CHAPTER 4 “State tourney” JANUARY 26, 1965 HERBY JUNIOR HEY GRAMPS - DID YOU SEE THE HEAD GUY OF THE BEATLES SAYS THEY WILL BE BACK AGAIN IN 1965 - WITH A TOUR - NOT JUST ED SULLIVAN.
GRAMPS OH MY GOD - WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF THOSE LONG HAIRED HIPPIES YET ?
HERBY JUNIOR COACH LEE MITCHELL AND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
WELL MARIANNE FAITHFUL IS ON HULLABALOO - I THINK YOU COULD HANDLE THAT.
GRAMPS I’M MUCH MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE HOSPITAL’S NEW ADDITION AND OUR BANK FINANCING. AND THE SNOW JUST KEEPS FALLING - YOU MAY HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN MONROE - IN FACT ON WEKZ THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THE GAME WAS CANCELED DUE TO THE WEATHER.
HERBY JUNIOR GOOD I CAN GO ON READING THE SPORTING NEWS ABOUT JOE TORRE WANTING $35,000 A YEAR TO PLAY FOR THE BRAVES. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT MUCH MONEY. THAT’S A TON OF GOETZ THEATER MATINEES.
GRAMPS I’M CAUGHT UP WITH THE TIMES AND STATE JOURNAL TODAY - HECK - I JUST GOT WORD THAT CHURCHILL DIED AT AGE 90 - A TRULY GREAT MAN AS ENVISIONED BY MOST OF US. AND GENERAL TWINING FROM MONROE IS HONORED FOR PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN WAR EFFORTS IN THE 40S - HE WON THE BILLY MITCHELL AWARD - AND THEY MAY NAME A PARK AFTER HIM IN MONROE. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT ?
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NATHAN FARRAGUT TWINING. YES - HE IS FROM MONROE, WAS HEAD GUY OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF - A FULL GENERAL - AND EVEN STUDIED UFOS.
GRAMPS HE ALSO TOOK OVER FOR DOOLITTLE IN THE FINAL PUSH TOWARDS JAPAN AND DEVELOPED BOMBING ATTACK PLANS IN THE 50S - WOW AND HE’S RIGHT HERE FROM MONROE.
HERBY JUNIOR AND ALSO THIS WEEK HARRY STUHLDREHER AT AGE 63 DIED - A FORMER UW FOOTBALL COACH WITH A RECORD OF 28 - 21 - 1. 2
GRAMPS WHAT DID STUHLDREHER DO FROM 1922 - 1924 ?
HERBY JUNIOR LET ME THINK - HE WAS A NOTER DAME GUY - OH I KNOW - HE WAS A FOUR HORSEMAN.
GRAMPS AND NAT KING COLE - MY FAVORITE - HAD A LUNG REMOVED FROM A TUMOR CAUSED BY ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT - SMOKING.
HERBY JUNIOR AND FINALLY ST. VICTORS CREAMED FREEPORT ST. JOSEPH IN CATHOLIC LEAGUE PLAY. I’M GOING TO BED - I CAN HEAR THE PHONE CALLING AND MOM WON’T BE HERE. HIGHWAY 11 IS MUCH TO DIFFICULT TO DRIVE - YOU’RE STUCK WITH ME ALL NIGHT - SO IS GRAMS. GOOD NIGHT - LOVE YOU GRAMPS.
JANUARY 27, 1965 GRAMPS WOW - WHAT A GAME AGAINST THE RIVAL SUN PRAIRIE TEAM - WE BEAT THEM SOLIDLY TONIGHT 88 - 55 - BALANCE SCORING 12 FOR BUCKY - BURINGTON HAD 26 - AND MITCHELL 23.
HERBY JUNIOR THE MOST AMAZING THING WAS 17 STRAIGHT FREE THROWS BY KEITH BURINGTON - I’LL NEVER SEE THAT AGAIN - NEVER IN LEAGUE PLAY.
GRAMPS WE JUST KEPT HAMMERING THE FAST BREAK DOWN THEIR THROATS - ONE DRIBBLE TO THE RIM PER COACH MITCHELL - GREAT PASSING. OUR FOOTWORK, ANGLE PENETRATION OF THE BASKET, QUICKNESS WITH THE PASSING, FILLING LANES, AND BALL MOVEMENT WAS SUPERB - BEST I’VE EVER SEEN.
HERBY JUNIOR AND ALMOST 90 POINTS VERSUS SUN PRAIRIE - IN FACT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED PLUS IF THE STARTERS WERE LEFT IN - I KNOW THAT.
GRAMPS OUR TEAM TAKES WHAT THEY GIVE US - AND IF IT’S KEITH - WELL HE CAN TAKE THE WHOLE COUNTY TO THE RIM IF HE WANTS TO - HE IS JUST PURE MUSCLE.
HERBY JUNIOR ALL THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PASSING I’M LEARNING IN JUNIOR BALL IN BRODHEAD ARE EXEMPLIFIED BY THE MONROE CHEESEMAKERS - OUR PASSING IS MEETING AND COMING TO THE BALL, PASSES ARE AWAY FROM THE DEFENSE, THE ANGLES ARE SUPERB - WITH NO CROSS 3
COURT PASSES, AND WE SET UP SHOTS TO HOT SHOOTERS FROM CLOSE RANGE. NEVER IS A BALL THROWN AT THEIR FEET - IT’S ALWAYS WHERE THE DEFENDER CAN’T GET IT - AND MONROE CAN.
GRAMPS THE BREAK PASSES ARE INCREDIBLE - JUST LIKE FOOTBALL PASSES WITH LEADS PERFECT SO THE RECEIVER CATCHES THE BALL IN STRIDE.
HERBY JUNIOR COACH MITCHELL HAS TAUGHT OUR TEAM TO NEVER TELEGRAPH THE PASS - USUALLY THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHERE IT’S GOING IS OUR PASSER - AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON IS OUR RECEIVER - NEVER THE DEFENSE. the beatles
GRAMPS OUR FAKING IS INCREDIBLE. WE READ THE DEFENSE SO WELL AND SET UP PLAYS INSTINCTIVELY AGAINST THE GUY WHO IS DEFENDING THE MONROE SCREENER.
HERBY JUNIOR IT’S ALMOST INTUITIVE - LIKE THESE GUYS WERE BORN TOGETHER AND LIVED AND SLEPT TOGETHER - THE PASSING IS ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS - FROM THE WINGS, BY FAKES OUT FRONT, AND INTO THE LOW POSTS - WITH OCCASIONALLY A KICK OUT TO THE HIGH POST - OR EVEN OPEN GUARD FOR AN OPEN SURE JUMPER.
GRAMPS OUR GUARDS REALLY ROTATE THE BALL EFFECTIVELY ALL THE TIME. IT IS ALWAYS QUICKER THAN THE DEFENSE CAN ROTATE - A SIGN OF A VERY SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE TEAM WHO HAS PLAYED TOGETHER.
HERBY JUNIOR EVEN OUR LOB PASSES ARE SUPERB AND TIMELY - WHEN THE OPPONENT LEAST EXPECTS IT - HECK TONIGHT WHEN BURINGTON HAD THE LOB EARLY - THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO TO STOP KEITH WAS TO FOUL HIM - BUT THAT IS SURE DEATH - 17 IN A ROW - WOW !!
GRAMPS TOM MITCHELL’S DRIVE AND DISH, AS I CALL IT, WILL GET HIM A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP.
HERBY JUNIOR ACCORDING TO OUR COACHES IN BRODHEAD - MONROE’S TEAM EVEN DOES BASEBALL PASSES DOWN COURT SUPERBLY - BETTER THAN ANYONE.
GRAMPS BECAUSE WE PRACTICE - HECK ANY OF THESE KIDS I WOULD ALWAYS SEE SHOOTING NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER - FOR HOURS -
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ALWAYS WITH A HAND ON THE BALL - THAT IS WHY WE BEAT THE MONSTER PHILLIPS SCHOOL IN CHICAGO.
HERBY JUNIOR I CAN FEEL A SHOWDOWN COMING AT THE UW FIELDHOUSE MONROE HAS BEEN RANKED #1 ALL SEASON BY ONE POLL - AND NOW MILWAUKEE NORTH WITH 11 STRAIGHT IS SECOND.
GRAMPS AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT MILWAUKEE LINCOLN WITH A GUY CALLED DOWNTOWN FRED BROWN WHO HITS SHOTS FROM ANYWHERE.
HERBY JUNIOR THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN FRED BROWN AT THE VFW FISH FRY LAST WEEK - DO YOU GET TO GO THERE BECAUSE YOU WERE IN THE TRENCHES IN EUROPE GRAMPS ?
GRAMPS DAMN RIGHT - I WAS THERE FOR A YEAR - A YEAR OF WASTE SINCE THE WAR ENDED IN A TIE ESSENTIALLY. WE COULD’VE WON THE ENTIRE THING - BUT EVERYONE WAS SO FED UP WITH GAINING AND LOSING A LITTLE WITH ALL THE DEATH, STARVATION, TRENCH FOOT, DISEASE, AND POLITICS.
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HERBY JUNIOR THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
GRAMPS IT WAS SO AWFUL THAT ONE DAY WE CAME UPON ENEMY GERMAN SOLDIERS AND BOTH SIDES THOUGHT THEY WERE TO BE KILLED OR MAIMED............I CAN HARDLY TALK ABOUT THIS......
HERBY JUNIOR GO AHEAD - I KNOW ABOUT STRESS TRAUMA SYNDROME FROM THE TIMES AND OUR VIETNAM SOLDIERS NOW.
GRAMPS WELL - WE CAME UPON THESE GUYS - A GROUP OF ABOUT 10 EACH ON BOTH SIDES - WE EACH WERE WAITING FOR A WHITE FLAG SO WE DIDN’T GET BLOWN TO PIECES - AND OUR COMMANDER AND THEIRS BOTH SIGNALED A HALF SURRENDER.
HERBY JUNIOR THEN WHAT ?
GRAMPS WELL - WE ALL CAME OUT OF THE WOODS AND LAID DOWN OUR ARMS - AND WE ALL STARTED TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER - REALLY WEIRD - LIKE WE WERE NOT AT WAR. WE SHARED RATIONS, STORIES, AND WATER.
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HERBY JUNIOR WOW - THAT REALLY HAPPENED - THEN WHAT ??
GRAMPS OH WE ALL DECIDED THAT AFTER A FEW RADIOS WENT OFF - WELL OTHERS WERE COMING SO WE JUST SHOOK HANDS AND LEFT. THE WAR ENDED SHORTLY THEREAFTER WITH THE VERSAILLES PEACE TREATY IN 1919.
HERBY JUNIOR WHICH THE US DIDN’T SIGN BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RESTRICTIONS ON GERMANY - WE NEGOTIATED OUR OWN PEACE WITH GERMANY ACCORDING TO OUR HISTORY BOOK.
GRAMPS AND THEN BECAUSE OF CONGRESS WE COULDN’T ENTER THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS - A REGRET THAT PRESIDENT WILSON TOOK TO HIS GRAVE. BUT ANYWAY WE ARE DIGRESSING - ANYONE WITH MILITARY SERVICE AND THEIR DEPENDENTS CAN GO TO THE VFW - GRAMS AND I JUST GO FOR THE FISH FRY. SOME GO FOR THE CHEAP BEER. I DON’T LIKE TO REHASH THE WAR - I’D RATHER FORGET IT - BUT ALL THE TRAUMA WON’T ALLOW ME TO.
HERBY JUNIOR MOM AND DAD ARE HERE TO PICK ME UP - THANKS GRAMPS AND GRAMS FOR THE FOOD AND GOOD TIMES.
GRAMPS GOOD-NIGHT - GRAMS JUST THINKS YOU ARE A VERY BUSY LITTLE GUY.
HERBY JUNIOR LOVE YOU. BYE.
FEBRUARY 3, 1965 HERBY JUNIOR WE JUST CAN’T BE BEAT UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS PER THE MILWAUKEE NEWSPAPERS - THEY THINK WE HAVE IT FAIRLY EASY IN THE BADGER CONFERENCE - I DISAGREE.
GRAMPS I ALSO DISAGREE - HECK LAST YEAR LITTLE DODGEVILLE WON THE STATE - DOWN THE ROAD - BEAT ALL THE BIG TEAMS - AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD THIS YEAR.
HERBY JUNIOR BUT THEY WON’T BEAT OUR CHEESEMAKERS - NOT EVEN CLOSE BURINGTON AND THE BOYS HAVE A SCORE TO SETTLE FROM LAST YEAR. 6
GRAMPS I THINK THEY WILL SETTLE IT - SO DO ALL THE GUYS ON THE ALPINE CURLING CLUB TEAM ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
HERBY JUNIOR DON’T EVEN MENTION THAT PLACE - MOM AND DAD TAKE US KIDS DOWN THERE AND THERE IS ZERO TO DO - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I SAY LEAVE US AT HOME IN BRODHEAD AND LET US SKATE ON OUR RINK WITH LIGHTS IN THE BACKYARD.
GRAMPS WHAT ?? YOU PUT IN LIGHTS - SUPER - I’LL HAVE TO SEE IT. IS THE RINK FITTED FOR HOCKEY ?
HERBY JUNIOR PERFECT DIMENSIONS - AND OUR GOALS ARE ALL HOMEMADE. THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE IS WHO LOSES THE FLIP AT NIGHT TO WATER THE ICE SO IT’S GLASS THE NEXT DAY.
GRAMPS I VOLUNTEER TO WATER THE ICE AT OUR LITTLE POND BEHIND HUBERS AND THE BLUE STAR RINK.
HERBY JUNIOR BUT THE GOOD DEAL IS THAT WITH ALL THIS COLD WEATHER AND SNOW - WE’VE BEEN BLESSED WITH SOME SNOW DAYS - AND IT’S HOCKEY ALL MORNING AND BASKETBALL ALL AFTERNOON - AND I’M IN HEAVEN.
GRAMPS IT’S A TON BETTER HERE THAN SELMA, ALABAMA ACCORDING TO THE TIMES - THEY CANNOT GET OVER THE CIVIL WAR - MARTIN LUTHER KING IS MARCHING FOR VOTING RIGHTS TODAY.
HERBY JUNIOR OUR TEACHERS AGREE - THERE IS NOTHING TO SETTLE - WE ARE ALL EQUAL - WOMEN, MEN, BLACKS, WHITES, ASIANS, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, HISPANICS....IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN AND 21 - YOU CAN VOTE. I GUESS I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY MARTIN HAS TO REPEATEDLY MARCH. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON’T JUST GIVE HIM AND ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE THE PROPER RIGHTS.
GRAMPS I DON’T UNDERSTAND EITHER - BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE UP HERE IN GREEN COUNTY, WISCONSIN. WE TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME....IN FACT WHEN MY FATHER FIRST CAME THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND AS AN IMMIGRANT WITH 13 APPRENTICES AND SET UP A FARM AND CHEESE FACTORY IN DECATUR....WELL THE SWISS IMMIGRANTS WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST CONSIDERABLY.
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HERBY JUNIOR WHAT DID PEOPLE DO AGAINST THE SWISS ?
GRAMPS LOTS OF LITTLE THINGS - CERTAIN CHURCHES DIDN’T WANT THEM, SCHOOLS DIDN’T WANT THEM, PEOPLE DIDN’T LIKE THE LANGUAGE, THEY YODELED ALL THE TIME AND THAT WAS IRRITATING TO SOME, PEOPLE STARED WHEN THEY CAME INTO RESTAURANTS....ALL KINDS OF LITTLE THINGS.
HERBY JUNIOR BUT THEY GOT THROUGH ALL THAT AND NOW ARE FULLY ACCEPTED - THE WAY BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE EVERYWHERE IN OUR LAND AGAIN THEY WERE FREE AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN 1863 AND THE 13TH AMENDMENT IN 1864 - REMOVING ALL BADGES OF SLAVERY - PER MY HISTORY TEACHER.
GRAMPS THAT IS MIGHTY GOOD HISTORY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS TAKEN FAR TOO LONG FOR THE BLACK POPULATION IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD WITH REGARDS TO EDUCATION, VOTING, BENEFITS, JOBS, AND SOCIAL ESTEEM. WE NEED TO DO MORE AND I FEEL MARTIN LUTHER KING WILL BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE HOPEFULLY IN A NON - VIOLENT WAY AS HE PROPOSES TO DO.
HERBY JUNIOR ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS WEEKEND WILL BE GREAT WITH THE KLONDIKE DERBY IN BROWNTOWN - WITH SLEDDING, SKATING, CAMPING, AND EVEN SKIING. WE HAVE A BIG HUNT FOR EACH PATROL AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL WIN.
GRAMPS GRAMS AND I ARE GOING TO THE GOETZ TO WATCH THE LONGEST DAY.
HERBY JUNIOR D - DAY - SHOULD BE VERY GOOD. GOOD REVIEWS I HEARD.
GRAMPS I SEE ALBANY LOST ITS VERY FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON AND BRODHEAD IS 10 AND 1 AND TIED FOR THE STATE LINE LEAGUE LEAD WITH ALBANY. IN THE ALBANY GAME WHICH BRODHEAD WON JONES HAD 25, FREHNER 15, AND GARTHWAITE HAD 14 - BALANCED SCORING LIKE THE CHEESEMAKERS - I WONDER IF ALBANY OR BRODHEAD COULD GIVE MONROE A RUN ?
HERBY JUNIOR NO WAY - I’VE SEEN THEM ALL PLAY - HECK THE CHEESEMEN WOULD BEAT THEM BY 30 OR SO THIS YEAR.
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GRAMPS ALL I KNOW IS THAT MONROE CONTINUES TO BE TALKED ABOUT WITH COACH MITCHELL’S FUNDAMENTALS - TAKE FOR INSTANCE DRIBBLING ALL OUR PLAYERS - ESPECIALLYOUR GUARDS ARE LIKE PISTONS WITH THE BALL - SUCH EXCELLENT CONTROL. PROPER POSITION, GREAT TRANSITION, AND SUPERB CHANGE OF PACE AND DIRECTION - ENOUGH TO MISGUIDE OR MISDIRECT ANYONE.
HERBY JUNIOR MONROE IS ALWAYS DRIBBLING TO THE RIM - USUALLY IN SHORT BURSTS - AS THEIR PASSING USUALLY GETS THEM THERE QUICKER. WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE TRIPLE THREAT POSITION - CROUCHED OVER READY TO PASS, SHOOT, OR DRIBBLE.
GRAMPS YES - THE SPOT AND GO - BODY FAKES, AND CHANGE OF SPEEDS IS GREAT TO WATCH AND KEEPS DEFENSES WAY OFF BALANCE.
HERBY JUNIOR I’VE SEEN MORE THAN ONCE THE DRIBBLER ACTUALLY DRIBBLE INTO AN OFF BALANCE DEFENSEMAN AND DRAW A FOUL - IT IS AMAZING.
GRAMPS AND TOM MITCHELL’S BEHIND THE BACK AND CROSS OVER DRIBBLE IS INCREDIBLE. HE ATTACKS ZONES, DRAWS TWO DEFENDERS, AND THEN HITS THE OPEN MAN.
HERBY JUNIOR LOOK AT THE TV - THEY HAVE FILM SHOWING THE POLICE HOLDING UP MR. KING IN ALABAMA - AS HE DIDN’T GET A PARADE PERMIT REQUIRED BY LAW FOR ASSEMBLY.
GRAMPS HOPEFULLY NO VIOLENCE - THAT’S ALL I HOPE.
HERBY JUNIOR AND NOW THE SPORTS FROM THE TIMES HAS SAID THAT CASSIUS CLAY TROMPED SONNY LISTON LAST NIGHT - BEST HEAVY WEIGHT FIGHT EVER.
GRAMPS THAT WAS RIGHT NEAR THE ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT BROWN SWISS COWS PRODUCING 27,000 POUNDS OF MILK IN A LIFETIME WITH A PREGNANCY OF 305 DAYS.
HERBY JUNIOR I GET SICK THINKING OF MEDICAL STUFF. I ONLY KNOW THAT ALL 5 MONROE STARTERS MADE THE HONOR ROLL - A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. HOLLING HAD HIGH HONORS - AGAIN HE HAS THAT PROFESSOR LOOK. HERE COMES MOM - SHE ISN’T COMING IN SO I BETTER GET OUT TO THE CAR - SEE YOU IN A COUPLE DAYS GRAMPS. 9
GRAMPS GOOD BYE ! LOVE !
FEBRUARY 9, 1965 HERBY JUNIOR I CANNOT STAND MARGARET TRUMAN - HER SINGING AND COOKING SHOW ON TV REALLY IS AWFUL.
GRAMPS WELL SOON YOU CAN SEE HER AT THEATERS IN MALLS - THAT IS THE NEWEST THING.
HERBY JUNIOR I CANNOT IMAGINE - AS I’M READING THE STATE JOURNAL AND WATCHING THE NFO POUR MILK INTO FIELDS - HMMM - MAYBE MARGARET COULD HELP THE FARMERS. MY TEACHERS SAY TRUMAN WAS THE VERY GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER. AGREE GRAMPS ?
GRAMPS MAYBE - HE WAS A BRAVE MAN - FIRED MCCARTHUR AND BOMBED JAPAN WITH KILLER WEAPONS - SAYS HE NEVER THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT THE A BOMB AFTER HE’D SEEN WHAT THE WAR DID TO BOTH SIDES AND JAPAN REFUSED TO LAY DOWN ARMS AS WE SAID WE WOULD.
HERBY JUNIOR I HEARD THAT ST. VICTORS LOST TO MADISON ST. JAMES IN THE CATHOLIC YOUTH LEAGUE. HECK - THEY COULD GIVE THE CHEESEMAKERS A RUN MAYBE - BUT WE ROLL ALONG KILLING MONONA GROVE 64 - 55. COACH MITCHELL LAYED OFF A BIT AFTER THE LAST MONONA GROVE GAME WHEN WE SCORED 38 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. AND MONROE’S WRESTLERS ARE UNDEFEATED.
GRAMPS FUNDAMENTAL LEE MITCHELL BASKETBALL - I HAVE TO GO EARLY TONIGHT BECAUSE THE SUGAR RIVER WATERSHED IS HAVING A BIG POW WOW.
HERBY JUNIOR WAIT GRAMPS - DID YOU SEE THAT CAROL SORENSON - A GIRL FROM JANESVILLE - IS WISCONSIN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - A GIRL AND A GOLFER ON TOP OF THAT - HECK I’D GIVE IT TO BURINGTON. HE COULD TAKE CAROL’S ENTIRE FAMILY TO THE HOOP BACKWARDS.
GRAMPS I DOUBT IF KEITH COULD GOLF LIKE CAROL THOUGH - SO IT’S A TIE.
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HERBY JUNIOR WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SHOOTING GRAMPS - DON’T GO - I DON’T WANT TO TALK TO GRAMS ABOUT BASKETBALL SHOOTING - SHE’S NOT INTO IT LIKE YOU ARE.
GRAMPS WELL YOU CAN START BY BRAGGING ABOUT RICK BARRY - WHO WILL BE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN COLLEGE AND WHO YOU’LL SEE AT CAMP CAMPION IN PRAIRIE DU CHIEN THIS SUMMER. BUT I HAVE TO GO AS OUR CABIN ON DECATUR LAKE IS THREATENED BY ALL THESE TREE HUGGING ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
HERBY JUNIOR BUT ALL GRAMS WILL DO IS TALK ABOUT THE RINGO STARR MARRIAGE BIG NEWS - I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MUSHY STUFF - JUST SPORTS.
GRAMPS WE WILL - I’LL BE HOME IN A COUPLE DAYS AND WE’LL TALK JUMP SHOTS. BYE ! LOVE !
HERBY JUNIOR LOVE YOU - GOOD BYE. GRAMS CAN YOU TAKE ME HOME EARLY PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
FEBRUARY 14, 1965 GRAMPS NOW WE’RE ONTO SHOOTING - RIGHT ? HERBY JUNIOR JUST A SECOND - DID YOU KNOW THE GREEN COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1846 AND IS STILL A GREAT STRUCTURE. GRAMPS I THINK I HEARD THAT ONE DAY. WE CAN ONLY TALK FOR A HALF AN HOUR BECAUSE GRAMS WANTS TO STAND IN LINE TO GET TICKETS AT THE GOETZ FOR DR. ZHIVAGO WITH OMAR SHARIF. HERBY JUNIOR MAY I COME GRAMPS ? GRAMPS NO WAY - TOO COMPLICATED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. COME ON .....OOPS I FORGOT - YOU ARE INTO EVERYTHING EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL - I’LL ASK GRAMS .....SHE SAYS NO BECAUSE IT’S A SCHOOL NIGHT, AND YOU DAD WILL BE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. REMEMBER GRAMS AND I ARE FREE BABY SITTERS BUT THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY - BELIEVE ME.
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HERBY JUNIOR OK SHOOTING - TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW GRAMPS - YOU KNOW I’M COMING ON.
GRAMPS I’M SURE YOU ARE - BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER FUNDAMENTALS. ALWAYS. BE ON BALANCE. HAVE CONFIDENCE. ALWAYS LOOK FOR EASY SHOTS.
HERBY JUNIOR LIKE LAYUPS - THEY ARE 99% ACCURATE.
GRAMPS BUT THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF LAYUPS - LIKE SHOOTING WITH THE OPPOSITE HAND - THOUGH IT’S A BIT CONTROVERSIAL AND IN GAME SITUATIONS YOU WANT TO JUST MAKE THE SHOT - BUT OPPOSITE HAND LAYUPS ARE HARDER TO BLOCK.
HERBY JUNIOR OUR COACHES TEACH US TO ELEVATE THE KNEE FOR A HIGHER PUSH AND EASIER SHOT AS YOU LAY THE BALL UP.
GRAMPS REMEMBER ONLY TWO STEPS - BEFORE YOU LAUNCH. AND ON POWER LAYUPS USE YOUR HIPS TO GO INTO THE DEFENDER SO THAT HE CANNOT BLOCK YOUR SHOT.
HERBY JUNIOR EYES TO THE TARGET - RIGHT.
GRAMPS PICK A SPOT ON THE BACKBOARD WHERE YOUR SHOT WILL LAND SOFT AND BANK IN REPEATEDLY - NOTHING FANCY - MAKE THE SHOT. RELAX AS YOU SHOOT.
HERBY JUNIOR MONROE’S FAST BREAK LAYUPS WERE SUPERB A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO AGAINST JEFFERSON - WE CRUSHED THEM 97 - 57. BURINGTON HAD 40 DESPITE BEING DOUBLE TEAMED - MITCHELL HAD 17, BUCKY AND HOLLING HAD 15 WITH DEARTH 8.
GRAMPS AND YOUR BRODHEAD TEAM LOST TO MONTICELLO. HERBY JUNIOR BRODHEAD DOESN’T HAVE THE TRADITION OF MONROE - LIKE EVERYTHING I’VE HEARD ABOUT BOB ANDEREGG - WHO WAS THE VERY BEST HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER EVER IN WISCONSIN - FROM THE 50S.
GRAMPS ANDEREGG WENT ON TO PLAY FOR MICHIGAN STATE AND THE KNICKS.
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HERBY JUNIOR WHY IS GRAMS CRYING ? AND SINGING ?
GRAMPS WELL SHE LOVED NAT KING COLE AND HE JUST DIED - SO SHE IS SINGING MOAN LISA, TOO YOUNG, AND UNFORGETTABLE REPEATEDLY.
HERBY JUNIOR THAT IS PRETTY MUSHY MUSIC - I DON’T LIKE IT - IT’S FOR ADULTS ONLY. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE CHEESEMAKERS KILLED JEFFERSON AGAIN 96 - 51 LAST NIGHT - WITH KEITH HAVING 22, MITCHELL 29, AND BUCKY 18. HECK IT WAS 31 - 13 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER.
GRAMPS ARGYLE’S MARTI HAD 41 AND AGAIN BRODHEAD BEAT ALBANY - THE BEST LITTLE TEAM IN THE STATE - WELL THAT NOW MAY BE BRODHEAD.
HERBY JUNIOR YOU’RE GETTING UP GRAMPS - DON’T LEAVE. GRAMPS YOUR MOM IS HERE AND WE HAVE TO BRAVE THE COLD FOR THE MOVIE DR ZHIVAGO - REMEMBER ? HERBY JUNIOR HERE IS MOM - BYE - LOVE YOU ALL !
FEBRUARY 25, 1965 GRAMPS HEY JAKE - I HEARD THAT THE POLAR BEAR CAMPOUT AT ZANDERS LAKE WAS SO COLD THERE WAS ICE INSIDE ALL THE TENTS.
HERBY JUNIOR YOU BET GRAMPS. I DON’T KNOW IF I’LL EVER GO AGAIN. MY DAD NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH BUT ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
GRAMPS WELL WE ARE STAYING INSIDE - GOING TO THE GOETZ THEATER AGAIN AND AGAIN.
HERBY JUNIOR WHAT DOES GRAMS WANT TO SEE NOW ?
GRAMPS MARY POPPINS - PROBABLY CAPTURING MANY ACADEMY AWARDS.
HERBY JUNIOR I HEAR THEY HAD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT EVERY MOVIE FOR STAN LAUREL SINCE HE DIED A COUPLE DAYS AGO. HE WAS SO ENTERTAINING.
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GRAMPS WELL THE CHEESEMAKERS WILL CELEBRATE ON FRIDAY AFTER WE TROUNCE FORT ATKINSON. I WILL CELEBRATE STAN LAUREL’S LIFE SINCE HE WAS CLEARLY THE FUNNIEST MAN I EVER KNEW.
HERBY JUNIOR THAT’S A REFRESHING WAY TO HONOR SOMEONE’S LIFE - CELEBRATE IT RATHER THAN MOURN AT THEIR FUNERAL.
GRAMPS WELL FORT ATKINSON WILL BE MOURNING AT THE FUNERAL OF THEIR UNDEFEATED SEASON THIS WEEKEND. WITH THIS SNOWSTORM WE MAY GET TO TALK BUCKETS ALL NIGHT SINCE SOME OF THE ROADS ARE CLOSING.
HERBY JUNIOR I DO KNOW THAT MITCHELL IS SHOOTING 60% IN FIELD GOALS, BURINGTON IS AVERAGING 27 POINTS PER GAME, WITH 81 % OF HIS FREE THROWS MADE, AND BUCKY IS 4TH IN ASSISTS IN THE BADGER CONFERENCE.
GRAMPS AND MILWAUKEE NORTH IS #2 AND OUR CHEESEMAKERS ARE #1 - WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS A COLLISION IN THE STATE TOURNEY IN MADISON - I FEEL IT.
HERBY JUNIOR WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT LAYUPS - ABOUT HOW THE SHOOTER HAD TO POWER THE BALL UP WITH A HIGH KNEE BOUNCE OR KICK - AND KEEP HIS EYE TO THE EXACT SPOT ON THE GLASS WHERE HE WANTS THE SHOT TO CAROM. THE SHOOTER MUST BE RELAXED - BUT WHAT ABOUT FORM SHOOTING ?
GRAMPS THE ABSOLUTE KEY IS BALANCE, SQUARE SHOULDERS, BOTH EYES ON THE TARGET, TRIPLE THREAT POSITION - ABILITY TO SHOOT, PASS, DRIBBLE AT ANY TIME. THE KNEES HAVE TO BE FLEXED, A NARROW STANCE IS PREFERRED, AND SHOOT EARLY - BEFORE DEFENDERS COLLAPSE.
HERBY JUNIOR WE ARE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO KEEP TH ELBOW UNDER THE BALL IN PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH THE BASKET - WITH THE OFFHAND STABILIZING THE BALL, A SMOOTH RELAXED TRANSITION FROM THE SETUP TO RELEASE.
GRAMPS ALWAYS CUP THE BALL WITH YOUR SHOOTING HAND AND THE SHOOTING HAND SHOULD SHOOT THE BALL THROUGH AND OFF THE STABILIZING HAND.
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HERBY JUNIOR AND ALWAYS WAVE AT THE BASKET WITH YOUR SHOOTING HAND - RIGHT GRAMPS ?
GRAMPS ABSOLUTELY - GIVES THE BEST RESULTS - LOOKS AND FEELS RELAXED. GET THE BALL AS HIGH AS CAN BE COMFORTABLE FOR YOURSELF THE SHOOTER. ALWAYS FOLLOW THROUGH AND THEN FOLLOW YOUR SHOT TO OBTAIN A REBOUND.
HERBY JUNIOR REVERSE SPIN IS IMPORTANT - SO THE BALL ABSOLUTELY SITS ON THE RIM AND LAYS UP THERE IF IT ISN’T SWISHED.
GRAMPS THE SHOOTER WANTS TO COCK HIS WRIST IN A RELAXED POSITION AND SMOOTHLY FIRE THE BALL. THE BALL SHOULD ROLL OFF THE SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS.
HERBY JUNIOR THIS GOES FOR FREE THROWS, JUMP SHOTS, TURN AROUNDS, AND EVEN FADE AWAY SHOTS - RIGHT ?
GRAMPS WELL THERE ARE MINOR DIFFERENCES - HOWEVER ALL REQUIRE VARYING DEGREES OF RELAXATION AND ROUTINE. YOUR SHOT SHOULD STROKE SMOOTHLY.
HERBY JUNIOR WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN INSTRUCTED THAT YOUR BEST SHOT IS USUALLY UNCONTESTED - WITH THE HOTTEST SHOOTER WITH HIS BEST SHOT. RIGHT ?
GRAMPS ALWAYS - IT REALLY TAKES A TEAM TO PLAY TOGETHER AND MESH TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
HERBY JUNIOR OH MY GOSH - HERE COMES MOM - SHE DROVE THROUGH THIS SNOW STORM TO GET ME ?
GRAMPS WELL WE’RE ALL PACKING IT IN HERE TONIGHT - MUCH TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE HIGHWAY 11 IN THIS WEATHER. GOOD NIGHT - LOVE YOU HERBY JUNIOR.
HERBY JUNIOR NIGHT GRAMPS - LOVE YOU TOO !
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FEBRUARY 27, 1965 GRAMPS WOW - MAN WE KILLED FORT ATKINSON 96 - 70. KEITH HAD 45 POINTS MITCHELL HAD 18 AND BUCKY 12.
HERBY JUNIOR YOU SOUND SO EXCITED GRAMPS - MUST MEAN YOU THINK MONROE CAN REALLY DO IT THIS YEAR.
GRAMPS I REALLY REALLY DO - I’VE BEEN TELLING ALL MY CUSTOMERS AT THE BANK TODAY THAT THIS TEAM IS FOR REAL - COACH MITCHELL IS AT HIS PEAK AND WE ARE IN SYNC AS A TEAM.
HERBY JUNIOR WELL SCHOOL WAS AMAZING TODAY - THIS IS FROM YOUR GENERATION - DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SON OF NICHOLAS II - ALEXIE WAS FOUND ALIVE IN NEW YORK TODAY.
GRAMPS I DISTINCTLY REMEMBERED WHEN THE CZAR’S FAMILY WAS MASSACRED IN MOSCOW - ALL THE KIDS - EVERYONE - VERY SAD - ALL FOR A SOCIALISTIC CAUSE - TOTALLY UNPROVEN.
HERBY JUNIOR WELL OUR TEACHERS CONSIDER IT AMAZING THAT ALEXEI ESCAPED - IN FACT THE RUSSIANS MAY STILL GET HIM.
GRAMPS IT IS SO TOTALLY IRONIC THAT WE WERE SO CLOSE IN WORLD WAR II AND NOW WE ARE AT EACH OTHER’S THROATS OVER EVERY LITTLE THING.
HERBY JUNIOR YOU MUST MEAN THE COLD WAR.
GRAMPS DUMBEST THING THAT COULD’VE EVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD HECK NAZI GERMANY WAS 15 MILES FROM MOSCOW AND THEY ONLY SURVIVED DUE TO AMERICAN SUPPLIES OF FOOD, CLOTHING, WEAPONS COMING THROUGH THE NORTH SEA. I JUST DON’T AND WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND - BERLIN, CHINA, CUBA, SOUTHEAST ASIA - NONE OF THIS COMMUNISM MAKES SENSE.
HERBY JUNIOR BUT DID WORLD WAR I MAKE SENSE TO YOU GRAMPS - YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT IT - ALL YOU TALK ABOUT IS BASKETBALL - YOU BELONG ON TV.
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GRAMPS THERE ARE MANY STORIES - MOST OF THEM GRUESOME - I WAS IN A BATTLE TUNNEL FOR A YEAR IN FRANCE - WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE - ALL I EVER SAW WAS DEATH, STARVATION, ILLNESS, MASSIVE INJURIES OF WHICH MEDICINE COULD DO VERY LITTLE. ENDLESS DESTRUCTION UPON BOTH SIDES. I ALREADY TOLD YOU THE ONLY GOOD STORY WHEN WE MET UP WITH THE GERMAN SOLDIERS....THERE ARE NO OTHER GOOD WAR STORIES PERIOD.
HERBY JUNIOR TELL ME MORE - WELL I’D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PLATTEVILLE ON THEIR UNDEFEATED SEASON IN THE SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LEAGUE FIRST - AMAZING GREAT TEAMS FOR YEARS - AND MAY GIVE MONROE A RUN ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS - BUT LET’S GO BACK TO WORLD WAR I GRAMPS.
GRAMPS PLATTEVILLE IS VERY GOOD - BUT WON’T BEAT MONROE - IT’S THE MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS I WORRY ABOUT.
HERBY JUNIOR YOU’VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR MONTHS - TELL ME A GOOD STORY ABOUT THE WAR - NOT JUST IN THOSE BUNKERS AS GRAMS CALLS IT WHERE EVERYBODY BECAME ILL WITH SHOCK TRAUMA SYNDROME.
GRAMPS OK - ONE MORE STORY - WE ONCE CAME UPON A WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIER - AND WE KNEW HE MAY SIGNAL TO HIS PATROL THAT THERE WERE AMERICANS IN AREA. WE WERE ABOUT TO KILL HIM, BUT HE PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE......
HERBY JUNIOR GO ON. SOUNDS EXCITING.
GRAMPS WELL THIS GUY WAS BLEEDING TO DEATH AND LOOKED LIKE IT WAS OVER. OUR COMMANDER INSTRUCTED US TO PLACE TOURNIQUETS AND DRESSINGS ON HIM, CARRY HIM OVER TO A NEARBY BOMBED OUT BUILDING AND COVER HIM.
HERBY JUNIOR KEEP GOING.
GRAMPS WE DID ALL THAT AND AGAIN WE SAW GERMANS WATCHING US AGAIN MOVE THIS GUYS BODY....THEY AGAIN BACKED OFF AS WE FLED THE AREA. BOTH SIDES WANTED THIS FIASCO OF A GOING NOWHERE WAR TO END. THE WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIER PROBABLY LIVED.
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HERBY JUNIOR WELL TRULY AMAZING - HERE COMES MOM - LOVE AND ONTO PLATTEVILLE AND THE STATE TOURNEY NEXT WEEK. LOVE YOU.
GRAMPS LOVE YOU.
MARCH 4, 1965 HERBY JUNIOR WOW - THAT WAS QUITE A GAME AGAINST PLATTEVILLE - THEY WERE 16 0 AND THE CHEESEMAKERS WERE 17 -0.
GRAMPS IN FACT PLATTEVILLE HAD CLIMBED THE RANKS RECENTLY - CLIMBING TO # 4 IN THE AP POLL. COACH WEENIE WILSON HAS A GREAT PROGRAM IN PLATTEVILLE.
HERBY JUNIOR ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE REALLY CAME THROUGH IN QUITE A DEFENSIVE BATTLE 57 - 52 TO WIN OUR FIRST OF MANY 1965 TOURNAMENT GAMES.
GRAMPS YES OUT OF THE 424 TEAMS IN WISCONSIN STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PLAY, THERE WILL BE 9 TOURNEY GAMES WE MUST WIN TO GET THE MAGICAL CHAMPIONSHIP - A CLEAR VICTORY COACH MITCHELL, MONROE, AND OUR CHEESEMAKERS DESERVE.
HERBY JUNIOR 9 ROUNDS - THAT WILL BE TOUGH - IN FACT I KNOW ILLINOIS HAS DIVISIONS BASED ON HOW BIG THE SCHOOL OR TOWN IS - WOULDN’T THAT BE GREAT ?
GRAMPS NOT REALLY - HERE IN WISCONSIN WE HAVE A GREAT CHANCE FOR SMALL SCHOOLS TO ACTUALLY COMPETE WITH LARGER SCHOOLS - IT IS FANTASTIC. THERE CAN’T BE ANY GREATER GAME THAN LAST NIGHT BURINGTON HAD 24 - BELOW HIS AVERAGE OF 28 - BUT LOOK AT DEARTH - HE HAD 20.
HERBY JUNIOR The cheesemakers 1964-65
AND LOOK WHAT THE TIMES AND THE STATE JOURNAL WROTE MITCHELL ONLY HAD 5 POINTS - - BUT HE HELD THE GUARD FAHERTY TO 4 POINTS - AND THE SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN SCORING LEADER KNUTSON ONLY HAD 18 - WITH ONLY TWO FREE THROWS IN THE LAST QUARTER.
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HERBY JUNIOR AND OUR UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN TEAM GETTING KILLED BY BUNTIN AND CAZZIE RUSSELL WITH 20 AND 24 POINTS RESPECTIVELY. CAZZIE RUSSELL SOME SAY IS THE BIG TENS GREATEST PLAYER.
GRAMPS AND FINALLY GEMPLER TIRE STORE WON THE CITY LEAGUE WITH AN 18 0 RECORD - EVERYBODY IS WINNING.
HERBY JUNIOR GRAMS IS MUMBLING THAT ALL WE DO IS TALK BASKETBALL AND SHE WANTS THAT NEW MERCURY COMET FOR A PALTRY $2240.
GRAMPS GRAMS THINKS MONROE HAS GONE BASKETBALL CRAZY - WITH BURINGTON’S # 44 ON MACROS SUPPER CLUB. I SAID DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE WRESTLERS - HECK THEY ARE GOING TO STATE ALSO INCLUDING MAYER, DEININGER, KRANIG, ANDERSON, AND BACON ALL MAKING THE STATE TEAM.
HERBY JUNIOR THE COACHING IN MONROE MUST BE SECOND TO NONE - HECK OUR COACHES I’VE HEARD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY PLAYERS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS - BOTH OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY - WITHIN EACH COACH’S SYSTEM THERE ARE AREAS WHERE A PLAYER CAN SHINE IN TRANSITION AND ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.
GRAMPS ON MONROE IT IS EVERYTHING FROM KNOWING YOUR OWN TEAM’S CHEMISTRY - KNOWING TO CLEAR WHEN MITCHELL GETS THE BALL AND HEADS TO THE HOLE - DON’T DRAG YOUR DEFENSIVE MAN INTO THE PAINT - SPOT UP BUCKY WHEN HE’S OPEN, LET KEITH AND DEARTH HAVE THEIR SPACE FOR SPOT UP JUMPERS AND DRIVES IN THE MIDDLE AND BASELINE. AND LET DAVE HOLLING CLEAR AND OUTLET PASS. SWIGGUM OFF THE BENCH WHEN OUR GUARDS REALLY NEED A BREAK.
HERBY JUNIOR AS OUR COACHES SAY - THE PERIMETER HAS TO MATCH THE INTERIOR, AND THE CHEESEMAKERS HAVE BOTH AND PLAY IT TO THEIR STRENGTH. OUR POST PLAYERS PIVOT, FAKE, TURN, AND FACE UP TO THE BASKET - NOT FEARING A BLOCK AND OFTEN CREATING A FOUL ON THE OPPONENT WITH THE FREE THROWS.
GRAMPS OUR SHOOTERS CROSS DRIBBLE, FAKE, SPOT UP, AND TRIPLE THREAT ROUTINELY - WITH MANY DRIVES THAT WIN GAMES AND POSSESSIONS. WE USE TRAILERS ON FAST BREAKS ROUTINELY - AS IF OUR TEAM SPRINT TO THE HOLE ALL HAVE EYES IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS. COMMUNICATION IS CONSTANT - I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR OUR CHEESEMAKERS FANS CHANTING WHO IS OPEN AND WHEN NOT TO SHOOT - OR GO LOW OR PASS. 19
HERBY JUNIOR A BIG KEY IS FOOTWORK IN PRACTICE THAT PAYS OFF IN GAMES - THE SHELL DEFENSIVE DRILLS, DRIBBLE PLAYS, PASSING, LANE FILLS, AND LOW BLOCKS EFFECTIVELY USING OUR TALENT TO ITS MAXIMUM.
GRAMPS WE PIN LOW VERY WELL - TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RECENT SCREENS AND ROLLS -THE EYE CONTACT IS TREMENDOUS - WE NEVER MISS CUTTERS GOING BASELINE, DOWN THE MIDDLE, OR IN THE FLARE OPEN COURT. THE SEAL OF THE LOW POSTS WITH THEIR HIPS IS TAUGHT TO PERFECTION BY COACH MITCHELL - WE ARE ALWAYS IN BETTER POSITION THAN THE DEFENSE.
HERBY JUNIOR I HEAR COACH MITCHELL REPEATEDLY SAY SECURE OR SQUEEZE THE BALL - WE RARELY COMMIT TURNOVERS - EVEN ON BREAKS.
GRAMPS OH I HEAR YOUR GRANDMA CALLING FOR YOU TO GET OUTSIDE TO YOUR DAD’S CAR BEFORE ANOTHER STORM HITS. WELL THIS BEATS TALKING ABOUT THE OLEO RUNS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN WANTS TO STOP OR DRUNK DRIVING OR.....
HERBY JUNIOR NEW MATH............I HATE IT ! BYE AND LOVE.
GRAMPS LOVE ALL THE TIME !
MARCH 6, 1965 HERBY JUNIOR ANOTHER BIG WIN GRAMPS - WE KILLED DODGEVILLE - LAST YEARS STATE TOURNEY WINNER 47 - 20 - ANOTHER ALL AROUND GREAT GAME FOR THE CHEESEMAKERS.
GRAMPS IN FACT MANY IN THE PAPERS WITH MONROE AVERAGING OVER 90 POINTS A GAME - HECK HOW COULD THIS TEAM WITHSTAND GREAT TOURNEY DEFENSES ?
HERBY JUNIOR BUT WE ARE BEATING TEAMS BY PLAYING BETTER DEFENSE THAN THE OPPONENTS. LOOK MITCHELL HELD DODGEVILLE’S LEADING SCORER DICK STEPHENS TO ZERO POINTS - UNBELIEVABLE - TRULY UNBELIEVABLE.
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GRAMPS DID YOU SEE HOW WELL MONROE USED THE GLASS TONIGHT UNBELIEVABLE HIGH SHOTS WITH DRIVES, BANKS THAT WENT IN WITH GREAT TOUCH.
HERBY JUNIOR WE WILL BE READY FOR MILWAUKEE NORTH WHEN THEY COME ALONG IN MADISON - THEY ROLLED OVER MILWAUKEE EAST TONIGHT. HECK EVEN BRODHEAD IS ROLLING WITH JONES HAVING 28, CONDON 12, GARTHWAITE 12, AND THEIR OPPONENT WHO MAY BE THE BEST PLAYER IN THE CONFERENCE FROM ORFORDVILLE - PAUL JOHNSON - HAD 33 IN A LOSING EFFORT. A TRULY GREAT GAME.
GRAMPS WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE OTHER CHEESEMAKERS WHO ARE ON THE BENCH MUCH OF THE TIME - SUPPORTING OUR TEAM INCLUDING FRANKLIN, HAYES, SWIGGUM, NORDER, WINZENREID - THE FASTEST BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE STATE EASILY - BARNES, AND GRENDAHL. ALL ARE PROBABLY STARTERS ON OTHER BADGER CONFERENCE TEAMS.
HERBY JUNIOR ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT FUNDAMENTALLY MONROE IS WHERE IT’S AT - THE LOW POST MOVES WERE TRULY UNBELIEVABLE - WITH DROP STEPS, QUICKNESS, WIDE STANCES, AND BALL SECURING I’VE NEVER SEEN BETTER FROM THIS TEAM - ALL OUR FUNDAMENTALS ARE BEING PERFECTED.
GRAMPS THE LOW POST GUYS LIKE HOLLING, KEITH AND DEARTH PIVOT AND COUNTER MOVE THEIR OPPONENTS REPEATEDLY.
HERBY JUNIOR WE EVEN HAVE A JUMP HOOK WELL PRACTICED THAT WE HAVE BANKED OR SWISHED.
GRAMPS GRAMS WANTS US TO LOOK AT THE TV SHOWING THE NEW ASTRODOME OPENING UP TODAY - THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD.
HERBY JUNIOR CAN WE GO GRAMPS ? PLEASE !
GRAMPS MAYBE - WE’LL SEE - ONTO BRODHEAD ON THE 8TH OF MARCH FOR A REAL GREEN COUNTY BATTLE. I CAN’T WAIT - BRODHEAD HAS A DECENT TEAM - HECK THEY’VE ONLY LOST A COUPLE OF TIMES.
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HERBY JUNIOR I’VE SEEN A FEW OF THEIR GAMES - NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS CHEESEMAKERS. NOT CLOSE - WE WILL WIN AND MOVE ON. I’M HEADING OUT THE DOOR WITH MOM’S WAVES - LOVE YOU. GRAMS AND GRAMPS.
GRAMPS LOVE YOU.
END - CHAPTER 4, CHEESEMAKERS Credits: photos of the cheesemakers season are courtesy of the monroe historical society and the monroe evening times, to whom sportademics is greatly indebted.
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