The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-01-31
MONARCHS AVENCE
EARLIER DEFEAT,
DOWN PLAIN CITY
Second Half Come Back
Puts Marysville On Top
IA to 80, Here Tuesday

"A 10 ID, FlGFe uGSCay
Marysville high school cagers a
venged themselves for an earlier
setback when they defeated the
strong Plain City quintet, "A to 33,
in the Marysville gymnasium,
Tuesday night Monarch Reserves
won their end of the evenings
twin BILL 80 to 20.
The Monarchs, who seem finally
to have hit their stride after sew
eral reVerSals a few weeks ago
came back strong in the second
half to win their Tuesday night
encounter. The visitors left the
floor at half time on the long end
of an Is to IA count, but Just so
seconds after the second half start
ed MarySville had it tied.
From there on, the MOnarchs
continued to pile up the points un-
! til they had a comfortable lead and
we're in little danger the rest of
the way
! ScOtties Tough Foe
Although Plain City lost one of
/ its best players, Forward Bill
Lambka, due to ineligibility, the
, Scotties are still a formidable quin-
tct. They play fast and clever ball,
and they still have Bob Jordan op-
Grating in the pivot position and
/ under the bankboardS. Jordan is
one of the best cagerS this section
has seen in long time, but Ma
rySville bottled him up completely,
Tuesday. His evenings effort was
only six points, compared with 20
he tailed against the MonarchS in
! their previous encounter.
Best point-maker for the visit
ing Scotties was Minshall, who
netted y points from his forward
position, and played a nice fkNor
game, as we'll.
Scoring honors for MarysVille
were shared by Frank Diehl and
Leo Robinson, each of whom net
ted five baskets and three charity
tosses for 13 points, But once "a
gain, it was faSt-breal5ing team
work and excellent ball handling
which made the MonarchS super
ior, once they started rolling. 1t
was a tribute to the excellent
coaching of Warren Widener, and
to the manner in which the boys
minimize their individual perform
ance for the team as a whole.
Visitors Lead In First Half
| Led by Minshall and Jordan, the
Scotties got an early lead, which
they held throughout the first
half. Their margin was 8 to 5 at
the end of the first period, and the
Monarchs only basket was one by
Robinson. The second period was
a little better, from the Marysville
angle, but the ScottieS still out
scored the MonarchS, 10 to 9, and
left the floor leading Is to IA.
What kind of magic Coach Wild
ener used between halves is his
secret, but it was certainly effect
i've. His charges came back on the
floor full of fire and rarin to 90.
And "r'ar" they did.
In less than a minute, the score
was tied, and before the third
period was over, the MonarchS put
II points through the hoop. Plain
City got only three points in the
same Stanza, and the visitors
cause was lost. In the final quar-
ter, Plain City Jared somewhat
better, but the locals still held the
bulge, 13 points to II.
Reserves Win Easily
Despite the fact that they went
ScOrelesS the entire third quarter.
Marysville Reserves had no trouble
in whipping the Scotty Pups, 80
to 20. It was a One-sided game,
with the little Monarchs in front
10 to ? at the end of the first quar-
ter, and IS TO Z at half time. The
third quarter margin was 2S to Is.
and Coach Widener put his first
reserve team back in the game to
score IL more points the final quar-
ter.
Earl Thomas scored II points to
lead for Marysville, while PaschaIl
got a like number for Plain City
But where other MarysvilIe Re-
serves also scored heavily, Pas
chall was just about the only Plain
City reserve to make more than
one or two points.