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Description: The photograph shows a Massillon High School player, in a white jersey, leaping above several South High School players from Akron, Ohio. The Massillon player, an African-American, is working to pull in a rebound in front of a large crowd on the bleachers of the gymnasium. On the back of the photograph, a typed description reads: "Not a jumping jack, but the white-shirted young man is really up in the air. It's Odel Gillom, Massillon forward, with Alex Ellesin (No. 47) trying to scale the same heights. Massillon beat South, 34-15, to eliminate the Akron team from cage tourney." There is also a had written note reading, "Basketball, Massillon High School vs. South High School, Akron" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_001_001
Subjects: Basketball; Basketball players; High school athletes; Massillon (Ohio)--History; High school boys; Basketball--1940-1950; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Massillon (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)