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Delavan Sweeps WhitewaterLake Geneva, Beaten 20-15, Takes SecondJOE JINKSThe Shame of It!Southern State Quintets Finish 1-2-3 in Annual District Meet.By GEORGE RAl BACHERWhitewater — They play tough basketball in the Southern State conference, conclusive proof of which is the order of finish in the Whitewater class B district tournament. Delavan. champion of the loop, retained the district title, beating Lake Geneva in Saturday’s final game. 20-15. Lake Geneva finished second in the Southern State.|JerryPRATTLER HAG FOUND OUT THAT 'WAREHOUSE CAIN tS REALLY GOY RICH/ SON OF j. P. RICH, THEMillionaire/Fort Atkinson Wins First DBlaser-Bruni Win SweeperWhitewater City high, third in ! the circuit race, took the third place medals of the tourney, tripping Edgerton of the Southern Six conference. 23-20. Elkhorn, fourth in the final standings of the Southern State, won the tournament consolation, trimming Milton Union, the second place Rock Valley league team, 26-10.Winning the district championship is nothing new to Coach Webb Schultz’ Delavan eagers. It was their fifth straight tournamenttitle and the victory over Lake Fred „slick„ Blaser Janesville Geneva their victim in the final and Pat Bruni Monroe won the game of 193 (, extended their con- , doubles sweepstake at the Franklin secutiye district triumphs to 17 I Gardens Bowling alleys held Sat-As in their other games of the , ur(jay and Sunday. Fifty-eight two-classic, Delavan staged a fourth- I man leams entered quarter spurt to cop the title. Lake | Blager and Bruni a formerThey Produced District Tour namePost Four-Game Total of 1,655; Beloit Pair Is Second.Geneva led at the quarter, 3-2 at Janesvllle resident, totaled 1.655 for the half, 8-6. and at the close of tne !1he four games Bruni rolled 8S8 third quarter, 11-10. The loss of j on games of 237 236 16g and 24? Richard Whiting center on fouls while Blaser shot 767 with early in the third period greatly of 191 183lt; 135 208. weakened Lake Geneva, both of- Mote sifokowski and Harrv I lensively and defensively. His 30b Bruce Beloit won second money was to guard Harold Reed, Dela-. with a total of 1 604 firuce shQ\ van’s center and for the second jlhe highest tota, for fhe four straight year the No. 1 player of j games 889 on single CQUnts of 232the meet. 246. 181, and 230. Skokowski shotGeneva Leads in Baskete j games of 166 174 1?7 and 19g f Lake Geneva had the edge in 1715^ meshing goals. 6-5, but committed I paul Keele and John Davis shol 19 fouls in trying to stop Delavan sjhigh single gamP ou|sj(ie of (h.. high-geared offense and the champs ; money 444 for whit.h they received pitched in 10 of 21 free throws. $5 *Thafs not a good average pari icu- ' A feature o( the pv{.nt thlarly for Delavan. but Lake Genevas participation of two Madison worn-average from the charity line was even w;orse—3 out of 15.Harold Reed was high scorer of the championship fracas with seven points, made on one basket and five free throws. He just got under the wire with Lp; goal, sinking a rebound a few seconds before the final horn.A strategic move by Coach Schultz, the inserting of his tallest players, was directly responsible for Delavan keeping the title. When Orville Reed, a capable guard, committed three fouls early in the game, Schultz inserted James Kaed-ing, a six-footer. Kaeding turned in a sparkling performance at rebound wrork, playing by far the best game of his career. The presence of Kaeding gave Schultz three big fellows to battle for rebounds. Harold Reed and Orlo Brown being the other two. Brown, a steadyen, the only women to bowi in the sweeper. Ella Burmeister, former national all-events champion, and Ida Kelly. They had telephoned to ask whether women were eligible and entered when they were told that women were not barred. Miss Burmeister shot 765 on games of 203. 178, 204 and 180. Mrs. Kelly shot 617 with games of 147, 167, 153, and 150, for a total of 1,382.Prize winners and their scores were:Blaser-Bruni. 1.655. $60; Skokow-ski-Bruce. 1.604, $50; Stanley Buve- I Vern Anderson, Cambridge. 1,601, j $35; R. Bumgard-Harry O’Brien, ! Jefferson, 1.597 $25; Larry Hebbe, I Jefferson, Joe Nichols, Janesville, 1,582, $17; Ed Rice-Frank Flood, Delavan, 1,556, $12; J. Jensen-Vern Anderson. Cambridge, 1,554, $8; C. Cox-H. Erickson. Waukegan, 1.549, $6; E. Simon-K.Mibkirk, Belvidere,ARTHUR FRETDENBERGGEORGE O’NEILHere are the coaches of southern ketball tournament champions Art George O’Neil, Evansville; Wallace vant, Waterloo; Milton Blake, Brodf Walworth, Waterloo and Brodheac Fort Atkinson, Evansville and Dela\ tion.Westland’s Walworth team retain beating Darien in the final game, peated at Johnson Creek, winning 1 This is Sfurtevant’s first year at W captured honors at home, trimmingJoe SturtevantO’Neil, Freudenberg and SchultzmilMilton Blake teams winning circuit championshipClass B and C District MeetWinners in Regional QamesMilton Five Trounces OilsBadgers Spurt in SecondSixteen class B and 32 class C high school basketball teams, champions of Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic association district tournaments, were resting today in preparation for the regional tournaments beginning Thursday — St. Patrick’s day.Of the 350 teams vvhirh starter!
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Mar 14, 1938
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