The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-03-17
SHORTS by Long

SECOND ANNUAL independent I
basketball tournament, under the |
management of John T. Kirch-
ner, gets underway Wednesday |
night in the Caldwell gym. Three !
games are on tap for the opening |
night, BatesVille VS.. Dexter City, !
Quaker City VS.. StellfOX EX- His. |
and Pleasant City rs. Kirch's |
EleCtrics. First to see action on
Thursday night will be Belle Val |
ley VS.. Harriettsville followed by
two semi-final games A five-tube |
PhilcO radio will be given away
Friday night as a door prize.
WOODSFIELD INDIANS, winner
of the Marietta sectional t0urna-
ment, added the district title to-
their collection last week by de-
feating New Concord 1928 and
handing undefeated ConcsVille
their first loss 49-45. COnesYilIe,
winner Of "a straight, edged the
surprising Belprc Eagles 44-4l in
the openipg- round at the field
house.
NEW LEXINGTON, one of two
sectional winners at Athens,
crushed Racine 1885 only to col
lide head-on with rival Junction
City in the district finals. The
Panthers were hard pressed and
forced into overtime, but came
through on top 63-6l as Bill VOL
lenberg tailed q points "Boney"
set a new district record in the
first game by ringing up SO points
for the worst defeat in Racine's
history.
WITH ONLY 16 TEAMS remain
ing in the chase for the state B
crown, the Athens regional joust
shapes up as follows: on Thurs
day night Woodsfjeld (27-2)
meets WOrthingtOn (21-5), while
on Friday New Lexington (24-D
takes on New Boston (17-2). The
winner moves into the Columbus
finals.
BILL WOLLENBERG, the classy
New Lex star, set a new Muskilf-
gum Valley league scoring record
this year by racking up 3O2 points
over the 14-game schedule. Best
previous effort was Jim ROdehef-
fer of New Lex in 1947, the first
year the league played IA games.
Lloyd King who won the title for
Caldwell in 1945 scored 1877
points in 10 games. (WOllenberg S
first ten games this year netted
228 points,. By averaging q
points per game, Wollenberg set
another record in this depart
ment, the best previous average
, being Lloyd Kings 1877 average
in l945 Rounding out what is be-
| lieved to be a series of records,
Wollenberg set new high of 125
field goals topping Rodeheffer' S
SO in 1947, and converted So free
throws to tie with Bill Brown of
Glouster for another mark. Lloyd
King was holder of the most free
throws since hitting "A in 1916 in
10 games. Two of Kings old
marks are still intact, however,
the one-game high of Al points
and one-game field goal mark of
II.
IN FIELD GOALS, Wollenberg
was way out front with l6 in one
game, while his nearest rivals
could only net 10 among them
being Allen, Shaw, Morrison, and
Johnston. Most points in one
game were scored by Wollenberg
who hit II or more in each of the
IA games. His low of II was
against Caldwell when the Pan
theirs squeaked by 1923, his high
was 38 but he also registered 81,
20 and 25 in other games. Phil
Allen scored IS twice and Dave
! Shaw hit "a Others scoring 20
or more were Craft %, Brown %
Sagle of Crooksville 81, Morrison
20, Samson 20, Johnston 20, and
Ruby 90 Bill Brown of Glouster
who finished second in scoring
was also held to his lowest
against CaldWell-seVen points
IN FREE THROWS, Wollenberg
led again with II in one game,
followed by Sagle of Crooksville
and Brown of Glouster with
eight. Allen, Jerry Rider and
Sewers had seven each.
EUGENE CUTLER, of Summer
field, hit a new county league
high with 232 points this year
topping Don Davis 1947 mark of
199 His field goal production OF
81 was a new record but his free