Mansfield High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Mansfield, LA)

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7 i Moorhead, Rudolph, and Gallagher pose for the Cameraman AKRON KENMORE The Jungle Cats, in dropping a closely fought battle to a sharp-shooting Akron Kenmore combine ruined their record of having won their fist game for 'five years straight. Loose guarding was responsible for the defeat. Freddy Lewis, a veteran, scored half of the team's total points. lt was a nip and tuck affair but unfortunately, the locals came out on the short end of the count, which was twenty-two to twenty. COLUMBUS SOUTH The Bengals scored their first victory of the season over an over-confident Columbus South quin- tet in a close decision 23 to 21. Big Elmer Dials, with eight points, paced the Cat team to its initial win. SHELBY The local court cavorteers, eager to show their offensive strength after two close games, collected thirty points while holding the Bordertown athletes to thirteen. Lewis and Scott made eight points apiece to lead the Tygers in scoring. CANTON McKINLEY The locals lost their second game of the year to a taller Canton McKinley outfit 24 to 17. Freddy Lewis, playing his next to last game with dear old M. H. S. was a brilliant defensive star, but his work was for naught as the Bengal offense bogged down. ERIE EAST The Tyger fans had their first look at an out-of-state club, when Mansfield played Erie East. However, they were not impressed by the brand of ball that the visitors displayed, as the Bengals downed the Pennsylvania quintet 30 to 24. Lyons, diminutive Mansfield guard, was outstanding in the victory. He made seven points. PARMA Another game, another thriller, this time with Parma. The score was practically tied through- out, but the Tygers came through in the pinch. Jack Dugger, starting his first game at a forward post, accumulated nine points while Scott collected six as did Hallabrin and Lyons. The final score, 32 to 30. ASHLAND Running into tougher opposition than expected, the Bengals had to be contented with a near tie score through three quarters of the Ashland fray. Then the Cats started hitting on all cylinders, and rolled up an unsurmountable lead. The score board flashed a 34 to 25 victory for the local combine. SHELBY The Mansfield Tygers met the Shelby Whippets on the local hard wood January 15. As soon as the whistle sounded, the Tygers were away on a scoring spree which topped all records in recent years. When the final bell clanged, the score board showed that the localites had accumulated a total of 51 points while holding the Bordertown athletes to a meager 15. Every man on the Tyger squad saw some service and there were only two who failed to score. Shelley and Dials were high point men with 10 and 9 markers respectively while Jack Lyons was a tower of strength on the defense. So tight was the defense that the Whippets made -only three buckets from the field. SANDUSKY Finding trouble with glass backboards and different baskets, our Tygers were defeated by San- dusky 32 to 24. Since Mansfield renewed relations with the Blue Streaks, they have as yet to come out ahead. The Bengals piled up an early lead, and they led at the first quarter 14 to 6. However, this

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Around the clock with our basketball stars DAVE SIIELLEY JOHN DUGGER ELMER DIALS JOHN I-IALLABRIN RICHARD NAGLE ISAAC SMITH JACK LYONS TOM SCOTT

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soon dwindled to nothing, because the Tygers were unable to score with any degree of regularity. Hallabrin, erstwhile football hero, was the scoring threat for the locals with eleven points. CLEVELAND GLENVILLE Still in a scoring slump, Mansfield's cagers went down to defeat at the hands of the sharp shoot- ing Cleveland Glenville. The Tygers were behind all the way. Although the Bengals had 62 shots from the field, they were only able to sink five of them. On the other hand, the lads from the lake city scored from all angles. When the final whistle blew, our lads were behind 28 to 21. MOUNT VERNON Gloom prevails as the local court cavorters dropped another decision to a crafty Mount Vernon quintet. However, the Yellow Jackets needed an overtime to turn the trick. Dials kept the localites in the running by accumulating eleven points while 'Scott was a defensive star. At the end of four quarters the score was 24 up. Although the Tygers dropped in two buckets in the overtime, they fell short as the Yellow Jackets made three field goals. Final score was 30 to 28. WILLARD In the next game the Tygers traveled to Willard where they managed to eke out a 28 to 26 decision over the railroaders. Again Hallabrin was the high point man with eleven markers while Scott made seven. This was the first game in four starts that the Bengals won. ASHLANID With .big Dave -Shelley leading the way a Mansfield team did what combines in past have practi- cally considered impossible, namely, in beating Ashland twice in the same season. In the absence of Coach 4Murphy, Harry 'Mehock managed the team to its second victory over a green Ashland county com- bine. The final score was 28 to 24. AKRON WEST ' Again a team from the Rubber City came down to Mansfield and again an Akron quintet skinned the Cats. This time the feat was accomplished by the Cowboys from Akron West. The local fans saw the best ball handling that it has been their privilege to see in many a game. However, the Bengals put up quite a fight and it was not until the horn went off that the issue was decided. The score was 25 to 23. Johnny Hallabrin again paced the Tygers with 11 points. COLUMBUS EAST With Dials and Scott leading the way with 12 and 11 points respectively, the Tygers eked out a 35 to 33 decision. This made the seventh game in which the scores were only separated by two points, and our Bengals have won six of these. LAGRANGE The local 'fans saw an out-of-state team from the -basketball state, namely Indiana. The type of ball that the Hoosiers play must be excellent if the other teams play as well as Lagrange, a town of 1,600 inhabitants, because the local court cavorteers were hard pushed all the way. However, the Men of Murphy won 39 to 30. This was the last game on the regular schedule for the -Murphy-men, with the exception of a fray with the Alumni, which the Bengals dropped 33 to 29. THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT In the tournament at Sandusky, the local lads were considered not to have a ghost of a show as they might meet such teams as Tiffin Columbian and Jr. Order, Bellevue, and -Sandusky. Mansfield was scheduled to meet in the first game the touted Tiffin Columbian outfit, one of the strongest aggregations in the tourney. It was a ding dong affair from the start to finish. With two minutes to go, the Tiffin club had a 25 to 21 lead, but Tom Scott dropped in a pair of field goals to tie it up. Then as Ikey Smith let go with a wild shot, Jack Dugger calmly picked it off the back board and dumped the ball through the hoop as the final gun barked. The .final score, 27 to 25. In the next round, the Bengals again met a Tiffin quintet, this time it was Jr. Order. Jr. Order fell before the terrific onslaught of the Tygers 44 to 18. Shelley made eleven points to lead both teams in scoring. As the next fray was with Bellevue, the team the dopesters had picked to go to the finals, Mans-- field was figured as good as ousted. But again the Tygers upset the dupe bucket, this time with a crushing 25 to 13 win over the favorites. The Jungle Cats were destined to meet none other than the Sandusky Blue Streaks in the finals. The Blue Streaks in their other rounds did not seem to have the class that the Tygers had, but as they had defeated the localites once, they might turn the trick again. The Bay City boys hopped into an 8 to 3 lead in the first quarter. However, the Tygers soon overcome this lead and at the half led 13 to 11. Mansfield enjoyed a five to seven point lead thereafter, until the closing minutes when the Sandusky athletes cut it down to three points. Nevertheless, they were unable to get any closer and the gun banged, ending the old 'ball game. The score board said Mansfield 26, Sandusky 23. The Dark Horse Had Come Through. The Bengals Were Going to the State Tournament. In the state tournament the Tygers ran into Cincinnati Roger Bacon. They were unable to score regularly, and consequently, they dropped a 31 to 25 decision. Scott and Lyons were outstanding for the Jungle Cats. It ended a most successful season, considering the fact that Hallabrin was the only member who played in every game last season. Scott's shooting ability, al0H8' with the ball llandllmr Of Jake LYOHS were two important factors in the Tyger wins as were Elmer Dial's rebounding, and Johnny Halla- brin's ability to come through in the pinch, likewise Jack Dugger, a sophomore, helped the Tygers along with his consistency.