Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-23
NEWARK AMERICAN LEGIONS
DEFEATED BY WAGON co.

standing feature of the basket bail
game here Friday night between
Wagon Co. and the Newark Ameri-
can Legion. In the beginning Of the
game the visitors began pulling
rough stuff, and our boys were
obliged to even it up with the same
sort Of medicine. Such games are
not pleasing as a general thing to
the spectators. The game started
off with Newark shooting four fields
in rapid succession. Lewis broke
their streak wnen he trimmed one
from a difficult position. From that
time on during the first half
through fast playing the Wagoneers
held their opponents down and sue
ceeded in evening up the score 1t
being tied twice, and when the mid
game whistle blew the score was
Wagon Co., 16; Newark, IA.
AT the beginning of the second
half Bingham was the first to score,
making field. Newark made
foul throw good and in rapid sue
cession bucketed four pretty fields,
thus giving Newark five point
lead, and it was beginning to look
that Newark was going to have it
easy, but the mule skinners soon
rallied their forces and after H.
Deedrick, Bingham and F. Deed
rick each made a field from tight
places things again looked good for
the(hOme players. From that time
on until within minute of the
close of the game the score was
either tied, or only a points differ
ence. In the closing seconds F.
Deedrick made foul throw good,
and also bucketed field, thus end
ing the game with a score of 20 to
81 in favor of Wagon Co.
Lineup and summary:
Wagon CO.-31 Newark-29
II. Deedrick . .Somers
r. F.
F. Deedrick. 49,. ... Spencer
Bingham $50. Orr
King. ...... Myers
Lewis. 80. :. !. Osborn
II. Deedrick, fields; F. Deed
rick, fields; Bingham, fields;
King, 1 field; Lewis, fields.
-
Newark-Somers, 2 fields; Baker,
]; Spencer, s fields; Orr, 1; Myers,
l. Osborn, 1. Fouls out of four.
Substitution-Baker for Somers
and Somers for Baker.
Referee, 1st Half-W. Vert; End
half. C. White.
Preliminary Game
4 very interesting preliminary
game was played between two
picked teams, with the following
lineup:
Dribs-33 Dubs-2O
kennard M. Tolbert
Nell. ..... ....... H. Jones
Smltn' ..... ....... JENKINS
Center
E. Tolbert. ..... $50. Osborn
&c.
Barnhart -. ....... .Gorrell
Sabstitutions: Dribs - Baldwin
for Barnhart. Dubs-Sears for
Jenkins; Northrup for Osborne.
Summary-Dribs- Fields, Ken
nard, s: Nell 3; Smith, 4; e. Toll
bert, 1; Barnhart, /. Fouls-Ken-
nard, out of 10; Smith 0 out of /
throw; Barnhart, 0 out Of /.
Dribs: Fields-M. Tolbert 2:
Jones. 2: Jenkins. 3; Gorrell, 2.
Fouls-M. Tolbert, 2 out of 4.
Referee-C. White.
Shawnee Triangles Again Walloped
Instead Of barely nosing out in an
overtime period as did Wagon Co.,
when they played the strong Shaw
nee Triangles a few weeks ago, the
mule skinneTs finished the game
Wednesday evening with the long
end Of 53-37 score. At no period
OF the game was the score tied, and
Wagon Co. played all round the visi-
tors In all angles of the game-pass-
ing, guarding, floor work and both
their field and foul shooting. Fulks,
after having been out for several
games, was back in again as referee,
and no game was ever better refer
eed on the local floor. Both teams
were given as square a deal as
refereeing could make. The Shaw
nee Triangles have a good fast
team, but they are in class many
points back of our swift Wagoneers
F. Deedrick was the big point get
ter of the evening with 26. Sheeler
for Shawnee made 10. Lineup and
summary:
Wagon Co.'S Shawnee-37
H. Deedrick :. >. :. 80. Scheeler
r. F.
+. Deedrick ....:. -. Griffith
L. F.
bingham PRICE
Center
r. G..
Lewis Mcknight
Summary: Wagon Co.-Fields-
H. Deedrick, A; F. Deedrick, 10:
Bingham, z; Lewis. 2. Fouls-H.
Deedrick, out of 2; F. Deedrick,
out Of 8; Bingham, out of 1.
Shawnee Fields - Scheeler, 8:
Griffith, 8: Price. 4: Harrop, /; Nc
Knight, /. FOuls-Scheeler, out
Of 9.
Referee-Fulks.
Preliminary Game
Before the "big game" started
The audience was worked up into a /
high state of excitement over an ex-
ceedingly close game between two
teaus with linenps as follows:
WA1oe-15 Blue-14
~. robert H. Smith
R.F.
r. wells Kennard
L. F.