DOVER - In sweeping to their 67-61 win over the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0-1) (2-18) (11-29), the Dundee Bulldogs (1-0) (12-9) (20-36) exhibited one of the most rapid breaks seen in the tournament so far and it was not until the final quarter when the Bulldogs had lost 3 men on personal fouls that the Panthers started their desperate rally which nearly overhauled the weakened Bulldog quintet.
Dundee, paced by the deadly accuracy of Sophomore forward Stan Immel, 5-10 Senior guard Paul Kate and 6-foot Senior center Bob Gardner, slammed into a 25-11 first quarter lead as their sharp-breaking offensive overwhelmed the Panthers. The blistering Bulldog pace continued in the 2nd period and more than matched the shooting of Stone Creek's Junior center Verle Buehler, who held scoreless in the 1st quarter exploded for 10 points in the second period. Dundee led at halftime 42-27.
Although Buehler and Sophomore forward Jim Pfeiffer held up the Panthers attack in the 3rd canto, Stone Creek was not able to gain ground as Gardner and Senior guard Ralph King racked up 13 points to give the Bulldogs a 58-44 lead at the close of the stanza. It remained for a diminutive, 4-8 substitute to pull the game out of the fire for Dundee in the final minutes of the last period after Paul Kate and Gardner had left the game.
Early in the last quarter the Bulldogs had forged a 64-48 lead, but lost Paul Kate and Gardner on personal fouls with little more than 3 minutes remaining. The Golden Panthers then launched their desperate rally in an attempt to overtake the Dundee and with Buehler again leading the way, had trimmed the Bulldogs' lead to 64-60 with 55 seconds remaining.
At this point, Dick Kate, the little Freshman forward who had entered the game early in the stanza, raced down the side court and meshed an action shot. Seconds later he was fouled under the Stone Creek basket and made good the free throw that iced the game for the Dundee. Buehler led both teams in scoring with 21 points, while his teammates Pfeiffer, Sophomore guard Hal Ridenour, 5-10 Sophomore forward Dick Kugler scored 16, 11 and 10 points each, respectively for the Golden Panthers. The winners were led by Gardner with 19 markers, Kate with 15, and King with 13 points.
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 67
Stanley Immel F 3-2-8
Dean Landis F 0-1-1
Wayne Flynn F 4-0-8
Kick Kate F 1-1-3
Bob Gardner C 8-3-19
Ken Jones C 0-0-0
Paul Kate G 7-1-15
Ralph King G 5-3-13
George Sliffe G 0-0-0
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 61
Jim Pfeiffer F 7-2-16
Dick Kugler F 4-2-10
Dean Heid F 0-0-0
Riley G 1-0-2
Verle Buehler C 9-3-21
Gene McPherson C 1-0-2
Hal Ridenour G 4-3-11
Bob Bucher G 0-0-0
Roger Reifensnyder G 0-1-1
Saturday, February 21, 1948
Rex Ridenour, Right Down The Line
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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