Pirate Rally Falls Short 55-52 (1-20-55)

The Port, Sugarcreek-Shanesville game was more of a control type tilt with both teams operating against a tight zone defense. The Purple Riders (3-3) (10-4)went through the first six minutes of the game without being able to score and fell behind 6-0. Coach Bray Toot's charges, led by Ed Bates, soon galloped back into contention however, and they rushed to a 17-9 first-period lead. Ed Bates connected four field goals in the first period and added two more in the second with some help from Bob Welsch while Al Craigo kept the Pirates from spinning out. Port held a 27-15 lead at half time. Paul Frank for the Purple Riders and Bill Pfister for Coach Bob Wise's Pirates (5-2) (9-5) staged a scoring duel in the third period with Bill Pfister's driving play helping Sugarcreek-Shanesville cut the margin to 10 points at the far turn, 48-38, as he tallied 11 of the Pirates' 13 points in the third stanza. Keith Gerber, Al Craigo, and Ted Brown joined in the Sugarcreek-Shanesville barrage in the fourth period as the Pirates threatened to overtake Port, but the Riders held on through the final minutes to win the tilt. Ed Bates had 18 and Paul Frank 13 for Port Washington, while Bill Pfister collected 17, Al Craigo 12, Keith Gerber 11 and Ted Brown 10 for the Pirates.
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PORT WASHINGTON 55
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Paul Frank 5-3-13
Bill McConnell 1-4-6
Tom Jones 2-6-10
Ed Bates 7-4-18
Bob Welsch 4-0-8
Vernon Glazer 0-0-0
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SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE 52
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Keith Gerber 4-3-11
Al Craigo 5-2-12
Bill Pfister 7-3-17
Ted Brown 3-4-10
Stevanus 1-0-2
Troyer 0-0-0
Menges 0-0-0
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Thursday, January 20, 1955
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio