Mineral City and Port Washington (12-7) treated the crowd to a close battle all the way to the wire with the Purple Riders grabbing the lead early in the third stanza and holding off the Tigers in the fading minutes. Coach Penrod's Tigers, with every member of the team connecting, kept the Purple Riders hustling in the opening stanza. The score was deadlocked three times before Port grabbed the duke and pulled away to a 16-12 edge.*
DWIGHT ICKES caught fire for Mineral in the second stanza and, with some help from little Bill Crilley and Gene Argento, shot the Tigers into a 7-point lead in the first six minutes of the canto. Port Washington raced back into contention in the fading seconds of the first half as Fred Welsch, Jim Landon, Tom Jones, and Ken Huston connected for four fast baskets to put the Riders behind by three points, 34-31, at the half. Welsch and Landon kept the blaze going as the second half opened and Port pulled to a 36-34 edge, but Mineral deadlocked the count as Ickes connected for his fifth and last jump shot from action. That was the closest the Tigers got the rest of the way to Port. The scrappy Cats still carried the fight to the Riders in the final quarter and they matched points down the stretch, coming to within five points, 62-57, with a minute and 15 seconds left to play.
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Larry Combs connected on two foul shots for Port; however, and the Riders went into a partial stall. Both teams got another crack at the goal in the last minute, but neither scored. Argento was the top scorer for both teams with his 21 markers. Ickes added 12 for the losers, while Paul Frank led the Riders with 19. Huston collected 12 and Fred Welsch had 11.
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PORT WASHINGTON 64
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Paul Frank 8-3-19
Ken Huston 4-4-12
Larry Combs 2-4-8
Tom Jones 3-1-7
Fred Welsch 5-1-11
Jim Landon 3-1-7
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MINERAL CITY 57
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Lindsay 4-0-8
Dwight Ickes 5-2-12
Burton 0-1-1
McNutt 2-0-4
Argento 9-3-21
Bill Crilley 3-1-7
Souers 2-0-4
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Thursday, February 18, 1954
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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