The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-01-17

The Baltimore Coast Guard cagers
came back strong in the second
half to overcome a halftime deficit
of seven points and defeat the Lud-
wig Treaders 45-43 in another
thriller last Sunday at the Armory,
before crowd estimated at 500
1t took them an extra period to do
it, though, as the scoreboard read
39-all at the end of the regulation
four quarters.
Moose" Ballard tucked the game
away for the Gobs in the closing
80 seconds when he potted free
throw and followed it right up
with beautiful two-pointer from
the far side of the court
The Treaders were without
doubt the better ball club, but it
just wasn't in the books for them to
take this one. For some reason or
other they just couldn't make 'em
go in during the final half, while
the Sailors, on the other hand,
couldn't miss.
Treaders Lead At Quarter
Freddie Davis and Johnny Muster
combined their efforts in the open
ing period to put the Treaders out
front early in the fracas. Those
two racked up II points between
them in that stanza, which was all
the entire team could muster, while
Andy Teeter kept the Baltimore
boys in the running with three nice
one-hand shots.
Davis really gave the fans some
thing to talk about in the following
period when he personally account
ed for every one of the Treaders'
IS tallies, save a lone foul toss by
Mel Henry. The Coast Guarders
still hadn't gotten their offensive
attack rolling, and trailed 21-14 at
the half.
Sailors Find Range
The. Monumental City five
bounced right back into the fight
with the start of the third quarter
and gave the Ludwiggers a real
battle from there on out. They
outscored the Treaders 1873 in that
stanza and were slowly but surely
cutting down their lead. Little
Bob Brewer and Frank Buckles
started hitting on all kinds of shots,
and it wasn't long before the whole
team was doing the same The
Treaders still held the upper hand
at the three-quarter mark, however,
leading 1890.
Buckless continued to throw 'em
in as the final setto got underway
and pretty soon the Coast Guarders
had knotted it up at 35-all, with
four minutes remaining. Ballard
and Buckless placed them in front
temporarily when they made good
on trio of foul losses to offset one
by Davis of the Treaders
With only forty seconds to go
Referee Roy Harvey called two
technicals on the Baltimore team
for delaying the game. Davis pott-
ed the first, missed the next. He
got another chance to pull the game
out of the fire a few seconds later
when Ballard hacked him going in
for lay-up And pull it out of the
fire he did--the ball went swishing
through the hoop with only sec
onds left to play. That tied it all
up again at 80 apiece
Baltimore Wins in Overtime
Davis and Henry sank a pair of
double-deckers midway in the over
time session to erase three-point
advantage the Sailors had built UP
on free throws. Then, with only
minute and half to go, big Moose"
Ballard rang the bell on foul toss
and followed it right up with
spectacular hook shot from the far
right side of the floor. That sewed
it all up for the Baltimore boys
The final score, 45-43.
In the preliminary game the
Marketeers were no match for the
Waynesboro Elks, who took the
measure of the local lads by a score