The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-10
FEBRUARY 10. ls4s
Monarcils Whip
Delaware, 1923,
Gain Revenge
Second Half Rally
Brings Victory Over
Tall Foe Tuesday

Marysville High School gained
revenge for another of its early
season defeats by turning back
the strong Delaware High team
in a basketball thriller in the Del
aware gym, Tuesday evening,
The final score was 43-39.
Marysville's Reserves. playing
ragged and uninspired brand
of ball, were defeated by a med
iocre Delaware Reserve team,
1926. Outcome of Tuesdays
games reversed events of Dec. 81,
when the Delaware Varsity edged
Marysville, 36-32, but the Mon
arch Reserves won 32-15.
In registering their 43-39 vic
tory Tuesday, the Monarchs ran
their string this season to IL wins
and three losses, and continued
to play the excellent brand OF
basketball which has character
lied them for the past three
weeks.
delaware HeCorQ GOOD
Their victory over the tall
Panthefs is made more impress
i've by the fact that Delaware cur
rently is tied with powerful Up
per Arlington for first place in
the tough Central Buckeye
League. Playing some mighty
stiff Class "a" opposition, Del
aware has record of IL victor
les and four defeats to date.
Much of the Delaware attack
is based on height, with Jack Nc
Kinnie and Bill Snuff both 6'5''
tall, or more. Two others of the
Delaware contingent, Johnny
Johnson and Jack Sleepy War
ner, are over six feet tall.
During the first half, the
Panthers made excellent use of
their height to out-point the Mon
arch team, which was having
trouble finding the range. They
controlled the bankboards much
of the time, and as a result, Ma
rysville was unable to get their
usual number of rebound shots
Second Half Different
At the half time, with Marys-
vile trailing 1915, many Mon
archS fans would have settled for
defeat of no more than 1O
points. But the second half was
a different story.
Marysville, who had played a
far better floor game than Del
aware even the first half, began
finding the mark regularly the
second half, and pulled up to a
1927 lead as the third stanza
ended. In the final period, the
Monarchs outscored Delaware Is
IL to win going away.
A free throw by Bill Boyd
started the scoring early in the
game, but this scant lead did not
last long as McKinnie, Snuff and
Johnson began hitting for the
Panthers. Apparently, the Della
ware height was going to be too
much of an obstacle to overcome,
as the Panthers led 1873 as the
first quarter ended.
In the second period, the Mon
archs managed to outpoint Della
ware 7-6, but the Panthers were
still using their height to advan-
tage and the outlook was still dis
couraging for Marysville fans.
Third Quarter Better
Almost as soon as the third
quarter started, it was apparent
that things had taken a turn for
the better, for Marysville. Floor
play, which had been good e.
nough the first half, improved
noticeably as the locals began
working the ball in for lay-in
shots, and breaking up one Della
ware effort after another. Even
on rebounds, Johnny Dayton and
Boyd began beating the big Nc
Kinnie and Snuff to the ball.
The result was 13 points for
Marysville the third stanza and
eight for Delaware, with the
Monarchs going into the lead "a
bout midway through the period.
In the final period, Buddy
Hoffman, who had been missing
with monotonous regularity all
evening, recovered his usually
sharp shooting eye to tally five
buckets and break up the ball
game.
With about a minute left to
play, Marysville enjoyed a COM
Portable 7-point lead. Galuzzo
sank free throw and Coppock,
a long shot for Delaware in the
closing seconds, but these were
strictly anti-climatic.
MarYsville Scoring
Hoffman's five baskets the final
quarter, plus five free throws in
the first three stanzas, made him
high point man for the evening
with Is tallies. Dayton and Boyd
each netted II points for the
Monarchs, while Charley Nc
Cracker, who spent much of the
second half on the bench because
he had four fouls on him the first
half, got four points and Johnny
Evans, the remaining two.
In the preliminary game, Della