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but connected, for a game total or 26 points to lead the Tigers, in a game that saw the Gorbymen eoiue from behind to win as they cap-'italized on free tosses.Almost an exact duplicate of the Wesleyan-Beadle meeting on Tuesday night at Madison, the Tigers were unable to hit from any angle In the first part of the game. The■visiting Generals out-shot the Tigers from the field, making 25 field goals compared with 24 for the Tigers. The Gorbymen made good 14 of 21 free tosses while the visitors counted only 10 good ones out of 21 .Wed.The Bengals started without — two regulars* Rruce Canalsy and Wayne Stone and early hi . the first half. BaUus Fritzmeier . was carried to the locker room with a sprained ankle, however both he and Stone entered the game in the last half*. The Tigers found their range early in the game and moved in front of the visitors 10*3 with seven . .minutes of the game elapsed before the Generals set their sights . and tied the count at 12-12 with less . than a minute and a half remaining before reaching the halfway mark in the first period. A free throw by Don Beal gave the Bengals a narrow 13-12 advantage with 10 minutes of the game gone by.In the last half of the first period, both teams matched baskets with the lead changing four times before the halftime intermission ■when the visitors were holding a 27-34 advantage over the Tigers.In the first part of the ft-' nal period, the visitors moved •s,“ ahead st one time holding z 38-29 margin which the Bengals narrowed down to 33-28, before another spurt of basketmaking ’ by the Generals put them ahead, 45 to 39, as the first ten minutes of the last half had. elapsed*With 11 minutes of the last half gone the Bengals had narrowed the count to 45-43, but a free -throw and two fielders in rapid succession again put the visitors out in front with a 49-43 advantage, and with four minutes of the game remaining to be played, the Gener-: als held a 53-45 advantage. Matched baskets by Crockett and Dwane Colburn put the score at 55-47, then tilings started to happen. A field goal by Beal, a fielder and two free -throws by Crockett and a charity toss by Belcher and a fielder by •Stone narrowed the count down to 56-57 with only one minute and fif-.teen seconds of the game remaining.A free toss by Colburn gave the Generals a 58-56 advantage ^ until Fritzcmeier dumped in : 1 his lone fielder of the evening to knot the count at 58-58 and the Bengals went into a 60-56 ' lead on a basket by Stone, but . Doyel knotted the count at 60-60. Then Crockett took over and i _ won the ball game on the final : I second shot.Gorby used a total of 12 men in ;tbe game, with Don Beal, substitute guard, turning in a good game for tfic Tigers. He was doing a lot of work in the rebounding department as was lanky Stretch” Belcher ’who connected for five tip-in shots and one free throw for second high scoring honors.z Big Cal Mathison, lanky center Tor the Generals, was the big gun 3h the Beadle scoring as he connected for 18 points, but the last ■half basket making of Doyel was responsible for the lead held by the Generals until the last period rally by the Wesleyan dub. Pete Struwc -tod Don Richter turned in a good game in their forward positions and In addition to his scoring power, Colburn also set up many of the Beadle plays.Larson, a regular on the Beadle iquad, saw only part time duty due to a bad cold and Bob Fiuegel was limited to part time duty in the ont court for the Beadle live._ The box score;Wesleyan (62) FG FT PF TPFritzmeier, f 112 3Crockett, f 9 8 3 26Belcher, c 5 1 3 11Beal, g 1 4 4 6Provost, g 0 0 0 01Rose, f 10 3 2Wellman, g 0 0 0 0 lSosokar, c 2 0 0 4Scoville, g 0 0 0 0 jSwahberg, c 6 0 0 0;Ainslte. cr 1 ft 1 S3IIAddress ........................................CitydSF Warriors DownBrookings In TwoOvertime PeriodsSioux Falls, S. D.—lt;£*)—Sioux Falls high school finally won, 40 to 38 from Brookings l^t night, but not until after thousands of fans’ had swarmed on the floor in belief Brookings had won.The big Coliseum buzzer blared when the score stood 34 to 33 for Brookings* The crowd flowed onto the floor. The * game, however, vwnt over. In the bedlam, a referee’s whistle just before the buzzer bad gone unheard.After the court was cleared, play resumed. Spence Brende of the Warriors sent the contest into overtime with a free throw. A regular over-]time and a “sudden death” period wore needed to decide the issue. Don Masker’s rebound tip at last brought Sioux Falls victory. Like most others, Masker had thought the game over when the buzzersounded, and he had to put bis shoes back on to get in the overtime.It was a heartbreker for Brookings, which had led from the first basket For ten minutes In the sec* oud half the Cats held the Warriors scoreless. Early to the fourth they led 31 to 20. There the Warriors started their successful comeback.Score by periods:Sioux Falls 11 20 30 34 38 40Brookings lfl 25 28 34 38 38Phitodtievellt;cancc5ICd8cIEsonchjwaipeibacmelea;CwaimemaAircotclu4 Teams Move UpIn Little HickoryConference EventCarthage, S. D.—-The four pre-tourney favorites survived first round meets of the Little Hickory conference tournament which start* ed here. Thursday afternoon andwinds up tonight with the championship finals at 9:00 p. nu although most fans are generally agreed that the meeting of Winfred and Howard this afternoon in the second semi-final should provide the most excitement.I1seacasfortoredTieweiACarthage survived first round activity in downing Fedora by a narrow 27-26 count and Ca-Double-Header Dimes' BenefitGame SundayA double header baskeball game with proceeds to go to the March of Dimes is scheduled to le played on the Com Palace court Sunday afternoon, featuring b^th teams sponsored by the two Mitchell veteran organizations, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.Starting at 1:30 p, m. the VFW cage squad is matched with the American Legion team of Alexan-aria followed by a game between the Mitchell American Legion team and the Canistota Indees. Both visiting clubs have a good reputation and some fast basketball should be in store for fans.All prcceeds of the game will be turned over to the March of Dimes after expenses hsve been deducted.oParker DefeatsCorsica In DWUPrelim GameParker’s high school Pheasants won a 47 to 27 victory over the Corsica Comets last night is the preliminary to the DWU-Beadle game as the Pheasants uncorked a dazzling display of basketmaking that proved their might in Class B” circles.The Pheasants, led by their rangy forward, Jongewaard, with 16 points moved into a 12-4 advantage at the first period's end, and led 20-12 at the halftime. At the third period’s finish, the Pheasants were leading the Comets 35 to 21 and moved into their 47-27 victory.DeBoer with 14 points paced the Comets, and Krull turned in the outstanding floor game of the eve-nova easily advanced to the semi finals by defeating Ramona 64 to 19. In the lower bracket matchings, the Howard Tigers, favorites to win the title, had an easy time downing Argonne, 48 to 15, and Winfred rolled over Burbank with similar ease, 52 to 14. Ramona won the first round consolation game and will meet in the consolation final tonight at 7:30 p, tn., with the loser of the Afgotme-Bur-b*nk game.The Carthage cagers were forced to come from behind in the final period to win their narrow 27-26 victory over the Fedor* Tigers. Carthage moved out in front 8-7 at the first period, 19-11 at the halftime intermission. Gaining momentum in the third stanza) Fedora moved ahead 21-20, but Carthage won the narrow victory in the final minute. J. Clites, Carthage forward, led the scoring with 13 points and Hubbart contributed II for Fedora.In the second game, of the afternoon, the Canova Eagles had easy time downing the Ramona quint, 64 to 19, The Eagles lead 11-1, 28-5) and 31-12 at the rest periods and! breezed through the final stanza j with little trouble. Martin contributed 15 points for Canova' and Johnson was high scorer for Ramona with five points.Howard’s league leading Tigers downed Argonne easily as the Tigers led by Hegdahl with II and Kvemes with eight, took the lead and stayed there. At the rest periods, Howard was ahead 20-3, 27-7,29-f and waded through the final period for * 48-15 victory. Seiko? led the Argonne scoring with seven points,Winfred took the 52-14 win over'Burbank without trouble as L. Wolf poked In 16 points for the winners. Winfred was leading 15-2, 30-8 and. 'M-li at the rest periods. Sorenson! led the Burbank scoring with six! counters.Ramona found the range in the second period and moved in front of Fedora to win a 30-15 decision in the first consolation game played Thursday evening. Fedora led 7-5 at the first period's finish but Ramona jumped into the lead by halftimejwith a 14-9 adavntage and stood ahead 20-11 at the three quarter mark. Wolf and Riedel with 12 each led the Ramona scoring. Hubbart again contributed eight to lead the Fedora dub.Argonne and Burbank were scheduled to meet at 1:00 p. m. for consolation honors. Carthage and Canova were scheduled to meet in the [first semi-final at 2:15 p. m. and Howard and Winfred were paired at 3:30 this afternoon in the second semi-finalPiowi
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Fri, Feb 06, 1948
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