Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 14, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 March 1949 — Bombers Bump Wheatfield, Gain Regional Play [ARTICLE]

Bombers Bump Wheatfield, Gain Regional Play

Mackey Men Romp By Wheatfield And Remington To Regain Sectional Title Tefft, Fair Oaks and Morocco j were placed on Skid Row last Thursday night as the DeMotte version of the IHSAA’s Sectional tournaments raging over Indiana was opened before a capacity ■ house at St. Joseph’s Collega Fieldhouse with DeMotte in the role of host. DeMotte romped by Tefft, 44 to 20, Brook delivered a knockout punch to Fair Oaks, 43 to 20, and Remington eliminated one of the tourney favorities, Morocco, 52 to 43 in what easily was the top attraction of the evening. Tefft Tripped The one-aidedness of the two | opening games made them dull j affairs, and it remained for Remj ington and Morocco to produce i the thrills which they did in | quantity in a slam-bang battle that found each team hanging on | the ropes until the late stages of ) the game when The Rifles, spear--1 headed by the sensational gunI ning of Longfellow who stacked up 13 field goals and a free throw, took charge and pulled away during the latter part of the final quarter. It was a nip and tuck bout through the third. Tefft, which not long ago forced DeMotte’s Indians all the way to win, loft its best game in the r dressing room last night. After the early minutes Tefft never offered a serious threat. DeMotte pulled into a 7-4 quarter lead and then zoomed to a 23-8 halftime lead. By the end of the third the game was beyond Tefft's reach, with DeMotte in front 36. to 1L From there tho Indians walked to victory. Heimlich, Kingma and Hoffman led the DeMotte assault on the basket. Culler scored, ten, or half of Tefft’s points. The summary: DEMOTTE—44 B F Coffer, g 0 0 Fase, f _llL 0 0 DeYoung, g 0 0 Mullenhour, f 5 2 Heimlich, g 2 5 Terpstra, c 0 1 Hoffman, f 4 0 Kelly, g 2 0 Kingma, c 5 2 Kasper, c 0 0 Total 18 10 TEFFT—2O B F Clawson ,c 4 2 Culler, g 0 Florer, c ... 0 0 Ketehum, f 1 0 Jamieson, f 0 2 Peregrine, g 1 0 Sands, f 0 1 Stalbaum, f „ 1 1 Brewster, f 0 0 Jefferson, g 0 0 Total 7 6 Brook Wins Brook was slow to get moving in its victory over Fair Oaks, but once the Purple Aces did begin to roll it was all over. Each team had a sour first quarter/ with a combined total of six points, b-vt. foj- each. The Aces stepped

tip their. tempo in round turn to tnove into a 13-4 half-time lead. Fair Oaks hit for only one point in the second chapter and for only eight points in three quarters. Their stepped up scoring in the final round did nothing except to make the final score mgre respectable. Brook ran away and hid im |he third period to acquire • 29-8 lead. Fair Oaks struck for only four field goals, but whanged away for 12 tallies from the free line. Brook's harvest was 16 field goals and 11 fr&e casta. Miller and Gerbracht led the Aces, while Wame was. high for Fair Oaks with 9. . Thf summary: FAIR OAKS—2O B F Cox, g __—*— 0 4 Gilbert, g 0 1 Murphy, c 1 2 Pass, g 0 0 Sayers, f 0 0 Schultz, f 2 0 Trump, g 0 1 Warne, g 1 3 Whitircer, g 0 1 Total BROOK—43 B F Cooper, c 1 3 Ekstrom, g . 1 1 Gerbracht, f 4 1 Johnson, g 0 0 MilleU, c 4 4 Padgett, f 3 2 Sands, g 0 0 H. Whaley, c _ 1 0 P. Whaley g, 2 0 White, f 0 0 Total 16 11 2 Favorites Meet Morocco and Remington, ranked with Rensselaer as the teams most likely to succeed in this tournament of 1949, had the crowd on its collective feet much of the way, but in the third period the Rifles began to catch fire and during tjieir rally they wiped out Morocco's 24-19 half-time lead and forged to the front by a single point, 36-34 by the third. Remington led at the end of the first quarter, 16 to 11, but cooled off in the second when they hit for only four points while Morocco was registering 13. In the last fitanza The Rifles let loose with a volley good for 17 points, with Morocco being limited to nine. The Rifles shooting during the final two chapters was easily the feature of the night’s play. Longfellow, Remington forward, accumulated 27 points, Baskett and Roberts 8 each and Ford 7. Whalty kept Morrocco in the running until the ciosing stages with 19 points. The summary: MOROCCO—43 B F Brownfield, f 2 1 Kay, f _____ 1 4 Purkey, g 1 2 Severs, f 4 1 Whaley, c ___! 7 5 Total ______ ______ 15 13 REMINGTON—S 2 R F Alberts, f 0 0 Baskett, g ■__ 4 0 Ford, c _ 2 3 Lon gfellow, f 13 1 Peacock, g 0 0 Roberts, f 3 2 Si go, g ___ 1 0 Total 23 6 lilt, Ayr Stubborn Goodland leveled Mt. Ayr in the first of the P.M., games, as was expected, hut tin* Ayrdales proved plenty stubborn, with the outcome hanging in the balance all the way. Goodland’s longest lead tame in the first quarter when they led 12~ to 7. By the end of the half the margin had shrunk to two points, 17-15. Mt. Ayr not only erased the Goodland lead in the third period hut closed the round on top,. 24-23. Goodland tallied in the final frame to draw iu ■ a safe lead, racking up nine points for the quarter against the Ayrdales 5 for a final 3-point edge. Chapman topped the Goodland scoring with 11 points and

Elijah led Mt Ayr with 7. Tha summary: 3 GOODLAND—32 B F Burman, f 3 3 Chapman, f , 4 3 Elbert g 1 0 Miller, f 11 Montgomery, g 0 0 Stombaugh, c 1 0 Weil and, g 1 3 Totals 11 10 MT. AYR—29 B F Brown, f _ 0 1 Elijah, f ______ 3 1 Henry, g 1 1 Jansen, c 2 2 H. Laffoon, f 1 1 W. Laffoon, f 1 0 Smith, g : 0 0 Sullivan, g 0 0 Wilson, g 2 2 Totals 10 9 RHS In Wide Lead Rensselaer’ superior height and experience gave them a decided advantage over hosting DeMotte, champs of the Kankakee Valley circuit, in last night's opener. The Bombers rushed into a 12-4 quarter lead, which had widened to 26-13 by the half and them in the third RHS roared into an insurmountabPe lead, 45-15, to coast the rest of the way as Coach Mackey used freely of his reserves. DeMotte was unable to match the Bombers’ all play, but they never quit trying. Coach Mackey employed ten players, the same number sent into the breach by DeMotte. Phegley and Riley divided scoring honors for RHS with 12 each,* and Jackson slapped £he nets for 9. DeMotte’s scoring was balanced, seven of them figuring in the scoring. The summary: RENSSELAER—SI B F Phegley, f 6 0 Ogle, f ____ 2 0 Waymouth, f 0 1 Jackson, c 3 3 Hayes, g 0 1 Riley, f 6 2 Wortley, g 1 0 Bahler, f 3 0 Ames, f 1 0 Mann, f 1 0 _____ DEMOTTE—23 B F Moolenaar, f 2 0 Fase, f 0 0 Hoffman, f 2 0 Terpstra, c 0 0 Kingma, c 1 1 Kasper, c 1 2 Kelly, g l l Heimlich, g 1 1 DeYoung, f „ 1 0 Coffer, f 0 0 Total 9 6 In the day’s closer Remington’s favored Rifles had trouble routing Brook until the late stages when the Rifles began their deadly string to pull into a safe lead. The scoring progress of the game was patterned along the same lines that marked the GoodlandMt. Ayr tilt. During the third’ period Brook pulled to even terms with the Rifles, 18-18, but gradually subsided in the fourth frame as Remington roared into a final 11 point margin. At , half-time it was Remington, 17-15. Again it was Longfellow, with 10 points, who led the Rifles’ charge. This output together with his 27 points against Morocco likely will give him .scoring honors for the entire tournament. However, Gerbracht (ff BrdOk tied him for game hon-' 01s with 10 points. The summary: BROOK—24 B F Cooper, c ___ 0 0 Ekstrom, g l 2 Gerbracht, f 3 4 Johnson, g 0 0 Miller, c _. ; 0 2 Padgett, f 3 2 Sands, g 0 0 H. Whaley, "g 0 0 White, f 0 0 Total 7 10 ‘REMINGTON—3S . B F Alberts, f ___- -1 0

. ■—* BcH* c _ .1 .0 .Ford, c . 2 3 Longfellow, f 6 0 M. Peacock, g* Ol 0 R. Peacock, g 1. _1 Roberts, f 3 1 Sigo, g 0 0 Total 15 6 > RENSSELAER—34 B F Phegley,- f 1 2 Ogle, f _____ 0 0 Waymouth, f ;___ 1 1 Wortley, f 0 0 Jackson, f 3 0 Hayes, c * 0 0 Riley, - g 5 2 Mann, g _________ 1 0 I Bahler, g 2 3 Ames, g _____ 0 0 Total _______ 18 8 REMINGTON—IB B F Roberts, f i 1 2 Longfellow, f 1 1 Ford, c 1 0 0 R. Peacock, c , 0 0 Baskett, g 3 1 Sigo, g _ 0 3 Alberts, g 0 0 Bell, g 0 1 Total 5 8 GOODLAND—23 B F Burman, f _ 1 1 Chapman, f 1 2 Stombaugh, c 0 1 Elbert, g 0 0 Weiland, g 3 1 Miller, f ___' 0 1 Montgomery, g 0 1 Nevitt, g ____ 0~“ 0 Troup, f . ______ 2 1 Cox, c ; 0 1 WHEATFIELD—46 B F Myers, f 3 0 Dunn, f 2 0 Powers, f : 2 2 Jones, c 4 2 Mueller, g 2 0 Howard, g 0 1 Conley, g 0 0 Theis, f 1 1 Williams, g 5 0 L. Jones, c 1 0 Total 20 6 RENSSELAER—49 B F Waymouth, f 1 0 Phegley, f 7 3 Ogle, f 2 0 Mann, f 0 0 Jackson, c 7 3 Wortiey, c 0 0 Bahler, g 3 1 Riley, g 1 0 Ames, g 0 0

< ftt ft i Total —— 7 WHEATFIELD—26 B F Dunn, f 1 1 Myers, f 6 1 Powers, f —0 0 Theis, f 0 0 Jones, L, c 0 0 .Jones, R, c 0 0 Mueller, g —-—r--- 1 1 Howard, g _— 0 0 Williams, g Conley, g 0 0 Total 1-. • WHEATFIELD—(34) B F Dunn, f •__ 2 1 Myers, f 4 0 Powers, f 1 3

L. Jones, e : —..—. 0 0 R. Joitea, c 0 6 Conley, g —6 0 Howard, g —; ; 0 0 Mueller, g * 1 0 Williams, g Total KENTLAND—2S B F FHnn, f 3 0 Walker, f Limp, c - 3 1 Houghland, g 2 2 Hensley, g 1 0 Newland, g 0 0 Total 11 S Dr. Ooeten made a business trip to Rensselaer last week.