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Head Coach: Dave Gorby (3rd year: 28-28, 12-18 COL) The Brownies overcame a mid-season swoon which saw them lose 7 games in an 8-game stretch by finishing strong and advancing to the district championship game. Don Beal, George Beal, Tom Cooper, Ralph Hammond, Bob Hosfelt, Watt Hutchison, Virgil Kosokar, Doug Lawyer, Kenny Peaker, Jack Peters, Don Rose, Bill Salmans, Americo Vergari CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (W) 35-14 WELLSVILLE (W) 38-16 MIAMISBURG (L) 29-31 EAST LIVERPOOL (W) 30-26 Newcomerstown (W) 40-18 *MARIETTA (W) 30-21 SALEM (W) 35-29 *NEWARK (L) 24-27 *Zanesville (L) 36-37 *Coshocton (L) 33-37 *LANCASTER (W) 69-28 Martins Ferry (L) 30-57 *Newark (L) 34-38 *ZANESVILLE (L) 17-21 *Marietta (L) 36-37 *COSHOCTON (W) 37-35 *Lancaster (W) 52-26 St. Clairsville (W) 50-49 LANCASTER BOYS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL (W) 56-16 Carrollton (W) 53-36 New Philadelphia (W) 41-38 Coshocton (W) 45-36 Zanesville (L) 42-52 The Cambridge offense came to life in 1940-41, scoring a school-record 892 points. Senior F George Beal led Cambridge with 352 points, reaching double-figures in 19 games. Junior C Virgil Kosokar was second on the team with 171 points. Junior G Don Beal was third with 93 points. Senior G Ralph Hammond was fourth with 83 points. Senior F Kenny Peaker was fifth with 68 points. Senior sixth-man G/F Bill Salmans was sixth with 63 points. Backup C Don Rose, a junior, saw very limited playing time over the course of the season, but he did score 10 off the bench vs. Lancaster B.I.S. He was seventh on the squad with 25 points for the season. - George Beal's 352 points was the highest single-season total in 23 years, when the legendary John "Zip" Behen scored 451 points during the 1917-18 season. - Beal's 352 points were also the third-highest single-season total in school history. It was only the fifth time that anyone had cracked the 300-point season mark and he became only the third player to do it: John "Zip" Behen (1917-1918) 454 John "Zip" Behen (1916-1917) 386 George W. Beal (1940-1941) 352 Herman Schultz (1919-1920) 326 John "Zip" Behen (1915-1916) 302 - Beal's 352 points gave him a career total of 590, moving him into third place on the career scoring list. He is only the third player in school history to crack the 500-point club. ("Zip" Behen [1,271], Herman Schultz [737] ). - Beal's 35 points vs. Lancaster was the highest single-game total since Herman Schultz scored 35 vs. West Lafayette during the 1919-20 season. The last player to score more than 35 points in a game was "Zip" Behen, who scored 40 vs. Bellaire during the 1917-18 season. - If not for the breakthrough year that Beal had, Virgil Kosokar's 171 points would have been the highest single-season total in 18 years, when Clyde Jenkins had 243 points during the 1922-23 season. - Kosokar is 8 points away from tying Sid Jenkins for 10th place on the career scoring list. - Massillon head football coach Paul Brown is named the new head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Brown has 11 Massillon players named to the All-Ohio offense in his final year as the Tigers' head coach. - New Philadelphia head football coach Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes is fired for "using excessive profanity on the practice field". Hayes fights his dismissal, and it is overturned with the following stipulations: (1) No profanity. (2) No manhandling of players. (3) Hayes must submit to the authority of the administration on all administrative matters. 1. John "Zip" Behen (1914-1918) 1,271 2. Herman Schultz (1916-1920) 737 3. George W. Beal (1937-1941) 590 4. William Morgan (1920-1922) 444 5. Arthur Morrow (1928-1931) 398 6. William Booth (1914-1917) 390 7. Clyde Jenkins (1920-1923) 368 8. Arthur Ward (1919-1921) 350 9. Jim Calabria (1937-1940) 290 10. Sid Jenkins (1912-1914) 266 Head Coach: Dave Gorby (4th year: 46-33, 22-22 COL) Dover and Chillicothe were new members to the COL, and Dover won the league title with a 12-2 record in their first year. Bob Aker, Don Beal, Harland Droz, Bob Dutcher, Jim Ferber, Charles Fleming, Bob Galloway, Bob Hosfelt, Watt Hutchison, Laurice Kintigh, Virgil Kosokar, Wilbert McHenry, Don Rose, Don Sayre, Harry Tompkins, Frank Wilson. CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI (W) 39-22 ROSEVILLE (W) 57-17 *Chillicothe (W) 39-25 NEWCOMERSTOWN (W) 50-17 *ZANESVILLE (W) 28-25 *Coshocton (L) 38-39 *DOVER (W) 45-29 *NEWARK (L) 32-35 *Marietta (W) 38-37 *LANCASTER (W) 46-31 *Zanesville (W) 48-38 *MARIETTA (W) 50-34 *Dover (L) 36-43 ST. CLAIRSVILLE (W) 57-42 *COSHOCTON (W) 46-31 *CHILLICOTHE (W) 36-32 *Newark (L) 42-52 *Lancaster (W) 46-32 New Philadelphia (W) 38-36 Uhrichsville (W) 29-27 Dover (W) 38-33 Steubenville (W) 43-40 Akron North (L) 37-47 The 1941-42 season proved to be a highly successful one, as the Brownies advanced to within one game of the State Final Four. They were led by the senior one-two scoring punch of F Bob Hosfelt and C Virgil Kosokar. Hosfelt led the team in scoring with 259 points. Kosokar finished second on the team with 242 points. Senior G Don Rose was third with 155 points. Senior G Charles Fleming was fourth with 121 points. Senior F Don Beal was fifth with 98 points. Junior G Bob Galloway was sixth with 66 points. - The 1941-42 Tournament marked the first year that District champions advanced to a Regional site. Prior to 1942, the State Tournament was a 16-team format. - Bob Hosfelt and Virgil Kosokar became the first tandem in CHS history to each score over 200 points in the same season. - With 14 points at Newark, senior C Virgil Kosokar moved past William Morgan and into fourth place on the career scoring list. - With 242 points, Kosokar became only the fourth player in school history to score 500 points in his career, finishing with exactly 500. - Jack Nowell (Cambridge High School, Class of 1940) was incorrectly reported to be the first Cambridge fatality of WWII. Nowell was thought to have been killed at Pearl Harbor and his mother Reva Nowell received a telegraph to this effect. An obituary ran in the paper as well. Jack Nowell actually swam to Ford Island and was later accounted for. - Theodore Wells, the last living Civil War veteran in Guernsey County, dies. 1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-1918) 2. 737 Herman Schultz (1916-1920) 3. 590 George W. Beal (1937-1941) 4. 500 Virgil Kosokar (1938-1942) 5. 444 William Morgan (1920-1922) 6. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-1931) 7. 390 William Booth (1914-1917) 8. 368 Clyde Jenkins (1920-1923) 9. 350 Arthur Ward (1919-1921) 10. 290 Jim Calabria (1937-1940) Head Coach: Dave Gorby (5th year: 52-48, 24-34 COL) Vernon Belcher, John Dean, James Devoll, Bill Dutcher, Bob Galloway, Dewey Householder, Wilbert McHenry, Jack Riordan, Donice Sayre, Dave White, Eldred "Shorty" Williams, Othel Wolgamott Steubenville (L) 35-44 Newcomerstown (W) 50-45 NEWCOMERSTOWN (W) 51-33 MARTINS FERRY (L) 23-46 *COSHOCTON (L) 52-65 *Lancaster (L) 37-51 *MARIETTA (L) 23-29 *Newark (L) 28-44 *DOVER (L) 33-37 *Zanesville (L) 51-57 *CHILLICOTHE (W) 36-34 BRIDGEPORT (W) 41-40 *Coshocton (L) 52-54 *LANCASTER (L) 40-41 *Marietta (L) 44-54 *NEWARK (L) 40-42 *Dover (L) 37-61 *ZANESVILLE (W) 46-31 *Chillicothe (L) 28-30 Newark (12-2) Dover (11-3) Coshocton (8-6) Lancaster (8-6) Zanesville (7-7) Chillicothe (5-9) Marietta (3-11) Cambridge (2-12) Zanesville (W) 55-46 New Philadelphia (L) 34-48 Cambridge had a tough season in 1942-43, winning only six games. They lost nine games by 10 points of fewer. The highlight of the season was defeating arch-nemesis Zanesville twice, 46-31 in the home finale and one week later in the Sectional Tournament by a score of 55-46. Senior G Bob Galloway led the Brownies in scoring with 339 points. He scored in double-figures in every game except two. He scored a career-high of 33 at Zanesville, and three other times he scored at least 20 (23 at Steubenville, 20 at Newcomerstown, and 20 at Chillicothe). Four times he scored 19 points, and he had 18 in the sectional win over Zanesville. Senior C Vernon Belcher was second with 151 points. Senior F Wilbert McHenry was third with 92 points. Senior F Shorty Williams was fourth with 78 points. Senior F John Dean was fifth with 57 points. - Bob Galloway moved into sixth place on the CHS career-scoring list with 405 points, becoming only the sixth player in school history to eclipse the 400-point mark. - Galloway's 339 points was the fourth-highest single-season total in school history, and only the sixth time anyone had reached the 300-point mark for a season. 1. 454 John "Zip" Behen (1917-18) 2. 386 John "Zip" Behen (1916-17) 3. 352 George W. Beal (1940-41) 4. 339 Bob Galloway (1942-43) 5. 326 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (1919-20) 6. 302 John "Zip" Behen (1915-16) - For his accomplishments, Bob Galloway was named to the All-Ohio First Team. - Senior F Eldred Williams would later become very involved with Cambridge American Legion Baseball. "Shorty" can still be seen at the Post #84 games in the summer. - Former Cambridge basketball player William Kennedy is a Baker Second Class in the United States Navy. - Former Cambridge basketball player Ensign Fredrick A. Frizzell, USN Reserve, is killed during a training exercise in Olathe, KS. - Former Cambridge football and basketball player Louie Andrews earns a varsity football letter at Ohio University. 1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-18) 2. 737 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (1916-20) 3. 590 George W. Beal (1937-41) 4. 500 Virgil Kosokar (1938-42) 5. 444 William Morgan (1920-22) 6. 405 Bob Galloway (1941-43) 7. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-31) 8. 390 William Booth (1914-17) 9. 368 Clyde Jenkins (1920-23) 10. 350 Arthur Ward (1919-21) Head Coach: Raymond "Tommy" Thompson (1st year: 7-11, 6-8 COL) Don Bailey, Bob Campbell, Delmar Campbell, Jim Devoll, Bill Hartley, Ernest Howell, Jim Mahaffey, Bob McConnell, Paul Ramsey, Bob White, Dave White, Wilmer "Peewee" Winnett, Othel Wolgamott. BARNESVILLE (L) 29-40 UHRICHSVILLE (L) 30-48) *Zanesville (W) 29-16 *CHILLICOTHE (W) 35-22 ALUMNI (W) 53-38 *Coshocton (L) 28-75 *LANCASTER (L) 46-47 *Marietta (W) 38-23 *NEWARK (L) 24-39 *Dover (L) 26-51 *ZANESVILLE (W) 46-41 *Chillicothe (W) 49-22 *COSHOCTON (L) 52-56 *Lancaster (L) 37-64 *MARIETTA (L) 36-41 *Newark (L) 24-56 *DOVER (W) 46-44 New Philadelphia (L) 46-48 1. Newark (14-0) 2. Lancaster (11-3) 3. Coshocton (9-5) 4. Cambridge (6-8) 4. Dover (6-8) 4. Marietta (6-8) 7. Zanesville (4-10) 8. Chillicothe (0-14) Cambridge was a young team with a new coach in 1943-44, with only three seniors on the squad (Dave White, Othel Wolgamott, and Bill Hartley). Senior G Dave White was the team's leading scorer with 219 points. Junior F Don Bailey was second on the team with 128 points. Junior C Jim Devoll was third with 111 points. Junior F Peewee Winnett and senior G Othel Wolgamott were tied for fourth with 87 points each. - Dave White was named First-Team All-COL. - Former Cambridge basketball player Chet Hannahs is named head basketball coach at Columbus Academy. - Ohio State head football coach Paul Brown speaks to the Cambridge High School football team. Later that evening, Brown is the featured speaker at the B.P.O.E. #448 (Elks). Two days later, Brown is re-classified 1-A by his draft board, and he accepts a commission into the U.S. Navy. Head Coach: Raymond "Tommy" Thompson (2nd year: 13-27, 8-18 C.O.L.) Don Bailey, Bob Campbell, Del Campbell, Jim "Jay" Devoll, Richard Goodright, Dewey Householder, Frank Hutchison, Jim Mahaffey, Bob McConnell, Tom Olnhausen, Paul Ramsey, Bob White, Peewee Winnett Mt. Vernon (W) 40-33 *Zanesville (L) 32-51 UHRICHSVILLE (L) 39-44 *DOVER (L) 40-42 NEWCOMERSTOWN (W) 44-40 [ot] *COSHOCTON (W) 50-31 *Lancaster (L) 20-61 *MARIETTA (L) 35-47 *Newark (L) 33-37 *Dover (L) 38-50 *NEWARK (L) 45-63 *ZANESVILLE (L) 26-41 New Philadelphia (L) 35-64 Uhrichsville (L) 20-43 Newcomerstown (L) 48-50 *Coshocton (L) 45-62 NEW PHILADELPHIA (W) 48-47 CANTON LEHMAN (L) 33-47 at Fletcher General Hospital *LANCASTER (W), 48-47 *Marietta (L) 33-38 Uhrichsville (W) 39-36 New Philadelphia (L) 31-42 Cambridge struggled through a dismal season in 1944-45. They suffered through a school-record 10-game losing streak, breaking the previous record of eight (set during the 1909-10 season). Eight of their 10 losses during the streak were by at least 12 points. On a more positive note, the 1944-45 team was the first team in school history to have five players score at least 100 points on the season. Senior C Jay Devoll was the team's leading scorer with 205 points. Senior G Dewey Householder was second on the team with 180 points. (Householder had not played since his sophomore year--he had been suspended from the team his entire junior season.) Senior G Don Bailey was third with 130 points. Junior F Bob McConnell was fourth with 120 points. Senior F Peewee Winnett was fifth with 113 points. - Jay Devoll (330) became the 11th player in school history to reach the 300-point mark. He finished his career only 20 points behind Arthur Ward for 10th place on the list. - The Canton Lehman game played at Fletcher General Hospital (now the State Hospital) was played for the entertainment of military patients. Fletcher General Hospital served as an Army hospital during World War II. Fletcher General Hospital also served as a POW camp, as labor was provided by 150 Nazi prisioners of war. These German prisoners wore gray fatigues with "PW" prominently stenciled on them. If a need arose for the prisoner to dress up (such as church services), he would be permitted to wear his German uniform. - In 1944-45, the high school was moved to the Central building, which had been used as the junior high (the Central building is also the current junior high building), and the junior high was moved to the Brown building, which had previously been used as the high school. - Chillicothe drops out of the Central Ohio League at the end of football season. The COL has only seven members during basketball season. - 1944-45 is the first season that players are disqualified after five personal fouls. Previously, players fouled out after four fouls. - Former Cambridge basketball player Hugh Ballantine is promoted to Major in the U.S. Army. Head Coach: John Burnison (1st Year: 10-12, 4-10 C.O.L.) Bob Bennett, Jack Boyd, Del Campbell, Fred Gibson, Frank Hutchison, Jim Mahaffey, Bob McConnell, Tom Olnhausen, Paul Ramsey, Dave Shaw, Elmer Ward, Bob Warner, Bob White *Dover (L) 41-47) Carrollton (W) 67-42 *ZANESVILLE (W) 47-35 DENNISON (W) 28-21 *NEWARK (L) 31-45 ALUMNI (W) 44-40 *Coshocton (L) 26-48 New Philadelphia (L) 27-39 *LANCASTER (L) 41-44 *Marietta (L) 23-33 *Newark (L) 27-49 CARROLLTON (W) 58-29 *DOVER (L) 29-43 NEW PHILADELPHIA (W) 50-35 Dennison (W) 50-30 *Zanesville (L) 36-49 *MT. VERNON (W) 45-39 *COSHOCTON (W) 42-40 *Mt. Vernon (W) 33-28 *MARIETTA (L) 33-39 *Lancaster (L) 50-53 Uhrichsville (L) 29-44 In the autumn of 1945, the Cambridge athletic program got a much-needed shot in the arm. John Burnison, who had been an assistant at Massillon in the Paul Brown era, was hired as head coach for both football and basketball, and he immediately made some changes. The first was changing the team nickname from "Brownies". Burnison, who had played college football at Ohio University, suggested "Bobcats", and the football team voted on it. CHS has been known as the Bobcats ever since. Burnison also decided that the football and basketball uniforms and equipment were unacceptable, so he formed an athletic boosters club to help with the cost for new equipment. As basketball coach, Burnison refused to play more than two games in a week. When the game at Mt. Vernon was postponed due to a flu epidemic, the authorities at Mt. Vernon wanted to make it up the following weekend.Burnison refused, stating that the game would have to be made up later in the year, because he would not subject his team to three games in one week. The Bobcats were an up-and-down team in 1945-46, but they were learning under their new coach. They started hot, winning four of their first six. Then they went into a swoon during the "dog days", losing five in a row. Then they got hot again, winning six of their next eight before finishing the camaign with a three-game losing streak. Junior F Bob White was the team's leading scorer with 193 points. Senior C Jim Mahaffey was second on the Bobcats with 160 points. Junior G Tom Olnhausen was third with 121 points. Senior G Bob McConnell was fourth with 120 points. - On January 29, 1946 the Bobcats recorded the 400th victory in CHS history by defeating Dennison, 50-30, at Dennison. - Cambridge High School changes its team nickname from "Brownies" to the "Bobcats" after a vote by the football team. - Mt. Vernon rejoins the Central Ohio League, bringing league membership back up to eight. - Former Cambridge basketball player Jim Calabria is playing for Ohio University. - Carroll Widdoes resigns as head football coach at Ohio State. - Paul Bixler is named the new head coach at OSU. He is the featured speaker at the Cambridge High School football banquet. 1. 454 John "Zip" Behen (1917-18) 2. 386 John "Zip" Behen (1916-17) 3. 352 George W. Beal (1940-41) 4. 339 Bob Galloway (1942-43) 5. 326 Herman Schultz (1919-20) 6. 302 John "Zip" Behen (1915-16) 7. 269 William Morgan (1921-22) 8. 259 Bob Hosfelt (1941-42) 9. 243 Clyde Jenkins (1922-23) 10. 242 Virgil Kosokar (1941-42) 1. 68 John "Zip" Behen (1/18/1918 vs. Woodsfield) 2. 46 John "Zip" Behen (2/2/1917 vs. Granville Doane Academy) 3. 45 John "Zip" Behen (2/2/1918 vs. Carrollton) 4. 42 John "Zip" Behen (2/17/1917 vs, Martins Ferry) 5. 40 John "Zip" Behen (2/23/1918 vs. Bellaire) 6. 36 John "Zip" Behen (3/3/1917 at Granville Doane Academy) 7. 35 Herman Schultz (12/19/1919 vs. West Lafayette)7. 35 George W. Beal (1/31/1941 vs. Lancaster) 9. 34 John "Zip" Behen (2/16/1917 vs. Uhrichsville) 10. 33 Bob Galloway (1/22/1943 at Zanesville) Head Coach: John Burnison (2nd Year: 25-21, 12-16 C.O.L.) The Bobcats were 8-6 in the Central Ohio League. 1. Newark (12-2) 2. Marietta (10-4) 3. Dover (9-5) 4. Cambridge (8-6) 5. Coshocton (6-8) 6. Lancaster (5-9) 7. Mt. Vernon (3-11) 7. Zanesville (3-11) Bob Bennett, Bob Binger, Paul Bremigan, Fred Gibson, Fred Hoit, Dave Howard, Frank Hutchison, Willie Matthews, Tom Olnhausen, Joe Stavely, George Swan, Bob Warner, Bob White Dennison (W) 54-26 *MARIETTA (L) 34-35 *Newark (L) 39-46 *DOVER (W) 43-41 *Zanesville (W) 47-27 Chillicothe (L) 32-55 ALUMNI (L) 34-46 *MT. VERNON (W) 58-40 NEW PHILADELPHIA (W) 44-37 *COSHOCTON (W) 30-29 *Lancaster (L) 31-33 *Marietta (L) 36-62 CHILLICOTHE (W) 40-26 *NEWARK (W) 57-52 *Dover (L) 37-45 *ZANESVILLE (W) 55-42 New Philadelphia (W) 41-38 (2 OT) *Mt. Vernon (W) 63-50 *Coshocton (L) 37-45 *LANCASTER (W) 81-52 Barnesville (W) 65-45 Zanesville (W) 64-55 Uhrichsville (W) 51-44 Marietta (L) 41-42 The Bobcats had a very successful season in 1946-47, scoring a school-record 1,114 points, and reaching the Regionals for only the second time in school history (The first time had been in 1941-42). The team's leading scorer was senior F Willie Matthews, with 335 points. Matthews was a transfer student from Massillon, and he had started as a sophomore on the Tigers' Final Four team in 1945. Senior G Tom Olnhausen was second on the team with 202 points. Senior F Bob White, who led the team in scoring as a junior, was third with 199 points. Senior C Bob Warner was fourth with 148 points. Junior G Frank Hutchison was fifth with 127 points. Senior sixth-man Dave Howard added 48 points. - Cambridge scored a school-record 1,114 points. - Willie Matthews (335) and Tom Olnhausen (202) became the second duo in CHS history to score 200+ points in the same season. (Bob Hosfelt and Virgil Kosokar first recorded the feat in 1941-42.) - Bob White (199 points) fell just one point short of making it the first trio in CHS history to score 200+ points in the season. - Bob White's 199 points give him a total of 433, moving him into sixth place on the career scoring list. - With 335 points on the season, Willie Matthews moves into fifth place on the CHS single-season scoring list. - Willie Matthews is named Third-Team All-Ohio. Herbert Amos, co-founder of the Daily Jeffersonian, dies. - The City Park baseball field is built. It boasts "major-league" dimensions. - Former CHS head basketball coach Dave Gorby is an assistant coach at Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell, SD. Gorby is eventually promoted to head football coach. - Former Cambridge athletes Virgil Kosokar, Don Rose, and Vernon Belcher win varsity football letters at Dakota Wesleyan. - Brothers and former Cambridge athletes Gilbert and Dewey Householder sign contracts with the Philadelphia Phillies. 1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-18) 2. 737 Herman Schultz (1916-20) 3. 590 George W. Beal (1937-41) 4. 500 Virgil Kosokar (1938-42) 5. 444 William Morgan (1920-22) 6. 433 Bob White (1943-47) 7. 405 Bob Galloway (1941-43) 8. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-31) 9. 390 William Booth (1914-17) 10. 368 Clyde Jenkins (1920-23) 1. 454 John "Zip" Behen (1917-18) 2. 386 John "Zip" Behen (1916-17) 352 3. George W. Beal (1940-41) 4. 339 Bob Galloway (1942-43) 5. 335 Willie Matthews (1946-47) 6. 326 Herman Schultz (1919-20) 7. 302 John "Zip" Behen (1915-16) 8. 269 William Morgan (1921-22) 9. 259 Bob Hosfelt (1941-42) 10. 243 Clyde Jenkins (1922-23) Head Coach: Robert Brammer (1st Year: 7-15, 3-9 C.O.L.) Ted Addison, Bob Bennett, Bob Binger, Paul Bremigan, Jack Cochran, Maurice Froment, Ted Geiger, Rick Hulse, Frank Hutchison, Wayne Quarles, Martin Stock, Pat Tittle, Joe Widmayer DENNISON (W) 43-20 *Newark (L) 27-53 EAST LIVERPOOL (L) 33-38 New Philadelphia (W) 39-37 *Zanesville (L) 32-42 *DOVER (L) 34-48 Steubenville (L) 26-53 COLUMBUS LINDEN McKINLEY (L) 31-41 *COSHOCTON (W) 49-45 *Marietta (L) 32-50 *LANCASTER (L) 45-54 *NEWARK (L) 44-53 NEW PHILADELPHIA (W) 52-34 *ZANESVILLE (W) 56-43 Chillicothe (L) 33-34 *Dover (L) 50-58 *Coshocton (L) 35-45 BARNESVILLE (W) 67-36 *Lancaster (L) 12-35 *MARIETTA (W) 50-30 Barnesville (L) 40-50 Uhrichsville (L) 24-34 Senior C Paul Bremigan led the Bobcats in scoring with 199 points. Senior F Bob Bennett was second on the team with 155 points. Senior G Frank Hutchison was third with 139 points, despite missing seven games with a knee injury. Senior F Martin Stock was fourth with 96 points. Junior G Rick Hulse was fifth with 94 points. - Senior guard Frank Hutchison is named Second-Team All-C.O.L. - Seniors Paul Bremigan and Bob Bennett are named Honorable Mention All-C.O.L. - Mt. Vernon again drops out of the C.O.L. after only one year. - Chillicothe again rejoins the C.O.L., beginning in the 1948-49 season. - Cambridge High School Principal and former CHS basketball player Paul Lyne is elected president of the C.O.L. - Local businessman and clothier Fred Raymond retires. - Ohio University athletic director and former head football coach Don Peden is the featured speaker at the CHS football banquet. - Former Ohio University basketball star Frank Baumholtz, from Midvale, signs with the Cincinnati Reds after a holdout. Head Coach: Robert Brammer (2nd Year: 13-32, 4-20 C.O.L.) Jack Cochran, Dick Denny, George Dougherty, Maurice Earley, Maurice Froment, Ted Geiger, Fred Hollins, Rick Hulse, Bill Mitchell, Jack Roberts, Paul Simpson, Bob Tingle, Pat Tittle, Tom Williams NEW CONCORD (L) 42-52 East Liverpool (W) 39-37 NEW PHILADELPHIA (W) 54-47 *NEWARK (W) 47-40 Dennison (W) 32-27 *ZANESVILLE (L) 38-47 STEUBENVILLE (L) 48-59 Barnesville (L) 48-67 *Dover (L) 54-56 *Coshocton (L) 66-81 *MARIETTA (L) 43-55 *Lancaster (L) 40-61 *Newark (L) 34-47 BARNESVILLE (L) 50-79 CHILLICOTHE (W) 81-56 *Zanesville (L) 43-61 *DOVER (L) 36-63 *COSHOCTON (L) 62-78 *Marietta (L) 41-44 New Philadelphia (L) 48-73 *LANCASTER (L) 45-63 Malta-McConnelsville (W) 61-31 Coshocton (L) 37-74 The 1948-49 season was a disastrous one for the Bobcats. The season started on a down note, as Cambridge dropped the season opener at home to neighboring New Concord. But then things started to look up, as the Bobcats won four straight, including a road win at East Liverpool and home wins over New Philadelphia and Newark. Then the bottom dropped out, as CHS suffered through a nine-game losing streak. After an 81-56 win over Chillicothe ended the streak, the Bobcats promptly started another six-game losing streak to finish the regular season. Altogether, Cambridge lost 15 of their last 16 regular-season games!! The Bobcats were able to pick up one win in the tournament, as they recorded a 30-point victory over Malta-McConnelsville in the sectional, but then their season ended with a 74-37 loss to Coshocton, their third loss to the Redskins that season. Sophomore F Paul Simpson led the Bobcats in scoring with 269 points. Senior G/F Pat Tittle was second with 243 points. Junior G/F Jack Cochran was third with 154 points. Senior G Ted Geiger was fourth with 149 points. Senior C Rick Hulse was fifth with 99 points. - Paul Simpson's 269 points tie him with William Morgan for eighth place on the CHS single-season scoring list. - If not for Simpson's fine season, Pat Tittle's 243 points would have tied him with Clyde Jenkins for tenth place on the single-season list. (Jenkins and Tittle are now tied for 11th place.) - Simpson and Tittle become the third duo in CHS history to score 200+ points in the same season. (Bob Hosfelt and Virgil Kosokar -- 1941-42, Willie Matthews and Tom Olnhausen -- 1946-47) - Simpson's 31 points in the Bobcats' 81-56 win over Chillicothe was the most in a single game by a Bobcat since Bob Galloway scored 33 at Zanesville on January 22, 1943. - The OHSAA expands tournament basketball roster size to 14, 12 of which may be dressed. Previously, only 10 could dress. - Chillicothe does not join the C.O.L., as was reported the previous year. However, they are still being considered as a potential C.O.L. member. - The Cleveland Indians win the World Series. Indians SS/mgr. Lou Boudreau is named AL MVP. - The Big Nine Conference adds Michigan State as a new member, and becomes the Big Ten. - Former Ohio State head football coach Carroll Widdoes is named the new head coach at Ohio University. 1. 454 John "Zip" Behen (1917-18) 2. 386 John "Zip" Behen (1916-17) 3. 352 George W. Beal (1940-41) 4. 339 Bob Galloway (1942-43) 5. 335 Willie Matthews (1946-47) 6. 326 Herman Schultz (1919-20) 7. 302 John "Zip" Behen (1915-16) 8. 269 William Morgan (1921-22) 8. 269 Paul Simpson (1948-49) 10. 259 Bob Hosfelt (1941-42) -- 259 Head Coach: Art Thomas (1st Year: 10-12, 3-7 C.O.L.) Don Ables, Ronald Briggs, Jack Cochran, George Dougherty, Bob Jones, Bob Lilienthal, Karl Olnhausen, Forrest Quarles, Jack Roberts, Paul Simpson, Dick Souers, William "Buddy" Thomas, Bob Tingle, Ray Volz, Charles Williams, Tim Wolfe. 1. Lancaster (8-2) 2. Chillicothe (6-4) 2. Dover (6-4) 4. Coshocton (5-5) 4. Zanesville (5-5) 6. Newark (4-6) 7. Cambridge (3-7) 7. Marietta (3-7) New Concord (W) 55-47 *LANCASTER (L) 41-47 DENNISON (W) 80-41 *Zanesville (L) 47-50 Barnesville (W) 53-46 UPPER SANDUSKY (L) 45-71 Newcomerstown (L) 35-61 *COSHOCTON (L) 47-59 *Dover (L) 35-45 *MARIETTA (W) 43-39 *Chillicothe (L) 41-68 BARNESVILLE (W) 64-48 *NEWARK (L) 38-49 #ZANESVILLE (L) 41-44 *Marietta (W) 49-44 NEWCOMERSTOWN (L) 51-58 *DOVER (W) 63-46 MALTA-McCONNELSVILLE (W) 71-44 *Coshocton (L) 43-47 Note: The second Zanesville game was a non-C.O.L. game. Carrollton (W) 57-36 Barnesville (W) 38-33 Dover (L) 27-55 The 1949-50 season brought a new coach to Cambridge in Art Thomas, and a taste of what the future had in store for Bobcat basketball. Junior F Paul Simpson led the Bobcats in scoring for the second consecutive season with 292 points. Senior F Jack Cochran was second on the team with 264 points. Sophomore C Ray Volz was third with 121 points. Senior G Karl Olnhausen was fourth with 114 points. Junior G Tim Wolfe was fifth with 94 points. Senior G Charles Williams was sixth with 63 points. Bobcat fans also caught a glimpse of the future, as Coach Art Thomas calls up three freshmen -- Bob Lilienthal, Buddy Thomas, and Bob Jones--from the junior high team at midseason. Lilienthal makes an immediate impact, scoring 10 off the bench at Dover in his first varsity game. - Junior F Paul Simpson is named Second-Team All-C.O.L. - Senior F Jack Cochran is named Honorable Mention All-C.O.L. - Junior F Paul Simpson becomes the eighth player in CHS history score at least 400 points in his career, and the fifth player in school history to reach the 500-point mark. His 561 career points currently put him in fourth place on the CHS career scoring list, behind John "Zip" Behen, Herman Schultz, and George W. Beal. - Senior F Jack Cochran becomes the ninth player in school history to reach the 400-point plateau. He finishes his career with 419 points, good for eighth place on the CHS career scoring list. - With 292 points on the season, Paul Simpson moves into eighth place on the CHS single-season scoring list. Simpson is also tied for ninth place on the list with William Morgan (269 points). - Jack Cochran (264 points) falls five points short of tying Morgan and Simpson for ninth place on the single-season scoring list. - The Central Ohio League changes its schedule to a quasi-divisional format. The league will be grouped by geography, with the four eastern schools--Cambridge, Coshocton, Dover, and Marietta--playing each other twice, and the four western schools--Chillicothe, Lancaster, Newark, and Zanesville--playing twice. Schools will play against the teams in the other group only once, for a total of 10 COL games. - Since Cambridge and Zanesville have a long-standing rivalry, both schools agree to play a second game. The second contest will be considered a non-league game. 1. 1,271 John "Zip" Behen (1914-18) 2. 737 Herman Schultz (1916-20) 3. 590 George W. Beal (1937-41) 4. 561 Paul Simpson (1948-50) 5. 500 Virgil Kosokar (1938-42) 6. 444 William Morgan (1920-22) 7. 433 Bob White (1943-47) 8. 419 Jack Cochran (1947-50) 9. 405 Bob Galloway (1941-43) 10. 398 Arthur Morrow (1928-31) 1. 454 John "Zip" Behen (1917-18) 2. 386 John "Zip" Behen (1916-17) 3. 352 George W. Beal (1940-41) 4. 339 Bob Galloway (1942-43) 5. 335 Willie Matthews (1946-47) 6. 326 Herman Schultz (1919-20) 7. 302 John "Zip" Behen (1915-16) 8. 292Paul Simpson (1949-50) 9. 269 William Morgan (1921-22) 9. 269 Paul Simpson (1948-49) 1. 68 John "Zip" Behen (1/18/1918 vs. Woodsfield) 2. 46 John "Zip" Behen (2/2/1917 vs. Granville Doane Academy) 3. 45 John "Zip" Behen (2/2/1918 vs. Carrollton) 4. 42 John "Zip" Behen (2/17/1917 vs, Martins Ferry) 5. 40 John "Zip" Behen (2/23/1918 vs. Bellaire) 6. 36 John "Zip" Behen (3/3/1917 at Granville Doane Academy) 7. 35 Herman "Heinie" Schultz (12/19/1919 vs. West Lafayette) 7. 35 George W. Beal (1/31/1941 vs. Lancaster) 9. 34 John "Zip" Behen (2/16/1917 vs. Uhrichsville) 10. 33 Bob Galloway (1/22/1943 at Zanesville) 1. Dave Gorby 38-29 .567 (1940/41-1942/43) 2. John Burnison 25-21 .543 (1945/46-1946/47) 3. Tommy Thompson 13-27 .325 (1943/44-1944/45) 3. Robert Brammer 13-32 .289 (1947/48-1948/49) 5. Art Thomas 10-12 .455 (1949/50) 1. Dave Gorby 16-22 .421 (1940/41-1942/43) 2. John Burnison 12-16 .429 (1945/46-1946/47) 3. Tommy Thompson 8-18 .308 (1943/44-1944/45) 4. Robert Brammer 4-20 .167 (1947/48-1948/49) 5. Art Thomas 3-7 .300 (1949/50) 1. Bob Galloway, 1st Team All-Ohio (1942/43) 2. Willie Matthews, 3rd Team All-Ohio (1946/47) 1. Dave White, 1st Team All-C.O.L. (1943/44) 2. Frank Hutchison, 2nd Team All-C.O.L. (1947/48) 3. Paul Simpson, 2nd Team All-C.O.L. (1949/50) 4. Paul Bremigan, Honorable Mention All-C.O.L. (1947/48) 5. Bob Bennett, Honorable Mention All-C.O.L. (1947/48) 6. Jack Cochran, Honorable Mention All-C.O.L. (1949/50) |
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