SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-02-17
rs. }. A. through the Looking Glass


ed them but 2 goals by Brigadoi
and but 2 pts. in the End half as
they walloped the visitors. The
close guarding OF Yo. had West
hurrying their shots and they
went wild while Yo. was content
to get goal now and then and
pile up safe lead. Bretz (lO) and
Brigadoi (7) stood out for their
teams. Monaco was forced to for
felt its game with Lorain (thc
Leagues hrst) as the Pa. club did
not have the needed funds for the
trip. Monaco stated however that
they were not dropping out of the
League.
10 years ago, Feb. 9Th, 1884
Homestead and Youngstown
split thrilling double bill at Yo.
as the home girls beat their rivals
l4-l0 and the visiting boys dropp-
cd 70. 42-32. East beat their city
rivals. East in both games as the
girls eked out a 1910 overtime
win and the boys slid ahead 28-22.
Salem too won both. games from
Alliance as the girls won l6-l!
and the boys nosed out a 2l-l8
win. At Canton the games were
split as the Canton boys won 80
Fl and the New Castle girls beat
Canton in an exhibition game (no
score sent in). The : expected
battles were truly battles. The
Yo.-Homst. girls game and the
SalemsAlliance boys game. The
games at 70. were close and hotly
contested. The girls game was
typical of the battles these clubs
have so often staged. Yo. swept
into the lead and two smaller girls
from Hstd. played their best they
could not catch up. Wunderlich
led her team by controlling the
ball on rebounds off the boards
and her passing was a feature.
Speedy Minnie Leprech and A.
Bair led Hstd.'s vain bid for the
win; they wanted SO badly to stay
in lst place. The boys game start
ed off as though Yo. was going to
rout Honest. as their sleeper play
found Hstd. asleep often in the
lst half. Yo. dominated the play
throughout the lst half but the
End was all Hstd. Tightening their
defense and using a short pass
ing fast breaking offensive that
had Nemenz driving for the bas-
ket Hstd. swept into the lead and
over Yo. Nemenz (2D was high
scorer and the play that helped
get him open was made possible
as Lang (ll) dropped 5 nice long
shots to draw out Yo. defense. ].
Schuller (l6) scored most of his
points in the first half and was
checked the End half from scoring
but he played a good passing
game trying to keep his team in
front. In an even game that was
nip and tuck from start to finish
Salem edged out Alliance in one
of the best games ever played at
Memorial Hall. These two clever
teams employing almost the same
style of play battled back and
forth and each point scored was
we'll earned and all of the play
ers covered themselves with honor
w. Linder held Hurford of Alli-
ance to a single foul while his
brother Mike was on the scoring
end of most Salem plays and led
the field with II points. Lobby
Schmidt almost kept pace with
Mike as he scored 10 points for
Alliance. Showing vast improve
ment over their play OF previous
weeks Salems girls were too much
for Alliance as Helen Paulini
(9) led Salems drive while Folk
and P. Schneider played best for
Alliance. The games between the
Cleveland clubs were both close
and had the fans on edge all night
1t appeared that the East girls
were off for sure victory until +
Pelger broke loose for her only
points as she sank 2 pretty side
court baskets to tie the score in