The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-01-05
BIG FIRST QUARTER
GIVES MONARCHS
WIN OVER ST. MARY
As : As Conquest Fourth
Mid-State Victory
For Fi7- tunate Monarchs

After running up a 20-3 first
quarter lead like it was the cas-
lest thing in the world, Marys-
vile High School Monarchs near
ly were defeated by Marion st.
Mary in the local gymnasium Fri
day night, the final score being
46-45 in favor of Marysville. Ma
rysville Reserves returned to
their usual form to defeat the
Irish second stringers, 1926.
For one quarter, the Marysville
Varsity team played the most
perfect brand of basketball which
local fans can remember 1t was
beautiful to watch. The offensive
was headed by Jack MCGUIRE
and Harry Evans, who turned in
the best job of cutting and break
ing for the basket that any lad
who wore a uniform for Marys-
vile ever played.
With these lads driving in the
way they did, the Monarchs were
unbeatable. Each got three bas-
kets that first period, while Jer-
ry Kingsmore added another for
good measure. Kingsmore and
Curly Hill also got three free
throws apiece to account for the
full 20 points. During that per-
iod, the st. Mary team was SO
completely outclassed that they
got only three free throws.
81 Bad Passes
For the remaining three quar-
tiers, however, the Monarchs
looked nearly as bad as they had
good the first stanza. Mcclure
and Evans continued to cut and
break as they had the first per-
iod, but support from the rest
of their mates was lacking. What
happened was pathetic and so
close to disastrous that it wasn't
funny. One statistic tells the en-
tire story for the second, third
and fourth quarters: 81 bad pass
es were chalked up against Ma
rysville; four or five bad passes
is the normal quota for full
game.
st. Mary never once gave up
the battle, even when it seemed
the odds were hopeless. The Irish
fought constantly, they stole the
ball time after time on Marys-
ville's bad passes; they out-bat-
tied the locals for rebounds un-
der the basket; they out-played
the Monarchs generally. The re-
suit was Marysville being out
scored l3 points to eight the sec
ond quarter, 13 to 6 the third
quarter, and 16 to II the last.
Once they lost their offensive
spark, the Monarchs' cause was
badly hampered by the absence
of Johnny Dayton, possibly the
best defensive man on the squad.
He was home in bed with the
flu, and his g. 2" were sadly
missed, especially on defensive
rebound work. Moreover, Art
Streng another first string guard
was still absent from the lineup,
out for the third successive game
after a recent tonsil operation.
Time Saves Victory
But the Monarchs were able
to hold on, thanks to their big
first-quarter lead, and time ran
out before the Irish could over
take them, so it gave Marysville
her fourth straight Mid-State
League victory and undisputed
first place in League standings.
And the first quarter also served
to show the Monarchs and their
fans, that, if they settle down to
play consistent basketball, they
will be almost invincible.
In the preliminary bout, the
little Monarchs bested a tall and
aggressive st. Mary Reserve
team. The score was 1877 at the
end of the first period, 1912 at
the half, and 1922 at the end of
the third quarter. In the final
period, Marysville Reserves out
scored st. Mary, "a for 7-point