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FRANKLIN BREAKS EVEN WITH AURORA – GIRLS LOSE, BOYS WIN – 1931

Franklin Breaks Even in 2 Games With Aurora High the peak of their season's. form FriThe Franklin Red' Devils reached day night when they walloped the Aurora boys, .29-18, in a game played In the Tighman high school gymnaslum. The Franklin. girls showed great improvement as they gave the Aurora girls. a fino battle only to. lose, 21-15. In the girls' game Franklin outplayed Aurora during the first: half and led 10-8 at its completion. Aurora played better in the • last two periods to score thirteen points while holding Franklin to five. Herring played great ball for Franklin with E. Ross and Reg. Johnston doing best for the winners. The Franklin boys, despite the fact that they lost several regulars by personal fouls, proved far superfor to Aurora: and led all the way, Franklin was ahead 17-10 half and in the last two perlods made four more points than Aurora. Nelson Hughes was the whole show on - the offense, accounting for elghteen . points. Wallace was the defensive star.. T. Adams tallied twelve points- for . Aurora. The line-ups: . Girls' Game. Franklin 15 Pos.. Aurora 21 Herring 9 F. Adams. 1 Goheen 2 F. L. Ross 3 V. Price C. Price G. Reg. Johnst'n 5 J. Scarboro'h 4 G. Reb Johns'n 4 Alderson, Substitutions--Franklin: Strauss, J. Scarborough, Houser, (2). Demmick; Aurora: Crass, Stewart * Boys' Game. Franklin 29 Pos. Aurora 18 R. Hughes 18 . F. Duncan. 3 N. Johnson 1 .. F. O, Adams 1 Alderson 4 C. . T.. Adams 12 P. Wallace Hughes 1 G. Jones 2 .. G. Richardson (3), Substitutions - Franklin: Brien son, Cole. Covert (2), Jeffords, B. John Referee: Austin.

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