Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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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

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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 Seventeen TIIE TATTLER Conneaut. Cox was Conneaut’s star. He was the mainstay of the team and the pivot in team work. The main game was principally one of excellent guarding, at which Zaek and Cameron excelled for Conneaut. Ashtabula’s team work would be broken up time and again by these two guards. Eades played the best game of the season. Cowden and Curwood starred at passing. Ashtabula’s forwards did not get a basket until the last quarter, due to our guards’ wonderful work. The ball was almost all the time in Conneaut’s end of the floor and they had three times as many shots as Ashtabula. Ashtabula, though, excelled on teamwork and it was due to the playing of our guards that they did not get a basket after working the ball down the floor. Eades proved conclusively that he was the star of the whole team. All of the team work was centered around him. The men looked to him to shoot most of the baskets and he did, scoring 14 of our 20 points. He never seemed to tire and was always on the jump. Curwood and Cowden aided with their passing and continually broke up Ashtabula’s teamwork before it got fairly started. Conneaut got a 6 point lead before Ashtabula got started. Eades got three pretty baskets in a row. Hall got Ashtabula's first basket. He shot 3 of Ashtabula’s 5 baskets. The first half ended 12 to 5. The second half Conneaut scored 8 points to Ashtabula’s 10 and ended the game 5 points to the good, 20 to 15. Cowden missed 8 out of 10 tries at fouls during the game. C. H. S. Second—15. Kurtz, 1. f. McNutt, r. f. Cox, c. Benson, 1. g. Whitney, r. g. A. H. S. Second—14. Krause, 1. f. Rogers, r. f. Quigley, c.„ Jenkins, 1. g. Field, r. g. Payne, r. g. Summary: Goals—Kurtz 1, McNutt 3, Cox 3, Krause 2, Rogers 1, Quigley 1, Payne 1. Fouls—Whitney 1, Jenkins 4. Referee— Kesinger, of Geneva. Conneaut—20. Curwood, 1. f. Rubenstein, 1. f. Cowden, r. f. Eades, c. Zack, r. g. Cameron, 1. g. Ashtabula—15. August, 1. f. Guarneri, r. f. Hall, c. Pearson, r. g. Palmer, 1. g. Summary: Goals—Cowden 1, Zack 1, Eades 7, August 1. Guarneri 1, Hall 3. Fouls—Guarneri 5, Cowden 2. Referee— Williamson.