Junior Curt Beamer of the Dundee Bulldogs goes in for a layup in the 3rd stanza of last night's tournament battle against the Baltic Eagles which was trailing 36-28. Earl Wallace (6) of the Eagles was too late to stop the throw and Junior Loris Hostetler (45) of the Bulldogs was waiting for a possible rebound. The Birds won 66-64.
DOVER - Dundee's fast-moving Bulldogs leaped into the title race in the Class B Basketball Tournament at Memorial Hall Wednesday night as they edged the Baltic Eagles 66-64 in a tense, thrill-packed struggle before a small crowd of 500 fans. Head Coach Bray Toot's Port Washington Purple Riders, remembering the Bolivar Cardinals' upset victory over the Strasburg Tigers last year in the 1st round reached for the stars themselves last night, but the Tigers would prevail in the final canto 57-46 after being threatened with an upset during the 1st three quarters.
Tonight's firing in the 3rd round will send the Midvale Blue Devils, the defending Champions, against the Gnadenhutten Indians at 9PM in the Championship bracket and the Mineral City Tigers against the Stone Creek Golden Panthers, while the Purple Riders battle against the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates in the Consolation Division part of the tournament.
The Dundee Bulldogs (2-0) (13-9) (24-42), on the basis of its victory over the Baltic Eagles (0-1) (13-6) (24-43) last night, gained a berth in the semi-finals next Wednesday night against the winner of the Midvale-Gnadenhutten contest. The Bulldogs victory was secured in the final minute of a grim-faced struggle between 2 of the tournament dark horses.
It was a brilliant triumph in which the twins, Juniors Louis and Loris Hostetler, Junior Curt Beamer and little Senior Dick Kate combined to out-score Baltic's aces, Junior Dean Huprich, Sophomores Jim Syler and John Torgler. For nearly 4 quarters; although, the 2 teams, both employing a fast-breaking attack, raced on even terms even thou Dundee had opened a 40-28 lead early in the 3rd stanza and seemed on their way to a decisive win.
Huprich, Syler and Earl Wallace teamed; however, to pull the Eagles back in the contest and the score was knotted 50-50 going into the last canto. Dundee dropped behind 50-48 with seconds remaining in the 3rd frame on a set shot by Syler, but Junior Merlyn Immel drove into the keyhole to even the count before time ran out.
In the blistering last frame, the lead changed hands 8 times and the score was tied twice. With 3 minutes remaining in the game, Wallace sent Baltic out in front with a field goal, but Louis Hostetler knotted the count.
Gene Muster returned the lead to Dundee, but Syler tied it again with another set shot. Immel tallied a field goal and followed with another which proved to be the deciding factor as Huprich split the nets with a push shot with one minute still remaining to make it 66-64.
The Bulldogs grabbed the ball and stalled for the remainder of the time. Baltic made a determined bid in the 3rd quarter after trailing 34-28 at halftime. The Eagles of Head Coach Doyle Shumaker tallied 22 points, while Head Coach Ike Wiseman's Bulldogs were scoring 16.
After switching from a man-to-man defense to a sliding zone in the 2nd period, the Bulldogs held Huprich to one field goal. The Eagle ace broke loose again; however, in the 3rd stanza.
Huprich netted 21 points and led all scores, while Syler and Torgler grabbed 17 and 11 markers respectively for the Eagles. The Bulldogs also had 3 players in double-figures with Loris Hostetler, Kate, and Louis Hostetler dropping in 19, 11 and 10 points.
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 66
Dick Kate 4-3-11
Weldon Flynn 3-1-7
Gene Muster 1-0-2
Louis Hostetler 4-2-10
Slemmer 0-0-0
Loris Hostetler 8-3-19
Merlyn Immel 4-0-8
Curt Beamer 3-3-9
BALTIC EAGLES - 64
Dean Huprich 9-3-21
Earl Wallace 3-3-9
Jim Syler 8-1-17
John Torgler 3-5-11
Fred Huprich 3-0-6
Garland Burger 0-0-0
Thursday, February 15, 1951
Rex Ridenour, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
No comments:
Post a Comment