The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-02-28
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ting two free throws for Plain City
and E. Hackett and Houston, Rose
dale each getting free throw, knit
ting the score at 80 at the end of the
third period.
| With the opening of the final quar-
ter, the Plain City squad showed the
! first real class Of the game when three
baskets and a free throw were regis
tered before Rosedale was able to reg
I lister a point. Armentrout made bas-
ket and Lucas Gagged two goals and
/ Lewis a substitute, made good on a
\ free throw, giving Plain City 16 points
enough to win.
! Rosedale made last-minute rally
in desperate effort to win, Reed and
E. Hackett each getting basket, but
the game ended with the Pike town
ship outfit three points shy of tie or
4 four points less than enough to win.
! Rosedale was the surprise squad OF
the tourney, eliminating Mt. Sterling
on Friday night with two-point mar
gin, 1916. Rosedale went through the
season without a league defeat and
won much praise for the basketball
displayed.
\ Both Plain City and Rosedale will
enter the district tournament play to
be held at the Otterbein college gym
in Westerville London also will en-
ter the district tourney play, being en-
titled to this without county competi-
ton.
In the consolation contest Saturday
night preceding the title game, South
Solon staged great rally to defeat
the Monroe team of Plumwood by a
score of % to 81.
In the semi-inals on Saturday after
noon, Rosedale was easily the master
of the Monroe outfit, holding the
Plumwood outfit to six field goals and
two free throws. Overturf, star Rose
dale center, was the leading scorer of
this contest, getting ID points and
holding Yerian, Monroe center to two
points.
Bidwell, Patterson and Armentrout
were the high scorers in the afternoon
between the tourney winners and
South Solon, with Clemens, Simmer
man and Mills getting all of Selon's
points.
Rosedale defeated Mt. Sterling 18 to
16 in a real thriller.
Monroe had little difficulty in elm
mating Sedalia, 40 to Is.
South Solon defeated Fairfield in a
J fairly close contest, "a to 18.
Plain City took the semi-fnal con
test from West Jefferson, "a to II.
/ In the opening game of the tourney,
played last Tuesday night in the
South Solon gym, Mt Sterling elm
mated Canaan by score of Al to 19.
The tourney was held in the South
Solon gym because of the fact that the
London armory, the usual place Of
holding the event, was unavailable due
! to the fact that it had to be prepared
/ for the annual federal inspection which
was held on Monday night, February
2T.
Officials for the tourney We're Will
Jams, Columbus; Rosenthal, Graham,
and Z. F. Ross, of the Fairfield CEN
tralized school.
Scorekeeper, Stormont, Canaan;
timer, Herbert Kell, West jefferson.
The Plain City coach is Mr.. Kirby
and A. B. Murray is superintendent,
and Supt Moon is the director of the
Rosedale team.
The county athletic committee in
charge Of the tournament is composed
of Supt. A. B. Murray, Plain City,
Supt. H. L. Sans, Mt. Sterling, and
Supt. Walter Allison, Canaan.
The box scores of the nine games
played in the tourney are given as fol-
lows: