Port Washington's Purple Riders (5-3) (12-5) jumped back into the role of the "hottest" team in the league by taking an early lead and defeating the Eagles in their own backyard. Wily Coach Bray Toot elected to play a control-type game and the Purple Riders, who brought along their "shooting clothes," hit a red-hot 49.2 from the field and connected from 21 of 25 free throw attempts to hand Baltic its third league defeat. Port Washington just couldn't miss with Paul Frank leading the way. The veteran senior forward collected 27 points on seven field goals and 13 free throws in 14 attempts. The Purple Riders led 16-12 at the end of the first period and were still out in front 29-21 at the half time as they controlled the tempo of the contest. Baltic managed to draw within two points in the third period, but the Riders galloped away once again and were on top 44-32 heading into the stretch. Baltic could not hit well from the field and made only eight of 18 foul chances to lose the contest at the free-throw stripe. Errol Jacobs and Jim Wallace were high for the Eagles with 13 and 14 points, respectively. The Port Washington Reserves (13-2) won another game by topping Baltic 39-19.*
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PORT WASHINGTON 61
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Paul Frank 7-13-27
Bill McConnell 2-3-7
Tom Jones 5-3-13
Ed Bates 4-3-11
Bob Welsch 1-0-2
Gary Dichler 1-0-2
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BALTIC 50
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Errol Jacobs 6-1-13
Jim Wallace 6-2-14
Fred Syler 4-2-10
Jim Uher 1-3-5
Glen Reidenbach 4-0-8
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Saturday, January 29, 1955
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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