New book details beginning of Middie basketball dy

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   Dick Jones reveals the story behind how the Middletown Middies 
basketball dynasty of the 1940s and 50s began in a new book, “The Second
 Dynasty.”
Jones, a native Ohioan, first encountered the Middies 
when they appeared in the Columbus Coliseum in 1944 on their way to 
winning the first of seven state championships, a record that still 
stands today. Middletown also won state championships in 1946, ’47, ’52,
 ’53, ’56 and ’57.
Jones opens the “readers’ eyes,” according to a
 press release from book publisher Xlibris, as he traces the beginning 
of “Ohio’s greatest basketball dynasty to the bold initiatives of the 
1920s and 30s and tracks the step-by-step development of the basketball 
program as it parallels Middletown’s transformation from a pork-shipping
 hub to a thriving steel town.”
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	Dick Jones reveals the story behind how the Middletown Middies basketball dynasty of the 1940s and 50s began in a new book, “The Second Dynasty.” Jones, a native Ohioan, first encountered the Middies when they appeared in the Columbus Coliseum in 1944 on their way to winning the first of seven state championships, a record that still stands today. Middletown also won state championships in 1946, ’47, ’52, ’53, ’56 and ’57. Jones opens the “readers’ eyes,” according to a press release from book publisher Xlibris, as he traces the beginning of “Ohio’s greatest basketball dynasty to the bold initiatives of the 1920s and 30s and tracks the step-by-step development of the basketball program as it parallels Middletown’s transformation from a pork-shipping hub to a thriving steel town.” Click here to check out the full story New Book details beginning of Middie basketball dynasty.
	Skip Weaver covers local high school sports for MiddletownUSA.com and MainStreetMonroe.com.