The Greene County Guardian, January 3, 1957

The GREENE COUNTY GUARDIAN Jamestown, Ohio, January 3 ,1 9 5 7 Greeneview Cops Holiday Tourney At Xenia; Nabs 2 . . . i , Hhonned off to a Jim Gatten Friday night well may be showdown night. Greeneview, the only Greene County League team with the "big man" this year, plays host to a balanced Bulldog, crew from Yellow Springs Bryan. And the winner, easily could be the league champion. Cedarville, Which surprised Xenia St. Brigid in the loop opener for both teams, could be the dark horse. But, the way power stacks lip now, it's either Greeneview or Bryan for the league tiara. Jerry Hill, the Rams' rambling ramrod, may spell the difference. Then, again, Greeneview might pull off another of those surprises--a completely functional team effort. Once this year the Rams have f i n i s he d with scorers pretty even all the way down the roster. That'element is what makes Bryan the currently strongest contenddr for conference champion. Bryan doesn't have any one big manlikeHill'ssix-fivestature. But the Bulldogs are loaded with deadeyes inthe s e t shot department. All of them are capable of plunking them over the heads of de­ fenders. And they play a right snappy floor game, too. %In addition to Friday night's Greeneview-Bryan action at Jamestown, the loop is loaded with a c t i v i t y . Bowersville Jefferson will host Xenia St. B r i g i d , Bellbrook travels to Spring Valley and Cedarville is at home against Xenia East. | Greeneview eliminated two future Greene County League foes in notching a champion- !ship in an invitational holiday The Rams opened by knock­ ing off Bowersville Jefferson 65-42 and copped the crown.' by c 1i pp i n g the host club, tournament staged t h i s Yulej ^enia East, by 55-46. season at Xenia. the Field House in More running s p a c e on the, larger floor of the Field House proved good practice for the Rams. That's the scene of the annual Greene County Tour­ nament. . Coach Fred Long's crew never was in trouble for its outing with Bowersville. The Rams IN CHRISTMAS GO Cedarville Drops Two Over Yule A X A What with Jerry Hill's leading the county teams inscoring this season, there's considerable conjecture about the area as to how good the boy really is. The answer hinges on how you look at ghings. He's the best big man around, no doubt about t h a t --he's the only big man about. He’s the highest s c o r e r in the county, no doubt about that. The records show it. But comparing him with the big boys of other yeas isn't fair. Even minor rule changes can jiggle the effectiveness of a player. The game changes somewhat every year. Many of us can remember when height wasn't really too much of a factor in basketball. Many will tell you height is becoming less of a factor now. Nevertheless, Hill's size means something big for Greeneview this year. of the tourney, were named to the all-star team. Results: CONCORD—Young, 6 -3 -15 ; Kizer, 12-8-32; Moffitt, 5- 6-16; Young, 2- 0-4; Mibler, 1 -0 -2 ; T o om i e r e , 2-6-10; Blankenship, 7-0-14; Totals, 35-23-93. CEDARVILLE—Jeremiah, 8- 0-16; Melton, 5-2 -12 ; Har- ner, 2-0-4; Straley, 1-0-2; Peterson, 6-4-16; Pickering,-! 17-11-45. Cedarville dropped both ends, of its part in a holiday tour-f nament at No r t h west ern in Clark County. Losses were to !Concord of Champaign County iand to the host school. | Concord f e l l e d the Indians j 93-53 on opening n i g h t and jNorthwestern only edged the locals by 47-45 the following evening. j Cedarville s t a y e d with the !Concord crew for one period, | locking at 25-all in the first j frame. But, at the half, Con- 1cord had pulled out by 55-43 and was leading 74-49 at the end of the third quarter. The next night the story was reversed. The I n j un s staged t h e i r big war d a n c e in the closing canto. C e d a r v i l l e trailed 10-4 at the first frame, 21-13 at the half and 40-29 at the end of the third.period. But, in the last quarter, the Indians hit hard, mostly with, Peterson and Pickering pick- * e ^ id west Intercollegiate ing off the points. _ B a s k e t b a l l Tournament at Mike P e t e r s o n and David Jeremiah, at the conclusion 1-1-3; Totals. 23-7-53. hopped off to a 13-8 lead in the first period and had a 24- *17 edge at the half. *• T e r ry Hill scored a total of ^Tpolhts that night to cement his county scoring leadership, for the time being. ^fanthers of Xenia East gave the Rams more of a run for the crown. Greeneview led by a s i n g l e point, 13-12, at the end of the first p e r i o d , and had only a four-p o i n t edge, 25-21, at intermission. Thirigs were still close at the end of the third frame when Greeneview led by 37-33. But, Second game: NORTHWESTERN - -Carlyle, 6 - 10 22;_ Meek, 3 -4 -10 ; during the closing minutes of Omdorff, 3 -3 -9 ; Snider, l- 0 - f ‘piayi the R a m s ’ drive wore 2; McGillivary, 1-0-2; Bare, 1-0-2; Totals, 15-17-47. : v^cDARVILLE—Jeremiah, 3- !2-8; Melton, 2- 3-7; Straley, 11-0-2; P e t e r s o n , 7-2-16; P i c k e r i n g , 4 -4 -1 2 ; Totals, John MacMillan Selected As All-Star bi Midwest CageTo*urney E r s t wh i l e Cedarville High S c h o o l cage star John Mac- M i l l an currently is making his mark at Muskingum Col­ lege. MacMillan spent the holi­ days in Cedarville after par­ ticipating with Muskingum in Terre Haute, Ind. MacMillan, known .fqr his r ugg ed floor play as well as: shooting ability while playing in Greene County, was named one of seven all-star basket- bailers in the eight-state tour­ nament. Now a sophomore at Musk ingum, MacMillan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Mac­ Millan of Cedarville Route 1. He e a r n e d his varsity letter and sweater on the Muskingum crew last year while a fresh­ man. l down t h e ho s t c l u b and Greeneview walked on in with the championship. Results: BOWERSVILLE--Guthrie, 2- 2 - 6;Gustafson, 2-9-13;Heine- man, 0- 3-3; Brown, 6-0-12; Marshall, 1 -0 -2 ; Ferguson, 2- 0-4; Henderson, 1-0-2; To­ tals, 14-14-42. GREENEVIEW--Franklin, 2- <2-6; Ferguson, 1-0-2; Faulk­ ner, 2-10 -14 ; Bradds, 2-0-4; Hill, 11-5-27; Howard, 5 -2 - 12; Totals, 23-19-65. Second game: XENIA EAST—Jones, 2 -0 -4 Day, 6-1-13; Lane , 3- 1- 7 Greene, 3 -4 -10 ; Hall, 1- 0-2 S c o t t , 5 -0 -10 ; Totals, 20- 14-46. GREENEVIEW—Franklin, 5- 3 - 13; Faulkner, 3-10-16; Hill, 5-5-15; Howard, 3- 0-6; Pat­ terson, 1- 3-5; Totals, 17-21- 55 Earl Gunim Harold Bradds Your New Dealer In Jamestown SINCLAIR H-C Gasoline Oil Our new SINCLAIR H-C Service Station State 72 at the Jamestown-Selma Pike (former site of the Log Cabin) Sinclair) V V y r Open 6 am to 10 pm Seven days a week 6UMM& BRADDS ServiceStation N . Limestone St.