ALL, ARE STARS
AS BEARS WIN

Conference Victory Over St.
Joseph Lafayette Attained »
At the Expense of a
Thrilling Comeback.

William Chrisman High School’s
up-and-coming basketball  stal-
warts stood atop the ladder in
the Pony Express League today
as local fans proceeded to give
them ‘credit for exhibiting as
startling a comeback as has been
seen ina basketball game here in
many a day.

The victory over St. Joseph La-

fayette 30-27 at the Memorial
Building Saturday night not only
gave the Bears their first confer-
ence victory but-also demonstrated
that the 1941 Bruin edition is a)
“best seller.” It’s no happy mo-
ment for a team when the second
half of a ball game comes» around
at a time when the team has only}
half as many points as its op-|
ponents. -But on the other hand,
Chrisman was. no ordinaty team
Saturday night. To be Sure, the
boys had a little trouble during
the first_two periods figuring out
what kind of a defense Lafayette
_ had set up. That was why they)
stood on the small end of a 17 to 8
score at halftime. But once the
third quarter began, they opened ©
up their big guns for a bombard-
ment of the Lafayette goal which
rivaled that delivered’ at Turner
the night before when the Bears
built up a 15 to 0 lead in the first
thirteen minutes of play.

The Bears scored twelve points
in that life-saving third period
and limited the upstate boys to
one solitary counter. It gave them
a 20 to 18 lead at the start of ee
fourth quarter.

The Bears scored five points in
the last quarter but the Lafayette
boys managed to drop in seven to
bring the score to 25-all just as
the whistle sounded. But before
the whistle sounded a Lafayette
guard, Wayne Hinkle, had been
fouled as he attempted a shot.