Junior Don Levengood of the Dundee Bulldogs lets go with a jump shot as he moves past the Port Washington Purple Riders' Senior Gary Dichler at left, while Sophomore Ed Bates and Senior Paul Frank of the Purple Riders get set under the basket for a possible rebound.
DOVER - The Dundee Bulldogs (0-1) (4-16) (31-50) were hard to handle in the opening quarter and they matched the Port Washington Purple Riders (1-0) (15-6) (22-51) point for point in that first 8 minutes as the period ended in a 12-12 deadlock. Sophomore Ed Bates, whose driving jump shot kept the Purple Riders in the saddle in the opening stanza, spurred Port onto a rally in the 2nd frame and 9th-Year Head Coach Bray Toot's charges gradually pulled away from the Bulldogs to amass a 38-22 advantage at intermission.
Senior Paul Frank and Junior Tom Jones of the Riders helped out in that period, while they also came in for a little aid in the 3rd stanza when both teams battled on almost even terms. Senior Bob Baker and Junior Don Levengood led the Pups' bid to get back into the contest, but Port held a 51-33 lead going into the stretch. The 2 teams again battled evenly in the final canto, but the lapse in the 2nd period cost Dundee any hopes it harbored for an upset victory.
The Bulldogs were cold from the field through most of the game except for a brief time in the 2nd quarter when Baker posted 4 field goals to account for 8 of the Pups' 10 points in that period. The little guard (Baker) led Dundee's attack with 16 markers, while Levengood had 15 and Junior Gary Slemmer added 10. Bates posted 20 points for Port Washington, Jones collected 19 and Frank added 16.
PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 66
Paul Frank 7-2-16
Bill McConnell 0-2-2
Vernon Glazer 0-0-0
Tom Jones 6-7-19
Ed Bates 9-2-20
BobWelsch 1-3-5
Nick Frank 0-0-0
Gary Dichler 1-2-4
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 47
Wil Slemmer 0-0-0
Gary Slemmer 4-2-10
Bob Walters 0-0-0
Bob Baker 8-0-16
Don Levengood 7-1-15
Duane Burrell 3-0-6
PORT WASHINGTON...12-38-51-66
DUNDEE........................12-22-33-47
Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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