Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 11, DeMotte, Jasper County, 22 January 1942 — DHS Cagers Defeat Kouts and Tefft Last Week; Second Tearn Whips Tefft 2nds [ARTICLE]

DHS Cagers Defeat Kouts and Tefft Last Week; Second Tearn Whips Tefft 2nds

The DeMotte Indians won two games last week, defeating Kouts on Wednesday night by a 40-26 score, and trouncing Tefft Friday evening with a 64-26 tally. In the Kouts game the locals were trailing by a 16-15 count at half time, but came hack to outscore the Kouts boys 11-6 and 14-4 in the final two stanzas. Bernard with 15, M. Boezeman 11, •sort 6, Sohoohveid 5 and Zeck with 3 points counted the DeMotte scores. S. Boezeman was the other local to see action, playing a fine floor game but scoring no points. Hi the second team game at Kouts the DHS boys lost a heart-breaker by a 19-18 score. B. Hoffman made the surprise basket of the game, dumping one in front the center of the floor to tie the score at 18 all in the closing minute of the game. Oliver was called on a personal foul just before the final gun, and Rogowski made the winning point for Kouts. The Kouts’ second leant recently won their county tourney. s<> our ' team made a'real showing against Uteni. Friday night on the local floor the DeMotte fndians went on a scoring spree, led by Bernard, who sank 13 buckets and 2 charity tosses for a total of 28 points. M Boezeman wot 12 points. Peterson 10. Sehoonveld 6, and Zeck and S. Boezeman 4, each. Topes was high for the Tefft team with 13 points. The local team outfought. out-played and out-shot the visiting' eagers. The second team also won Friday night, whipping the Tefft seconds 36-23. “Rabbit’' Anderson and Dick Evans were the big guns in the attack, each scoring 13 points. Mak. tall center, scored 5 points, with P. Hoffman and Oliver getting 3 and-2. Ely, B. Hoffman, Brooks, Wdlstra. Shuey, and Muraida also saw* action in this game* The next game will bo on Jan. 30 at Fair Oaks. On Feb. 11 Merrillville comes to the local hardwoods for 2 game?. George Timson. manager of the Paul Thompson farms in DeMotte. supervised the shipping of 8 car loads of cattle Saturday. These cattle were shipped to the eastern markets.