62 - Port Washington Squeezes Past Tusky 64-61 (11-28-61)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Junior - Tom Loader

TUSCARAWAS - Port Washington (2-1) fought off a last half rally by arch rival Tuscarawas (0-2) last night to capture a victory in a battle that was nip-and-tuck all the way.  The Purple Riders of Port Washington opened the game with a 23 point scoring barrage to go 5 up on the Tuscarawas Broncos at the end of the first stanza.  Each team dropped in 10 counters in  the second period to make the score 33-28 at halftime.  The Broncos began to chop away at the Port Washington lead in the third frame, cutting the gap to 3 points at the end of the quarter.  In the wild final period, Tuscarawas rallied to take a 2-point lead with 5 minutes remaining, but Port Washington snapped back into the groove to pull out the victory.  Tom Loader topped the winners with 17 points.  Larry Laisure had 15, and Ken Gay 10 counters.  Dave Peoples had 15,  Fred Burmich 14 and Phil Meese 11 were high for Tuscarawas.  The Port Washington (2-0)-Tuscarawas (1-1) Reserve game was won by Port 40-37.

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 64

Roger Beighley 0-1-1
Tom Loader 7-3-17
Paul Schwab 1-0-2
Tony Nigro 4-0-8
Alvin Fillman 1-3-5
Ken Gay 5-0-10
Larry Laisure 4-7-15
Wayne Blind 2-0-4

TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 61

Dave Peoples 5-5-15
Ivan Summers 2-1-5
Jerry Wilson 4-1-9
Phil Meese 3-5-11
Chuck Reichman 1-0-2
Fred Burmich 7-0-14
Bob Romig 2-1-5


Wednesday, November 29, 1961
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

STANDINGS

1.  Garaway Pirates 3-0
2.  Gnadenhutten Indians 2-0
3.  Midvale Blue Devils 2-0
4.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 0-0
5.  Port Washington Purple Riders 2-1
6.  Baltic Eagles 1-3
7.  Strasburg Tigers 0-1
8.  Stone Creek Panthers 0-2
9.  Tuscarawas Broncos 0-2