BACKBOARD SCRAMBLE. Members of the Gnadenhutten and Bolivar teams fight for a rebound in the best game of the opening night program. Gnaden won the duel 45-41) in the last 2 minutes. Players in the scramble are Jim Lindon (8) of Gnadenhutten, Vorrus Stumborg (33) and Junior Murray (29) of Bolivar. Facing the camera is lanky Al Reiser of the winners.
Gnadenhutten Indians 1947 Basketball Team. FRONT: Dale Brick - Jim Lindon - Al Reiser - Gene Montague and Wayne Gallagher. BACK: Tom Coolidge - Jerry Virtue - Lloyd Kail - Dick Frey - Fred Crouse and Bob Peter (Manager).
Gnadenhutten Indians 1947 Basketball Cheerleaders. Junior (Top) Harriet Hamilton - Senior (Bottom Right) Helen Huebner - Freshman (Bottom Left) Ruth Jean Crouse.
Bollivar Cardinals 1947 Basketball Team. FRONT: Vorrus Stumborg - Bill Haueter - Junior Lundenberger - Lee Lundenberger and Dick Mase. BACK: Head Coach Ray Blickensderfer - Dal Seward - Delmar Lewis - Hubert Ackerman - Junior Murray - Charles Swonger and Sam Seward (Manager).
DOVER - The Gnadenhutten Indians (1-0) (11-10) (38-29) upset the hard charging Bolivar Cardinals (0-1) (13-6) (36-31) 45-41 last night in the confines of Memorial Hall. The 2 cager teams met twice during regular season play. The 1st time they met, Gnaden won 40-31, but lost the 2nd contest 59-40.
The Indians captured its thriller with the Cardinals in the last 2 minutes of the game after Bolivar had waged an uphill battle to knot the score at 41-all. Loss of center Lee and guard Junior Lundenbarger (no relation) on personals with less than 2 minutes left blasted the Cardinal hopes.
A free throw by Sophomore forward Gene Montague put Gnaden in front 42-41 and then Sophomore forward Jim Lindon caged a sucker shot with a half-minute left to ice the verdict; although, Montague netted another free throw before the final buzzer. Montague paced the winning attack with 14 points, while forward Junior Murry gathered 16 markers and game honors for Bolivar.
The Tribe took a 3-0 lead in the opening minute on a rebound by Montague and a free throw by Senior guard Bob Hearing and stayed ahead until the closing seconds of the 3rd stanza. Gnaden then held margins of 11-5 and 26-19 in the 1st half of play, but the Red Birds outscored the Indians 7 to 1 in the 1st 4 minutes of the 3rd period to trim Gnadenhutten's lead to 27-26. Following Lindon's rebound, Murray scored 6 straight points to put the Cardinals in front 32-29 with Montague sinking a pivot toss as the quarter ended.
The 1st four minutes of the final frame saw Gnaden outpoint Bolivar 8 to 2 for a 39-34 edge, but Murray and Junior Lundenberger caged action shots and then repeated following a field goal by Montague to knot the count at 41-all. Then came the exciting finish.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 45
Gene Montague F 6-2-14
Jim Lindon F 4-0-8
Al Reiser C 4-0-8
Bob Hearing G 4-1-9
Jerry Virtue G 1-4-6
Fred Crouse G 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 41
Dal Seward F 1-0-2
Junior Murray F 5-6-16
Lee Lundenberger C 5-0-10
Dick Mase G 2-0-4
Junior Lundenberger G 4-0-8
Chuck Swonger F 0-1-1
Vorrus Stumborg G 0-0-0
Bill Haueter G 0-0-0
Delmar Lewis G 0-0-0
Wednesday, February 12, 1947
Harry Yockey, Right Down The Line
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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