Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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Page Fifteen THE TATTLER The small gymnsium at Jefferson handicapped our players, but they started out strong and ran up twenty-one points before the whistle blew for the first quarter and stopped the slaughter. Losing their ability at basket shooting as the game progressed, (upon Conneaut’s) the exhibition lost interest, and it is reported that a faithful rooter, Warren Eades, was found asleep when the half ended. Conneaut did not get a point in the second quarter and the scoro stood 21 to 7 in favor of Conneaut. A goal by Eades was the only score in the third quarter, but Jefferson seemed to gain form as the game went on. Zack was in a new position at forward, but put up his usual good game and got four goals. Rubenstein and Cowden each got two goals, while Eades copped the most baskets, getting six goals. Wilson and Brainard possessed what ability the Jefferson team had as far as basket shooting was concerned, but White had a good eye and shot four fouls. Conneaut—30. Jefferson—12 Zack Cowden Left Forward. Wilson Eades Right Forward. White Rubenstein Center. Lambdin Cox Left Guard. Latimer Right Guard. Summary: Baskets—Zack 4, Cowden 2, Eades 6, Rubenstein 2. Brainard 2, Wilson 2. Fouls—Cowden 2, White 4. Referee—Cooley, of Ashtabula. CLOSE, BUT— Conneaut still remains undefeated. Geneva also went away with the little end of a 21 to 16 score. But the outcome was not certain until the final whistle blew. Geneva had a very fast team, and also a bulldog tenacity, and endurance. At the start of the game, any spectator could not have told the outcome. The teams seemed very evenly matched and the score of the first half, Conneaut 6, Geneva 5, was certainly nothing to figure on. Conneaut went into the second quarter with a rush and played the best basketball of the game during that quarter. They swamped Geneva and got the lead that they kept till the end of the game. Conneaut’s score at the end of the second quarter was 17, Geneva 7. Geneva came back strong in the third quarter and held Conneaut scoreless and rang up 6 points for themselves. It began to look as if Geneva would overcome the lead and Conneaut wakened up somewhat. The last quarter was a

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Page Fourteen tiip: tattler Conneaut—28. Cowden, r. f. Puffer, 1. f. Eades, c. Cameron, r. g. Zack, 1. g. Harbor—18. Bjorklund, r. f. Taki, 1. f. Brink, c. McSaren, r. g. Olson, 1. g. CLOSE SHAVE. Conneaut just nosed Painesville out of a victory by three baskets. The game was the fastest that has been played this year. Painesville was light, hut fast and was game to the end. In the first three quarters Conneaut got one basket a quarter more than Painesville and broke even in the last quarter. That tells the tale of how Conneaut slowly but surely won their fourth victory. Eades and Zack were the stars in Conneaut’s line-up. Greenfield was Painesville’s main scoring machine, making 14 out of the team’s 20 points. Zack and Rubenstein made a fine pair of guards. Rubenstein’s man got only one basket. Cowden scored more points than all the other members of our team put together. His hard work at practice certainly showed results. A preliminary was played by the High School Seconds and Kingsville. Kingsville was decisively overwhelmed, 28 to 11. Curwood’s and Benson’s shooting were the bright spots in the game. Eastman scored 9 of Kingsville’s 11 points. The High School has had hard luck so far this year. Puffer has quit school, also Punkar. Smith, the star center, is laid up with an injured knee, which will probably keep him out of all athletics for Ihe year. They are all players that the High School will miss badly. Conneaut—26. Painesville—20. Cowden, r. f. Greenfield, r. f. Eades, 1. f. Bliss, 1. f. Cox, c. Ken, c. Rubenstein, r. g. Breismister, r. g. Zack, 1. g. Tolcott, 1. g. Summary: Field Goals—Eades 5, Cowden 6, Zack 1, Bliss 1. Greenfield 6, Breismister 2. Halliday. of Conneaut. Fouls—Cowden 2, Greenfield 2. Referee— ’NOTHER ONE. The basketball team of the county seat proved easy money for C. H. S. when, on January 25, they threw precaution to the winds and boarded the P. 0., better known as the ocean wave, and slept (?) for three hours while that faithful gunboat fearlessly pursued the treacherous rails. But everyone luckily recovered soon from the customary sea-sickness, just in time to show our capital city what a basketball team looked like.

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Page Sixteen THE TATTLER desperate contest. Conneaut determined not to lose its lead, and Geneva just as determined to overcome it. Conneaut finally succeeded in winning the quarter 4 to 3 and thus saved its scalp. Something seemed to be wrong during the second half. Conneaut did not show any life and did not play team-work. They were way off their shots. A weakness of the team that must be remedied was also shown. They missed 13 out of their 14 free tries at goal. No one seemed to be able to shoot fouls. Cohn, of Geneva, shot 8 of their 14 fouls. If Conneaut had a man who was sure on fouls the score would have been 34 to 16 instead of 21 to 16. It is a great advantage to a team in a close game to have a sure foul shooter. Some of the members of the team should practice foul shooting and be allowed to shoot all of them. Zaek, Cowden and Curwood were the scoring machine for Conneaut. Eades was the main man in passing, while Rubenstein played his best game at guard. The Irving Literary Society and the Broad street Eighth Grade teams played the preliminarv. the Irving winning, 10 to 6. C. H. S.—21. Geneva—16. Curwood, 1. f. Foster, 1. f. Cowden, r. f. Clarke, r. f. Eades, c. Cohn, c. Rubenstein, r. g. Maynard, 1. g. Cox, r. g. Welch, 1. g. Zaek, 1. g. Spring, r. g. Summary: Goals—Curwood 3, Cowden 3, Zaek 3, Eades 1, Foster 2, Clarke 1, Cohn 1. Fouls—Cowden 1, Cohn 8. Referees— Cooley, Williamson, Webb. TEAM. RAH! Conneaut won two of the hardest fought games of the season from their old rival, Ashtabula;—one game by one point, the other by five. The game between these two schools is the athletic event of the season. Tt was certainly an unexpected victory. Several of our players, when questioned before the game, said that they did not expect to win it, but that they would play for all they were worth to even up the old score on the football field. Ashtabula seemed all confidence, before they entered the game, from the remarks that were heard before the fray. Close to 600 people packed the gym. willing to help all they could with spirit. The preliminary was the fastest and closest one that has ever been played in Conneaut. The referee was too slow and allowed the game to get beyond his control several times. There has never been a more hotly contested preliminary. The score remained close throughout. At the end of the first quarter it was 4 to 4, 7 to 6 in favor of Ashtabula at the end of the second quarter and 10 to 10 at the end of the third quarter. The game finally ended 15 to 14 in favor of