Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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VARSITY Doc Kusel had a wealth of material to pick from at the beginning of the 1946-47 basketball season. However he soon narrowed his selections down to twelve boys who pitched in together for a successful season. The captaincy was given by HDoc to Don Geiger, our swift left forward, who threw in a lot of baskets with the fast break. Don's beauti- ful defensive work was 0150 an asset to the Blue Devils. George L. Baker III was our great guard who poured 'em through game after game. His beautiful one-hund-push shot from the center of the floor won many a game for the squad. Jim Anthony, 0 fast, shifty, Ieft-handed for ward who was another fast-breuk artist, did much to help the team toward its victories. Mike Coleman, the tow-heuded whirling- dervish-on-o-basketbull-court, was our chief ball handler. His speed at darting hither and thither was confusing to defensive forwards and enabled him to pass the ball to his teamemates with a sleight-ot-hund uptness. Bob Summers, our six-foot-Fwe-inch center, was one of our main scoring threats. One of the top pivot men to come from Doc Kusel's 62 athletic program, Bob's complete control over the bankboard contributed to the team's morale when things looked bad. Jim Wilkinson is another boy who, thanks to 'tDnc'sH intramural program, developed into one of the mainstays of the Blue Devils. The boy who really could shoot was Dick Frey. His peculiar flip-of-the-wrist, twoehanded shot was deadly. He has a knack of going into a game in a tight place, standing calmly ot the side of the court, and swishing them through. Harold tSnaket Kruse was our tower under the rim. His six-toot-four-und-u-hulf frame has earned him the name of HSnake on the court. He seems simply to slither between the out- stretched arms of opponents and snatch the ball from the basket's edge. Gene Lentz, our corner-shot maestro, is cm- other asset to the squad and a detriment to defensive guards, who are hurrussed by his range-accuracy. Last but not least, was big Joe Walker, our passing forward. Joe was not a shooter, but his defensive play and ottensive play-starting helped toward Plainvitle's success.