March Madness Record Book
1945 Boys Box Scores
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Somonauk 44, Carbondale 35
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
SOMONAUK
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Anderson 0 5 0 2 0 0
Ken Hubbard 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Hupp 1 6 1 2 3 3
Donald Jelm 0 2 1 1 1 1
Dean Meyer 3 15 2 6 8 3
Don Prussing 1 3 0 1 2 1
Everett Sampson 7 18 0 0 14 0
Jerry Voss 7 19 2 4 16 4
Dick Westbrook 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 69 6 16 44 12
CARBONDALE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Brown 1 5 1 1 3 1
Glen Brown 3 14 2 3 8 1
Bill Fraley 2 8 1 4 5 1
Tom Gher 3 8 0 0 6 0
Byd Grater 2 8 1 1 5 2
Carl Jones 1 5 1 3 3 3
Dean Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0
Erdman Ketring 0 4 0 1 0 0
Bill McIntosh 1 5 1 1 3 1
Roger Russell 1 2 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 14 60 7 14 35 10
Somonauk 7 14 (21) 18 5 (23) -- 44
Carbondale 5 5 (10) 8 17 (25) -- 35
Champaign (H.S.) 47, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 46
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 14 5 6 19 1
Del Cantrell 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jesse Clements 2 18 4 5 8 4
Pete Fletcher 1 1 0 0 2 0
Earl Harrison 4 14 2 7 10 4
Dick Kelly 2 6 0 3 4 5
Fred Major 1 4 0 2 2 1
John McDermott 0 2 0 1 0 0
Dick Paterson 0 9 2 2 2 1
TOTAL 17 71 13 26 47 16
BERWYN-CICERO (MORTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Richard Bauman 7 12 3 5 17 0
George Cech 0 0 0 1 0 1
Karmen Cusack 1 3 0 0 2 1
Bob Jelinek 2 7 3 3 7 4
Bob Malone 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ferd Nadherny 2 5 3 6 7 4
Ray Roffi 0 9 0 1 0 5
Bob Shaw 5 6 1 3 11 5
Kenneth Turek 1 1 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 18 43 10 19 46 25
Champaign (H.S.) 10 10 (20) 11 16 (27) -- 47
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 9 11 (20) 18 8 (26) -- 46
Quincy (Sr.) 46, Springfield (H.S.) 38
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Bickhaus 1 1 2 2 4 5
Dick Heitholt 5 12 3 4 13 5
Tom Lymenstull 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auris McGee 3 11 1 3 7 4
Keith Straley 1 1 0 0 2 0
Don Stroot 1 1 0 3 2 2
Elvin Tappe 6 18 0 1 12 3
Melvin Tappe 3 6 0 2 6 3
Bob Tostberg 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Wilson 0 2 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 20 52 6 16 46 23
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Gordon "Bud" Chambers 3 11 1 4 7 4
Eugene Estes 4 16 2 7 10 4
Ronald Gibbs 1 2 0 1 2 0
Henry Hahn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clifford Kurrus 2 3 2 3 6 3
Charles Lee 1 15 1 4 3 3
Bud Luers 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Ruff 0 0 2 2 2 0
Jerry Slack 3 19 2 6 8 2
Ray Troxell 0 2 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 14 68 10 28 38 17
Quincy (Sr.) 16 7 (23) 9 14 (23) -- 46
Springfield (H.S.) 8 10 (18) 10 10 (20) -- 38
Peoria (H.S.) 38, Flora 36
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
PEORIA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Baker 1 4 2 2 4 4
Bob Blane 4 7 0 4 8 2
Jack Bond 1 5 3 4 5 4
Gene Koch 1 4 2 3 4 1
Don Page 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Robertson 4 16 0 1 8 2
Dick Weik 3 7 3 8 9 1
TOTAL 14 43 10 22 38 15
FLORA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Acuff 0 1 0 1 0 4
Layonel Beck 3 6 0 1 6 4
Melvin Dold 4 16 2 3 10 2
Bob Malinsky 4 15 3 7 11 2
Doug Phillips 1 8 0 1 2 5
Gale Welsh 3 12 1 3 7 2
TOTAL 15 58 6 16 36 19
Peoria (H.S.) 9 12 (21) 10 7 (17) -- 38
Flora 9 15 (24) 5 7 (12) -- 36
Galesburg (H.S.) 45, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 42
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Merle Barstow 9 22 0 2 18 4
Earl Boyd 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Evans 2 12 1 4 5 4
Delbert Graham 3 16 1 1 7 2
Bob Johns 0 2 0 2 0 2
George Lundeen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray McClure 3 19 1 2 7 0
Bob Williams 4 9 0 0 8 2
TOTAL 21 81 3 11 45 14
WEST FRANKFORT (FRANKFORT)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Alfred Dartt 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Durham 1 2 2 3 4 0
Robert Hughes 2 6 2 3 6 1
Bob Jones 6 18 1 3 13 2
Dick Jones 6 19 2 4 14 4
John Jones 1 4 1 1 3 2
Harvey Null 1 2 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 17 51 8 14 42 11
Galesburg (H.S.) 10 9 (19) 11 15 (26) -- 45
West Frankfort (Frankfor 5 12 (17) 15 10 (25) -- 42
Decatur (H.S.) 77, Collinsville 45
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Doster 16 37 2 5 34 2
Bob Hoyt 0 0 1 1 1 0
Tom Krigbaum 2 5 1 1 5 5
John Malerich 1 11 1 1 3 3
Bob Neuendorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Riley 9 19 6 10 24 2
Ralph Rutherford 4 18 1 3 9 0
Bob Stauber 0 0 1 1 1 0
TOTAL 32 90 13 22 77 12
COLLINSVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ed Bauer 7 22 0 0 14 1
Jim Cuff 1 3 0 2 2 2
George Petchulat 1 3 0 0 2 0
John Radosevich 2 1 0 1 4 5
Charles Ray 4 14 0 2 8 5
Claude Schildknecht 3 8 3 4 9 1
Don Ungerott 0 1 1 1 1 1
Frank Ungerott 0 3 1 1 1 2
Rufus Woodring 1 3 2 3 4 5
TOTAL 19 58 7 14 45 22
Decatur (H.S.) 20 17 (37) 21 19 (40) -- 77
Collinsville 9 13 (22) 13 10 (23) -- 45
Elgin (H.S.) 44, Rockford (East) 39
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
ELGIN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Becker 0 9 4 8 4 3
Russ Geldmacher 3 4 1 1 7 2
Walter Graf 4 11 3 5 11 3
Joe Konitski 1 7 4 4 6 1
Charles Orban 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Parker 6 14 4 5 16 1
TOTAL 14 46 16 23 44 10
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Erickson 4 17 1 2 9 1
Roger Fitzpatrick 1 9 0 4 2 1
Fletcher Johnson 3 11 3 3 9 2
Charles Lindgren 8 19 0 0 16 5
Louis Proctor 1 2 0 1 2 5
Dick Schotten 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raymond Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lloyd Ward 0 4 1 2 1 3
TOTAL 17 62 5 12 39 18
Elgin (H.S.) 9 15 (24) 10 10 (20) -- 44
Rockford (East) 6 10 (16) 17 6 (23) -- 39
Moline (H.S.) 35, Chicago (Senn) 32
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Anderson 0 6 0 0 0 1
Bob Holmgren 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Humphrey 6 24 0 0 12 4
Ed Jawoisz 4 14 4 7 12 0
Gene Larson 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Pauly 4 10 2 3 10 2
Robert Ryser 0 6 1 1 1 2
TOTAL 14 60 7 11 35 10
CHICAGO (SENN)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Roy Baskin 2 9 0 0 4 1
Hans Bauer 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby David 3 11 1 2 7 0
Frank Murphy 2 10 1 2 5 1
Leonard Pearson 0 4 0 0 0 1
Frank Walters 4 11 0 1 8 3
Jack Wulf 1 10 6 7 8 3
James Zwack 0 1 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 12 56 8 13 32 10
Moline (H.S.) 14 2 (16) 10 9 (19) -- 35
Chicago (Senn) 7 7 (14) 9 9 (18) -- 32
Champaign (H.S.) 77, Somonauk 28
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 16, 1945
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 13 0 2 14 4
Jesse Clements 4 16 0 2 8 4
Pete Fletcher 1 4 0 0 2 2
Earl Harrison 6 13 3 4 15 4
Dick Kelly 6 16 4 9 16 1
Fred Major 2 6 1 2 5 0
Dick Paterson 7 19 3 5 17 2
TOTAL 33 87 11 24 77 17
SOMONAUK
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Anderson 2 4 1 1 5 2
Bob Breunig 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Hubbard 0 3 0 0 0 1
Jack Hupp 0 1 1 2 1 1
Donald Jelm 1 3 0 0 2 0
Dean Meyer 2 9 5 8 9 0
Don Prussing 1 5 0 0 2 4
Everett Sampson 1 8 0 1 2 5
Jerry Voss 3 12 1 4 7 5
Dick Westbrook 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 45 8 16 28 18
Champaign (H.S.) 24 19 (43) 17 17 (34) -- 77
Somonauk 10 13 (23) 2 3 ( 5) -- 28
Quincy (Sr.) 54, Peoria (H.S.) 46
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 16, 1945
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Bickhaus 8 23 1 5 17 0
Dick Heitholt 8 20 5 7 21 1
Tom Lymenstull 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auris McGee 4 16 2 4 10 4
Keith Straley 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Stroot 1 2 0 0 2 0
Elvin Tappe 1 12 1 1 3 3
Melvin Tappe 0 2 1 2 1 2
Bob Tostberg 0 0 0 1 0 2
Art Wilson 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 22 76 10 20 54 12
PEORIA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Baker 1 7 2 2 4 2
Bob Blane 3 18 4 6 10 5
Jack Bond 0 1 1 2 1 3
Eddie Corzine 1 1 0 0 2 1
Gene Koch 1 6 0 0 2 2
Don Page 0 2 0 0 0 2
Jim Robertson 6 13 2 3 14 5
Joe Stewart 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Weik 6 15 0 1 12 4
Cliff Young 0 0 1 1 1 0
TOTAL 18 64 10 15 46 24
Quincy (Sr.) 17 10 (27) 14 13 (27) -- 54
Peoria (H.S.) 12 14 (26) 7 13 (20) -- 46
Decatur (H.S.) 73, Galesburg (H.S.) 72 (OT)
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 16, 1945
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Doster 8 13 1 1 17 3
Bob Hoyt 0 1 0 0 0 1
Tom Krigbaum 0 0 0 1 0 3
John Malerich 5 12 1 1 11 2
Bob Neuendorf 0 1 1 1 1 3
George Riley 13 21 4 8 30 3
Ralph Rutherford 5 18 4 7 14 3
TOTAL 31 66 11 19 73 18
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Merle Barstow 9 21 2 6 20 4
Earl Boyd 1 2 0 0 2 0
Jim Evans 7 21 2 4 16 1
Delbert Graham 8 22 4 4 20 2
Lloyd Hawkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Johns 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray McClure 3 16 6 8 12 3
Bob Williams 1 8 0 2 2 5
TOTAL 29 90 14 24 72 15
Decatur (H.S.) 12 28 (40) 14 12 (26) 7 -- 73
Galesburg (H.S.) 21 18 (39) 16 11 (27) 6 -- 72
Moline (H.S.) 41, Elgin (H.S.) 39
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 16, 1945
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Anderson 2 8 0 0 4 1
Bernard Beckman 0 1 2 2 2 4
Dwight Humphrey 8 32 6 7 22 2
Ed Jawoisz 2 7 1 2 5 5
Gene Larson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Pauly 1 5 1 2 3 0
Robert Ryser 2 8 1 2 5 2
TOTAL 15 61 11 15 41 14
ELGIN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Becker 1 6 0 0 2 2
Russ Geldmacher 0 9 4 6 4 2
Walter Graf 6 11 1 1 13 5
Joe Konitski 3 8 0 0 6 1
Charles Orban 0 3 0 1 0 1
Tom Parker 5 18 4 5 14 2
TOTAL 15 55 9 13 39 13
Moline (H.S.) 10 10 (20) 7 14 (21) -- 41
Elgin (H.S.) 10 8 (18) 16 5 (21) -- 39
Champaign (H.S.) 50, Quincy (Sr.) 32
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 17, 1945
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 14 2 2 16 1
Jesse Clements 4 9 6 8 14 3
Pete Fletcher 0 2 0 1 0 3
Earl Harrison 4 7 0 0 8 3
Dick Kelly 1 5 2 5 4 1
Fred Major 0 3 0 0 0 2
Dick Paterson 3 9 2 3 8 2
TOTAL 19 49 12 19 50 15
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Bickhaus 4 13 0 1 8 4
Dick Heitholt 3 12 2 2 8 0
Tom Lymenstull 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auris McGee 5 11 3 9 13 1
Keith Straley 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Stroot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elvin Tappe 1 5 0 1 2 2
Melvin Tappe 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Tostberg 0 0 1 1 1 1
Art Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 13 43 6 14 32 9
Champaign (H.S.) 16 12 (28) 12 10 (22) -- 50
Quincy (Sr.) 5 11 (16) 9 7 (16) -- 32
Decatur (H.S.) 62, Moline (H.S.) 46
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 17, 1945
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Arnold 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Doster 11 29 5 7 27 2
Bob Hoyt 0 3 0 0 0 1
Tom Krigbaum 1 4 0 3 2 2
Robert Kurek 0 0 0 1 0 0
John Malerich 2 3 0 1 4 3
Bob Neuendorf 0 0 1 1 1 1
George Riley 10 18 3 4 23 4
Ralph Rutherford 1 8 3 5 5 1
Bob Stauber 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 65 12 22 62 14
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Anderson 0 2 0 1 0 2
Bernard Beckman 0 1 2 3 2 3
Bob Holmgren 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dwight Humphrey 4 24 4 4 12 1
Ed Jawoisz 6 18 2 3 14 5
John Kakavas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Larson 0 1 0 1 0 2
Ken Pauly 3 9 3 5 9 1
Doren Russler 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Ryser 3 7 3 3 9 3
TOTAL 16 62 14 20 46 18
Decatur (H.S.) 23 9 (32) 19 11 (30) -- 62
Moline (H.S.) 13 10 (23) 17 6 (23) -- 46
Quincy (Sr.) 49, Moline (H.S.) 47
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 17, 1945
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Bickhaus 5 13 4 6 14 2
Dick Heitholt 6 21 6 8 18 3
Auris McGee 4 18 1 2 9 3
Don Stroot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elvin Tappe 0 2 0 1 0 2
Melvin Tappe 3 8 1 1 7 4
Bob Tostberg 0 1 1 2 1 1
Art Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 18 63 13 20 49 15
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Anderson 1 4 0 2 2 3
Bernard Beckman 1 3 0 1 2 3
Bob Holmgren 1 5 0 1 2 1
Dwight Humphrey 7 23 3 7 17 2
Ed Jawoisz 6 12 4 6 16 5
Gene Larson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Pauly 3 9 1 2 7 4
Robert Ryser 0 3 1 1 1 1
TOTAL 19 59 9 20 47 19
Quincy (Sr.) 17 8 (25) 10 14 (24) -- 49
Moline (H.S.) 14 11 (25) 14 8 (22) -- 47
Decatur (H.S.) 62, Champaign (H.S.) 54
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 17, 1945
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Arnold 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Doster 6 16 6 9 18 3
Bob Hoyt 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Krigbaum 0 3 2 5 2 4
Robert Kurek 0 1 0 0 0 0
John Malerich 5 17 4 6 14 1
Bob Neuendorf 0 4 1 1 1 1
George Riley 8 23 0 1 16 5
Ralph Rutherford 5 10 1 2 11 3
Bob Stauber 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 74 14 25 62 17
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 5 14 3 3 13 1
Jesse Clements 9 19 1 1 19 2
Jim Cottrell 0 1 0 0 0 2
Pete Fletcher 1 1 1 2 3 1
Earl Harrison 1 5 1 1 3 4
Dick Kelly 2 6 4 6 8 3
Fred Major 0 0 2 3 2 2
Dick Paterson 3 12 0 0 6 5
TOTAL 21 58 12 16 54 20
Decatur (H.S.) 14 12 (26) 17 19 (36) -- 62
Champaign (H.S.) 9 10 (19) 16 19 (35) -- 54