TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1943

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Banter
By Bob Bock
Three teams—Battenfeld, Temp-
lin, and the Betas—all have had very
good followings at the games, which
is more than can be said for the other
league jeams who have not had
nearly as much support from the
sidelines.
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We believe that you can get some

| real enjoyment out of attending some

of these games as many of them have
really been nip and tuck battles.
Also, there is no admission charge
whatsoever. So, how about coming
out some night this week? What do
you say?
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We are going to try to list a few
of the “supposed-to-be” better
games this week, but after going
down the line, we found that we
would have to include nearly all of
the games since there are so many
evenly-matched teams playing.

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The three most exciting games so
|far have undoubtedly been the J.
-Moore-Phi Psi, * the Templin-Beta,
‘and the Battenfeld-Templin affairs.
‘In case you have forgotten, J. Moore
.won by three points in an overtime
after Scott had scored five points
for the Phi Psi’s in the last 30 sec-
onds to tie the score, Templin won
by one point, and Battenfeld also
won by one point after an overtime

 

period. Two of these games were so
close and excitement so high, that the
scorers got rattled and missed out
on part of the scoring, which re-
sulted, naturally, in some nice little

hot discussions around the scorer’s |

table at the game’s conclusion.

In the J. Moore-Phi Psi game the
scorer had not got down Scott’s last
two field goals and an earlier free
throw, and Dr. Allen had to help
straighten out the squabble that re-
sulted, with it finally being decided
that the game had ended at 46 all.
In the Templin-Beta the scorer, a
Beta, had missed one of Beta Bob
O’Neil’s field goals and a Templin
free throw, and when with about
two and a half minutes remaining,
Dr. Allen, who was working the
game, asked what the score was, he
was told that it was all tied up at 34
instead of 36 to 35 Beta, as it actually
was. So the Templin boys wisely
froze on to the ball after taking a
on epoint lead on a charity toss and
incidentally kept that supposed one
point advantage intact to the game’s

end. Then after the game when the |

missed field goal was pointed out by
Beta followers, quite a squabble en-
sued. But Dr. Allen logically declared.
that the score must.stand at 35 to 34
Templin as Templin would naturally
have not played the stalling type of
game if they had known that they

were not ahead. e
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:
Bill Mowery, the Beta’s broad-

shouldered, slick-passing guard, has
dropped. out: :0£-school,..desiring to
get in a couple of weeks of rest be-
fore beginning the old grind again

 

under\the Navy College Training
Program, July 1. Bill undoubtedly
was one of the “better boys” in intra
mural circles. ees

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The Phi Gam’s looked strong in
their first and only game in which

they trampled Battenfeld 40 to 29,

but because of injuries, lack of in-
terest and players as well, they de-
cided to forfeit the remainder of
their games. Marshall Hulett, who
was high man in the Phi Gam’s lone
contest with 14 points, probably
would really be a big help to some
of the other teams.
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Talking about free throw per-
centage, in the J. Moore-Phi Psi
battle last week, Kirk Scott of the
Phi Psi’s hit 13 out of 17 charity.
tosses, while Bob Bock of the J.
Moore outfit dropped in nine out of
12, which adds up to 22 good out of |
29 trys which “ain’t bad at all” under
the heat. of battle, or any time for
that matter. :
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The “all-star” team to be chosen
at the league’s close next Tuesday
night will probably include some of
the following who have played well
to date: Kirk Scott, who in twe
games has scored 53 points, better
than a 26 point games average, and .
Paul Carpenter of the Phi Psi’s, Bob
and Bill Mathews and D. McCormick
of the rangy Tennessee Club, Dichl,
Malott, and O’Neil of thé ‘Béfas, the
Corder brothers and | Dootes of
Templin, Haynes and Moffet. of the
‘J. Moore-Delts, and several others.