"Honest ref" says Gnaden's Dan Jinks, "I wouldn't touch him" as he holds both arms in the air to stress his point. Errol Miller (44) of Garaway takes advantage of the defenseless foe and drives on through.
NEW PHILADELPHIA - A valiant stretch drive by Gnadenhutten (10-10), in which the Indians took the lead at 44-42 with 3:55 to play, fell short in its rubber match with Garaway (17-3). The Pirates, who had nipped the Indians 77-75 and fell 54-37 in regular season play, came up with a clutch effort of their own in a game where the score was tied 7 times and changed hands on 9 occasions. Included was a courageous performance by Senior veteran Don Richardson. He left the game with 5:09 left in the 3rd period after suffering a sprained ankle. His absence was immediately noticeable as the otherwise young Pirates didn't seem quite the same without his steadying influence. But Richardson, gimply ankle and all, was back in action at the outset of the 4th and hobbled through the final frame. It was Richardson's jump shot that tied the game at 44-44 after Gnadenhutten grabbed its short-lived lead. At 2:42 teammate Tim Miller enjoying his hottest scoring night of the season, put the Bucs ahead for keeps at 46-44 with a jumper. Garaway added 5 more points before Indian Charles Crites hit a layup and Dan Jinks cashed a pointer to narrow the Pirates' lead to 3 points with 35 seconds to play. But, Garaway pulled away from the Tribe, outscoring the Indians 6-0 in the final 27 seconds to ice the verdict.Tim Miller, a 5-10 Sophomore with 2 more good years ahead of him, spearheaded the Pirate offensive, firing in 27 points. They were collected on 12 goals in 23 shots and 3 of 3 from the foul line. Miller's previous single-game high, 17 points, was also recorded against Gnadenhutten in the Pirates 1st meeting with the Indians. Don Richardson, who was the lone letterman returning to the Pirate fold at the outset of this campaign, followed with 12 points.
Another Senior, Gnadenhutten's Jinks, fouled out with 49 seconds left in the game to close out a brilliant 3-year career with the Indians. Jinks, who has given county basketball fans plenty of thrills over that span, collected 23 points, including 10 fielders in 19 tries and 3 of 5 foul shots. The total gave the county's 3rd leading scorer 463 points for the season. He ended with 1103 markers for the 3 years. Bill Kohl, the Indians' other Senior sparkplug, concluded with 11 points to end with 298 for the season and 652 over 3 years. Garaway made 20 goals in 59 shots for 38.5 percent and 17 of 23 free throws. Gnaden hit 19 fielders in 52 efforts for 36.5 percent and 10 of 17 from the foul line.
GARAWAY PIRATES - 57
Don Richardson 5-2-12
Errol Miller 1-1-3
Rich Richardson 1-4-6
Mike Gerber 1-7-9
Tim Miller 12-3-27
Ray Hisrich 0-0-0
Dick Frankhauser 0-0-0
Dan Hicks 0-0-0
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 48
Dan Jinks 10-3-23
Don Finnicum 0-0-0
Bill Kohl 4-3-11
Wayne Martin 0-1-1
Ken Huprich 0-0-0
Roger Huebner 2-0-4
Charlie Crites 2-0-4
Ken Kohl 1-3-5
Wednesday, February 22, 1967
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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