started at center, but was shifted to for-

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THE TATTLER Page Thirteen warriors of C. H. S. and when the final whistle blew the board read: Conneaut 37; Conneautville 29. Thus ended the second game of the season, which Conneaut was very pleased to win, having been defeated by the Vocational School last year. Smith and Eades made up a veritable scoring machine and their basket shooting was faultless. Smith received an injury to his knee in this game which has led up to his present condition. Zaek guarded his man so suecessfullv that he did not get a point. Conneaut—37. C. V. S.—29 Eades ....................................................... Nicolls Left Forward. Cowden ..................................................... Pletcher Right Forward. Smith ........................................................ Gibson Center. Zack ....................................................... Frazier Right Guard. Cox ............................................................ Fish Left Guard. Summary: Baskets—Eades 8, Cowden 2, Smith 7, Zack 1. Nic- olls Gibson 4, Frazier 4. Fish 1. Fouls-Smith 1, Frazier 5. Referee—McNulty, of Ilarmonsburg. Time of halves—20 minutes. TABLES TURNED. Conneaut again came to the front and partially made up for the two defeats suffered at Harbor’s hands last year, by defeating them 28 to 18 in the first county game of the season. Harbor’s team was weakened considerably by last year’s graduation and by recent enlistment in the service. The game was close from start to finish. The score af the end of the first quartr was 7 to 6 in Harbor’s favor, at the end of the second quarter 14 to 12 in Harbor’s favor and at the beginning of the third quarter was 19 to 16 in Conneaut’s favor. Puffer scored the most points for Conneaut—12; while Taki and Brink shared the honors for Harbor with 6 points apiece. Brink, although. Avas the star and the mainstay of the whole team. On the other hand. Eades was Conneaut’s best player. Zaek guarded his man well as usual, Bjorklund getting only one basket. In the preliminary betAveen the Irving and the Oxford, the Irving Avas decisively defeated. Kurtz and White starred for the Oxfords, while Green Avas the big man for the Irving. This is the third successive game the High School has Avon, but only the first county game. At this time it looks as if the last game of the season between Conneaut and Ashtabula, at Ashtabula, will decide the county championship. Summary: Field goals—CoAvden 2, Puffer 6, Eades 5, Bjorklund 1. Taki 2, Brink 3, MeSaren 2. Fouls—CoAvden 2, Taki 2.