Milford chronicle., 1948-12-24
Lack OF Games Is
Hurting Local Team
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Oh Mar-Del League schedule. the
Vets were to have met the Harrinp-
ton LegiOnnaires at Harrington. on
thursday evening, Dec. 9Th. out this
game was postponed due to the Har-
flngtOn teams inability to procure
use OF a court prior to Jan. lst. The
aenS were scheduled to pIay al Dem
lOn' Nd, the same evening and did
only TO lose 23-16 to Denton Kittens
thanks largely to the incomDet-
ance OF an allegedly qualified girls
OasketDaIl referee, who was not even
familiar with any of the more recent
changes in girls rules. The Hens
hOWeVer, got some measure of re-
Venge the following Monday eve
nlng, refeating the Kittens. 20-24
win a cOmpetant official handling
the whistle.
IaIe for a week, aside from a Sab
Dath Day scrimmage against a local
National Guard team, the Vets Went
INTO their recent Mar-Del League
game agalnst a powerful Denton ar /
ray bit STALE" and faded in the
closing moments of play. to lose /
6I-56' after having led 35 to 25 at tbe
halfway mark.
Hardly had the sound of the final /
Wnlstle died away in the Denton
game, when the Vets were
informed that the league game. Ori-
slnaIIy scheduled for Dec. 18th. at
hlodIetoWn, was being postponed
uue to the inability of the Middle
town team to obtain use of a floor
Tor that date. Then, last Friday the
cts were informed that this Mon
gay evenings scheduled game with
OnestertOWn was also "Off" because
oI the fact that Chestertown will no
unable to field a full team until /,
sometime after Christmas. When \
ms became known, efforts TO ar
'ange a Monday evening game for
he Blue Hens, which, if arranged.
would have been played as part of ,
uouOIeheader, were abandoned.
ma now both the Vets and Hens {
VIII remain idle until Jan. 3rd, when {
ne Hens meet the CeciltOn girls in &
Mar-Del Girls League game and q
ne vets meet the Dover BULLDOGS
n a Mar-Del League game, with '
,oth games being played here on i
ne Milford High School court. +
On paper, both the Vets and Hens s
nape up as strong arrays that need
'lenty of competition to reach peak T
orm. This is especially true of the A
cts, who have not had very much L
pportunity to play together as vet. -
n tact, some of the more recent ad- Z
ltlons to the squad played with the. b
cam Monday week for the first il
me this season, with at least one. n
go Marshall, entering the game a.
a comparative stranger to his G.
ew teammates. VI
The Vets roster, as it now stands,
seven men who were menl- F
ers of the 1947-48 squad, seven tC
no are newcomers, and another at
no has not played since season be- fr
re last. The hOldOvers are Lloyd Gu
lton, Johnny Williams, Dick Kim cH
ey, Lorraine Wilkins, Irv BOWS, fo
ruce Alden and Chuck Hammond: as
these, only Elton, Williams, Kim Lt
ey and Wilkins were regulars last 10
asOn, although BOWS and Alden d,
w considerable action. Doug isl
'nch, a regular guard with the NJ
46-47 Vets array, was out all of HI
st season, recovering from the ef- sir
cts of a broken ankle suffered ne
lOr to the start of the 1947-48 sea- ch
n; Lynch may see some action W.
tn the present Vets team after su
e first of the year.
Newcomers with the Vets are: Ch
Iarlie Salmon, who played cOnsid- az
able ball with Wilmington area ins
ans prior to the war; Bob Becher, nie
sistant coach at the local school; if
rm Warren, a recruit from the sin
al National Guard ranks; Leo hOl
who has gone great fre
rs" the past season in the Will the
ngtOn CYO League; Dick Barto, chU
@ also is a member of the Beacon abl
lege squad, and Harvey Williams to
Stanley Carter, who had previ- 7
ly played little basketball Ocal- mn
New, also, is the Vets coach, Eu- Per
le Murphy, former Dover High Ous
yer, who succeeded Harris Belts Cbr
The Milford helm. %
I'n SeteIdI games under their dow
IS and the resulting opportunity cer
play together more. the present invi
s array might well develop into sovc
of the Mar-Del circuits better tbis
IS.
preseason practice sessions. laro