32 1111uxuxxsxxxxxsxxxxxnxxxxxu IOHN DYKES SPORTS Northwest Oklahoma Distributor 121' MacGregor Goldsmith Athletic Equipment VVhatever Your Came or Sport May Be You VV!!! jimi It aL, IOHN DYKES tfflwnys The Yiesp Cheaper Cffmn the Rest., nuxxsxxxuxxsxnxxx xsxxxxuxxt 5xxxxxsxxxxuxxxxxxxxxuxxxxux Congratulations Class of '53 suv HOPPY'S rAvoRms! 3 .8 srt, , ismxxlxnxlsssxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE QUILI. lVl.-KGAZINIE ew gaslzeflmll Team Hifs new ow Gene Thrasher The Mid-State conference was loaded from stem to stern, with many of its seven members playing better basketball than ever before. Still the 1952-53 edition of the Enid Plainsmen, coached by Paul Geymann for the third season, played a creditable brand of ball in every outing, However they were natural victims for a letdown. Two great campaigns were behind them, they had lost four of the Eve regulars from the previous year's title crew by graduation, and in the true sense of the word, they really had to start from scratch. lt was their fate to face the toughest slate of opponents in history, their misfortune to lack experience and height, and Lady Luck, most sought after sweetheart in sports, de- serted them in the crucial moments. But with all the disadvantages and setbacks, the Plainsmen won four games, and had a half- dozen near wins which could easily have gone either way. ln fact the Enid quintet lost one to Ponca City on a last-second Wildcat shot that slipped through the cords as the Hnal buzzer sounded, and on their second meet, proved their mettle in beating Ponca, which went to the finals of the first animal AA meet. Lack of experience and however, spelled the Plainsmen's height, Waterloo in several tilts. Center Arnold Krause, lone returning regular from the State champs, and guard jim Reynolds enjoyed Hne seasons, with Reynolds very tough to stop in the latter part of the year. The young, unseasoned Plainsmen, after drilling steadily, opened Hre at Guymon December 4. The Enid High quintet was jolted by a fast-breaking, red-hot, Frankie LaGrange-led Tiger crew, 69-52. Pivot man Arnold Krause paced the losers' scoring with 14 points. From there, the Plainsmen were Texas-bound, playing the next two nights in the Borger invitational tourney. Although they fought hard, the Plainsmen weren't in the same class with the meet hosts, Borger, Texas Class AAAA champs of the preceding season. Despite a fine per- formance by Krause, the locals succumbed, 59-41, to the Bulldogs, sparked by classy Norm Dillard who meshed I9 COl1I1tCt'S. The next evening, the Plainsmen band was sharp, but a crew of ball-hawking Lubbock cagers staged a late attack that nipped us at the wire, 58-53. Krause and guard Bruce Med- ley, a 5-9 junior scrapper, were both named to the tourney all-star team. Next came the toughie. In their first con- vention hall outing, Coach Geymann's luck- less band dropped a 42-41 game to the supposedly Uloadedn Poncans on a desperate follow-shot by 'Cat Lew Blood at the buzzer. That one really hurt, since the underdog Plainsmen had a three-point lead with just 20 seconds to play. Then, on their last start before the Christ- mas holidays, the EHS quintet licked the rebuilding Blackwell Maroons by a decisive 57-44 count, ranging far ahead all the way. junior set-shot specialist Lloyd Hurd ripped the nets for 13 points, ll in the opening half to lead the winning surge, although Krause took high-point honors with 14 tallies, Following the layoff which the Plainsmen spent in vigorous workouts, the Enid cagers were back in business. The arch-rival Alva Goldbugs, however, weren't good hosts and downed their opponents, 53-44, despite a fine 19-point performance on the part of Krause. The Big Blue of EHS held a 21-20 halftime advantage, but trailed after the intermission. Friday, the rugged Mid-State conference slate got underway, and the Northeast Vik- ings spoiled our opener in very convincing fashion, winning going away, 52-34. This time Krause was shackled by center john Gilliland, and Tom Beebe staged a 19-point scoring spree to spark the Vikings to victory. Power-laden Capitol Hill invaded the Plainsmen lair the following Friday, and the scrappy hosts gave the high-riding Redskins quite a scare in the first half, but the 'Skins, who went on for a share of the Mid-State title with the Norman Tigers, oiled their point-machine and swept to victory in the final half. The Plainsmen, out-rebounding their skyscraping adversaries, played the win- ners off their feet in the initial half, holding a 26-23 lead at the half-way mark, but big 6-8 jerry Wallace hit 21 points to pull the Hilltoppers to a 54-42 win. Loss No. 3 in the Mid-State race came at the hands of a hustling band of Central Cardinals in a wild-and-woolly 62-57 clash at O.C. A capacity crowd saw the two evenly-matched, zone-defending crews battle right down to the wire. Although Arno Krause pitched in 20 tallies, the Plainsmen weren't able to top the Redbirds, led by Eddie Tackett with 17 points. The Plainsmen hit the road again for conference action, traveling to Norman. Al- though playing the best brand of ball yet, according to Geymann, the Plainsmen were dumped, 59-44, the touted Tigers pulling away with 17 and 13 tallies respectively. The Goldbugs of Alva then trimmed the locals, 55-52, in a non-conference corker at convention hall. Deadeye jackie Beadles sank 29 points to lead the 'Bugs to their
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