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The History of Cambridge Basketball 1930-1940


by Ray Sims


1930-1931 (12-4 .750)


Head Coach: John Hopkins, (1st year: 12-4, 4-0 COL)

Roster


Bob Adams, Dana Betts, Conrad Bowers, Buddy Davis, Steve Finney, Bob Fleming, John Grant, Don Jirles, Lawrence Mercer, Arthur Morrow, Steve Scott, Bob Sherrard, Bob Stewart, Earl Tritt

Cambridge finishes the year with a fine 12-4 record under first-year coach John Hopkins. The Brownies were a perfect 4-0 in the Central Ohio League, winning the first COL basketball title for Cambridge.

BYESVILLE (W) 30-9
COLUMBUS EAST (W) 25-12
NEW CONCORD (W) 35-20
*LANCASTER (W) 23-11
*Newark (W) 27-20
ZANESVILLE (L) 30-35
Marietta (W) 16-12
*COSHOCTON (W) 26-18
Zanesville (L) 27-31
CALDWELL (W) 38-13
COLUMBUS CENTRAL (L) 19-21
*Mt. Vernon (W) 27-21
MARIETTA (W) 19-17
New Philadelphia (W) 26-18

Denison Sectional Tournament


Uhrichsville (W) 42-28
Zanesville (L) 29-33

Central Ohio League


1. CAMBRIDGE 4-0
2. Lancaster 2-2
2. Mt. Vernon 2-2
4. Coshocton 1-3
4. Newark 1-3

Cambridge did not lose a game by more than 5 points the entire season. Senior G/C Arthur Morrow led the Brownies with 161 points. Morrow's 161 points was the highest single-season total since Clyde Jenkins scored 243 during the 1922-1923 season. Morrow's 9 points in the sectional loss to Zanesville moved him past William Booth (390) into fourth place on the all-time career scoring list with 398 points.
Senior F Don Jirles was next this year with 83 points. Jirles' 8 points in the sectional loss to Zanesville made him only the 15th player in school history to reach the 200-point club for a career (202).
Senior G/F Lawrence Mercer was third in scoring with 74 markers. Junior F Bob Stewart was fourth with 52 points.

On a tragic note, two Cambridge students were killed in an auto accident en route to Newark for the game with the Wildcats. Sophomores Troette Adair and Robert Armstrong were killed when the Chrysler driven by Armstrong was unable to negotiate a curve. Two other passengers, sophomore Josephine Curtis and junior Peggy St. Clair, also sustained injuries but later recovered.

Top Ten Career Scorers


1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-1918)
2. 737 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (1916-1920)
3. 444 William Morgan (1920-1922)
4. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-1931)
5. 390 William Booth (1914-1917)
6. 368 Cyde "Butts" Jenkins (1920-1923)
7. 350 Arthur Ward (1919-1921)
8. 266 Sid Jenkins (1912-1914)
9. 260 Ed Riley (1918-1921)
10. 246 Willard Forsythe (1916-1919)

1931-1932 (8-9 .471, 3-2 C.O.L. .600)


Head Coach: John Hopkins (2nd year: 20-13 .606, 7-2 C.O.L. .778)

Roster


Thurman Allen, Bob Ballantine, J.T. Barnes, Dana Betts, Conrad Bowers, Fred Frizzell, John Grant, William Jirles, Bill Kennedy, Sam McConnell, Ronald Owens, Steve Scott, Bob Sherrard, Bob Stewart, Herbert Willis

Cambridge finished 8-9 under second-year coach John Hopkins, 3-2 in the Central Ohio League. Mt. Vernon and Zanesville (who had rejoined the COL) tied for first place.

NEW CONCORD (W) 27-9
Columbus North (L) 22-30
Columbus Central (W) 16-14
*ZANESVILLE (W) 20-18
*Lancaster (W) 19-12
UHRICHSVILLE (W) 19-16
*NEWARK (W) 25-17
Zanesville (L) 8-31
Marietta (L) 18-29
*Coshocton (L) 15-19
COLUMBUS EAST (L) 17-40
MARIETTA (L) 24-25 3OT
*MT. VERNON (L) 21-24
NEW PHILADELPHIA (L) 20-21

Denison Sectional Tournament


Bellaire (W) 22-21
Coshocton (W) 30-23
Zanesville (L) 31-35

Central Ohio League


1. Mt. Vernon 4-1
1. Zanesville 4-1
3. Cambridge 3-2
4. Lancaster 2-3
5. Coshocton 1-4
5. Newark 1-4

Cambridge started the season on a very promising note, winning six of their first seven games. However, the Brownies then went into a chaotic free-fall, capping the season with a seven-game losing streak, the second longest losing streak in school history. The longest losing streak came at the onset of the 1909-1910 season, as the Brownies lost the first eight games of the season.
After the loss at Zanesville, a number of Cambridge fans had their cars egged. This incident would have ramifications for years to come. (More on that in future reports.)
After the Columbus East game, senior G Steve Scott and senior F/C William Jirles, who were third- and fourth-leading scorers, quit the team. The Brownies were able to recover in time for the tournament, however, as they won their first two games before bowing out to eventual sectional/district champion Zanesville in the semi-finals.

Senior F Conrad Bowers led the Brownies with 109 points. Bowers was the only player to score in double-figures in a game the entire season. Senior G/C Bob Stewart was second in scoring with 101 points.

1932-1933 (5-11 .313, 1-9 C.O.L. .100)


Head Coach: John Hopkins (3rd year: 25-24 .510, 8-11 C.O.L. .421)

Roster


Thurman Allen, Bob Ballantine, Matt Coburn, Bob Ferguson, Fred Frizzell, Thomas Himes, Bill Kennedy, Sam McConnell, James Nelson, Ronald Owens, Bob Sherrard, Gerald Trott, Jack Turnbaugh, Herbert Willis, Dick Wilson, Tom Wycoff

This season was the first that the Central Ohio League played home-and-home games.
Cambridge and Zanesville severed athletic relations following an incident at the football game at Muskingum College in the fall. The annual pigskin game was played on neutral soil. At the end of the game, fans from both schools got into a "food fight", throwing eggs, tomatoes, and other produce at each other. This was an escalation from the previous year's egging at Zanesville following the basketball game. Both schools decided to cancel all further athletic events with each other. The Central Ohio League penalized both schools with a double-forfeit in both games that they refused to play, so both teams started with two losses in the league. The two forfeits did not count in the overall record for the teams, but only in the league standings.

NEW CONCORD (W) 32-27
BYESVILLE (L) 12-17
PLEASANT CITY (W) 32-19
Marietta (L) 28-36
*Lancaster (L) 13-30
*Mt. Vernon (L) 16-23
*COSHOCTON (L) 21-35
*NEWARK (L) 25-32
*Lancaster (L) 20-33
NEW PHILADELPHIA (L) 7-39
*MT. VERNON (W) 31-16
*Newark (L) 14-51
*Coshocton (L) 33-46

Denison Sectional Tournament


Coshocton (W) 28-24

Denison District Tournament


Mingo Junction (W) 32-18
Dover (L) 19-42

Central Ohio League


1. Newark 7-3
2. Coshocton 6-4
2. Lancaster 6-4
4. Mt. Vernon 4-6
4. Zanesville 4-6
6. Cambridge 1-9

This was a season to forget. In the second game, Cambridge lost to Byesville for the first time ever. The Brownies suffered through a seven-game losing sreak for the second year in a row. The 37-point loss at Newark was the worst defeat in 23 years, when Cambridge lost at Marietta 67-11 in 1909-1910 (the worst loss in school history). The 32-point home loss to New Philadelphia was the worst home loss in 20 years, when Marietta beat Cambridge 53-18 in 1912-1913. It seemed that the team had no continuity, as Coach Hopkins constantly changed the lineup--using 10 different starting fives over the course of the season.
For the second consective season, the Brownies came together for a tournament run, winning two tourney games before losing to eventual State Champion Dover. Interestingly, Cambridge has lost to Dover in the tourney both times that Dover has won the state title.
Junior F Bill Kennedy (Kennedy's Bakery) led the team with 101 points. Senior C Matt Coburn, a transfer from St. Benedict's, was second in scoring with 76 points.


1933-1934 (7-10 .412, 3-7 C.O.L. .300)


Head Coach: CHS grad Bill Wiley (1st year: 7-10, 3-7 COL)

Roster


Bob Ballantine, Bob Ferguson, Homer Forsythe, Fred Frizzell, Fred Gander, Willis Gregg, Thomas Himes, Bill Kennedy, Bill McCartney, Tom Orme, Ellis Prouty, Jack Turnbaugh, Tom Wycoff

Cambridge was 7-10 under first-year coach Bill Wiley. The Brownies had a 3-7 COL record, tying them for last in the league.

BYESVILLE (W) 36-11
Uhrichsville (W) 20-16
*NEWARK (L) 18-37
*Mt. Vernon (L) 27-32
*COSHOCTON (W) 20-15
*Zanesville (L) 21-33
*Lancaster (L) 19-32
New Philadelpha (L) 17-20
*Newark (L) 14-33
MARIETTA (L) 23-33
*MT. VERNON (W) 28-23
*Coshocton (W) 21-15
*ZANESVILLE (L) 20-24 OT
*LANCASTER (L) 16-41

Muskingum College Sectional Tournament

New Concord


Uhrichsville (W) 40-28
Malta-McConnelsville (W) 46-18

Denison District Tournament


Steubenville (L) 27-43

Central Ohio League


1. Mt. Vernon 7-3
1. Newark 7-3
3. Lancaster 5-5
3. Zanesville 5-5
5. Cambridge 3-7
5. Coshocton 3-7

Cambridge showed considerably more fight tha they had the previous two years. The Brownies avenged their setback from the previous season at the hands of Byesville with a season-opening 36-11 win over their Guernsey County neighbors to the south. The Brownies did have a five-game mid-season skid, but four of those losses were on the road against tough competition (Zanesville, Lancaster, New Philadelphia, and Newark), and the fifth loss was at home against defending Class A State-Finalist Marietta. The Brownies had another good run in the tourney, winning two before losing to Steubenville in the District tourney.
Senior G Bill Kennedy led the squad in scoring for the second consecutive year with 122 points. Kennedy's 9 points in the District loss to Steubenville moved him into a tie for tenth place with Willard Forsythe on the career scoring list (246). Junior F Jack Turnbaugh was scond on the team with 92 points. Senior F Bob Ballantine was third with 47 points. Sophomore G Homer Forsythe was fourth with 46 points. Junior C Tom Orme (Orme's Hardware) was fifth with 34 points.

Cat Tales


- Coshocton G Buker scored 2 points for Cambridge when he shot at the wrong goal in the Brownies' 20-15 win at McMahon Gymnasium.
- Senior G Willis Gregg was declared ineligible for the remainder of the season following a 33-21 loss at Zanesville. Gregg, who was the second-leading scorer on he team at the time with 33 points, was declared ineligible for exceeding the eight-semester limit. About a month into his sophomore year, Gregg suffered a severe injury during football, which took the rest of the year to rehabilitate. He withdrew from school to concentrate on his rehab and repeated his sophomore year, but the month that he was enrolled counted as a semester.

Top Ten Career Scorers


1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-1918)
2. 737 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (1916-1920)
3. 444 William Morgan (1920-1922)
4. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-1931)
5. 390 William Booth (1914-1917)
6. 368 Clyde "Butts" Jenkins (1920-1923)
7. 350 Arthur Ward (1919-1921)
8. 266 Sid Jenkins (1912-1914)
9. 260 Ed Riley (1918-1921)
10. 246 Willard Forsythe (1916-1919)
10. 246 Bill Kennedy (1931-1934) 246


1934-1935 (6-10 .375, 5-5 C.O.L. .500)


Head Coach: Bill Wiley (2nd year: 13-20 .394, 8-12 C.O.L. .400)

Roster


Hugh Ballantine, Bob Castner, Homer Forsythe, Fred Gander, Bill Green, Charles Johnson, Bill McCartney, Fred Morrow, Tom Orme, Ellis Prouty, Jim Robertson, Chet Springer, Jack Turnbaugh, Tom Wycoff, Raymond Yoho

Cambridge went 6-10 under second-year coach Bill Wiley. The Brownies finished in fourth place in the COL with a 5-5 record. In COL news, Mt. Vernon announced they were leaving the league at the end of the year.

UHRICHSVILLE (L) 18-19
NEWCOMERSTOWN (W) 42-15
CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (L) 19-27
*MT. VERNON (W) 22-19
*Coshocton (L) 21-31
*ZANESVILLE (L) 10-15
*Lancaster (W) 28-25
Marietta (L) 18-25
*NEWARK (W) 23-21
*Mt. Vernon (W) 25-13
*COSHOCTON (L) 14-30
*Zanesville (L) 18-20
*LANCASTER (W) 24-23
NEW PHILADELPHIA (L) 17-20
*Newark (L) 30-31

Denison Sectional Tournament


Zanesville (L) 24-32

Central Ohio League


1. Coshocton 7-3
2. Newark 6-4
2. Zanesville 6-4
4. Cambridge 5-5
5. Mt. Vernon 4-6
6. Lancaster 2-8

Senior G Jack Turnbaugh led Cambridge in scoring with 112 points. Junior G Homer Forsythe was second with 87 points. Senior F Fred Gander was third, scoring 48 points.

Cat Tales


- On Febuary 22, 1935, Cambridge defeated Lancaster 24-23 at McMahon Gymnasim for the 300th victory in school history.
- The backcourt of senior Jack Turnbaugh and junior Homer Forsythe were each named First-Team All-District.
- The OHSAA adopted "Sudden-Death" overtime for the tournament. The first team to score two points on OT would win.


1935-1936 (13-7 .650, 4-4 C.O.L. .500)


Head Coach: Bill Wiley (3rd year: 26-27 .491, 12-16 C.O.L. .429)

Roster


Frank Ballantine, Hugh Ballantine, Tom Cartner, Bob Castner, Homer Forsythe, Bill Green, Charles Johnson, Bill McCartney, Willard Owens, Jim Robertson, Chet Springer, Art White, Tom Wycoff, Raymond Yoho

BYESVILLE (W) 35-10
UHRICHSVILLE (W) 30-5
CADIZ (W) 38-17
WOODSFIELD (W) 37-11
ST.CLAIRSVILLE (W) 33-18
CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (W) 29-27
Dover (L) 21-30
*Newark (L) 14-23
*ZANESVILLE (W) 15-9
*Coshocotn (L) 24-33
*LANCASTER (W) 31-26
MARIETTA (L) 34-39
*NEWARK (W) 30-17
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN (W) 37-20
*Lancaster (W) 29-27
NEWCOMERSTOWN (W) 34-21
*COSHOCTON (L) 31-34
*Zanesville (L) 20-25

Dennison Sectional Tournament


Coshocton (W) 22-19
Dover (L) 25-28

Central Ohio League


1. Coshocton 7-1
2. Zanesville 5-3
3. Cambridge 4-4
3. Newark 4-4
5. Lancaster 0-8

Senior F Hugh Ballantine led Cambridge with 141 points. Senior G Homer Forsythe, Jr. was second with 113 points. Forsythe's 9 points in the sectional loss to Dover moved him into a three-way tie for tenth place on the all-time career scoring list with brother Willard Forsythe and Bill Kennedy, each with 246 career points. Senior G Bob Castner was third in scoring, tallying 109 points. Junior C Bill Green was fourth with 83 points.

Cat Tales


- The Brownies' 13 wins made 1935-36 the winningest season in 13 years, when Cambridge compiled a 14-5 record in 1922-23 under head coach Vincent Ferguson.
- Senior F Hugh Ballantine and senior G Homer Forsythe were both named Second-Team All-COL, while senior G Bob Castner was selected as Honorable Mention All-COL.
- Ballantine's 141 points were the most scored in five years, when Arthur Morrow tallied 161 points in 1930-31.
- The Forsythes - Willard (class of 1919) and Homer, Jr. (class of 1936) are tied for 10th place on the career scoring list with Bill Kennedy at 246 points. Homer, Jr. is the son of Homer Forsythe, Sr.. Russ Forsythe (class of 1923), another basketball player was also the son of Homer, Sr.

Top Ten Career Scorers


1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-1918)
2. 737 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (1916-1920)
3. 444 William Morgan (1920-1922)
4. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-1931)
5. 390 William Booth (1914-1917)
6. 368Clyde "Butts" Jenkins (1920-1923)
7. 350 Arthur Ward (1919-1921)
8. 266 Sid Jenkins (1912-1914)
9. 260 Ed Riley (1918-1921)
10. 246 Willard Forsythe (1916-1919)
10. 246 Bill Kenndey (1931-1934)
10. 246 Homer Forsythe (1933-1936) 246


1936-1937 (6-11 .353, 2-8 C.O.L. .200)


Head Coach: Bill Wiley (4th year: 32-38 .457, 14-24 C.O.L. .583)

Roster


Frank Ballantine, Tom Cartner, Bill Green, Bill Hutchison, Bill McCartney, Arthur "Bud" Orme, Jim Robertson, Dick Robinson, Chet Springer, Raymond Yoho

Cadiz (W) 59-20
EAST LIVERPOOL (L) 20-23
CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (W) 28-18
*NEWARK (L) 18-25
*Zanesville (L) 10-26
*Marietta (L) 20-22
GRANVILLE (W) 34-17
*LANCASTER (W) 44-18
*COSHOCTON (W) 31-28
*Newark (L) 10-31
COLUMBUS WEST (L) 27-30
*ZANESVILLE (L) 20-35
*Coshocton (L) 17-32
*MARIETTA (L) 29-41
*Lancaster (L) 26-27 OT

Dennison Sectional Tournament


Carrollton (W) 36-33

Dennison District Tournament


New Philadelphia (L) 21-23

The Dennison Sectional was a slightly different format for the 1936-37 season. Ten teams were bracketed in a sort of "super sectional", and after the first weekend of play, only four teams would remain. Those four would return the following weekend to determine the District Champion.

Junior F Frank Ballantine led the Brownies with 84 points. Senior F Tom Cartner was second with 54 points.

Cat Tales


- This was the first team in school history to have ten players score at least 25 points.
- The season opener at Cadiz marked the first time in 27 years that Cambridge opened the season on the road.
- Arthur "Bud" Orme becomes the first second generation player. His father, Wilbur Orme played from 1906 to 1908.


1937-1938 (9-8 .529, 4-6 C.O.L. .400)


Head Coach: Bill Wiley (5th year: 41-46 .471, 18-30 C.O.L. .375)

The Brownies were 9-8 under fifth-year head coach Bill Wiley. CHS finished with a 4-6 record in the COL. Eventual Class A State Champion Newark won the league with a 10-0 mark.

Roster


Louie Andrews, Frank Ballantine, George Beal, John Bologna, Jim Calabria, Dick Casey, Bob Davis, Richard Earley, Ralph Hammond, Bill Hutchison, Doug Lawyer, Raymond Mitchell, Arthur "Bud" Orme, Kenny Peaker, Dick Randall, Dick Robinson, Garvin Timms

CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (W) 33-16
WOODSFIELD (W) 51-17
Wellsville (W) 47-23
East Liverpool (L) 20-27
CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (W) 33-29
*Newark (L) 22-33
*ZANESVILLE (L) 23-27
*Marietta (W) 40-29
*COSHOCTON (L) 21-25
*Lancaster (W) 31-22
*NEWARK (L) 28-38
*Zanesville (L) 25-36
*MARIETTA (W) 30-26 OT
*Coshocton (L) 29-34
Dennison (W) 34-27
*LANCASTER (W) 36-24

Dennison Sectional Tournament


New Philadelphia (L) 21-40

Senior F/G Frank Ballantine led CHS in scoring with 158 points. Senior F Dick Robinson was second with 111 points. Sophomore G Jim Calabria was third with 83 points. Junior C Bill Hutchison was fourth with 79 points. Senior G/F Bud Orme was fifth with 66 points.

Cat Tales


- 1937-38 marks the first season in which the center jump after each field goal has been abolished. Reactions are mixed at the high school level.
- Frank Ballantine's total of 158 points was the highest single-season total since Arthur Morrow scored 161 in 1930-31. Ballantine finished his career with 242 points, only four points short of tying the Forsythe brothers and Bill Kennedy for tenth place on the career scoring list.
- Dick Robinson's 21 points at Wellsville was the highest single game mark since 1922-23, when Clyde Jenkins scored 25 against Coshocton at the sectional tournament in Zanesville.
- Cambridge's sectional loss was to the eventual Class A State Runner-up, New Philadelphia.
- Freshman F George W. Beal became the second second-generation CHS basketball player in CHS history. His father was George E. Beal (1913-15).
- 1937-38 is also the first season in which a "donkey basketball" benefit game is played in McMahon Gymnasium.


1938-1939 (10-8 .556, 5-5 C.O.L. .500)


Head Coach: Dave Gorby (1st year: 10-8, 5-5 COL)

Cambridge was 10-8 under the direction of first-year head coach Dave Gorby. The Brownies finished 5-5 in the COL.

Roster


Louie Andrews, George Beal, Jim Calabria, Dick Casey, Tom Cooper, Dick Earley, Ralph Hammond, Bill Hutchison, John Hutchison, Virgil Kosokar, Kenny Peaker, Alexander Robertson, Garvin Timms

MALTA-McCONNELSVILLE (L) 27-28
WELLSVILLE (W) 36-11
LAFFERTY (W) 42-9
*Newark (L) 33-46
BETHESDA (W) 26-16
*Zanesville (L) 24-33
*MARIETTA (W) 27-18
*Coshocton (W) 28-26 OT
*LANCASTER (W) 38-22
*NEWARK (L) 21-22
*Marietta (L) 28-44
*ZANESVILLE (L) 27-29
*COSHOCTON (W) 26-21
DENNISON (L) 9-47
*Lancaster (W) 35-32

Dennison Sectional Tournament


Carrollton (W) 40-14
Malta-McConnelsville (W) 38-26

Dennison District Tournament


New Philadelphia (L) 28-42

Central Ohio League


1. Marietta (7-3)
1. Newark (7-3)
3. *Zanesville (5-4)
4. Cambridge (5-5)
4. Lancaster (5-5)
6. *Coshocton (0-9)

*The second Coshocton-Zanesville game was cancelled due to a smallpox epidemic in the Zanesville area.

Junior F Jim Calabria was the leading scorer for the Brownies with 116 points. Sophomore G/F George Beal was second with 108 points. Senior C Bill Hutchison was third with 97 points. Junior G Dick Casey was fourth with 63 points. Senior G/F Alexander Robertson added 54 points. Freshman G Virgil Kosokar scored a game-high 11 points off the bench in the district loss to New Philadelphia. He had 25 points on the season.

Cat Tales


- Alexander Robertson had served as team manager for three seasons before playing and earning a starting position his senior year.
- Junior F Jim Calabria and sophomore G/F George Beal were both named All-Eastern District.
- Two players on the CHS team were touched by tragedy during the season. George Beal missed some time due to the passing of his mother, Mrs. George E. Beal. Later in the season Alexander Robertson missed some time due to the passing of his mother, Mrs. Alexander Robertson, Sr.


1939-1940 (4-11 .267, 3-7 C.O.L. .300)


Head Coach: Dave Gorby (2nd year: 14-19 .424, 8-12 C.O.L. .400)

Cambridge was 4-11 under second-year head coach Dave Gorby. The Brownies finished in fifth place in the COL with a 3-7 mark.

Roster


Ross Barrett, George Beal, Jim Calabria, Dick Casey, Tom Cooper, Silas "Bud" Denny, Ralph Hammond, John Hutchison, Bob Jackson, Virgil Kosokar, Doug Lawyer, Kenny Peaker, Enos Stilgenbauer

Wellsville (L) 27-34
East Liverpool (L) 24-37
TROY (W) 22-17
CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (L) 27-28
*Newark (L) 30-47
*ZANESVILLE (W) 31-28
*Marietta (L) 25-31
*COSHOCTON (L) 23-24
*Lancaster (L) 37-51
*NEWARK (W) 41-38 OT
*Zanesville (L) 31-46
*MARIETTA (L) 31-35
*Coshocton (L) 38-56
*LANCASTER (W) 30-28 OT

Dennison Sectional Tournament


Dennison (L) 31-39

Junior G/F George Beal led the Brownies in scoring with 124 points. Senior F Jim Calabria was second with 91 points. Senior G Dick Casey was third with 66 points. Sophomore C Virgil Kosokar was fourth with 63 points. Junior F Kenny Peaker was fifth with 36 points.

Cat Tales


- Jim Calabria's 91 points gave him a career-total of 290, moving him into eighth-place on the CHS scoring list.
- George Beal's 26 points in the win over Newark was the highest single-game total by a Cambridge player in 17 years, when Joe Hayfer scored 30 in a 56-16 win over Chester (WV) during the 1922-23 season.
- George Beal was named Honorable Mention All-Ohio for the 1939-40 season.
- McMahon Gym was given a facelift, as the floor was expanded 2 feet on each end and 1 foot on each side, to an area of 74'x40'. It also got its first electric scoreboard.
- Cambridge junior Dick Earley, who had played on the basketball squad as a freshman and sophomore, won the light-heavyweight title in the Columbus Golden Gloves competition.
- 1939 marked the first season of night football in CHS history.
- Al Joseph leads Martins Ferry in scoring for the 1939-40 season. Joseph would later become head coach of the Cambridge Bobcats.
- New Philadelphia wins the Class A State Championship with a 25-0 record and a 23-year-old head coach in Paul Hoernemann. The Quakers' football squad, under head football coach Wayne Woodrow Hayes, was also undefeated with a 9-0 record.
- Massillon's head basketball coach becomes one of the first darlings of the Columbus media when the Tigers made the state semifinals. When asked about his feelings on making the Final Four, he responded, "Basketball is just relaxation for us, why get excited? Football is our serious sport." His name? Paul E. Brown.

Top Ten Career Scorers


1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-1918)
2. 737 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (1916-1920)
3. 444 William Morgan (1920-1922)
4. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-1931)
5. 390 William Booth (1914-1917)
6. 368 Clyde "Butts" Jenkins (1920-1923)
7. 350 Arthur Ward (1919-1921)
8. 290 Jim Calabria (1937-1940)
9. 266 Sid Jenkins (1912-1914)
10. 260 Ed Riley (1918-1921)


Decade's Record: 80-89 .473


1. Bill Wiley 41-46 .471 (1933/34-1937/38)
2. John Hopkins 25-24 .510 (1930/31-1932/33)
3. Dave Gorby 14-19 .424 (1938/39-1939/40)

Central Ohio League Record: 34-53 .391

1. Bill Wiley 18-30 .375 (1933/34-1937/38)
2. John Hopkins 8-11 .421 (1930/31-1932/33)
3. Dave Gorby 8-12 .400 (1938/39-1939/40)

All-Ohio Selections


1. George Beal Honorable Mention All-Ohio (1939/40)

All-District Selections


1. Jack Turnbaugh 1st Team All-District (1934/35)
2. Homer Forsythe 1st Team All-District (1934/35)
3. Jim Calabria 1st Team All-District (1938/39)
4. George Beal 1st Team All-District (1938/39)

All-C.O.L. Selections


1. Hugh Ballantine 2nd Team All-C.O.L. (1935/36)
2. Homer Forsythe 2nd Team All-C.O.L. (1935/36)
3. Bob Castner Honorable Mention All-C.O.L. (1935/36)


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