Paris
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Paris Ernie Eveland 40-2 650 2 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 33-4 750 3 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 32-7 434 4 Pekin Jim "Red" Lewis 29-5 1300 Chicago (South Shore) Tony Maffia 24-3 1850 Collinsville Vergil Fletcher 29-5 815 Dundee Eugene DeLacey 29-3 412 Kewanee (H.S.) Helmut Brockman 28-3 713 Aurora (East) Cecil May 22-9 1235 Beardstown L.M. "Nick" Carter 25-4 357 Flora Bert Dancey 23-9 460 Galesburg (H.S.) Gerald Phillips 16-11 1073 Marseilles John Allen 23-6 266 Murphysboro E.L. Bencini 20-8 565 Rockford (East) James Laude 24-2 1500 Springfield (H.S.) Mark Peterman 22-8 1500
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Robert Owens, Paris 4 29 14 72 Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.) 4 30 5 65 Bert Van Horn, Pekin 4 15 19 49 Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 4 17 12 46 Charles Busby, Pekin 4 16 13 45 Glen Vietor, Paris 4 20 5 45 John Wilson, Paris 4 15 13 43 Donald Williams, Pinckneyville 4 16 10 42 Fred Major, Champaign (H.S.) 4 16 9 41 Herbert Gerecke, Pekin 4 17 6 40
Player & School Ht. Yr. Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.) 6-2 Jr. Jake Fendley, Chicago (South Shore) 6-1 Jr. Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 5-10 So. Charles Grover, Dundee 6-1 Jr. Robert Owens, Paris 6-2 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Dundee 23-2 2 Elgin (H.S.) 17-1 3 Rockford (East) 19-1 4 Paris 31-2 5 Champaign (H.S.) 26-3 6 Rock Island (H.S.) 17-6 7 Kewanee (H.S.) 22-2 8 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 19-4 9 Centralia 28-6 10 Pekin 22-3 11 Collinsville 23-4 12 Beardstown 20-3 13 Rock Falls 19-0 14 Waukegan (H.S.) 23-3 15 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 22-7 16 DePue