East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-03-16
Cardinals Show Class
In Breezing Through
Euclid Cage Tourney

points in the first quarter, playing
from the pivot and passing off to
teammates to set up plays as the
Cardinals took 1875 lead. He add
ed eight more in the second stanza
as the Black and Red moved to a
27-17 advantage. 1t was in the Sec
ond quarter when the discrepancy
in the official book took place. On
an out-of-hands play under the
Shaw basket, Henderson took the
ball out, tossed a high pass
directly under the hoop and Fort
batted it in on a beautifully exc
cuted play.
The official scorer, however,
missed the field goal entirely and
for some strange reason, awarded
Henderson two free throws which
he never even attempted, appat-
emily missing Forts tip-in.
In the third period, the desper-
ate Willoughby players, realizing
that they must stop Fort to win
the game, fouled him repeatedly.
He connected on five of seven
free throws and added four field
goals in this quarter as the Car
dinals forged to 47-21 advan-
tage.
With the victory clinched, Coach
! Wisecup emptied the bench of subs
but left Fort in the game to en-
able him to crack the old scoring
mark. Wisecup moved him back to
guard to bring the ball up the
floor, but he continued to pepper
the basket. Finally, with Ill re-
naming in the game, he broke the
old record of 30 points with one
handed push shot from the foul
line and the crowd gave him a
roaring ovation. His last two field
goals were two-handed long shots
from far out on the left side of
the court which entered the basket
without touching the rim.
Fort has been phenomenally ac-
curate in his shooting all season
and the Willoughby game was no
exception. He sank Is of the 81
field goal attempts he made and
made good on 9 of his IA free
throws. His ecord-breaking feat
was a short-lived, however, since
Frank Petrancek, Garfield Heights
giant center, deposited AZ points
through the hoop less than "a
hours later against Cathedral Lat
in. Nevertheless it's quite unlikely
that Forts record at Shaw will be
challenged for some time.
The Shaw-Glenville game was
more closely-contested affair
than the other two Cardinal vic
tories in the tournament although
the 62-49 margin of victory would
seem to indicate an easy time for
the Shawites. Once again Fort
paced the Cardinal attack as he
meshed 10 points to give him a
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nament games. Glenville staged a
spirited rally in the fourth quarter
during which they outscored the
Cardinals, 20-17, but the East
Clcvelanders managed to stay in
front. Don Sexton playing one OF
his best games of the year, scored
seven of his II points in the first
quarter as Shaw took 15-7 lead.
Fort Carried the ball" in the
second frame, racking up seven
markers to give the Cardinals a
3318 halftime advantage. The
third period was played on even
terms as the Tarblooders fought
gamely in their attempt to narrow
the gap but the buzzer sounded
with Shaw leading 1929. Harry
Weltman, Glenville's clever, long
shot artist, tailed Is points but
received very little support from
his less-talented teammates.
My personal selection or an
AU-Tournament team on the basis
of their performances in tourna-
ment play is as follows: Fort
(Shaw; Grooms (Bedford); Pet
rancek (Garfield) Kordic (Cathe-
dral Iatin) Weltman (Glenvllle).