The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-03
S H 0 r IS
BY LONG

KIRCHS ELECERICS will en-
tertain the Columbus Farm Bu-
reau basketball team on the local
floor Monday night, February 7,
1 at 800 p. m. The team is being
brought to Caldwell by Dick Til
ton, who will see action with the
Columbus outfit.
THE REDSKINS play one of
their two homes games this
month when they entertain the
Roseville Ramblers on Friday
night in the Caldwell gym. In
addition to the reserve game, a
preliminary will be held at 600
o'clock between the seventh and
eighth grade teams of Caldwell
schools. Roseville has won SIX
games while losing seven, and
were defeated by Caldwell ear
lier in the season 45-37. This
doesn't mean a thing, however,
since the Redskins also trOunced
G1ouster 41-26 in their first meet
ing.
NEW CONCORD plays host to
Caldwell on Tuesday night
abroad in what will be another
severe test for the Redskins. The
Muskies have tasted defeat only
once in IA games-a 36-32 upset
by Philo-and are currently tied
with New Lex for the league
lead. A victory for Caldwell
would throw the crown into the
lap of the Panthers just as they
did in football, however the Rcd
skins can hardly hope for as close
a game on the Muskie'S floor as
they had here 34-31.
CALDWELL JUNIOR high suf-
fered a 21-15 defeat at the hands
of Pleasant City last Monday
night away from home. Coach
Pyle also announces a return
game with Pleasant City for
Tuesday, February IS, at 600
o'clock as preliminary to the Bel
pre- game. The Booster club mem
bership drive will get underway
the same day with tickets on sale
at the game.
NEW LEX has been reclassificd
and put back into class b"
basketball standing according to
a recent report. Last year with
$50 boys, the school was Compell
ed to compete in the class "A
joust, but this years enrolment
shows 140 and warrants their 60
ing back into class "B". MCCOn
nelsville, on the other hand, was
moved up into class "A" this sea-
son and will enter the tOurna-
ment at Dennison.
KEN ALESSI, the fivc-foot,
seven-inch sharpshooter from
Yorkville, has sports writes in
Ohio digging deep into the
record books these days to see
if any records still exist for him
to break. Having scored 7O6
points in Il games for an average
of 1876 per game, AleSSl startled
the state last week with l46
points in three consecutive
games. He netted 65 against
Adena on Tuesday, SIS against
Dillonvalle on Wednesday,, and 26
against Warren on Friday, for
the greatest scoring display since
Alex Groza, now all-American at
Kentucky, was rolling in points
for Martins Ferry (GrOZa was
the states leading class "A
scorer in 1914 with 628 pOlntS)
Alessi has also converted l78 out
of 223 free throws for percent
age of 1893.
YORKVILLE, winner of four
consecutive jefferson county
titles, has won l3 games while
losing seven, and four losses
were to class "A" teams. (WOOdS-
field holds one Of the three other
victories.) YorkVille has lost
twice by two points and once by
a single point. They've defeated
three of the teams that beat them
and only Mingo, a strong conten-
der for the class a. title, has
conquered them twice. In both of
these games, Mingo concentrated
on outscoring YorkVille since
they were unable to stop AleSsl,
who tailed 25 points in one
game and AZ in the other.
CHARLES SCHOEPPNER of
Lower Salem, closer home, set
a new Washington county and
probably district record by bagg-
ing So points against Bloomfield,
Friday night, as the Cardinals
won >84-42 for their 18th straight
and 14th in II games. He made
IL out of 13 shots in the first
half, and from the foul line con-
verted II out of Il times, along
with 21 field goals.
OTHER HIGH MARKS ir this
area are Al points by Dick Wen
eel of Lower Salem in l045.
(Wenzel played with CozlcrS last
year,, 43 by Clyde Drake of
Waterford in 1916, Al by Lloyd
King of Caldwell in 1916 against
Glouster, 40 by Dick Wehr OF
Barnesville against Woodsfield in
1943. Wehr was the states lead
ing class "a" scorer that year
with AIS points.
BELPRE EAGLES attempted 81
shots from the field and made
II for 25 percent while the Red,
skins connected for l4-37 for 81
percent Man-for-man agair
slowed down CaldWelIs OffensC
limiting the Redskins to only
few scattered shots as follows
Craft eight, Christopher six
Shaw II, King five, Potts two
Fowler four 1t was another