DOVER - Junior forward Elmer Linard, the "arithmatic boy," of 1st-Year Head Coach I.A. Arrington's Port Washington Purple Riders (1-2) (9-10) (8-29), bowed out of the county Class B basketball tournament last night, but before he went almost battered the historic hoops of Memorial Hall dizzy, rolling up 32 points for a single game's performance. While the semi-finalists in the regular tournament are expected to play for plenty of blood, Linard and his Riders and the Dundee Bulldogs (2-1) (5-10) (19-31) set the pace of a 4-game program with one of the fastest scoring exhibitions Memorial Hall has seen in many moons.
The 2 teams were playing in the Consolation Division of the tournament and eventually Dundee won 65-62, despite the almost efforts of Linard to outscore the Bulldogs single-handed. Dundee and Port Washington put on an unbelivable show here. At a pace of nearly 4 points a minute the rivals fled through the 4 quarters of the game and then through another 3 minutes of overtime period before the Bulldogs wrenched away the victory for 1st-Year Head Coach J.H. Proper.
The teams finished the regular game in a 57-all tie, with Dundee coming from behind in the final seconds on field goals by forward Rich Kline and guard Bill Fankhauser. Both combinations kept up their red hot pace in the overtime. Dundee went ahead on an action shot by Kline, but Junior forward Sonny Johns hit for Port and tied it up at 59. Then guard Bud Walters put Dundee ahead with a field goal. Linard sank a free throw for the Purple Riders and Dundee led 61-60. A field goal by forward Kate gave the Bulldogs a 63-60 edge which was cut a second later by Linard who sank one from close in. In those final seconds Dundee had gone into a stall and made things plenty difficult for Port Washington.
While Lindard was adding up his 32 points (which by the way is a Class B tournament record passing Sugarcreek-Shanesville's Harland Sliffe who scored 30 points in a 1927 game) Johns was collecting 23 more points for Port, giving those 2 the bulk of the markers. Dundee's scoring was better distributed. Fankhauser, who sparked the Bulldogs, tallied 21, while Kline got 15, Walters 9, Philabaum 8, Kate 6 and Smith 4. Linard's performance, the last of the season since the defeat knocks his team out of the competition, brought his season's scoring total to 371 points for 20 games, including 2 appearances in the tournament. During the regular season the Riders star collected 329 points in 18 games for an average of 18.2 and with the 42 points he scored in 2 tournament games uped the figure to 18.6. In his 1st tournament appearance Linard suffered a leg injury and played only part of the game. He did not play at all in Port's 2nd game.
But he certainly added up a lot of points in the others.
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 63
Rich Kline F 6-3-15
Philabaum F 3-2-8
Smith C 2-0-4
Bill Fankhauser G 10-1-21
Bud Walters G 4-1-9
Kate G 2-2-6
PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 62
Elmer Linard F 14-4-32
Sonny Johns F 11-1-23
Bob Roenbaugh C 1-3-5
Dave Goettge G 1-0-2
Charles Gallion G 0-0-0
Harold Huston G 0-0-0
Friday, February 23, 1945
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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