SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-02-17

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activities of past years. / hope
that this finds you as we'll in ????
as we are here. | hope that this
letter will bring back to you hap
py memories of these happy nights
AS | read through the news &C
counts OF these years had to stop
many times and think of this per-
son and that and wonder where
they might be now.
16 years ago, Feb. 10Th, 1928
The leaders of the league matched
their pace for another week as
East eked out 1921 win over
Farrell and Salem smashed West
7l-2o. Lorain stayed in 3rd place
by downing Youngstown 3O-l7.
The game at Farrell was one OF
the most hotly contested of the
year as both East and the home
club threw up a defense that the
other could not penetrate regular
ly. Although "Eagle-eye" Simo-
mis- started off in his usual fine
shape by scoring | pts. in the lst
half, he scored but 2 pts. in the
End. Both teams were sadly off
from the foul line. The 3 pit. lead
at the half 1912 helped East as
Farrell outscored the winners in
the End half. The 2 pts. Simonis
got were the deciding margin in
the last minute and Bill led the
field in scoring Is pts. though all
the players played brilliantly.
Seech (8) and Mild (6) led for
Farrell. West minus Vic Russell
was no match for the all star Sa-
lem 5 that keeps rolling along
sweeping over all opposition. The
fast offensive led by Flip (l5),
Ham a. and Pete Sanders (l3)
as each member of the Salem team
scored completely baffled West.
G. Knapp O1) led West but even
his scoring did not effect Salem's
field goal per minute splurge.
Snarting from their trouncing by
Salem last week Lorain took out
their wrath on Youngstown and
the poor shooting form of Yo. aid
ed the winners. Bretz OF 70. and
Kutting of Lorain were the high
scorers with 10 pts: each. High
lightes in'the news-Detroit. Sax
ons organize a sport club and eX-
press the desire to join the Saxon
League next year. East or West:
Charlie Hill, a Saxon boy, former
ly from Hunter School won the
Y.M.C.A. indoor half mile race.
IS years ago, Feb. 7th, 1929
Salem and East again continued
to set the pace as East trounced
Alliance 1915 and Salem thump-
ed Canton 55-2l. Hmstd. downed
Farrell in fast game 34-2O and
Youngstown defeated West in a
low scoring game 22-8. In an in
teresting game that featured the
play of East's star forward, Simo-
mis- Alliance fought vainly to stave
off defeat but they failed to check
Bill and it meant defeat for the
home club. The lst quarter ended
20 and the lst half 100 with East
leading. Alliance climbed fast to
almost catch East but Simonis
and Co. pulled away and coasted
in. Bill played great floor game
besides scoring q pts. While Al
Untch (7) led Alliances vain try
to win. Homestead led Farrell
throughout the game and at times
took things easy and then drove
hard again. The upset win over
Salem the week before seemed to
give Hstd. more confidence and
though Farrell played hard and
we'll Homestead had too much
scoring power led by F. Miller
az, Balbach (8)' and Weprich
(7), Schenker (8) and Kraus co.
played we'll for Farrell. Bouncing
back from their upset loss of last
week SaletA almost bounced into
another upset as Canton played
them on even terms for the lst
half. Salem started off their re-
ter than was expected, the regul-
serves but as Canton played bet