Yellow Jackets Cage Schedule Announced, January 3, 1936

 

To Participate in Two Tournaments Also

By Sports Staff
The Leesburg Ledger
Friday, January 3, 1936

LEESBURG - The 1936 basketball schedule for the Leesburg Yellow Jackets was announced this week by Coach Ray Hayes. The Jackets cagers will appear in seven home games and will take five trips. On the Jacksonville trip they will play Landon and Jackson, making a total of thirteen scheduled games.

The first home game will be played against Tavares next Friday at the high school gym. Leesburg successfully opened the season two weeks ago with a win over Tavares and hope to stop their county seat rivals again Friday. Following this game the local quintet plays the Ocala Wildcats on Tuesday, the 14th in the local gym. On the 17th the first trip is taken to Sanford.

The Northeastern conference championship, heretofore, has been decided during the regular season, but this year a tournament will decide the champion. This tournament will be held in Hulley gym in DeLand on January 31 and February 1. The regular schedule is then resumed and at its completion the fifth district tournament will be held, probably during the first week in March.

The outlook for the 1936 edition of the Jacket cagers is promising although the reserves are not as strong as in former years. Only five men have had previous experience and these five are all senior. "Shorty: Phillips heads the list, this being his fourth year of serve; Jimmy Girtman played a couple of years; and Joe Knowles, Ned Searcy and Elmo Miller had each had a year's experience. The offense will be built around Phillips, the Jacket's lanky center with Girtman and Searcy at the forward positions and Knowles and Miller at guards.

Other students out for basketball this year are Jimmy Worrell, Billy Davis, Jimmy Golden, Jimmy Herlong, Billy Girtman, Robert Farrell, George Andreu, Henry Williams, Henry Hardin, Billy Newett, Arthur Snyder, Teddy Hanford and others.