Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 15 January 1942 — DeMotte Indians Win 4-Way Tourney in Local Gym Sat. [ARTICLE]

DeMotte Indians Win 4-Way Tourney in Local Gym Sat.

The local high school cage squad breezed through the opposition Saturday to win the annual 4-way blind tourney. The Indians drew the tough Mt. Ayr team for the tourney opener, but scraped out r 21-19 victory. In the second afternoon tilt, the Fair Oaks squad pulled the surprise punch by defeating Wheatfield by a narrow margin. Paced by Trump, smart guard, the Fair Oaks team played brilliant basketball to beat a listless Red Devil squad. In the championship game in the evening the Indians had little trouble taking the Fair Oaks aggregation into camp. The score of the final game was 43-38. Wheatfield scraped out a victory over the Mt. Ayr team in the consolation game. M. Bernard and Zeck sparked the 'ocal Indians to victory, scoring 18 points each in both games. Freddy had 9 points each game, while Bernard had 2 in the afternoon and 16 in the evening. Zeck was by far the outstanding player in the tourney, playing a hard, fighting floor game as well as scoring points., M. Boezeman scored 10 points in the two games with, Sig Boezeman next with 8. Dick Peterson and Art Schoonveld each had 5 points. The whole Indian squad deserves much praise for their play in this tourney, playing much better basketball than they have in recent games. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zeck drove their son, Kenneth, to Purdue Tuesday, and visited Mr. and Mrs. Herb Nine in Americus on the return.