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Show Rampaging Midgets Smash West, 36-23 Successfully defending their per-1 feet record, Coach Nate Long's "C" squad chalked up a 36-23 win at the expense of the hapless West high school Panthers on the spacious spa-cious Cub floor Thursday. The victory vic-tory gave the "C" team fifteen straight wins over a four-year period. In giving West its seventh straight setback in the local campaign, cam-paign, the Cub "C" machine set all wheels in motion by utilizing every man on the bench. Cubs Jump to 9-0 Score The Westerners started out slowly, and the South quintet took advantage of their lagging rivals by tanking nine points in tin first frame while the Red and Black team was busily engaged in doing nothing. Half-time score reading was 14-6. The Southerners momentarily momentar-ily lost the shooting range while West racked up three baskets. First-string hoopsters took over in the third quarter where their second-team mates had left them and scored fourteen- additiona1 points. Panther members could find the hoop only long enough to swish two points. Completely stalled for a moment In the final period, both teams became be-came 'shot headed' in the final minutes of the game. Both field goals and foul shots were being scored so rapidly that only the referee could accurately keep tab , on them. Rallying too late, the Panthers found themselves on the short end of the 36-23 score as the gun sounded. Oliver, Smith Shine in Meet High point honors for the afternoon after-noon went to West., high school's Corbin, with a total of thirteen points. Corbin's fine team work was largely responsible for the comparatively close score. Clyde Oliver performed brilliantly for the Cubs with eight points, and Howard Smith played a stellar floor game although he was un able to connect with the hoop. Only one more game with East is on the 1942 slate for the Midgets. Mid-gets. Success in this last hurdle will round out Coach Long's fourth straight perfect basketball sceason. |