Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-12-31
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Old Man Year 1912, tired, dis
illusioned, discontented and 8
little bit disgusted, makes a sac
exit from the world. And Old
Man War, meaner and boldel
than ever, kicks Year 1912 in the
seat of his tattered gown and
smirks down on little New Year
1913, who has been born with a
worry furrow stamped in his
pink, dainty and youthful fore
head. The sports year of 1913
really had it's big moments, but
everything was overshadowed bv
war gloom. Locally, We'll re-
member that both Newark high
and St. Francis, presented bril-
liant cage teams. It'll be long
time before Newark forgets the
stunning upset in the district
tourney at Delaware by an in
spired South high quintet which
knocked out Wildcats out of the
championship, and a chance at
state honors taken by Xenia
Central y The year of 1912
gave Newark two All-state cage
performers. Blond Dee Shell
ing of Newark was awarded a
forward position on the mythical
Class A quintet while Walter
Reid of st. Francis captured a
guard position on the Class B
five x Baseball of course
was completely overlooked by
Newark and the year of 1912
was a dark one indeed for the
diamond sport. In 1943 the fu
ture is just as bad. Softball,
the mushy game, flourished.
Bob Beal, one of the country's
better softball FINGERS, had an
amazing won and lost record
Newark high had another Won
derful football season. The
team was superb and only All in
jury to Black Jack Bickel,
great halfback and brilliant
sparkplug, caused the Wildcats
to bow to Dover in one of the
greatest grid battles ever staged
at White field. Both teams were
undefeated when they came to
grips. Dover's Crimson won out
and captured the Central Ohio
league championship and remain
ed one of the states undefeated
elevens x Both Newark high
and St. Francis again appear to
have outstanding basketball
teams as both outfits have not
lost a game this season *
Clifford (Red) Orr, who, as the
head basketball coach, lead New
ark high to two state champion
ships, enlisted in the Coast
Guard, and the popular Douglas
of Wilson junior high took over
the reins At St. Francis
genial jim McCloy succeeded
John Dromo, who also is in the
service, as athletic director =
Nationally, we will all remember
the year of 1912. The ST. Louis
Cardinals put on a late season
squirt to pass the Dodgers and
win the National league pennant,
then put US all in ecstacy by
whipping the proud New York
Yankees in the World series by
four game to one The Co.
lumbus Red Birds pinned up the
Little World Series by smack
ing down the Syracuse Chiefs
y Ohio State had the best
football college team in the coun-
try * x Paul Brown has proven
himself to be a master of the
grid game Washington's Red
Skins beat the unbeatable Chi
cago Bears for the champion
ship of the National Professional
football league X The U. S.
Army put a damper on the Louis
Conn championship bout after
Mike Jacobs, so they say, gum
med up the works SO much
for 1912.
Drink a toast to the New Year
of 1943 and wish him a lot of
luck for he will need it x Our
Cats recorded win No. in
five starts by defeating a de-
termined Columbus West team
at the local gymn last week, Al
"a. The Cowboys from West
played surprisingly good ball
and should make it hot for the
other Columbus teams. West
looked better than South. The
Cowboys were just about on ev-
en- terms with the Cats until
late in the third period when big
Jack Underman accidentally tip
ped in basket for Newark and
then went out on personals.
Southpaw Dick Hoover did
most of West scoring while Car
ter, a midget colored guard,
caused Newark all kinds of trou-
BILE with his ball-hawking. Dutch
Campbell, grinning from ear to
ear most of the game, lead the
Cats in scoring. Freddie Schaus
and Chuck SCISSOR, who slammed
in several beautiful long shots,
were also offensive stars. The
Wildcats face one of the tough
est week-ends possible by travel
ing to Dover Friday night and
returning home to battle Zanes-
vile Saturday night.