I remember much of this story from you, Clay. I didn't know of the grocery store. Dick Anderson was an excellent athlete of Portsmouth's and Ohio State's and a good friend of Flip Spriggs.
Good health, good friend, to you and Carol! Mr. Plymale will enjoy this story!
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Clay Vice
To: Sam "Kat " Kegley
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 07:51
Subject: Fw:
HEY SAM, IN 1953 & 54 DON MONK GOT ME ON A BASKETBALL TEAM. IT WAS KAY JEWELERS AND DON HORTON AND RICH RECTOR WERE THE COACHES. ON THIS TEAM WAS BERT BARNY, BOB KIMBLE, GEORGE HILL, DON MONK, D.E. NEWMAN, FRED SCHUMATE, JACK HORTON, BOB BRONSON " FOOTBALL COACH AT PORTSMOUTH", FRED BRANDENBURG, WHO WAS A PHS SR. FRED GOT KICKED OF OF THE TROJANS THAT YEAR, DICK ANDERSON AND LITTLE OLE ME. FRED AND I WERE THE STARTING GUARDS. WE WON EVERY THING THAT YEAR EXCEPT THE STATE. THIS WAS IN THE Y.M.C.A. LEAGUE. WE WENT TO ZANESVILLE TO PLAY IN THE STATE AND FRED AND I WERE THE ONLY SET OF GUARDS THAT MADE THE TRIP AND WE HAD TO PLAY 3 GAMES THAT DAY AND GOT BEAT IN THE FINALS BY ZANESVILLE. ZANESVILLE DREW A BYE AND THEN WON THE SECOND GAME BY FORFEIT. WHAT A COINCIDENCE! AFTER WE GOT BEAT DICK ANDERSON TORE UP THE LOCKER ROOM AND THE Y.M.C.A. CALLED THIE POLICE AND THEY ESCORTED US OUT OF TOWN, WE WERE LUCKY THEY DIDN'T LOCK US UP. DON HORTON WAS THE OLDEST, NEXT WAS JACK AND THEN BOBBIE. THEIR MOTHER RAN A GROCERY STORE DOWN ON 12TH STREET AND I WORKED IN IT FOR A MONTH THAT WINTER WHEN I WAS LAID OFF FROM WORK, BUT I DIDN'T LIKE IT VERY MUCH AND QUIT.
CLAY VICE
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