Ross High School - Croghan Yearbook (Fremont, OH)

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The CROGHAN of 1931 12 .mssts,. ,G 5' TiS5459TEiiiQE1?'Q - - .tg-,ea ger A, if - + , 1 ' .. M - ' . ' - M , .S :Ls .1 U3 X, W . e . .... -2 --k. ,,. Talking It Up Adams Make That Pass Good get in this second game of the city series. The purple and white machine was working to perfection, and the upper Croghan street lads, unable to meet our fast barrage of baskets, went down to a 42-16 defeat. VVhen VVillard came the following Saturday night, the Fremonters continued at their breakneck pace. Our visitors were only able to hit the basket twice while we seemed able to sink them from any angle. As the half ended, the score stood 22-4. The second team which went into the game early in the second half was able to hold the Railroaders scoreless and at the same' time increased the score to 3+-4. The Giants advanced another notch in the league race by defeating Tiiiin 26-17. The boys did not play the type of ball against the Columbians that they had been playing, but the margin was comfortable enough to convince fans that we were able contenders for league honors. The Bobcats seemed to have their third Little Big Seven basketball title in four years nearly won, but as you know strange things happen in this day and age. VVe lost the game with Norwalk from the foul line as we made only 1 in 8 attempts. Fast and furious is no description for this contest. A long Tom in the very last minute of play proved our downfall. The game ended in a mad frenzy of excitement as each team was fighting for the ball. The final score was 21-19. Our last scheduled game was with Findlay. The battle proved to be one of those hcart- breakers. VVhile not coming up to some past performances, the team displayed great fight. When the game ended, Findlay was topping us by only one point, the score was 28-27. VVe went into the tournament with high hopes, but they burst like a bubble. It really was sad. The team plainly was otf form. They seemed to have slumped back into pre-league form. Regardless of the disastrous 22-16 defeat at the hands of the Columbians, the boys and their coaches must be complimented on the great improvement they showed as the season progressed. Get Loose Bruninghaus Play No. 2 A 1213:-V T r ' aff 'T 4 17' ' sis ' s' .ff W -A-A f rv ',-r, 1 110 . K . I . f' 3l '- gi... 'K 1' 'A 1 5,9 ' 5 if -. as '. . 4-31 aw 1 1 . - it . ff. ....i 1 551355 L i .Q 'wif V. ..,..k we K 9 Q I ae is L . ,.,.., --,. ,..h l ,..,, .A A A '1'wenty-nine w 5, 53, Q Q. l . 1 2.5 .uf .ss ...- SEEN SEE ,. .ess-as si was SYN ss is .. s Xe Eh: 3 X s is Ss X h X is :ss S X gs ss sei 3: X SS' X X NS X is

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. . . The CROGHAN of 1931 Binkley Break l O'Farrell forged further ahead and were comfortably leading at the beginning of the last quarter. What a quarter that was, fast, furious. and plenty rough. St. joe tied the score and sunk a foul. In a moment the game ended, and St. joe was on the long end of a 20-19 score. The next opponent was the fast rangy Ashland team which had a very favorable past record. They came and proved to be very clever ball handlers and appeared to be out to avenge the defeat they met at our hands last year. They were able to score 21 points while we managed. to get only 11. Our league season opened, at Bellevue, with rather disastrous results. The Maroons dis- played a surprising scoring attack which really swept our Giants off their feet. Our boys did not click and were able to score only 11 points while Bellevue chalked up 22. Put that long face somewhere else and smile, for look what happened next. Nothing less than an 18-16 victory over the Sandusky's Blue Streaks. VVhat1 a fitting dedication that was for our new W. W. Ross Gym. The game was a fast and furious contest throughout. We jumped into the lead in the second quarter and never were headed, but nevertheless, the game was so close that the final result was in doubt until thc Final gun barked. The student body did its part by splendidly supporting the team. An inspired Fremont quintet journeyed to Oberlin the next week. After a rather slow Hrst half the Bobcats started sinking baskets from all angles to pile up 36 points while Oberlin could get only 18. It looks like welre off at last, folks. Napoleon came to Fremont the next night and by a last minute rally was able to defeat us by a 22-19 score. Do not get disgusted reader-remember that the night before the boys played real basketball and completely overwhelmed the Indians. WVe led Napoleon most of the time in this game. Look what came after a two days lays off. What sweet revenge the Giants were able to Beeker Working for a Basket Pettiford Twenty-eight

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Y n The CROGHAN of 1931 lst Row-Brokate, Clauser, Shorts, Moore, Messler, Hrudin:-ki, Adkins 2nd Row-Laird, Giehel, Hess, Van Doren, Post, Miller, Thraves, VVingard, Lauh, i Reserves l HIS group of boys played many very interesting preliminaries to the want games. Like all the other basketball teams of the school they did not break into the winning columns as regularly as the school would have liked. The Reserve squad was composed of all boys. unahle to make the first ten, who showed some uromise of develovin f into future hasketeers. They held daily uractices l l 3- , , l under the direction of Klr. Lauh, who drilled them in fundamentals. The Reserves played a larger schedule of games than any other team in the school. Some of the schools that they met were Bellevue, NVillard, Tithn, Toledo Lihhey, Findlay, St. ,loe's, and St, Annls. Preceding the County Tournament the Reserves played all the county teams in the new gym. This was done to acquaint the County Cagers with the large floor. The games were very closely contested. P Y Ye ee en. T new el. Th irlfy