Gnadenhutten High School (Indians) Senior - Gene Bates (25 Points)
GNADENHUTTEN - Indian Coach Oren Thompson used just 5 men against the Rich Polczynski Eagles and 4 of them hit double figures. Gene Bates was high on the point chart, his totals showing 25. Eleven came in the final frame when the Tribe (4-2) (6-8) had to stave off the surging Eagles (0-5) (2-9). Dan Jinks followed with 15 and Bill Kohl and Terry Huebner each notched 12. Nine of Huebner's came in the last stanza. Gary Rice rounded out the scoring, netting 5 markers. Jeff Schlarb waxed hit for Baltic, tossing in 12 tallies in the final 8 minutes and ending the night with 17. Keith Miller mustered 12, getting 8 in the last frame. Gnadenhutten crawled to a 10-8 advantage at the initial rest, led 29-14 by intermission and held its biggest margin of the night...9 points...after 3 rests when the count read 36-27. The Tribe tossed in 25 of 55 action attempts for a fine 46 percent and hit on 18 of 23 charities. The Eagles canned 22 of 65 from the floor, a 36 percent tally and showed 10 hits in 21 free throw tries. Baltic outrebounded Gnadenhutten 44-31 with Miller snaring 13. Huebner grabbed 10 and Kohl 9 for the victors. Both teams switched from the man-to-man to zone defenses throughout. The Baltic Reserves (3-5) nipped the Gnadenhutten Reserves (4-8) 37-36.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 69
Gene Bates 8-9-25
Dan Jinks 6-3-15
Bill Kohl 5-2-12
Terry Ruebner 4-4-12
Gary Rice 2-1-5
BALTIC EAGLES - 66
Keith Miller 5-2-12
Jeff Schlarb 7-3-17
Rich Richardson 3-0-6
Bob Hummel 1-0-2
Tim Richardson 3-1-7
Gus Regula 2-2-6
Dave Bellville 2-2-6
Saturday, January 23, 1965
Don Baker, Gnaden High Junior
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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