Smyrna times., 1948-01-08

Ou hOiddJ evening do eAAS jill
place Milford Vets stopped the
Chestertown Legionnaires in
wild slam-bang affair that ended
40 to 81. This dropped Chester
town back into 3rd place with
Middletown and Dover moving to
the front. The Milford Chester
town game was rough going with
much pickering to the official
which marred the play. The game
was protested by the Chestertown
Five on the basis of poor oficiat-
ing by Ellis Keene, former Duke
University athlete and for more
than three years outstanding Bas-
ketball Coach at Dover High
School and at present a member of
the Wesley College staff. Middle
town rallied in the final half to
nip Camden Vets "a to 48 as Mar
ion Davidson hit from all angles
to drop q points through the
hoops. Reds Minner and Bill Rash
with ID and 10 were the big guns
for Camden. Middletown moved
into a first place tie with Dover by
virtue of their win. The smooth
working Denton Bobcats continued
their winning streak to keep close
to the leaders by downing the
Harrington Legion Five Al to 29.
Etan Prosen and Bill Noldoch
were the scoring leaders for Den
ton with 9 each while Jack Dill,
Harrington center, was the games
high scorer with 10. Smyrna found
rough going at Cecilton and had
to rally late in the game to eke
out a Al to 81 win. Cecilton led
at halftime 18 to 10. Bill Bodley
with points and Jim Ford and
Simpson with 8 each were the
main point makers for the Hornets
while Bob Cooling and Tom Foard
with 9 each set the pace for the
brakes.
Next weeks schedule will see
the end of the 1st round and the
beginning of the second with sew
eral important games that may
have much bearing on the future
race. With the teams now in top
form several of the Top Fives are
expecting to meet lot of competi-
tion from the second division clubs.
Next Monday Chestertown will be
at Smyrna and Cecilton will play
at MiddletoWn On Wednesday
Dover Guards will be at Denton,
FELTON, at Camden and Milford at
Harrington On Thursday, a full
slate is on the agenda with Mil
ford at FELTON,, Dover at Middle
town, Harrington at Chestertown,
Cecilton at Denton and Smyrna at
Camden.
With the deadline for signing
new players fast approaching and
after Jan. Is Clubs will not be per-
mitted to add new strength during
the remainder of the season. Ches-
tertown had dropped Biddle and
Wilson and added Horowitz and
Pound Dover added Freddie Gray
a local lad, who will see action
mostly with the JV's. Dover with
one of it's best teams in years may
be considerably weakened during
the next few weeks. Last week
they lost one of their top-ranking
Guards, Rhes Walton, who suffer-
ed a broken wrist in practice and
will be out for the season. There
is a strong possibility that Paul
Martin and Tom Earnest, consist
ent scoring forwards, may be lost.
Martin is planning on entering
Wesley College while Earnest, who
has been working in Dover during
the baseball off-season, may re-
turn to his home in Pennsylvania.
If this becomes a reality the Guard
Five will lose most of their scor-
ing punch leaving only Bob
Thompson, lanky center, who has
been figuring in the Dover often
sive.
Plans are underway TO hold a
League meeting of the. Team Di-
rectors in Dover on Sunday after
noon starting at 12:45 PM. Sew
eral important matters have come
up that require immediate action
as well as making final check on
the playing rosters before the