The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-03-03
of TINES
Fine Record
At St. Joseph
BY LOU FABRo
Times Sports Editor

Although Dover st. Joseph had the finest basket
ball combination in the schools history, the Ramblers
failed in their bid to go through their regular cage
campaign with a perfect record.
Two Earring defeats In the final pair OF games de-
rallied the "St. Joseph Express"
The Ramblers' failure points up the fact that
while posting an unbeaten football season is a difficult
task in itself, chaking up a spotless basketball record.
is even more challenging.
mi EASoN IS RATHER APPARENT. Whereas
college and high schools play only nine or ten foot
ball games, they play many more cage games. Ohio
high schools play Is regular season cage games while
colleges play "a or more basketball games.
AS great as Ohio States cage team was last year,
the Bucks still were unable to come through with a
perfect mark. They lost to Utah, Kentucky and Indiana
and nearly lost another to Indiana and Michigan State.
In fact, a Big Ten team hasn't gone through its entire
regular campaign with a SpotleSs record in AZ years.
A ~four-point loss denied a fine Dennison st. Mary
team a perfect record last year, to cite another eX-
ample. Even the great 1856 Columbus st. Mary team,
which missed the State Class "B" championship by a
single point, didn't 60 through its regular season UNI
beaten. The Rams that year lost a one-point decision to
Newark Catholic in a Central Catholic League battle.
NEW LEXINGTON ST. ALOYSiUS, winner Of
the State Class "B" championship in 1854, didn't have
a perfect record. The Blue Knights had four losses on
their record.
Dover st. Joseph approached its final regular sea-
son cage weekend riding a 16-game win streak and its
first perfect record in sight. The RamblerS knew very
well, however, they faced their sternest test in meeting
Dennlson st. Mary, a team they defeated earlier, $3.50.
The conflict was as tough as had been anticipated.
The score was deadlocked II times and the lead
changed hands IS times. The 18th time was the unlucky
one for the Ramblers because it gave ST. Mary a 1857
victory.
AS FAR AS HIS PRESENT St, Joseph cage team
is concerned, it was the toughest defeat to shoulder in
its long series with the Blue Waves. There really wasn't
too much comfort in the idea that the game could have
gone either way.
1t was, however, typical Of the So cage games
played between the two schools since their first meeting
in 1888. The friendly, but fierce rivalry which has been
built between the two schools is the most exciting and
most colorful in the Diocese.
Evidently dispirited because an unbeaten season
had slipped from their grasp, the Ramblers were upset
in their final game and were sideined in their first
tournament start.
ALTHOUGH THEY MISSED their unbeaten goal,
Coach Art Teynor and his cagerS can look back over
their past campaign with a feeling Of real accomplish
ment.
During the season, st. Joseph accomplished these
things:
1-Won the Newcomerstown Holiday Tourna-
ment championShip-the first cage title in the schools
history. And that goes back to 1923.
2-Posted the best cage record, 1862, in the Do
cese for the regular 1960-61 season.
3-Recorded the best basketball mark in the
schools history by topping the 14-6 record of the 1854
SIS campaign.
Forged the longest basketball winning streal
-16 gameS-in the schools history.
5-The victory string also was the longest. in
basketball, forged in the Diocese in many years.
6-Reached as high as 10th place in the Associ.
ated Press poll of the top Glass IA" teams in the State.
ST. JOSEPH PLAYERS, coaches, students and
fanS can lind plenty of reasons in these achievements
to point with pride to the Ramblers' 1960-6l basket
ball campaign.