SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-02-10


IA of his total lo pts. in the last
hall. Babe Coyle scored 10 to aid
a great deal in the victory drive.
Snyder Lorain's clever forward
led his teams attack with 10 and
Mowry was next with 9. The
streak of Is straight wins has
come to an end. In the biggest up
set in the league, after losing the
last ? games Homestead defeated
the championship Salem team at
Hstd. 26-22. So Salem has finally
met its Waterloo in a game that
will always be remembered by
the Salem and Homestead fans
that saw it. AS the game opened
Salem appeared to be handicap
ped by the small floor but they led
at half time 12-1l. The lead chang.
ed hands 3 times in the last half
and no one sat as the frantic fans
cheered their favorites. Home
stead seemed to play inspired ball
by regaining the lead each time
that they could score but time ran
out as Homestead still had the
leather. The defensive play of the
entire home team really won the
game as Salem could not get their
star shotmakers loose with their
vaunted passing offensive. Fritz
Miller played one of his best
games scoring IS points and be-
ing a thorn inSalems side all night
by getting the ball from them
and breaking up their plays. Ham
and Flip usually good for many
points led Salem with 6 pts. each
West dumped Canton rather
roughly 2l9 as Canton failed to
score in the End. half after hold
ing the Ramblers to a 1919 lead at
the half way point. Canton could
not get the ball through the cords
in the End half though they plenty
of scoring caances. Folberth (O
and Martini (7) led the West at
tack while r. Guest (5) was Can
tons best. Alliance seemed to en-
JOY the Penna. scenery and they
walloped Monaco ALL in a one
sided game that was never in
doubt as Alliance'le led the way and
the poor craftsmanship of Mona
ca made the game appear more
onesided. Breckner (l5), Untch
(9) and Ungar (S) led Alliance
while G.. Theil (7) did almost all
of the Monaco scoring. Ioungs-
town dropped Farrell for their
first win over their neighborhood
rivals 1870. Yo. was abetted by
the remarkable foul shooting Of
]. Schuller. Johnny scored 6 Of
his 8 from the free throw line.
Hartman too scored 8 for the Win
ners, while Schenker led Farrell
with e.
10 years ago, Feb. 1st, 1884
Homestead displaced West from
End place by upsetting the favor
ed Ramblers 4O-26. After a slow
start by both teams Homestead
led 2ls15 at half time and coasted
in. The floor play Of the home
team was too much for West. al
though Mike Henneges gave a
brilliant display of set shooting
from mid-court as he dropped !
out of 8 tries in the basket to
lead both clubs. ]. Bair (lO), e..
Weprich (lO) and Nemenz (9) led
the home team as every player
scored. The Hostd. lassies con-
tinued their march by rudely beat
ing West ASH. A. Bair (l6) and
Elsie Mantch (lO) were high scor-
ers as the home five hit on all
cylinders. Elsie Pelger was best
for West with 6. Salem and New
Castle split their games as the
Quaker lads downed n. c. 42-l3
and the N. c. girls beat their host
esses 32-8. Pete Sanders cleared
the bench by using all OF his play
ers. Detwhiler az and Mike Lin
der (S), Salems classy forwards
led the scoring. Figuly with'6 was
best for N. c. Ann Roth had field
day as she scored 20 for N. G..
Alliance and East split the Win
nings of their games as the Alli-