64 - Port Washington Spanks Baltic 74-42 (12-13-63)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Junior - Roger Lewis (5-Points)

PORT WASHINGTON - The Purple Riders (1-1) (2-4) jumped out to an early 10-0 lead as they made their first 5 shots  They didn't cool off until the 3rd quarter.  Leonard Cameron paced the victory for the Don Durham-coached Purple Riders with 22 points.  Ken Gay popped in 20; although, sitting out 2 periods because of personal foul trouble.  Jeff Schlarb led the Eagles (0-2) (0-6) of Coach Stan Berkman with 14 markers.  Port Washington hit on 31 of 65 action shots for a hot 48 percent and made 12 of 24 foul tries.  Baltic canned 10 of 53 from the floor for 36 percent and meshed 4 of 10 free tosses.  The Purple Riders controlled both boards with Bob Casteel leading the way with 11 rebounds.  "We have shown a lot of improvement in the last 2 or 3 weeks," Durham said.  "We should hit our peak in the second half of the season."  The Port Washington Reserves (2-2) got back to .500 with the win against the Baltic Reserves (0-4) lowering the boom at 31-14.

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 74

Bob Casteel 4-1-9
Leonard Cameron 9-4-22
Steve Bender 3-2-8
Jim Bates 3-2-8
John Foust 1-0-2
Roger Lewis 2-1-5
Ken Gay 9-2-20

BALTIC EAGLES - 42

Gus Regula 4-1-9
Bob Hummel 2-1-5
Nick Baab 3-0-6
Gordon Bontreger 0-1-1
Jeff Schlarb 7-0-14
Ron Maurer 2-0-4


Saturday, December 14, 1963
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

STANDINGS

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