The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-11-27
NJ. H. FIRST
BASKETBALL
GAME FRIDAY
Will Meet London
Team of Unknown
Quality Here That Evening

4 Quality Here That Evening
" Marysville high school basket
jail team will open its l946'47
Ieason here Friday night, meet
5 ing a London high quintet of
boubtful ability. What the en-
Yeounter will develop in the way
pof basketball is not known, but
,&s,oach Warren Widner has high
fhopes that his Monarchs will reg
ister win for their initial game.
Little is known as to the cali
bre of the Red Raiders basketball
team from London this year,
ether than that they are fairly
big and have little experience.
Basing it upon this knowledge,
Coach Widner thinks a tight ball
game will be witnessed before
the evening is over,
Last year, London defeated
harysville in the opener, eking
TBut a one-point victory on the
London floor in the closing sec
onds of play, after the Monarchs
had led most of the way. Later
in the season, Marysville defeat
led London by eight or 10 points
IN thu locals floor.
Practice With Broadway
Hhe Monarchs and the strong
sPA<,dway. high team played
kkNaSfce game in the Marysville
Nm Monday afternoon which
Nlke Coach Widner his first op-
Nattunity to see his team under
NRr- r-game conditions. While no
NBre was kept, the two teams
Mayed about eyen-steven all the
Nay. 1t was one of those affairs
I'm which the game was stopped
Whenever either coach Wisfresl to
give his players some pointers,
br correct something he witness
I'D.
N But it did uncover a lot of
Abugs" for Coach Widner, and
- 4revealed to him his teams po-
ttential strong points. One of the
Weaknesses he noted was in ball
Handling. There were. several bad
passes during the game, although
that is not particularly surprising.
fBall handling comes only with
Nxperience and practice
Another thing which the game
showed up was lack of any out
standing shots. Dean Scheiderer
and Bill Wall appeared to be
best when it came to dropping
the ball through the bucket, but
Athere were no hot shots" devel-
Aped. On the other hand, all of
the boys tried consistently, a.
eA Apve the ball in for some suck
orF shots, to make the average
err the afternoon 81 percent-not
100 bad.
defensive Play Strong
Y Defensive play appears to be
/; the Monarchs' strongest point at
present. Using a shifting man
! for-man defense, Widners lads
| showed a lot of ability and bid
jfair to cause opponents lot of
AQouble in their efforts to get in
scoring position.
tqThe Marysville team, although
18th two boys over six feet tall
Whd several others an even six,
as slow Their game will be built
Aaround good ball handling and
plays designed to drive the ball
in for sucker" shots. 1t was d
! marked contrast to Broadway's
Z fireball, quick breaking offense,
1 which was also effective in its
way.
Coach Widner will probably
select Fridays starting lineup
from these seven boys:
Wall, Scheiderer, Johnny Day
ton, Jack Mcclure, Harry Evans,
Nanny Rogers and Jerry Kings
more. Dale Bell, Everett Alexan-
der and Art Streng will also
probably see plenty of action
Scheiderer and Rogers are the
sorly letterman from last year,
fand both are seniors.
y Dayton, counted upon as the
mainstay pivot man of the team
\ was unable to play in Mondays
tpractice game, due to heavy
cola. and was not able to practice
Tuesday, either. However, he will
probably be in shape for Fridays
opener.
The preliminary game between
the two Reserve teams will start
III H:30 %. M.