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Show March, 1946 THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Centerville Capture Stake Hoop Championship M-M- en SPLIT TWO TOURNEY GAMES 5-- 14-1- Centervilles capitalized on their entry into the new M-M- en Davis stake by capturing 1946 basketball the championship. Boasting one of the best-lookin- g Centerville teams since prewar days, they captured all of their league games. Following stake play they appeared in two tourney battles in Salt Lake, winning one and losing one. Closest game of the league schedule was against Farming-ton- , Centerville finally winning 0 with barely seconds to go. Centerville led 3 at the first quarter, and 14-- 0 at the half, but Farmington tied at 17 all at the three quarter mark. A basket by both teams made it 19 all, then 20 all, and Frank White ended the game with his sixth goal of the evening. White led the scoring with 12 points. Kaysville First caused little trouble in the second game, CenCac terville took that one again led the scoring with 9 points, Pork Randall scored 8. In the final game against Kaysville Second, Coach Lank Roberts used every Centerville player with Centerville winWhite was high-scorning with 16 points, Fuzzer Evans had his biggest harvest of the season with 10. Following the league season, Centerville went to Salt Lake and joined a four-teatourney which they had to win to enter the Division Nine Interstake tourney. The home team won the first one from Highland Park but lost the second to Bryan In the game with Highland Park, Centerville showed their best form of the season. The floor play was smooth, and the basket seemed to have a magnet on it when the Centerville players shot. Centerville led at the first Early in the second quarter quarter Highland Park rallied but Centerville and made it 10-Frank led at the half White amazed the onlookers in the third quarter with three beautiful baskets and Centerville was ahead Again and back Highland Park surged Centerville barely led at the For the secthird quarter ond time of the evening White broke loose and took the score to From there on out it White was all Centerville. scored 24 points for the evening, including 6 foul points out of 7 tries. Centerville excelled at the foul line, making 12 of 16 fouls to 5 out of 14 for Highland Park. Bryan threw a wrench in Centervilles machinery the next night for Centervilles first and only defeat of the season. Cen- 22-2- 4-- 27-1- 9. 50-2- 7. er m terville led 4 at the first quarter, but Bryan took over in the second quarter and led 1 at the half. With White getting hot in the third quarter, Centerville rallied to tie it up at the third quarter. However in the last quarter Bryan began peppering the hoop and won going 20-a- ll away. SCORES CENTERVILLE (22) FARMINGTON (20) White (12) f H. Gregory (0) Mann (2) f Barton (4) D. Randall (4) c L. Gregory (4) P. Randall (1) g Bybee (4) Sessions Smith (7) g (3) Halftime: Centerville 14; Farmington 10. Substitutions: Centerville Rigby, H. Randall; Farmington Manning, Clark, Van Fleet. CENTERVILLE (27) KAYSVILLE 1st (19) f White (9) Schofield (5) Mann (0) f Blood (4) D. Randall (4) c Bennett (61 B. Randall (8) Sheffield (2) g Evans (6) Williams (2) g Halftime: Centerville 22; Kaysville 14. Substitutions: Centerville E. Randall, H. Halftime: Centerville 29, Kaysville 14. Substitutions: Centerville Hatch (6), H. Randall (2), Rigby (2), Mann (1), E. Randall, Barber, Williams. Kaysville B. Jensen (3), Criddle, Perkins. CENTERVILLE (40) Highland Park (27) f R. Warner (1) White (24) f Anderson (2) D. Randall (0) Sessions c G. Carlson (9) (6) Evans (7) H. Warner (7) g B. Randall (1) Kuhn (3) g Halftime: Centerville 13, Highland Park 12. Substitutions: Centerville H. Randall (2), Rigby, Hatch. Highland Park Cornwall (4), Sanberg (1). Halftime: Bryan 14, Centerville 11. Substitutions, Centerville Rigby (1), Randall. Bryan Larson, Heinz (1). H. Service News & Notes Vrom page two bell three times and enter. Everyone is expected to take his shoes off before entering any building. The Americans have observed this to the fullest extent, the only exception being when a group of MPs enter a house on a raid. The inside of the shrine is very beautiful, with gold ornaments hanging from the wall and the ceiling and gold pillars. The Japanese, after entering, kneel on a gold mat before an alter, bow low, and rub their hands together and chant in sort of a singsong. Queerest thing Leon observed, he said, was the public bathhouses. The people come there for a bath twice a week. The building has a main room where everyone, men and women, undress before they enter the bathing room. Then they pour some water on their bodies, lathei themselves with soap, and rinse with some more water. After that they enter the pool and do what we would call soak. There is no coeducation in Wakayama, observed Leon. The boys go away to a boys school and live in dormitories, and the girls go to a girls school and live in their dormitories. When they get back home, their parents have forgotten their age and so the Japanese never know exactly how old they are. Leon said there was no recreation in Japan at all and the bicycle was considered a wealthy persons belonging. The idea that Americans tor- ture their prisoners, especially women and children, has been debunked by many of the Japa Page Three nese, said Leon. The man who owned the shop had a book that he showed me which had a lot of propaganda in it, issued by the emperor to the Jap people. It had pictures of Americans supposedly ill treating their prisoners. The man said the book was no good. The people, however, were very timid, probably because of the propaganda. When the Americans first went in, the Japanese people would run and hide if a G I walked down a street. Then after he got past them, they would come out into the street and whisper among themselves. Now, when an American walks down a street, the people flock around him. Very often they are begging for candy, which the anti-Americ- an Americans introduced into Japan probably for the first time. The Japanese call it choclettos and are always asking the soldiers for some. Leon entered the army Dec. 6, 1943, and went overseas Nov. He was based in New Guinea, and Luzon, with the 54th 6, 1944. Evacuation hospital, and Japan. He received his discharge January 11. SSgt. GRIFFIN WINN was discharged Jan. 26, 1946. He saw service in General Pattons army in Germany and France, as a member of the Quartermaster corps. He entered the service April, 1943, and went overseas June, 1944. Cpl. 3IELVIN HANCOCK is discharged after two years in the army. Melvin saw service in New Guinea and the Philippines. Turn to page jour 40-2- 7, 35-2- 4. 7-- 2. 9, 13-1- 2. 19-1- 2. 21-2- 0. 29-2- 0. Centerville First Ward, first champions of the new Davis Stake. Kneeling, left to right, DeWayne Pork Randall, Clint Barber, Elliot Randall, Ilarlo Randall. Standing, lft to right, Dale Randall. Sheral Hod Rigby, Bill Fuzzer Evans, Phil Sessions, Frank Cac White, Coach Lawrence Lank Roberts. Absent when picture was taken were Spence Hatch, Beit Mann and Richard Williams. |