Frank played basketball for Silver Lake High School from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. Unfortunately, the Ramblers were terrible. Consequently, a local tavern owner said that if the team ever won a game, he would give them all free hamburgers.
On this night the Silver Lake squad was traveling to play Etna Green. Etna Green had a good team that year and no one expected Silver Lake to win. The Ramblers battled hard and gave it their best effort.
Etna Green won by 40.
On the way home, the Silver Lake team stumbled upon a great realization. No one from Silver Lake had come to the game. No one knew they lost!
As the bus rolled back in to Silver Lake, the players opened the windows and began singing, “We won! We won! We won, by golly, we won!”
True to his word, the tavern owner fired up his grill and began making the promised burgers. The team stopped at their high school, then headed over to the tavern to eat their supper.
As he served the burgers, the tavern owner began asking about the game. The players told him the score, but they conveniently reversed the scores in their favor.
The meal and conversation continued, and the owner asked about players stats. The team began telling him, “Oh so and so had three points, he had five, he had six.”
All of a sudden the tavern owner made the connection. “Wait a minute, that doesn’t add up!” he said. Fortunately, he was a good sport about it and laughed as the team finished their meal.
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