Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-02-28
BASKETBALL

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Thompson, the basketball team o.
Pennsville, romped home with the
trophy emblematic of the 1875
championship of Morgan county,
| Saturday night The score Of the
final game, played against Windsor
high, was 40 to 10. Thompson was
! high scorer, making seven goals and
two free throws for total of 16
points. He was closely followed by
Bob McInturf with II points The
outcome Of the game was never in
doubt, the Penn team piling up 10
! The game was not as uninteresting
as the score might indicate, how
ever, for the lads from Stockport
fought gamely to the final whistle.
Penn high will represent Morgan
county in the district tournament
to be held at Caldwell, March z, 8,
and 8. Drawings for this will be
held at Caldwell, March 4th.
In the first round of the tourna-
ment, Reinersville jr. high forfeited
to Windsor. Windsor high defeat
ed Ringgold, 43-16, and Penn de-
feated York, 35-11.
In the second round, Chesterhill
junior team defeated Penn in an ex-
citing game, PALS. Windsor then
defeated Chesterhill, 1928, and
Penn defeated Reinersville, 1928.
The Windsor-Chesterhill game was
the most closely contested of the
tournament, a long shot winning
for the boys in the closing seconds
of the game. In the last. game of
the afternoon session, the Reiners-
vile team, twice disastrously beat
en- by Penn during the regular sea-
son. played heads-up ball to hold
their opponents to their lowest
margin of victory in the tourna-
ment. In the finals Saturday night,
Windsor junior high nosed out
| Chesterhill in a close game, 21-1S.
The junior high tournament was
well-received innovation this year,
and will probably become a regular
part of the future tournaments
Financially speaking, the tourna-
ment was success, approximately
1915 being taken in at the gate.
This will be augmented some by the
money received from the conces-
sions and by some season-ticket
money which has not yet been turn
ed in. A complete financial state
ment will be given later.
From the point of view of the
! spectator, the tournament was not
as interesting as some in the past,
| the three most interesting games
coming in the semi-fnal round when
the smallest crowd was in at
| tendance. There was some good,
and much poor basketball played.
| The Penn team is to be congratu-
lated on the spirit with which they
played through the series. Enter
ing an odds-on favorite to win, they
seemed unbothered by the bogey
of over-confidence, and unleashed,
in every game the same slashing at
tack that has carried them through
their county schedule undefeated.
Mr. Burcher has fine team. and
we wish them continued success.
The selection of an all-tourna-
ment team would be, at best, a
meaningless and certainly a thank
less job, but we do feel that some
of the boys that played on teams
that lost deserve some honorable
mention, and for this honor we
would name the following players
Stanbery, of York; Parsons, of
Ringgold; Clifford, of Windsor:
Ashton, of Reinersville; Price and
Wallace, of Chesterhill.
The programs for the tournament
were made possible by the firms ad-
vertising on them. If you people
who attended the games appreciate
them, tell the men who made them
possible by your patronage. The
success of an affair of this kind de-
pends upon the support of many
people. The manager wishes to
express his sincere appreciation for
the whole-hearted support given by
the local papers, by those in charge
Of the armory, by Mr.. Mallett, and
Miss Jenkins of the county office,
and by the coaches and others all
over the county.
The names of high school play
ers of various teams follow:
Pennsville-Ray McInturf, Rob
ert McInturf. Dolph McInturf, Ken
meth McInturf, Tull Startling, Paul
Thompson, Ralph Newsom, Gerald
Dougan, Fred Abel, Dana Wood,
Harry Reed, Virgil Williams.