Milford chronicle., 1953-03-13
YMCA Basketball
Tourney Big Success
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team on the court ct a late hour
Starting down the hOme-stretcb
TWO thrillers looms for this Satur-
gay nights play as the powerful
hoceO's combine face a stiff test as
tney meet at st. HedWigs, strong
C4O combine, IN the opener at 800
p. m. In the second test the lone
0eWn-state hope remains as the
high scoring Laurel Owls are pitted
against Hercules, Industrial League
hye, for a bid for Semi-Final play.
hocco's will have the same line
up that led them to victory against
ClaymOnt. Leo "The Point Mar
s,'alI headlines the Rocco arrav
along with such standOuts as lankv
Faol McCullin, Gene Sehaen, Buddy
nee Boots Reed, Earl Burns,
frankie Albera, Bunny Blaney,
leigh Challenger, Tom Yetter, and
1ed Sink. Pitted against this line
up are such well-knOWn cagers as
walt katz, Franny Sullivan, Stan
Kacqorowski, Danniel Katz, and
Bobby Ptak.
Laurel will be at full strength
Tor their clash with Hercules led
Dy the high scoring Tommy Whaley,
DICK Evans, former Delaware Can
tain, Don Hershey, ex-MillersvilIe !
ste eager, veteran Ed Galway,
George GOOtee, Allen Phillips. Bob
Lowe, Harlan Fleetwood, Bob Gun
ther, former Mount St. Mary's
dr1bbler, and Guido Schaivi. Her
cules is led by Tourney favorite,
Jimmy Joyce, former Temple eager.
George Frederick, ex-Delaware
dFibbler, Winny Weldy, Manchester
College, passer, Walt Taney, Glenn
StelZer, and Dickie Reed.
In first round play st. Hedwigs
topped Ridgely with ease. 1894.
Hercules eliminated the Dover Air
Base 71-51 as Joyce hit for 19
points. Laurel topped .Sudlersville
with Dick Evans bagging 81 points
and Whaley q. ROcco's squeezed
by Claymont, 1851.
This Saturdays play will wind-up
the quarter-fnals with the Semi
Finals slated for March 21st. Du-
pont-NewpOrt will meet the winner
OF the st. HedWigs-RoccO's in the
nrst game of the Semi-Finals while
the victor of the LaureI-Hercules
contest plays the National Guard
five. l
In the games last Saturday eve Z
ming, Rocco's pulled out in front &
in the first half, 1926, but the
Claymont quintet, led by the stel-
lar play of Earl VOss, made a deter /
mined comeback in the final drive
TO Outscore the victors, $3.50, but
Inc big first half edge proved
enough for ROccO's to hold on. Tall, I
'ang Paul McCullin bagged 20 S
POINTS for ROccO's while his back n
board play was a standOut. Leo >
MARSHALL hOOped Is points with
'ene Schaen having IA. Earl VOss. G
ormer West Chester ste dribbler. Y
layed a whale of game for Clay 6
lont as well as taking game scor- -.
lg hOnOrs as he racked "a. Les a
araga bucked Is and George Fan ST
nj had IL. Each team had q ac- =
on shots but the shooting of the
occo five at the foul line was the
Inference as they converted IA to
laymOnt's z.
Harrington had the better of the
Ding in the early part of the game
their contest with the National
uard five. At half-time they led
to 81 and at one stage in the Srd
eriod had an IL point edge, but
ne young Guardsmen never gave
and fought back until they tied
he score and within the last min
te the score was deadlocked, 74-!
I. Wilmington passers gained the
dge in the final seconds and put on
freeze and sewed up the contest
lth twO-pOinter as the whistle
1unded. Jack FiOralli, National
uard eager, was again one of the
handouts of the evening as his
eadly shooting and stellai. floor
lay sparked his team to their Sec
nd victory. He hooped % points
take game hOnOrs while Jerry
oOre bucketed 21 and Dick Hon
ms had 16. Curt Gallagher was
le leading gun for Harrington
ith % points while Don Barlowe
nd Cal Prentice hit for 13 each
ith Joe Griffith bagging 12. It was
thriller from start to finish that