46 - Linard and Walton Pace B Scorers

Port Washington Purple Riders High Scoring Ace Senior Forward Elmer Linard.


DOVER - The 48 points he has scored in 2 games has put Port Washington's Elmer Linard at the head of the individual scoring race in the County Class B Basketball Tournament which resumes action tonight with a 3-game slate at Memorial Hall.

High average; however, is the property of the Tuscarawas Broncos Senior Center Fred Walton who pelted 31 points through the hoops in his team's lopsided triumph over the Stone Creek Golden Panthers 102-23.

Senior Forward Paul Brown of the Baltic Eagles is 3rd with an averageof 19, scored in one game, while Senior Forward Dave Stevenson of the Midvale Blue Devils has 18 and Guard Bill Weiss of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates has 15.

The leaders, by average:

PLAYER  TEAM  GAMES  FIELD GOALS  FREE THROWS  TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE

Fred Walton - Tuscarawas Broncos 1-14-3-31-31.0
Elmer Linard - Port Washington Purple Riders 2-20-8-48-24.0
Paul Brown - Baltic Eagles 1-9-1-19-19.0
Dave Stevenson - Midvale Blue Devils 1-9-0-18-18.0
Bill Weiss - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 1-7-1-15-15.0
Chuck Renner - Bolivar Cardinals 2-12-4-28-14.0
John Vesco - Tuscarawas Broncos 1-6-1-13-13.0
Doran Immel - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 1-6-1-13-13.0
Don Arbogast - Stone Creek Golden Panthers 2-3-7-23-11.5
Sonny Johns - Port Washington Purple Riders 2-11-2-23-11.5
Jim De Mattio - Midvale Blue Devils 1-4-3-11-11.0
Bill Roche - Gnadenhutten Indians 1-5-1-11-11.0
Tom Haswell - Strasburg Tigers 1-5-0-10-10.0
Fred Aul - Strasburg Tigers 1-5-0-10-10.0
Bob French - Tuscarawas Broncos 1-5-0-10-10.0
Jim Lindon - Gnadenhutten Indians 1-5-0-10-10.0
Gene Mishler - Gnadenhutten Indians 1-5-0-10-10.0
Hamsher - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 1-3-4-10-10.0


Saturday, February 16, 1946
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio