DEFEAT DAYTONA IN HARD GAME AFTER A SCARE
Daytona and Leesburg To Go to State Tourney Friday, Saturday
By Sports Section
The Leesburg Morning Commercial
March 3, 1929
Following a first half that sent cold shivers down the backs of Leesburg fans, the Leesburg Yellow Jackets battled a fighting quint of Daytona High to a standstill, taking the lead shortly after the third period opened and forging steadily ahead to a 23 to 12 lead at the final bell.
While the Yellow Jackets defeated the Daytona boys, the Jackettes fared badly in a preliminary game with the swiftly moving Daytona high schools girls, the Leesburg forwards seemingly having an off night, while Summerlan, all-state forward of the Daytona team, was hitting the loop from all angles. The final score stood at 36 to 14, Daytona. Summerlan scored 34 of her team's points.
The Leesburg district champions came from behind a 7 to 5 score at the half to demonstrate to fans that championship calibre had only temporarily deserted them. Cherry and Smith were each held scoreless during the first half.
Beats Tavares
Daytona won its right to battle in the finals in the hardest-fought game of the tournament, edging out a bruising team from Tavares by the margin of one point in a breath-taking finish. Earlier in the day Tavares had beaten Mt. Dora in an upset of the dope, winning 19 to 8. Leesburg had an easy time with Ocoee, piling up a score of 31 to 11. Sanford fell in a hard-fought game to Daytona 22 to 9.
Prizes Awarded
Immediately following the contests in the presence of some 500 fans who packed the lower portion of the auditorium, awards to teams and individuals were made. Leesburg high school was presented with the district championship trophy by O. Raymond Skiles in behalf of the Lake County Chamber of Commerces sports committee.
Daytona was presented with the runnerup prize by Justin E. Langille, in behalf of the American Legion. Sanford was awarded a trophy for having the most sportsmanlike team.
Hughes of Daytona, was judged the most valuable man to his team and was awarded a trophy presented by the Sports club of the Leesburg High School.
Cherry of Leesburg and Clifton of Daytona with 21 and 19 out of 25 trys won first and second prizes in the foul shooting contest, each receiving an award presented by Carl Williams of the high school faculty.
All-district mythical selections placed the following players on the honor teams: First team Smith of Leesburg, and Hughes of Daytona, forwards; Cherry of Leesburg, center; Entz of Leesburg, and Whiteman of DeLand, as guards.
Second team: Pike of Tavares, ande Rountree of Leesburg, forwards; Tomyn of Ocoee, center; Clifton of Daytona, and Cahill of Leesburg, guards.
TAVARES, 19
fg ft tp pf
R. Pual.......................... 2 0 4 0
McCollum.................... 3 0 6 1
Pike.............................. 2 0 4 4
Barksdale..................... 0 0 0 0
Ross Paul..................... 2 1 5 2
Totals........................... 9 1 19 7
Substitutions: Tomas for Pike.
MT. DORA, 8
fg ft tp pf
Morehead..................... 1 1 3 1
Brown.......................... 1 1 3 1
Sadler........................... 0 0 0 0
Perkins......................... 0 0 0 0
Brantley....................... 0 0 0 0
Totals........................... 3 2 8 2
Substitutions: Victor for Morehead, Dooley for Brown, Referee, Felson.
DAYTONA, 22
fg ft tp pf
Evans.......................... 2 2 6 0
Morgan....................... 1 2 4 1
Hughes........................ 2 4 8 2
Parker......................... 2 0 4 0
Clifton........................ 0 0 0 3
Totals......................... 7 8 22 6
Substitutions: Skidmore for Evans, Reese for Morgan and Reese for Clifton.
SANFORD, 9
fg ft tp pf
Hester........................... 0 1 1 3
Spencer......................... 1 2 4 0
Aycock......................... 0 0 0 3
Ponder.......................... 0 3 3 2
Peters............................ 0 1 1 2
Miller........................... 0 0 0 2
Totals.......................... 1 7 9 12
Substitutions: Spencer for Hester, Schirard for Hester, Ponder for Spencer.
LEESBURG, 31
fg ft tp pf
Herlong....................... 0 0 0 0
Smith.......................... 6 0 12 1
Cherry........................ 3 2 8 0
Entz............................ 3 0 6 0
Cahill......................... 0 0 0 1
Adams....................... 0 1 1 0
Rountree.................... 1 2 4 0
Totals........................ 13 5 31 2
Substitutions: Rountree for Herlong, Adams for Smith and Hannah for Cahill.
Ocoee, 11
fg ft tp pf
Minor........................ 1 0 2 1
Shaw......................... 1 0 2 0
Tomyn...................... 1 2 4 1
King.......................... 1 1 3 3
Lawrence.................. 0 0 0 2
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Totals....................... 4 3 11 7
Substitutions: Bell for Shaw and Shaw for Bell.
DAYTONA, 20
fg ft tp pf
Evans........................ 0 0 0 0
Morgan..................... 1 2 4 1
Hughes..................... 5 3 13 1
Parker....................... 0 2 2 0
Clifton...................... 0 1 1 3
Totals....................... 5 8 20 5
Substitutions: Reese for Evans and Evans for Reese.
TAVERES, 19
fg ft tp pf
R. Paul...................... 0 1 1 3
McCollum................ 1 2 4 1
Pike.......................... 5 0 10 3
Barksdale................. 0 0 0 1
Ross Paul................. 1 2 4 3
Totals...................... 8 4 19 11
LEESBURG, 23
fg ft tp pf
Rountree................. 1 1 3 1
Smith...................... 4 0 8 1
Cherry..................... 4 1 9 1
Cahill...................... 1 0 2 1
Entz........................ 0 1 1 1
Totals..................... 10 3 23 5
DAYTONA, 12
fg ft tp pf
Morgan.................. 1 0 2 0
Hughes.................. 3 2 8 1
Parker.................... 0 0 0 1
Clifton................... 0 1 1 4
Totals.................... 4 4 12 7
Substitutions: Eubanks for Clifton, Referee: Cowell, Florida; Umpire; Felson, Florida.
Jacksonville, March 2 - (AP) - Robert E. Lee won the basketball championship of the Third district scholastic basketball tournament here tonight by defeating Andrew Jackson 20-18.
St, Petersburg, March 2 - (AP) - St. Petersburg's Green Devils captured their third straight West Coast district basketball fhampionship here tonight when they defeated the Hillsborough five of Tampa in the finals by 30 to 14.
Lakeland, March 2 - (AP) Lakeland trimmed a fighting five from Vero Beach tonight to retain hold on the district six basketball championship for the fifth consecutive time. The score was 30 to 14.
Madison, March 2 - (AP) - Perry high nosed out Madison High here tonight for the district No. 2 basketball championships by a score of 37 to 33.
West Palm Beach, March 2 - (AP) - Palm Beach High won the South Florida basketball title here tonight, defeating Delray Beacfh 29-9 in the final game of the tournament.
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Sports Section
The Leesburg Morning Commercial
March 3, 1929
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