1954 Roster

Player	Hometown	Team	College Choice
Dick Bogenrife	Sedalia, OH	North	Dayton
Jimmy Bond (*)	Pampa, TX	South	Pasadena
Larry Breyfogle	Lawrenceville, IL	North	Illinois
Ted Caiazza	La Grange, IL	North	Illinois
Billy Ray Cassady	Inez, KY	South	Kentucky
Terry Darnell	Hornbeak, TN	South	Murray State
Arch Dees (**)	Mt. Carmel, IL	North	Indiana
Bill Florence	Lexington, KY	South	Eastern Kentucky
Pete Gaudin	New Orlenas, LA	South	Loyola of the South
Lloyd Harris	Rexburg, ID	North	Idaho State
Bobby Harris	King, NC	South	Duke
Vernon Hatton (*)	Lexington, KY	South	Kentucky
Pete Houston	Qunicy, MA	North	Holy Cross
Jack Kelly	Lakewood, OH	North	Villanova
Owen Lawson	Middleton, OH	North	Western Kentucky
John Lee	Brooklyn NY	North	Yale
Robert Litzow	Stevens Point, WI	North	Wisconsin
Hubert Reed	Oklahoma City, OK	South	Oklahoma City
Jay Schauer	South Milwaukee, WI	North	Marquette
John Scott	Ellswrorth, ME	North	Connecticut
Joe Stevens (*)	Wichita, KS	South	Wichita
C.W. Suedekum	Cape Girardeau, MO	South	Valparaiso
Jim Taylor	Baton Rouge, LA	South	Hinds (Miss) J.C.
Temple Tucker (*)	Bowie, TX	South	Rice


(* - indicates All-American; ** - indicates "Mr. Basketball")

1954 Boxscore

North - 93

Player	FG	FT	PF	Pts
Dick Bogenrife	0	0	0	0
Larry Breyfogle	6	1	0	13
Ted Caiazza	4	2	2	10
Arch Dees	15	2	3	32
Lloyd Harris	1	4	4	6
Pete Houston	0	0	2	0
Robert Litzow	0	0	1	0
Jack Kelly	1	0	1	2
Owen Lawson	4	4	2	12
John Lee	4	2	2	10
Jay Schauer	3	0	3	6
John Scott	1	0	2	2
Summary	39	15	23	93

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South - 109

Player	FG	FT	PF	Pts
Jimmy Bond	7	1	3	15
Billy Ray Cassady	2	1	2	5
Terry Darnell	1	2	1	4
Bill Florence	0	1	1	1
Pete Gaudin	4	2	2	10
Bobby Harris	1	0	1	2
Vernon Hatton	8	2	2	18
Joe Stevens	8	2	2	18
C.W. Suedekum	0	4	1	4
Jim Taylor	1	4	1	6
Temple Tucker	7	12	4	26
Summary	39	31	22	109

Published in Converse Yearbook, 1954

by ERL SENSING (Murray (Ky.) State College)

HIGH SCHOOL All-AMERICANS - as selected by "Chuck" Taylor,: Left to right: Hatton, Dees, Taylor, Tucker, Stvens, Bond. Dees only Northerner, others all Rebels.

THE MOST POWERFUL Southern team in the history of the six-year-old Norther-South Cage Classic trampled a strong Northern team 109-93 at Murray, Ky., June 12, 1954 and evened the series at three each.

The Rebels' second straight win, after three losses in a row, was made easy bya four-man combination that would grace any collegiate floor. The four were 6-10 Temple Tucker (Bowie, Texas); 6-0 Joe Stevens (Wichita, Kan.); 6-4 (1/2) Jimmy Bond (Pampa, Texas); and 6-3 Vernon Hatton (Lexington, Ky.)

Tucker's tipping was tremendous; coupled with Bond's rebounding, Stevens' drive and Hatton's passing, it made the South's win look easy.

But it remained for the North's Arch Dees of Mt. Carmel, Ill. to put on the best all-around performance and win the coveted "Mr. Basketball" award from Converse's own Chuck Taylor. He joined the other four Southerners - Tucker, Stevens, Bond and Hatton - on the 1954 High School All-American first team.

Nearly all the records in the North-South score book were broken during the torrid night. Included were -

• Most points (32) by Dees. Old record, 22, by Robin Freeman in 1952.
• Most field goals (15) by Dees. Old record, 10, by Robin Freeman in 1952.
• Most free throws (12) by Tucker. Old record, 7, by Hiles Stout in 1953.
• Most points by a team, 109, by South. Old record, 86, by South in 1953.
• Most points by a loser, 93, by North. Old record, 77, by North in 1953.
• Most points by both teams, 202. Old record, 163 in 1953.
• Also a new team record for field goals was set, with both the North and the South sharing honors with 39 each. The old record was 30, set by the South in 1953.

REBOUND - Bond (South) reaches while Northerners Schauer and Scott get into the action

The game itself was a contest only in the first quarter. The North scored first and did not lose the lead until eight and one-half minutes of the 10-minute period had elapsed. The South, however, tied the count four times, first at six-all after 2:07; then at eight-all with 2:32; then at 12-all after 5:09; and finally at 19-all with 1:30 remaining.

It was Hatton who knotted the count at 19-all. To do it he stole the ball and dribbled the length of the court for a lay up. Fourteen seconds later he took a tip-out from Tucker and raced all alone down the court to put his team in front 21-19, never to be headed again.

The second quarter removed all doubt as to the outcome, as the South almost doubled the North's scoring in that period with 29 points to 16 for the losers.

Southern Co-coaches Ray Mattingly of Bowie (Tex.) and Delmas Gish of Central City (Ky.) high schools eased up in the second half, while the Yankee charges of Dick King of New York City's All Hallows Institute and Ole Jorgensen of Neenah (Wisconsin) High School kept driving away, led by the brilliant Dees, to stay in the ball game.

The game is played annually in the Murray State College gym and bring together the nation's top high school graduates.

Hatton Sparkles in South Triumph

Published in Lexington Herald-Leader

MURRAY, Ky., - June 12 -- A band of rebel high school stars evened the North South cage classic series tonight by blasting the North 109-93. Temple Tucker, a 6-10 center from Bowie, Texas, scored 26 points to pace the South's third win in the sixth annual basketball game. But the North's Arch Dees, 6-8 pivotman from Mt. Carmel, Ill., set a record for the classic with 32 points.

The South, paced by Tucker's scoring, the driving of Joe Stevens, Wichita, Kan., and the playmaking of Vernon Hatton of Lexington Lafayette, took an early lead and dominated play throughout.

A capacity crowd, including many big-time coaches at the Murray State College gym saw the Rebels hold quarter leads of 25-19, 54-35 and 84-60.

Superior teamwork and free-throw shooting won for the South. Each team had 39 field goals, but the Rebels hit 31 of 44 free tosses against the North's 15 of 27.

Balloting of college coaches and sports writers, supervised by Chuck Taylor, named Dees as the game's standout, "Mr. Basketball." Previous winners of the title include Tom Gola, LaSalle's All America.

Others on the first honor team were Tucker, Stevens, Hatton and the South's Jimmy Bond of Pampa, Texas.

Named to the second team were North standouts Owen Lawson, Middletown, Ohio, Jay Schauer, South Milwaukee, Wis.; Larry Breyfogle, Lawrenceville, Ill.; and Ted Caiazza, LaGrange, Ill., and homestate Billy Rae Cassady of Inez.

Third-teamers were Lloyd Harris, Rexburg, Idaho; and Dick Bogenrife, Sedalia, Ohio, of the North and the South's terry Oarnall, Hornbeak, Tenn.; Pete Gaudin, New Orleans, La.; and Bobby Harris, King, N.C.

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