DOVER - Playing unlike the county champions they are, the Gnadenhutten Indians (3-1) lost out in the 1st game of the Class B District Sectional at Legion Hall last night by 1 point in overtime. The West Lafayette Generals, a team that appears to have little in the way of a basketball machine administered the defeat by a plucky last minute stand. The count was knotted at 28 when the gun cracked. The Indians held a 2 point lead with less than 13 seconds to go when Stone, Lafayette forward, slipped under the bucket for the tying basket.
Ed Riley, Gnaden Forward, was fouled shortly after the overtime period opened and made good on the shot. Then McAllister with a minute to go, dropped in a sucker shot for the one-point margin for the Generals. Gnadenhutten had several opportunities to win the ball game by slowing up their offense and playing a stalling game, but they elected to carry the ball to their opponents and lost out. Gaskill, giant center, was just about the whole Lafayette team. His under the basket efforts netted him 7 field goals and 2 foul tosses for 16 points. Riley and forward Denver Kohl were the leading stars for the Indians. Perry Ames, Gnaden guard, who was playing a bangup defensive game, was jerked from the lineup and replaced by Vernon Petry.
WEST LAFAYETTE GENERALS - 30
Stone 3-0-6
Henderson 0-0-0
Gaskill 7-2-16
Holdsworth 0-1-1
Bauer 2-1-5
McAllister 1-0-2
Reed 0-0-0
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 29
Ed Riley 4-2-10
Jack Hearing 3-0-6
Denver Kohl 3-4-10
Perry Ames 0-1-1
Bob Clark 1-0-2
Bob Kennedy 0-0-0
Vernon Petry 0-0-0
Saturday, March 8, 1930
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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