The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02

Caldwell's Redskins closed
out their season by giving a
strong Belpre team all they
could handle for three and one
half quarters before the Eagles
hit "hot" streak to sew up the
game by 13 points. A lot OF
credit is due Coach Homer l..
Pyle and his boys who did a
good job of holding their favored
adversary, despite losing to this
same team 62-31 only 10 days
ago. The Eagles, winners of II
out of 20 games, were given
quite a surprise by the team
they regarded as pushover.
The entire game was a MP
and-tuck, See-saW affair in which
the difference in the two teams
| lay in the sharp-shooting ability
of big Perry Moore, a young
giant, who tailed exactly half
of his teams 54 points. When the
Eagles fell behind a few points,
they could aWays depend upon
this former Wheeling Linsley
star to come through, and he did.
The score was tied up three
times in the first quarter before
BeIpre pulled ahead 1919 at the
end of the period. The Redskins
overlook the Eagles at 1914 in
the second stanza and widened
the gap to as much as eight
points although ahead only 1920
at halftime.
Coming back in the second
half, Moore got busy manufac-
turing points with the aid of a
couple other tall boys, and Bel
pre- went out in front again 1896
at the three-quarter post. The
count was knotted four times IN
the third Stanza as first one team
then the other took the lead.
Caldwell was greatly hampered
when Bill Chritopher fouled out
As seconds after the second half
started Four personals on jim
Potts and Roger Walters also
forced them to play it safe in
the final frame.
The Redskins never regained
the lead in the fourth quarter,
although they trailed only four
points 43-39 at the official time
out with three minutes remain
ing. This time-out was the turn
ing point of the game as Cald-
we'll, after playing a fine brand
of ball, suddenly went cold
while Belpre hit a "hot" streak
that saw the Eagles pull away
$3.50 with only a minute and &
half to go.
Coach Pyle sent in his second
platoon to finish out the remain
ing time and both teams scored
two points to give Belpre a 13-
point decision. The Eagles in the
fourth quarter connected on sew
en- out of 10 attempts from the
field.
Don King. Jack Fowler, jim
Potts and Bernard Lori were
playing their last game for Cald-
well high and gave a good ac-
count of themselves during the
entire evening.
In the final game on Monday
nights schedule, Sardis hoppeC
into a 14-6 quarter lead and in.
creased their margin steadily tc
31-12 at halftime over Sarahs.
ville's Red Devils. The well,
balanced Sardis team moved the
ball with plenty of zip, each mar
in turn sinking a bucket Wher
necessary for a final score o.
6l-36.
1t is doubtful if any team ir
the tournament could have beat
en- Sardis on Monday night as
they were really on, rolling il
baskets with almost ridiculou:
ease.
The Red Devils perked up ir
the second half to score "a points
while Sardis was getting 80, bu
the big halftime lead was toe
great to overcome. Harold Wes
ton netted II of his IA points ir
the second half to lead Sarahs'
vile in scoring.
Sarahsville failed to net a sin
gle point in the first five min.
uteS of the fourth quarter, trail
| ing oO-LO DIT TIE OlllCldl llIllc-Ou
with three minutes to play. Sud
denly the Red Devils, sparkec
by Weston, piled in 13 points
while Sardis was getting only
five in the final three minutes
Butler, Weston and Stottsberry
were also playing the final game
of their high school days fol
SarahSville.
In the evenings first game
Lawrence came from behind tt
trip Stafford 58-45.