48 - Port Washington Downs Mineral City 58-41 (2-19-48)

Mineral City Tigers 1948 Cheerleaders.  Front:  Doris Farnsworth - Betty Deubner - Joann Reidl and Gloria Reed.  BACK:  Orwen Weaver - Gladys Ewing - Iris Steinbaugh and Lois Watts.


DOVER - For 3 quarters the Mineral City Tigers (0-1) (10-11) (9-37), paced by 6-foot Junior Dan Lechner, who gave one of the best individual performances of the evening, stayed within striking distance of the Port Washington Purple Riders (1-0) (17-3) (12-34) hitting the court with a smooth-working quintet, but the Purple Riders found the range in the final canto and went on to win by a comfortable margin.  During the season Port Washington won their only game played against Mineral City 49-34.

Junior (5-10) forward Paul Day, Junior (5-10) guard Dick Corbett and Senior (5-11) center Hal Huston carried the offensive burden for the Riders in the initial quarter as Port Washington marked up a 13-7 lead, but in the 2nd period of play Lechner, hitting from a set position on the side, poured 6 points through the nets.  This barrage, coupled with Junior guard Rich Lindsay's 5 markers, helped trim the Port lead to 24-22 at halftime.

Again in the 3rd stanza, Lechner scored from the field, but had valuable aid from Sophomore forward Dale Adams and Lindsay.  However, 6 points by Senior (6-1) guard Vernon Furbay helped the Porters to a 40-34 margin at the end of the quarter.

In the final act, Port Washington's offense netted an additional 18 points, while their defense held Mineral City to just 7 markers.  With Day,Senior (5-11) forward Hal Gallion, Senior (5-10) guard Jack Davies and Huston hitting from all angles, the Purple Riders iced the game.

Huston, Day and Corbett divided scoring honors with 12 points each and Gallion hit the nets for another 10 points for Port Washington, while Lechner tallied 11 for the Tigers and his teammates Adams, Lindsay, Junior forward Gene Reidl and Junior (5-9) center Clarence Fiddler followed up with 6,7, 8, and 9 points, respectively.

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 58

Paul Day F 4-4-12
Hal Weber F 0-0-0
Hal Gallion F 5-0-10
Hal Huston C 3-6-12
Jack Davies G 1-4-6
Vernon Furbay G 3-06
Dick Corbett G 5-2-12

MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 41

Gene Reidl F 2-4-8
Dale Adams F 3-0-6
Dan Lechner C 5-1-11
Rich Lindsay G 3-1-7
Warren Binder G 0-0-0
Bill Walters G 0-0-0
Clarence Fiddler C 1-7-9


Friday, February 20, 1948
Rex Ridenour, Right Down The Line
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio