Jackets Win 1928 District Championship, March 4, 1928

GAME LOCAL QUINT GOES INTO STATE MEET NEXT WEEK

Daytona Beach, Sanford Fall Before Prowess Of The Locals Bring Back Fine Big District Cup

No Star Outshines Other On Leesburg Team In Winning

Sports Section

Leesburg Commercial

March 4, 1928

Outplaying Sanford in every phase of a fast, hard fought game, Leesburg Yellow Jackets brought home the bacon in the shape of the fifth district championship, defeating the Celery City boys by the top heavy score of 27 to 10.

It was Leesburg's game all the way with Sanford playing the game of their lives up to the third quarter, when they began to weaken and the Yellow Jackets ran up a total of 13 points during that period.

The first period was almost an even break with Sanford drawing first blood. Maxwell made a horseshoe shot from the center of the floor and Sanford fans began to look for a repetition of the Celery City's luck that had brought them into the finals. That was Sanford's only moment. From that time on the game belonged to Leesburg and Sanford was able to score only three field goals in the entire game.

ALL STARS

To mention one Yellow Jacket as starring would be an injustice to every other man on the team, for the whole team played a machine like passing game that Sanford's defense could not stop. Brown was high point man with 10 points. Cherry scored seven points and Smith six. Cahill dribbled the length of the floor, penetrating the defense and scoring a pretty good shot. Entz just wouldn't let the Celery eaters have a clear shot at the basket and kept them throwing wild throughout the game.

The Semifinal game between Leesburg and Daytona Beach proved to be a struggle but the local boys came through on the long end of a 18 to 8 score. Sanford defeated Groveland in the semifinals by a close score, outlucking the Lake County boys with long shots from all angles.

CUP PRESENTED

In winning the fifth district championship, Leesburg was presented with a very pretty hammered Silver Cup to add to their trophy list and will journey to Gainesville next Friday to compete with the champions of the other district for the state championship.

The mythical all-tournament team picked by the officials of the series and the second choice team included three of the Yellow Jackets and had public sentiment been consulted would have included at least four of the local boys.

The first team included Brown, Leesburg; and Spencer, Sanford as forwards; Maxwell Sanford as center; Cahill, Leesburg, and Daring, Daytona Beach as guards.

The second teams included Pittman, Ocoee, and Myers, DeLand as forwards; Leach Orlando, as center; Entz Leesburg, and Hill, Groveland, as guards.

Post-mortems held after the announcement of the officials as to the membership of the mythical teams were almost unanimous in believing; that Cherry was the outstanding center of the tournament and that if it had not been for Maxwell's spectacular shots from the center of the floor, he would have been named instead.

Semifinal Game

LEESBURG (18)

Plyr               Pos.     Fg.    Ft.     Fp.     Tp.

Smith              F         0       2       0         2

Brown           LF        5       2       0        12

Cherry            C        1       2       1          4

Entz               RG      0       0       3          0

Cahill             LG      0       0       2          0

Totals:                      6       6       6          18

DAYTONA BEACH (8)

Plyr               Pos.     Fg.    Ft.     Fp.     Tp.

Clifton            RF       0       1       3        1

Morgan          LF       1       1       3        3

Hughes           C        1       2       0         4

Troy              RG       0      0        1        0

Darling          LG       0       0       2         0

Totals:                       2       4       9        8 

FINAL GAME

LEESBURG (18)

Plyr               Pos.     Fg.    Ft.     Fp.     Tp.

Smith             RF         3      0       0         6

Brown           LF        3       4       1        10

Cherry            C        1       5       2          7

Entz               RG      0       0       1          0

Cahill             LG      1       1       1          3

Adams           RG      0       0       0         0

Larkin            LG      0       1       0         1

Johnson          LG     0        0      0          0

Totals:                       8      11     5         27

SANFORD (10)

Plyr               Pos.     Fg.    Ft.     Fp.     Tp.

Spencer         RF        0      2       0        2

Higgins          LF         1      1       3        3

Maxwell        C          1       1      1        1

Stanley          RG       1       0       0        2

Shinholster    LG        0      0       4        0

Peters           RF        0       0      1         0

Taterson       LG        0      0        2        0

Totals:                       3      4       15      10

Resources

Leesburg Commercial

Leesburg Public Library

March 4, 1928

Article provided by:
Gerald Lacey
Staff Writer
Carver Heights Quarterback Club
1986 Varsity Jackets Football Lettermen #82
Class of 1988 Leesburg High School
leesburgyellowjacketsfootball@yahoo.com
www.leesburgyellowjacketsbasketball.com  

 

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