Lima Central High School - Annual Mirror Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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ii THE ANNVAL 'X 5- .aa H' um wir 'T-'31I'r7QL I it M sf N., 1 .rf H ,. rt M IK KUK ' t Basketball Lettermen V :urgjj - Q .jif- .4 K Jim Brentlinger Gene Turne Ralph Schneider Carl Meyer Fig Newton H :ht 5'l1I li' 6'1 ni' 5'1u ight 162 145 165 155 110 ition right guard right guard es-nter cente lt-ft fr-rwnrrl ss Sophnniore Junior Senior Senior Sophomore Traveling to Ciarrett. Indiana. on an overnight trip. the boys took Garrett into camp by a 22-6 score. Then on Friday. the 13th of February. Defiance was downed 36-26. On the following day the Dragons showed their followers what they could do when they played the best brand of ball played this year to down Dayton-Roosevelt 38-22. The second South-Central game was a little different from the nrst. for the Dragons had the upper hand throughout the game and when the game was over, the Tigers were on the bottom of a 15-20 score. On February 12. Defiance was downed in its tracks by a 25-16 score. ln the last game before the tournament. Fostoria was defeated 13-20. XVhen the drawings were made for the sectional tournament. South and Central were paired in one of the opening games: this battle. besides putting the loser out of the tournament. would declare the winner city champion. The Centralites played an air-tight game to win 22-20. ln the semi-finals, Kenton was eliminated 38-19. ln the finals Scheureman used his second string men the first half. to down Van Wert for the sectional title in a close game that ended 30-28. ln the district tournament, Central again had a drawing that looked impossible to get through. The first game was with the highly touted Norwalk team. and the winner was doubtful until the nnal whistle gave Central a hard earned 17-16 victory. The second game of the tournament was with Cialion. Vvlith but 10 seconds to play. and the game seemingly on ice for Galion. Schneider sank a sucker shot to win the game for Central with an 18-17 score. The last two games of the tournament. which gave victory to Central. were with two Toledo teams. Libbey and Vvlaite. The dragons easily downed Libbey by a 25-16 score. Over the XVaite team. Central easily romped to victory and the sectional championship. with a 27-20 score. one hu

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1 fm -J THE NVAL F' , d - iv mm , -n. ' Q ... IVIIKKUK -:sa-ff Basketball Lettermen , . Len Faurut Bob Vittur Jim Moore Paul Wagone Jerry Brown I-Ipiuhl 5' SH 511011 511111 5V 1111 5V Sl! Wviliht 1-15 145 155 175 175 losition riirht forward lt-ft Guartl left forwurtl right forward left lluzirtl Vlnss Junior Junior Senior Senior Senior N December 12th one of the best basketball teams ever to represent Central took the floor for their opening game against Vaughnsville. This team was to become the city champion, winner of the Big Five league. sectional champion. and district champion. Also they have the distinc- tion of having gone further than any Lima team has ever gone. ln this opening game Central easily turned back Vaughnsville by a score of 28-14. The next day Cridensville was defeated 31-17. ln the next week the Dragons traveled to Toledo to play the strong Vwfoodward team. Central again came out on top by a 16-10 score. The following day Central lost their first game of the season to Bluffton. After using the second team the lirst half, the nrst string men were unable to get started. The final score was 18-17. After a short rest the team traveled to Portsmouth where they were again turned back by a team that was destined to become State Champions. This 20-24 score was Central's second defeat. The next game, with Bowling Green, was played on South's floor. The Dragons hit their stride in the early part of the game and ended with a 21-13 victory. South's floor was used the next day when Central sent Findlay home with its Hrst defeat of the season. The following week the Red and Green warriors traveled to Bowling Green where they again downed the Bee Gee's. This time by a 24-19 score. Fostoria came to Lima on the 25th prepared to end Central's winning streak. but they also were sent home with a 17-22 beating. The Central High quintet was destined to play its first South-Central game without its rightful coach. and was downed by its old rival 20-24. With Coach Scheureman back. the boys started a 15 game streak by downing Piqua 34-10. one httlztllwl

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E F' THE ANNVAL N' .saw Q ... MIKKUK .a vat..-sa' f A . 4 4 il 1 a g !--' 31 . ', aunt Eg. Basketball Squad HAT a season the basketball squad of l93l sawf Although only two lettermen. Moore and Brenllinger. were left from last year. Coach Howard Scheureman had a Wealth of material with which to work. With this group he built a team which has marked an epoch in athletic history of Central. Three lettermen. Faurot. Vittur. and Brentlinger. will be back next year. The team started out hot on the trail, and before the smoke blew away Central was sitting on top of the world. entered in the finals of Class 'A' tourn- ament. Therefore we journeyed to Findlay to compete in the district tourna- ment. Here we waded through the hardest schedule in the tournament. coming out district champions of Class A. Furthermore, three of the team. Moore. Brown and Brentlinger. were placed in the all Class A team. As a result of winning the district championship. for the first time in the history of the school. the team went to Columbus to compete in the state championship. Here we eliminated our first rival, Columbus Central, in a hard fought battle. The next day we plaved Canton McKinley, but we were downed by the fast offensive game played by our opponents. Nevertheless, all Central knows what an exceptional team Central has. and all the students and the teachers are appreciative of its efforts. There is one man without whose service the team probably would have not reached the heighth it did. That one is Coach Cappy Scheureman, who has put forth his best efforts in the Eve years that he has been at Central. ' i ' W 4 nt humlrr-rl Iwo