| the fielé in the initial quarter
and trailed 7 to 4 at: the end.
Jerry Waugh came through with
the first. Wellington bucket ~in'
the second period pulling the
Crusaders within’ one point | of:
|tieing the score. H, Rogers put
the champions out in front’ for
the first time, late in the second
quarter, with a’ fielder ane then

 

added another to give. Welling- :
ton a-12-10 lead at the intermiis:
sion,

The third guabicr saw "the real
championship form. of the Well-
ington team and after less than
3 minutes had lapsec the Cru-
saders ran. up the count to 21)
to 11. It was Rogers and Wal-|
lace with a steady flow of points.
Wellington enjoyed a 26 to 19
lead at the close of the period.

Rogers started off the fourth
quarter with a free throw to
make the count 27, ané Woolery i
followed for Newton with a
bucket. Waugh’ hit one from
the field, Mansfield followed with
a free throw and Rogers with
a bucket to give the Crusaders
a 32 to 21 lead with 4 minutes
remaining to play. Woolery
made it 22 for Newton with a
|free throw anc Rogers 33 for
, Wellington with a charity toss.
Guinn connected with one from
| the tiel@ and Wallace followed
rated free throw. Jerry Waugh

 

 

 

 

 

  

36 for Wellington, when
arTobled the full length of
ne eourt for a set-up.

points.

A total of 39 gerecoit fouls
were called during the game: by
officials Jim McDonald of El-
Dorado and Carl Kopek of Mc-
Pherson, . Twenty-one of these
were on Newton anc Wellington’
converted 14 points into free
throws. The Crusaders outscored
Newton 11 to 7 on’ fielders and
‘14 to 11 on OO aELY, elite
Phe “Score: