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From First To Second GameBY KEN CANFIELD Gazette Sports EditorBRUNSWICK - Although it counts in the loss column, Brunswick’s defeat at Midview was far from a lost cause in Jack Schneider’s eyes.The first-year Brunswick cage coach saw plenty of things to be happy about inthat 77-66 defeat. The most important of those pluses was the Blue Devils’ improvement.“They showed tremendous improvement from the first game to the second,” Schneider said. “I think now we're prepared to enter conference play,” he said with an eye turnedtowards Friday’s Chippewa Conference opener with Cloverleaf.The Blue Devils opened the year with just two lettermen in tow from a 5-14 season. Medina blitzed them in the opener 70-55. Since then, things have been looking up for the Devils.“After beine beat so bad in the first1973-74 BRUNSWICK CAGERS—Brunswick will be after its first win of the season when Cloverleaf invades the Blue Devil gym Friday night. Devils kneeling, from left, are Rick Kloos, Dan Barlock, Rick Andrews, John Wills, JimVasarhelyi and Bob Brazls. Standing are Ron Riddell, Rusty Rogers, Marke Gibson, Dean Kutz, Jim Checkelsky, Joe Cantrell, Tom Kohuth and Tim Kotesovec.BY MIKE RABUNHOUSTON (UPI) - Having tried to change the home of Rem Santo and failed, baseball’s officialdom today gets down to the business of settling the addresses of a couple of managers and one entire team. Santo, the 34-year-old Chicago Cubs’thirH Ka com on TiiogHqv Kanomo tKo fine tRalph Houk going off to manage the Tigers.While Finley is arguing his case with American League officials, National League owners take up the question of who will own the San Diego franchisenext season and where the club will play.Two five-man trades took place Tuesday, making six deals involving 20 players transacted in two days.Pittsburgh gave up righthanded hurler Nelson Briles and infielder Fernando Gonzalez to pitcher-hungryV oncac I ’itv in rotnm fnr ntilitv man PHgame, the kids could have hung their heads last week,” Schneider said. Instead, Brunswick fought back from 12,\vfinerJACK SCHNEIDERSports AtGlanceBasketballFRIDAY Cloverleaf at Brunswick, 6:45 p.m.North Olmsted at Medina, 7 p.m. Keystone at Highland, 6:45 p.m. Buckeye at South Amherst, 6:45 p.m.Orrville at Wadsworth, 6:45 p.m. New London at Black River. 7 n.m.ftpoints behind at one point to shoot ahead of the Middies. “That’s what really impressed me,” Schneider said.Schneider noted improvement almost everywhere since that loss to Medina.“We feel our defense is improved, he indicated. “We were really ballhawking,” Schneider said. The Blue Devils turned in 12 ball steals in their last game which pleased their coach immensely.Offensively, Brunswick has been banging away on the inside more this season than in the past despite a lack of a big man.“We like to work the ball inside, Schneider explained. ‘ ‘We think when we get the ball inside things are going to happen,” he continued. What he’d like to happen is for the Devils to either score and draw fouls when they go in the middle.Brunswick’s biggest starter is 6-2 Jim Checkelsky, but that lack of size doesn’t alarm Schneider. “We think size is over-rated,” he claimed. Schneider feels positioning is what counts. He’s satisfied with the Devil board game. “Rebounding is one of our better points ofour game,” he said.The Devils shot well in their opener against Medina, but then they fell to just 26 baskets in 79 shots last week. “If we would have hit the open shot we would have won the game,” Schneider said.He’s not worried about his team’s shooting this season. Lettermen Marke Gibson and Dean Kutz and Joe Cantrell and John Wills can all shoot the eyes out of the basket. All but Gibson have been in double figures this season already. The senior guard hit twin digits seven times last season before suffering an injury, so he’s proven he can do it.Subs Rusty Rogers and Dan Barlock have also hopped off the bench to do some scoring for the Devils. They have 19 points between them in the two games.The weakest area of Brunswick’s game is its passing, Schneider feels. “We don’t hit the open man soon enough,” he said. “But I feel passing is the toughest thing for a ballplayer to do.“I’ve seen tremendous hustle, tremendous desire,” Schneider said of the first two games. “Now its a matter of putting things together,” he said.MSchneider believes that his inexperienced team has the ability to win. “Ifeel we have to develop confidence,” he stated. He said that getting the right attitude is a hard thing to do since the team has been down so long. Brunswick’s last winning basketball season was turned in by the 1965-66 team.“We played a real good three quarters at Midview,” he said. “We hope it will carryover.”Although Schneider is not familar with the Chippewa yet, he believes defending champ West Holmes will be the team to beat this year. “It’s going to be a rat race between the other five teams,” he said, including his team in that battle for the top.Including the conference schedule, Brunswick has independents Strongsville, North Royalton, Highland, Hawken and Cleveland Central Catholic to reckon with. “There won’t be an easy game among them,” Schneider said. “We’re going to have to fight foreverything we get, ” he remarked.Kutz ScoredPointsThere was a case of mistaken identity in The Gazette’s Monday report of the Brunswick-Midviewgame.The Blue Devils’ 6-1 forward Dean Kutz scored the game-high 24 points, not Seth Bailey.Brunswick’s new away uniforms had not arrived then, and the Devils’ varsity wore JV uniforms. Number 31 was listed in the program as Bailey, but was Kutz due to the uniform change.Kutz poured in eight fielders and eight free throws to keep the Devils close the the Middies in the 77-66 loss. The Brunswick captain now leads his team in scoring with 33 points in two games.Brunswick will be back in action Friday by hosting Cloverleaf in the Chippewa Conference opener.
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Medina County Gazette
Medina, Ohio, US
Wed, Dec 05, 1973
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