The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-21
Camp Davis Basketeers
Do1uns Fisher, Sc To SO
Superior AA Reserve
Power Deciding Factor
In Contest

The Camp Davis AA basketball
team used it's superior reserve
strength to win over Fort Fish
er cagers, 56-36 in a tilt played in
Farnsworth Hall last night. The
Davis hoopsters, who racked their
second win in three engagements,
simply had too many capable sub
stitutes for the Fisher five. The
first half of competition Was play
ed on fairly even terms, but as
the firing Fisheries faltered in
the two final periods the speedy
AA team turned the game into a
rout. This encounter marked the
first time that the two military es-
Establishments have met in an ath-
letic engagement.
Davis lanky center, Brookfield,
tailed the initial score Of the tiff
as he, made a good follow shot.
The Fisher club evened the count
when Mando scored on a pass
from Kemp. The play wa spirit
ed and the scoring evenly distrib-
uted in this first period. The "A
hardwooders seized their lead as
Messing and Krumtinger dropped
', in field goals. Hoodzow of the
Fisher quint hit the basket with a
field goal to make the score stand
Camp Davis, IA. Fort Fisher, IL,
at the end of the first quarter.
In the second heat the Davis
five was pushed considerably by
the visitors, and was leading by
only a 1918 count in final 80 sec
onds of the first half. Here Krum-
finger, foot, inch reserve pivot
man for the Davis club, and
Hearn racked up rapid baskets
to give the AA quint a 27-19 adj
vantage at the end of the first
half of play.
The Davis outfit roared back
after the intermission to turn on
the heat and run rough-shod over
the weary Fisher club. Ross, Kun
finger and Messing whipped II
goals in the opening minutes Of
the second half to give the Davis
ties a 1920 margin after Fisher
had scored on a charity toss by
Kindred. Two pointers by Gregs
and Mando brought the loosers
within points of Camp Davis, the
closest they came of overtaking
the high-flying victors for the re.
mainder of the affray. A fielo
| goal by Jenneke and two by NC
Bride, added to a free toss by
Ross, gave the winners a 4l-2'
lead at the end Of the third canto
The final stanza was practical
ly all Camp Davis. Flooding thu
encounter with reserves, the fresf
Davis team worked with clock
like precision as every man con
tributed to the versatile attack
Lockers ended the Camp Davi:
point gathering with two fiele
goals. and Krauser of Fort Fishel
brought the contests scoring t.
an end as he dropped in a fou
shot.
The top men in the scoring de
I partment for the night were Grege
of the Fisher hoopsters with 1:
points and Ross of the winners
with the same number. Mcbride
was also main cog in the Davis
offensive attack as he set uI
many scores with his fine bal
hawking and accurate passing
Hoodzow of the Fisher courteers
presented a constant threat to the
IA club with his deadly shooting
Of Grip shots.
The Camp Davis five hits the
road next week as it meets two of
the top service quints in the South.
Tuesday the AA men take on the
classy Greensboro Tech-Hawks.
The North Carolina Preflight
team, the winner of II straight
games, are to be the Davis oppon-
ents Wednesday night.
Fort Fisher
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| F-krauSer ---------- U
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