The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-01
OFFICIALS BEAT
MONARCHS FRIDAY
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would have made the difference.
Monarchs Fight Hard
Actually, those Marysville boys
played their hearts out. They
were anxious to win, and the
hundreds of Marysville fans who
witnessed the game were proud
as they could be of the team. Ev-
en- when the Monarchs realized
they had the officials to beat, as
well, they still refused to give up.
1t was not until the final quart
er, when Jerry Kingsmore, Harry
Evans and Jack Mcclure were all
on the bench with fouls that ST.
Mary came from behind TO tie the
game up. Marysville held a 9-8
lead at the end of the first period,
and 20-l9 margin at the half-time
intermission.
st. Mary was kept in the game
in the that first half, largely
through over -anxiousneSs by
MarySville which resulted in
some bad passes; and by the tor
rid shooting of the Irish, who
seemed able to hit the bucket
blind folded.
Superior In Third Quarter
In the third quarter, Marys-
vile got over the jitters, tighten
ed her defense, and began forg-
ing ahead at a steady clip. BY the
time the third quarter ended, the
Monarchs were leading 1926, al
though earlier in the period they
enjoyed a l0-point margin. 1t was
/ in the third stanza that the cali
bre of officiating began to make
itself felt.
In the final quarter, St. Mary
closed the gap, largely on free
throws, but with five seconds still
remaining, Marysville held a two
point lead. Then Stuber of the st.
Mary team batted down a pass
from Marysville's Buddy Hoff-
man to Bill Wall, and Stuber,
Wall and Mcclure all three dove
| for the loose ball. The officials
saw fit to rule that both Wall and
Mcclure fouled Stuber, although
all three were merely struggling
for possession of the ball, and a
warded the Marion lad two free
throws! He sank both of them
more credit to him for doing so
under the pressure then on him
to tie the game up and throw it
into the overtime.
Play Excellent Game
Before he left tn e game on
fouls early in the fourth quarter,
Kingsmore netted % points on
eight baskets and seven free
throws. Besides his scoring, Jerry
turned in one of his best floor
games of the entire season both
on offenSe and defense. And his
teammates, ham-strung as they
were most of the time, played
sparkling brand of ball, too.
1t is regrettable that a really
hard-fought ball game, with so
much at stake as this one, had to
be marred by the calibre Of Of
ficiating.
During the overtime, with
Kingsmore, Evans and Mcclure
all out of the game, the Monarchs
were no match for St. Marys, but
even so were only outscored 8-5.
The victory threw the Mid
State League final standings into
tie for the championship bet
ween Marysville and st. Mary,
each with seven victories and one
defeat BY winning their game,
the Marysville Reserves walked
off with the League Reserve
championship, with a League re-
cord of eight wins and no losses.
In the preliminary, Marysville
Reserves forged ahead of the st.
Mary seconds and were ahead all
the way, although faltering for a
short time in the third period.
The score was So at the end of
the first quarter, 1876 at the half,
and 23-l6 at the close of the third
period. Buddy Hoffman tailed l3
points and Art McCracken, II, for
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