Johnson St Paris High School - Parisian Yearbook (Saint Paris, OH)

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At The County Tournament The second annual County Basket Ball Tournament was held at Urbana, Ohio, March 19. The team chosen to represent S. P. H. S. at the Tournament consisted of Ross, Barger, Crouse, Reed, Klapp, Harter and Vickrey. The first game played at the Tournament was between Saint Paris and Kingscreek. The moment the team came on the floor it could be seen that they were determined to win, and they did. The score at the end of the last half was 7-4 in our favor. The second game was played with Mingo. From the first of the game our team took the lead and were not hard pressed at any time. The final score was 28-9. The team won their third game of the day from Westville who had beaten our team on our home floor and on the Westville floor. The game was fast and furious through both halves, but our team far outclassed the Westville quintet in every respect. Our superior and accurate shooting soon piled up a score that the oppon- ents were unable to overcome. The score was 19-12 in favor of S. P. H. S. The winning of this game put the team in the finals. The final game was played with the Wood- stock aggregation who played a strong five man defense. Only a few times were our boys able to pen- etrate the defense and when they did they failed to score. Our team had been used to shooting over the defense but owing to the low ceiling they were forced to work the ball down the floor di- rectly underneath their basket before they could shoot. Four games were too much for one team to play in a single day and our boys were too tired to really demonstrate what they could do in passing and shooting. The final score was 13-8 in favor of Woodstock. 57

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BtRiSiAN Clydus Steinberger Clydus could play either guard or forward for he was fast in covering the floor. He possessed a natural ability for shooting baskets. We expect big things out of him in the next two years. Charles Neal Neal as a guard was good at dribbling and at breaking up long passes. Although he did not play in many games, he has two more years in High School and will probably be a fine Basket Ball player before we lose him. 56

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Review of 1919-20 Basket Ball Season Editors Note—Since there was no annual published last year we take the liberty of printing this account of last year’s team. The 1919-1920 team was no doubt the fastest and most evenly balanced that Coach Turner has ever sent out, on the court, since he has been coaching in S. P. H. S. Captain Runkle well supported by his team mates, piloted his bunch through the entire season with only two defeats. Both of these defeats were tournament games. This team was the second team ever sent to the State Tournament. The first game played at the State Tournament was played with Pomeroy and was won by a score of 18-14. The second game was played with Yellow Springs although our boys fought hard they were beat- en by a score of 24-10. This was the first defeat of the season. The second game lost by the quintet was at the County Tournament when again they were defeated by the Kingscreek team by a close score of 14-17. LINE UP Paul Runkle, Captain...Center. Hiram Rushaw......Left Guard Lowell Runkle....Right Forward Harold Hill.Substitute. Paul Vickrey......Left Forward Octave Ammon......Right Guard Clifford Barger......Substitute Saint Paris 35 Saint Paris 25 Saint Paris 37 Saint Paris 50 Saint Paris 33 Saint Paris 37 SEASON’S Urbana Township 14. Urbana 23. Bloomville 14. Mechanicsburg 5. North Lewisburg 30. Urbana Township 5. GAMES Saint Paris 18 Saint Paris 10 Saint Paris 31 Saint Paris 29 Saint Paris 14 Saint Paris 20 Saint Paris 23 Pomeroy 14. Yellow Springs 24. Rosewood 8. North Lewisburg 17. Kingscreek 17. Woodstock 6. Urbana 20. 58