Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 13, DeMotte, Jasper County, 25 February 1949 — DEMOTTE WINS IN HUB SPORTS ASS’N. MINOR BB TOURNEY [ARTICLE]

DEMOTTE WINS IN HUB SPORTS ASS’N. MINOR BB TOURNEY

The following is the result of the first round games in the Hub Sports Ass’n Minor Basketball Tourney. Saturday, February 19th—Merrillville Don’t 45—Griffith Atoms 31. Grant Park Legion C>4—Whitey’s of Hobart 45. DeMotte Legion 54—San Pierre 30. Hub Sports 50—Hobart VFW 40. Sunday, February 20 Gay’s Candy (Valpo) 62—Kentland Legion 43. Saxe Service (Highland) 52—Pettit Construction (Griffith) 35. Boone Grove 43—Wheeler Lions 34. Rensselaer Legion 48— Corrals (Valpo) 50. Outstanding offensive players to date have been Huesing 21 (Grant Hoffman 21 (DeMotte), Hochstettler 17 (Saxe), Trapp 15 & Walsh 14 (Corral), Hanson 14 (Gay’s), Rice 13 (Don’s), O’Donnell and Kelly 12 (Hub Sports). Pairings for the quarter finals Saturday, February 26th are, 7:00 p.m. Merrillville vs Grant Park. 8:00 p.m. DeMotte vs Hub Sports. 9:00 p.m. Gay’s Candy vs Saxe Service. 10:00 p.m. Boone Grove vs Corrals (Valpo). The four winners will play the semi-finals Sunday afternoon starting at 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The finals will be played at 8:30 p.m. A consolation game will be played between the two losers of the afternoon games at 7:00 p.m. Immediately after the final game, 30 trophies will be awarded, 3 team trophies for Ist, 2nd and 3rd, and 27 individual awards.