Gnadenhutten Indians 1945 Basketball Team. FIRST ROW: Junior Gearing - Bud Goettge - Ray Huebner - Bill Martin - Bill Roche - Dean Kopp and Gene Mishler. SECOND ROW: Bob Hearing - 1st-Year Head Coach Jim Stubbins - Harold Gram - Glenn Mowl - Bill Lawver - Lloyd Kail - Junior Kennedy and Bill Drumm. THIRD ROW: Clem Wolfe and Harold Wilbarger (Managers). ABSENT: Walter Gutensohn.
DOVER - The tournament may offer its customers plenty of good games before it winds up a week from tomorrow night with 3 teams qualified for Sectional play, but it's very doubtful if it will show the speed, scoring punch, finessey and dog-eat-dog scrap given off by Midvale and Gnaden in their battle last night. The rivals scored 34 points between them in the 1st quarter and 30 more in the 3rd period with Midvale fighting uphill all the way to cut a 15-point lead to 3 before losing out to the Indians of Coach Jim Stubbins
Led by Seniors forward Bill Martin and center Ray Huebner, the Gnadenhutten Indians (1-0) (13-5) (34-25) got away to a 21-13 lead in the lightning-like 1st quarter and the margin proved an advantage that the Midvale Blue Devils (1-1) (11-9) (38-19) of 2nd-Year Head Coach Travis White could not overcome, despite the fact that they wound up and threw their Sunday punch at the Indians in a magnificent stretch drive. Midvale outscored Gnadenhutten 9 to 8 in the 2nd period and then after the intermission both teams started again with Gnaden gaining a 19 to 11 edge to lead Midvale 48-33 as the final period opened. Every member of the Blue Devils squad kicked in with points in the drive as Midvale rallied to cut down their rivals and they rolled up 16 points to Gnaden's 8, but it was too late.
From the 15-point deficit at the start of the period, the Devils cut the score to 49-35 and then 37,38,40 and 42 before Gnaden scored again with a free throw. And then it was 50-44, 50-46 and Gnaden got another free throw to lead 51-46 at the automatic time out with 4 minutes left. Another basket for Midvale cut it to the 3 points, but then Gnaden pulled away with 2 more free throws and the Indians' only field goal of the period and led 54-50 as the clock neared the end and cut off Midvale's hopes.
Martin and Huebner cameup with 17 points apiece to share individual honors, while Seniors forward Sam Booth and center Gene Hawkins led the Midvale attack with 15 and 13.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 56
Bill Martin F 7-3-17
Bill Roche F 3-3-9
Ray Huebner C 6-5-17
Bud Goettge G 3-0-6
Junior (Orrin) Hearing G 1-0-2
Dean Kopp G 2-1-5
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 50
Sam Booth F 5-3-15
Dave Stevenson F 3-3-9
Gene Hawkins C 5-3-13
Roland Platz G 3-0-6
Joe Carlisle G 3-1-7
Jim Morgan G 0-0-0
Friday, February 16, 1945
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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