DOVER - The Malvern Green Hornets took a 2-0 lead over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (6-1) (16-8) last night, but Sophomore forward Jim Knox meshed a sucker shot and repeated with a set toss to put Head Coach Bill Ortt's cagers in front and they were never headed as they compiled quarter margins of 14-6, 28-19 and 38-30. Senior center Don Miller and Knox tallied 19 and 13 points, respectively, to spark the victory, while George Matyas, Malvern's fine center, lead all scorers with 22 points.
Playing without regular Tom Deckman, who was ill, Malvern was expected to give the Pirates a close run, but after the initial quarter the Orttmen had complete control of the contest. The Green Hornets passed wildly and had numerous bounce passes intercepted by the alert Pirates, who meshed their baskets from all angles.
A total of 44 personals were called by Referees Paul Schott and McCoy Mariner with 26 being assessed against Malvern. Sugarcreek-Shanesville cashed 15 of 29 free throws, while the Hornets hit on 9 of 19. Malvern lost sub forward Norm Burwell on personal fouls in the 3rd stanza and forward Jim Markino in the 4th when Junior forward Myron Beechy of the Pirates also went to the showers.
After the initial firing by Matyas and Knox, Miller and Burwell exchanged free tosses and Markino added another free throw to trim the Pirates' margin to 5-4, but a charity effort by Freshman Glen Zimmerman and baskets by Junior guard Clayton Deetz and Senior forward Don Hostetler, pushed the Orttmen's advantage to 10-4 and they held a comfortable lead the rest of the way.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 57
Don Hostetler F 2-0-4
Jim Knox F 6-1-13
Don Miller C 6-7-19
Glen Zimmerman G 2-4-8
Clayton Deetz G 3-1-7
Myron Beechy F 2-2-6
MALVERN GREEN HORNETS - 45
Jim Markino F 0-2-2
Colombo F 0-0-0
George Matyas C 10-2-22
Summers G 4-0-8
Deckman G 0-1-1
Logan G 1-0-2
Geiger G 2-0-4
Pietrafese G 0-1-1
Ebner F 1-0-2
Norm Burwell F 0-3-3
Saturday, March 6, 1948
Harry Yockey, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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