Bulldogs Lead 17-12 At End Of 1st Period in 85-53 loss (2-12-57)

PHOTO: PORT WASHINGTON. The Purple Riders of Port Washington is one of the teams in action in Monday Night's opening of the Tuscarawas County Class A Basketball League Tournament. Coach Jim Pfeiffer (left), coach of Port for the first year is shown with players Ron Phillips, Don Ferrell, Jerry Hannahs, Nick Frank, Jim Emler, Ed Bates, Denver Glazer, and Dan Decker, manager, in the front row. Those in the back row are LeRoy Davies (left), Tom Gardner, Dale Combs, Don Jones and John Landon.

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After a rather dull first game the Dundee Bulldogs (1-20) were determined to stir up action. And they were very successful in doing just that. The scrappy lads of Coach Jesse (Jack) Reese capitalized on fouls early in the first period while also hitting well from the field and surprised the fans as they led all the way in the first frame. At the end of the initial quarter the underdogs were on top 17-12 and seemed on their way to a major upset. Playing a control type game throughout the first period which literally shattered the Port Washington (12-7) zone defense the Bulldog players had fans on their feet almost the entire time as they sensed an early upset in the making. But the tremendous height of the Riders paid off in the second quarter and with high-scoring Ed Bates and Denver Glazer leading the way, the winners tallied 32 points to post a big 44-30 lead at half time. Dundee held Port to only 16 points in the third quarter, but could find the mark for only nine themselves and trailed 60-39 going into the deciding stanza. The winners added 25 more points to their total and rolled on to an easy victory in the final period. Ed Bates led the scoring and took honors for the game with 28 markers, on 11 fielders and six fouls. Denver Glazer with 21 and Jerry Hannahs'16 rounded out the victors scoring. Bill (Willie) Smemmer, playing an out-standing game, popped in 14 points, 12 of them in the first half, to lead Dundee. John Sigrist tallied 13 and Dean Burrell scored 11 for the losers also.

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PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS 85

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Ed Bates 11-6-28

Jim Emler 1-1-3

Nick Frank 1-0-2

Jerry Hannahs 6-4-16

Denver Glazer 7-7-21

Don Ferrell 3-3-9

Ron Phillips 1-0-2

Dale Combs 0-2-2

LeRoy Davies 1-0-2

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DUNDEE BULLDOGS 53

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Bill (Willie) Siemmer 4-6-14

John Sigrist 4-5-13

Dean Burrell 2-7-11

Galen Frutig 2-5-9

Rodney Fruchey 2-2-6

Nelson Landis 0-0-0

Earl Eash 0-0-0

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Tuesday, February 12, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio