Withrow High School - Withrow Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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C. Anderson. B. Kreimer, A. Gerdsen, D. Meyers, J. Kreimer, F. Pressler, H. Hulsbeck, J. Boyle, H. Duncan, C. Duning, Conch. BASKETBALL ACK of experienced material, the chief difficulty in other sports during the current season, did not spare basketball, and, when Coach Carl Duning called his first practice, one veteran, jack Kreimer, reported to him. Witli Jack as a nucleus and with some promising material from the reserves, Coach started the tremendously difficult task of building a team. A month of practice produced some result and on the twelfth of December the Tigers faced Lynchburg on the latter's floor. The starting lineup of Pressler, Hulsbeck, Kenny, McIntyre, and Kreimer found that they were facing an under-rated team. This, combined with a bandbox Hoor, caused the Orange and Black a disheartening 18-8 defeat. 120 Eight days later the team, after a thorough drill in fundamentals, faced a powerful Mid- dletown team. This game, too, was played away from home and resulted in a demoral- izing 25-7 defeat for the Duningmen. But for the accuracy of Dick Meyers in the last two minutes Witlirow would have tallied only three foul shots. An encouraging change for the better was shown in a 32-20 defeat by Greenfield, The upstaters, always powerful, presented a ine team and were given a real battle through- out by the Tigers. Jack Boyle and Fritz Pressler gave signs of a real scoring punch with 8 and 7 points, respectively. After a holiday rest, the basketeers re- turned to action on january 9, when they

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tackled Hartwell in their first inter-scholastic battle. The Duningmen, led by Jack Boyle with 11 points, led all the way and ended on the long end of 21-16 count. jack Kreimer also played well as the Tigers scored their first victory. A week later the schedule called for two games. The first one was another inter- scholastic battle, this time with the Eagles of Walnut Hills. The game was torrid all the way and only a spectacular long shot by Alex Mclntyre in the last 10 seconds won for Withrow-16-15. Then, tired by their efforts of the previous evening, and facing one of Indiana's strongest fives, the Orange and Black took up losing ways by falling before Lawrenceburg 45-17. Withrow's points were widely divided while Albright and Stevens, Hoosier forwards, made 36. Returning to the interscholastic wars, Withrow faced Western Hills and was de- feated, 29-19. Illness kept jack Boyle, high point man, out of this game. Fritz Pressler, taking his place, played well, scoring 8 points. Sheer fight by Alex McIntyre was another feature of this game. After a strenuous examination week, old man Hard Luck again invaded the squad. This time, on the eve of the Hughes game, Coach Duning's father became fatally ill and the Orange and Black played without the guiding hand of their coach. The result, of course, was a 32-9 defeat. The gigantic Big Red outfit played great ball and, led by Murray and Margolis, avenged their defeat of the previous year. February 13 was the close of the inter- scholastic series. Withrow met the Bulldogs and succumbed, this time by a 53-19 score. The game was, however, very encouraging to supporters of the Duningmen. Fight pre- dominated on Withrow's side, with Pressler, Kreimer, and Boyle showing real playing. This brought the scholastic season to a close with two victories and three defeats. Hamilton's powerful five, Southwestern champs, avenged the two beatings of the previous year by scoring a 27-17 victory on February 20. With the same splendid five that had worn the Blue and White the pre- vious year,. the upstate five jumped to an early lead and the ultimate result was never in doubt. jack Boyle, as was his custom. was high point man. The last regularly scheduled game was, of course, the annual classic with Norwood. Not even the staunchest Tiger supporter ex- pected a victory, but none expected the land- slide which came. Trailing at the half 23-4, the Orange and Black never had a chance before a powerful Indian offense and fell 58-12. Jack Kreimer showed the only real iight and played capable ball. A brilliant ray of hope emerged in the Southwestern Tournament at Cincinnati University. Facing a team that had been seeded number two, the Tigers presented a lineup of four juniors and a senior. This lineup, playing all the way through, led untilthe last two minutes, and then lost to Xavier High School, 22-20. Experts pre- dicted a brilliant future for next year's team. When the fact that the team was entirely new is considered, the seasons record was not so bad. jack Boyle, jack Kreimer, and Fritz Pressler 'played consistently good ball and were valuable men. With such pros- pects, Coach can look forward to a prosper- ous season next year. BOB BUTLER.