Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
High Scoring Feature
OF Dover Tourney
tcontlnued from fIrst 80

ANNAAN-AAA-eA a. AAAA -AAAN ReA19N
the nightcap, New Castle Air Base,
last years tournament winner,
making their first appearance as
they take on the Acknowledgment
quintet, Wilmington Industrial
! League entry, who eliminated Cam
den-Wyoming in their first tourna-
ment appearance.
All three games will feature
some Of the top talent playing in
Delaware. RoccO's has such stand
out cagers as Leo (The Point Mar
shall, always a target for the fans,
Earl Burns, Buddy Kee, Boots
Reed, Paul McCullin, Bunny Bla-
ney, former Delaware High School
great, Gene Schaen, and Tom Yet
ter. ClaymOnt has equally as an
impressive lineup with standout
eagers such as Earl VOss, ex-West
Chester College star, Les Saraga,
Jack McKernan, Dick Palmer,
Nick Bueci, Holmes Doherty, Jim
Dickinson. Harrington will go
along with them saem lineup that
has carried them to two straight
Eastern Shore League pennants.
Don BarlOwe, Curt Gallagher, ex-
F. and NJ star; Otto Bundy, Bud
German and Dick Braunfield are
additions this year. Tom Shalley,
Cal Prentice, Joe Griffith, Bob
SOndwen, Jack Dill, Bob Roberts
and jay Bullock are old HaTring-
ton standbys that need no intro
ductiOn to Eastern Shore fans. Ma
tiOnal Guard <cagers turned out to
be real surprise with their stellar
floor play and terrific lombard
ment of the hoops from all angles
in their victory over the Dover
Bulldogs. The Guardsmen could
easily become the surprise of the
tournament. Jack FiOrelli and Dick
Hopkins were terrific for the semi
pro league pennant winners. New
Castle Air Base will present prac-
tically new team than the one
that caught the fancy of the fans
last season, but from all reports
they have a strong aggregation.
Gerry Woods, eX-cOllege star; Bill
Kearney, Don McKinster, George
Mann and Frank Garrett are big
guns for the Flyers. duPOnt-New-
port, who finish in a tie at the end
Of the regular season intthe Will
mington Industrial League, has /
power deluxe in Jimmy Patton, /
rated with the best in the Will !
mingtOn ranks; Herm Stuiber, |
Paul Jones and Jim Stradley.
From here on out the play should /
equal that of any previous tour !
nament and Eastern Shore cage !
fans have the opportunity to see
some Of the best basketball of tie |
season. The remaining quarter /
round contest will pit Laurel Owls /
Hercules, while st. He'd
wigs will tangle with the winner
OF the ROccO-Claymont contest.
These games will be played on I
March IA.
In last Saturday nights games,
st. Hedwigs jumped out in front
in the first period against Ridgely
and continued to pile up a lead
until the finish when they led 76 to
"a. st. Hedwigs substituted freely
throughout but had little let-up in
their scoring. The game and will
ing Ridgely five never gave up and
played their hearts out to the fin
sh. Walt Hatz hooped l9 points
Tor St. Hedwigs with Stan Kaza-
rowski hitting for Is and Bob Ptak
IL. Buddy Bennett trimmed II for
Ridgely.
In the second contest a young,
fast moving National Guard five
was phenomenal in their shooting
as they hit from all angles to top 4
pie the Dover Bulldogs in a real I
thriller, 76 to 81. Victors led at
quarter 22-17 and extended the
lead to Alps at midway. Dover
made their best showing in the 1
third period as they Outscored the
winners 2O-13, but the Guardsmen
found the range again in the final /
period to pull away to a safe
lead. Although not coming into the
game until late, lanky Steve -Skabla