The Garaway Pirates' Saturday night Co-Captains, Bob Raber (left) and 6-0 Junior Tom Andreas, continue something that has become a habit for the Pirates of Garaway this season...that of winning trophies. They were presented the Sectional Co-Championship Trophy by County Supt. W.E. Laws, Tournament Manager, following a 61-46 victory over the Killbuck Bucks.
DOVER - Basketball Inc....Garaway...a company headed by Jim Stull, with Koran Zehnder, Charles Stingel, Tom Andreas, Jim Gerber and Bob Raber as chief members of the board of directors, today carried the hopes of all Tuscarawas County into District Tournament play. The Garaway Pirates (4-0) (8-0) (21-1) put on a scoring rush in the final minutes of their game with the Killbuck Bucks (16-6) Saturday night to defeat the Holmes County quintet 61-46.
Wednesday night at 9:00 the "company" hopes to increase its assets one more notch. It meets the Tiltonsville Ramblers (11-10) in the District Class A Tournament at Brilliant. The Hiland Hawks (22-2) earned the other District berth Friday night when it defeated the Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves (17-2) 56-52. It will tangle with the rugged Jewett Wildcats (17-5) on Wednesday at 7:30.
Victories by both the Pirates and Hawks would put them opposite each other for the 3rd time this season. The Flyers earned a 60-56 overtime decision in the 1st meeting, while the Corsairs later avenged the defeat with a 57-52 triumph. Saturday night Garaway was not impressive...at least not as much as it had been during the regular season when it ran roughshod over 17 opponents.
In increasing their season record to 21 victories the Pirates connected only 23 times in 77 attempts from the field for a 29.9 percent mark. In all fairness it could undoubtedly be attributed to their week long layoff since winning the Tuscarawas County Class A Tournament title and the small Dover Memorial Hall floor.
Used to the wide open spaces of their home court the Corsairs never really got an opportunity to stretch their legs. They did; however, get their fast break moving in the final 4 minutes of the contest to turn a close game into something of a romp.
Prior to that the score had been tied 3 times and 7 points had been the greatest lead by the Garaway Pirates. The Bucks led momentarily when it went on top 32-31 with 1:17 remaining in the 3rd stanza. The Score stood 45-44, with the Pirates ahead, when they finally turned on the steam. In the last 4 minutes they outscored the Buckaroos 16-2 to nab the title.
Killbuck's scoring ace, Jerry Allison, injured his ankle with slightly more than a minute to play, but by that time the Corsairs were out of reach. Turning in a splendid performance and playing the remainder of the game on the bum ankle, Allison poured in 29 points and was the only Buck in double figures.
Junior Tom Andreas at 6-0 was the "Man of the Hour" for the Garaway Pirates. In the 1st quarter he scored 8 of the Buc's 12 points and continued his fine play, despite being dealt his 4th personal foul early in the final canto.
He topped the Pirate scoring with 22 points. Center 6-1 Senior Chuck Stingel came through with 14 and guard Bob Raber added 12.
Koran Zehnder, the Corsair's leading pointman this season and 2nd in the county, was held to his low of the season when he scored only 9 points as the Bucks did a good job defensively. His previous low was 12 against the Gnadenhutten Indians in the 2nd meeting of the 2 teams. Killbuck was worse off than Garaway in the percentage department. It made only 18 of 68 goal attempts for 27.2 percent.
The Pirates added 15 of 22 free throw shots and the Bucks 10 of 16.
GARAWAY PIRATES - 61
Bob Raber 5-2-12
Tom Andreas 9-4-22
Charles "Chuck" Stingel 5-4-14
Koran Zehnder 4-1-9
Jim Gerber 0-4-4
KILLBUCK BUCKS - 46
Jerry Allison 11-7-29
Bill Norris 1-0-2
Roger McDonald 2-0-4
Claude Arnold 2-2-6
Bob Arnold 2-1-5
Mick Lowe 0-0-0
GARAWAY 12-22-35-61
KILLBUCK 8-21-34-46
Monday, March 7, 1960
Norm Singleton, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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