Pinckneyville
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 33-1 430 2 Rockford (East) James Laude 26-4 1375 3 Pekin Jim "Red" Lewis 29-2 1200 4 LaGrange (Lyons) Greg Sloan 25-3 1650 Canton George Mathis 22-8 790 Chicago (Marshall) Ted Perzanowski 28-2 3100 Marion (H.S.) Virgil "Cuss" Wilson 21-11 730 Springfield (Cathedral) Luke Gleason 23-6 350 Champaign (H.S.) Harold Jester 13-15 730 Collinsville Vergil Fletcher 27-2 815 Harvey (Thornton) Thomas Nisbet 16-9 2582 Hillsboro O.R. Nettleship 21-7 453 LaSalle (L.-Peru) Jack Fabri 10-17 1100 Moline (H.S.) Roger Potter 18-11 648 Quincy (Sr.) George Latham 21-7 985 Robinson Merle Crosby 30-4 460
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Peter Anderson, Rockford (East) 4 24 10 58 Robert Johnson, Pinckneyville 4 17 20 54 Sherman Norton, LaGrange (Lyons) 4 22 7 51 Irv Bemoras, Chicago (Marshall) 2 17 15 49 Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 4 17 13 47 Eugene Tarabilda, Rockford (East) 4 15 14 44 Charles Busby, Pekin 4 18 7 43 David Davis, Pinckneyville 4 14 13 41 Tom Millikin, Pinckneyville 4 13 15 41 Howard Storm, LaGrange (Lyons) 4 14 12 40
Player & School Ht. Yr. Irv Bemoras, Chicago (Marshall) 6-3 Jr. Charles Busby, Pekin 6-2 Jr. Rodney Fletcher, Champaign (H.S.) 6-3 Jr. Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 5-10 Jr. Sam Miranda, Collinsville 5-10 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Pekin 22-1 2 Collinsville 22-1 3 Dundee 22-1 4 Salem 27-2 5 Paris 25-3 6 Pinckneyville 24-1 7 Waukegan (H.S.) 17-1 8 Aurora (West) 19-3 9 Rockford (West) 18-4 10 Lawrenceville 19-4 11 Robinson 25-3 12 LaGrange (Lyons) 18-1 13 Pana (H.S.) 20-4 14 Springfield (H.S.) 18-5 15 Canton 16-7 16 Aurora (Marmion Academy)