Index | 1952 | 1954

1952-53 Elgin Maroons

Won 18, Lost 9
Coach Bill Chesbrough

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Game Scores

No  Date       Elg Opp OT      Opponent
 1  Nov. 28  L  54  55     A   Elmhurst (York)
 2  Nov. 29  W  68  65     H   Maywood (Proviso)
 3  Dec. 5   L  53  63     A   DeKalb
 4  Dec. 6   L  45  51     H   Franklin Park (Leyden)
 5  Dec. 13  W  73  69     H   Decatur (H.S.)
 6  Dec. 19  L  46  70     A * Rockford (East)
 7  Dec. 27  W  71  70  1  H * Joliet (Twp.)
Invitational Tournament at Hinsdale (Twp.)
 8  Jan. 2   W  51  38     N + Cicero (Morton)
 9  Jan. 3   W  49  39     A + Hinsdale (Twp.)
10  Jan. 9   W  62  52     A * Aurora (West)
11  Jan. 10  W  61  48     H   Chicago (South Shore)
12  Jan. 16  L  57  71     A * Freeport (H.S.)
13  Jan. 23  W  64  59     H * Aurora (East)
14  Jan. 24  L  56  61     A   Moline
15  Jan. 30  L  54  62     H * LaSalle (L.-Peru)
16  Feb. 6   W  58  51     A * Joliet (Twp.)
17  Feb. 7   W  73  49     H   Des Plaines (Maine)
18  Feb. 13  W  67  47     H * Aurora (West)
19  Feb. 14  L  51  71     A   LaGrange (Lyons)
20  Feb. 20  W  59  58     H * Rockford (West)
21  Feb. 27  W  59  44     A * Aurora (East)
Regional Tournament at Elgin
22  Mar. 3   W  72  47     H + Woodstock (H.S.)
23  Mar. 5   W  58  50     H + Dundee
24  Mar. 6   W  46  42     H + Crystal Lake (H.S.)
Sectional Tournament at Arlington Heights (Arlington)
25  Mar. 11  W  63  58     N + Barrington
26  Mar. 13  W  73  70     N + Winnetka (New Trier)
State Final Tournament at U. of Illinois (Huff Gym)
27  Mar. 19  L  64  67     N + West Frankfort (Frankfort)

* - Conference game
+ - Tournament game

Season Scoring Totals

                                 Total High
Name                     FG   FT  Pts  Game
Glen Lose               138  155  431   29
Marv Nelson             101   79  281   28
Arnie Dauksavage         75   66  216   22
Tom Wagner               54   68  176   21
Morey Weiss              42   84  168   20
Willard "Buster" Leach   28   65  121   12
Wes Foell                29   36   94   19
Paul Plath               15   35   65   16
Jim Stowell               1   13   15    5
Mike Bolger               3    7   13    7
Wayne Larson              3    7   13    8
John Giardino             2    5    9    4
Ken Barnhart              0    3    3    2
Bob Gillam                0    1    1    1
John Morton               0    1    1    1
Jon Schurmeier            0    0    0    0
Roger Soderburg           0    0    0    0
Don Toppel                0    0    0    0
Weichman                  0    0    0    0

Big Eight Conference Standings

School                        W    L
Rockford (West)               8    2
Elgin                         7    3
Joliet                        6    4
Rockford (East)               6    4
LaSalle (L.-Peru)             5    5
Aurora (West)                 4    6
Freeport                      4    6
Aurora (East)                 0   10

Game-by-Game Scoring

Fri., Nov. 28, 1952
Elmhurst (York) 55, ELGIN 54
Morey Weiss 7-18, 6-7, 20; Glen Lose 4-7, 7-7, 15; Wes Foell 4-6, 1-1, 9; Paul Plath 1-4, 3-3, 5; Mike Bolger 2-5, 0-0, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-1, 1-1, 1; Arnie Dauksavage 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 18-41, 18-19, 54; Elmhurst (York) Totals 18-50, 19-24, 55; Elgin by Quarters 17-12-11-14; Elmhurst (York) by Quarters 10-16-13-16.

Sat., Nov. 29, 1952
ELGIN 68, Maywood (Proviso) 65
Paul Plath 4-13, 8-10, 16; Glen Lose 4-8, 7-8, 15; Morey Weiss 1-7, 7-12, 9; Tom Wagner 2-3, 4-5, 8; Mike Bolger 0-7, 7-9, 7; Wes Foell 0-3, 7-10, 7; Jim Stowell 0-5, 4-6, 4; Ken Barnhart 0-1, 2-4, 2; Arnie Dauksavage 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 11-47, 46-64, 68; Maywood (Proviso) Totals 16-54, 33-56, 65; Elgin by Quarters 15-21-16-16; Maywood (Proviso) by Quarters 23-6-20-16.

Fri., Dec. 5, 1952
DeKalb 63, ELGIN 53
Glen Lose 3-13, 6-9, 12; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-6, 12-14, 12; Morey Weiss 2-8, 5-6, 9; Tom Wagner 2-7, 5-7, 9; Wes Foell 2-6, 2-3, 6; Paul Plath 1-8, 1-1, 3; Marv Nelson 1-4, 0-0, 2; Ken Barnhart 0-0, 0-0, 0; Jim Stowell 0-2, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 11-54, 31-40, 53; DeKalb Totals 18-46, 27-49, 63; Elgin by Quarters 14-8-17-14; DeKalb by Quarters 20-13-13-17.

Sat., Dec. 6, 1952
Franklin Park (Leyden) 51, ELGIN 45
Glen Lose 6-10, 7-8, 19; Morey Weiss 3-11, 5-8, 11; Wes Foell 2-9, 0-0, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-10, 2-5, 4; Tom Wagner 1-4, 0-0, 2; Marv Nelson 1-9, 0-0, 2; Mike Bolger 1-3, 0-0, 2; Ken Barnhart 0-1, 1-1, 1; Paul Plath 0-4, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 15-61, 15-22, 45; Franklin Park (Leyden) Totals 14-48, 23-42, 51; Elgin by Quarters 7-7-12-19; Franklin Park (Leyden) by Quarters 15-6-12-18.

Sat., Dec. 13, 1952
ELGIN 73, Decatur (H.S.) 69
Glen Lose 6-11, 7-8, 19; Morey Weiss 6-13, 6-11, 18; Willard "Buster" Leach 4-5, 3-4, 11; Paul Plath 1-5, 7-9, 9; Marv Nelson 2-8, 4-5, 8; Wes Foell 1-2, 3-3, 5; Arnie Dauksavage 1-6, 1-3, 3; Wayne Larson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 21-50, 31-43, 73; Decatur (H.S.) Totals 22-65, 25-36, 69; Elgin by Quarters 19-24-12-18; Decatur (H.S.) by Quarters 19-15-18-17.

Fri., Dec. 19, 1952
Rockford (East) 70, ELGIN 46
Glen Lose 9-18, 5-6, 23; Marv Nelson 2-7, 3-5, 7; Morey Weiss 1-4, 4-9, 6; Arnie Dauksavage 2-7, 1-2, 5; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-5, 2-3, 4; Tom Wagner 0-1, 1-1, 1; Mike Bolger 0-2, 0-2, 0; Wes Foell 0-4, 0-0, 0; Paul Plath 0-3, 0-4, 0; Elgin Totals 15-51, 16-32, 46; Rockford (East) Totals 21-36, 28-34, 70; Elgin by Quarters 10-7-13-16; Rockford (East) by Quarters 19-15-19-17.

Sat., Dec. 27, 1952
ELGIN 71, Joliet (Twp.) 70
Glen Lose 7-13, 3-5, 17; Marv Nelson 6-12, 3-3, 15; Arnie Dauksavage 4-12, 4-5, 12; Morey Weiss 4-8, 2-7, 10; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-5, 7-10, 9; Tom Wagner 1-3, 4-7, 6; Jim Stowell 0-0, 2-2, 2; Don Toppel 0-2, 0-0, 0; Paul Plath 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 23-56, 25-39, 71; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 23-45, 24-42, 70; Elgin by Quarters 17-15-18-13-8; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 15-22-16-10-7.

Fri., Jan. 2, 1953
ELGIN 51, Cicero (Morton) 38
Morey Weiss 4-7, 5-6, 13; Marv Nelson 4-9, 1-3, 9; Tom Wagner 1-6, 6-9, 8; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-6, 3-6, 7; Arnie Dauksavage 3-6, 1-4, 7; Glen Lose 1-7, 2-2, 4; Paul Plath 0-0, 2-2, 2; Wes Foell 0-2, 1-1, 1; Jim Stowell 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 15-45, 21-33, 51; Cicero (Morton) Totals 12-24, 14-25, 38; Elgin by Quarters 8-13-14-16; Cicero (Morton) by Quarters 8-11-9-10.

Sat., Jan. 3, 1953
ELGIN 49, Hinsdale (Twp.) 39
Glen Lose 5-8, 10-11, 20; Arnie Dauksavage 6-13, 3-3, 15; Morey Weiss 1-5, 3-8, 5; Marv Nelson 2-7, 0-0, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-3, 2-5, 2; Wes Foell 0-1, 1-1, 1; Tom Wagner 0-2, 1-3, 1; Paul Plath 0-1, 1-2, 1; Jim Stowell 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 14-41, 21-33, 49; Hinsdale (Twp.) Totals 11-37, 17-32, 39; Elgin by Quarters 17-8-12-12; Hinsdale (Twp.) by Quarters 7-8-11-13.

Fri., Jan. 9, 1953
ELGIN 62, Aurora (West) 52
Arnie Dauksavage 5-9, 5-9, 15; Morey Weiss 3-12, 6-11, 12; Tom Wagner 4-9, 4-8, 12; Marv Nelson 3-10, 3-6, 9; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-5, 3-4, 7; Glen Lose 1-6, 3-3, 5; Paul Plath 1-1, 0-0, 2; Weichman 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 19-52, 24-41, 62; Aurora (West) Totals 18-58, 16-33, 52; Elgin by Quarters 13-14-18-17; Aurora (West) by Quarters 13-10-14-15.

Sat., Jan. 10, 1953
ELGIN 61, Chicago (South Shore) 48
Arnie Dauksavage 7-12, 4-9, 18; Marv Nelson 5-8, 1-1, 11; Morey Weiss 4-10, 2-2, 10; Wes Foell 2-11, 6-10, 10; Paul Plath 1-3, 5-6, 7; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-4, 1-1, 5; Tom Wagner 0-1, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 21-49, 19-31, 61; Chicago (South Shore) Totals 16-48, 16-26, 48; Elgin by Quarters 15-21-7-18; Chicago (South Shore) by Quarters 13-8-10-17.

Fri., Jan. 16, 1953
Freeport (H.S.) 71, ELGIN 57
Glen Lose 8-12, 2-2, 18; Tom Wagner 3-10, 3-6, 9; Arnie Dauksavage 3-9, 2-2, 8; Willard "Buster" Leach 3-11, 1-3, 7; Marv Nelson 2-5, 2-2, 6; Morey Weiss 0-5, 5-6, 5; Jim Stowell 0-1, 4-6, 4; Elgin Totals 19-53, 19-27, 57; Freeport (H.S.) Totals 25-50, 21-42, 71; Elgin by Quarters 7-17-19-14; Freeport (H.S.) by Quarters 19-14-16-22.

Fri., Jan. 23, 1953
ELGIN 64, Aurora (East) 59
Marv Nelson 8-15, 12-20, 28; Glen Lose 4-11, 3-3, 11; Arnie Dauksavage 2-9, 4-8, 8; Tom Wagner 2-5, 3-3, 7; Morey Weiss 1-2, 4-9, 6; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-3, 2-4, 4; Don Toppel 0-1, 0-0, 0; Jim Stowell 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 18-47, 28-47, 64; Aurora (East) Totals 17-48, 25-40, 59; Elgin by Quarters 19-15-11-19; Aurora (East) by Quarters 10-12-16-21.

Sat., Jan. 24, 1953
Moline 61, ELGIN 56
Arnie Dauksavage 9-15, 4-7, 22; Glen Lose 3-9, 7-12, 13; Marv Nelson 6-10, 0-2, 12; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-3, 3-4, 5; Morey Weiss 0-1, 2-2, 2; Tom Wagner 1-1, 0-0, 2; Wayne Larson 0-1, 0-4, 0; Jim Stowell 0-2, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 20-42, 16-31, 56; Moline Totals 21-41, 19-31, 61; Elgin by Quarters 13-11-9-23; Moline by Quarters 19-8-16-18.

Fri., Jan. 30, 1953
LaSalle (L.-Peru) 62, ELGIN 54
Marv Nelson 5-8, 6-9, 16; Arnie Dauksavage 4-13, 4-8, 12; Glen Lose 5-13, 0-0, 10; Paul Plath 2-6, 3-7, 7; Morey Weiss 0-3, 3-7, 3; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-5, 1-2, 3; Wes Foell 1-4, 0-0, 2; Tom Wagner 0-4, 1-2, 1; Elgin Totals 18-56, 18-35, 54; LaSalle (L.-Peru) Totals 17-41, 28-36, 62; Elgin by Quarters 18-14-9-13; LaSalle (L.-Peru) by Quarters 19-15-13-15.

Fri., Feb. 6, 1953
ELGIN 58, Joliet (Twp.) 51
Marv Nelson 9-14, 2-3, 20; Tom Wagner 5-7, 3-6, 13; Glen Lose 3-9, 6-8, 12; Arnie Dauksavage 3-11, 3-7, 9; Paul Plath 2-5, 0-2, 4; Wes Foell 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 22-47, 14-26, 58; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 20-69, 11-28, 51; Elgin by Quarters 15-18-15-10; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 8-18-14-11.

Sat., Feb. 7, 1953
ELGIN 73, Des Plaines (Maine) 49
Glen Lose 5-12, 7-10, 17; Marv Nelson 4-10, 3-5, 11; Tom Wagner 2-7, 6-6, 10; Paul Plath 2-7, 5-6, 9; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-2, 6-7, 8; Morey Weiss 1-4, 3-5, 5; Jim Stowell 1-3, 3-6, 5; Arnie Dauksavage 1-7, 2-3, 4; John Giardino 1-1, 2-2, 4; Roger Soderburg 0-1, 0-0, 0; Jon Schurmeier 0-1, 0-0, 0; Bob Gillam 0-2, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 18-57, 37-50, 73; Des Plaines (Maine) Totals 18-55, 13-28, 49; Elgin by Quarters 14-18-14-27; Des Plaines (Maine) by Quarters 12-10-12-15.

Fri., Feb. 13, 1953
ELGIN 67, Aurora (West) 47
Wes Foell 6-9, 7-8, 19; Glen Lose 4-7, 5-6, 13; Arnie Dauksavage 2-8, 7-8, 11; Marv Nelson 3-7, 5-12, 11; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-2, 3-4, 5; Tom Wagner 2-4, 0-0, 4; Wayne Larson 0-0, 2-4, 2; Morey Weiss 0-1, 1-1, 1; Bob Gillam 0-0, 1-2, 1; John Giardino 0-0, 0-0, 0; Roger Soderburg 0-1, 0-0, 0; John Morton 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 18-40, 31-45, 67; Aurora (West) Totals 14-53, 19-37, 47; Elgin by Quarters 13-14-21-19; Aurora (West) by Quarters 9-11-15-12.

Sat., Feb. 14, 1953
LaGrange (Lyons) 71, ELGIN 51
Glen Lose 6-12, 13-14, 25; Tom Wagner 2-6, 5-8, 9; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-2, 1-2, 5; Arnie Dauksavage 0-4, 4-6, 4; Morey Weiss 0-3, 3-5, 3; Wes Foell 1-5, 0-0, 2; John Giardino 0-2, 2-4, 2; Marv Nelson 0-4, 1-2, 1; Bob Gillam 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 11-38, 29-41, 51; LaGrange (Lyons) Totals 20-58, 31-48, 71; Elgin by Quarters 9-16-11-15; LaGrange (Lyons) by Quarters 19-16-18-18.

Fri., Feb. 20, 1953
ELGIN 59, Rockford (West) 58
Glen Lose 10-22, 7-10, 27; Marv Nelson 5-10, 1-1, 11; Tom Wagner 4-9, 1-1, 9; Arnie Dauksavage 4-10, 0-0, 8; Morey Weiss 0-1, 4-5, 4; Jim Stowell 0-3, 0-2, 0; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-4, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 23-59, 13-21, 59; Rockford (West) Totals 20-48, 18-43, 58; Elgin by Quarters 16-13-19-11; Rockford (West) by Quarters 19-15-11-13.

Fri., Feb. 27, 1953
ELGIN 59, Aurora (East) 44
Glen Lose 9-16, 5-7, 23; Marv Nelson 3-7, 7-14, 13; Arnie Dauksavage 2-7, 3-7, 7; Morey Weiss 1-5, 5-7, 7; Tom Wagner 2-3, 1-4, 5; Wes Foell 1-4, 1-1, 3; John Morton 0-0, 1-2, 1; Jim Stowell 0-3, 0-0, 0; Roger Soderburg 0-1, 0-0, 0; Wayne Larson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 18-46, 23-42, 59; Aurora (East) Totals 13-41, 18-31, 44; Elgin by Quarters 13-15-14-16; Aurora (East) by Quarters 14-8-11-11.

Tue., Mar. 3, 1953
ELGIN 72, Woodstock (H.S.) 47
Arnie Dauksavage 7-11, 4-5, 18; Marv Nelson 7-13, 1-4, 15; Wes Foell 6-11, 2-2, 14; Glen Lose 3-7, 1-2, 7; Tom Wagner 3-7, 1-1, 7; Morey Weiss 2-4, 1-2, 5; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-3, 1-2, 3; John Giardino 1-2, 1-2, 3; Jim Stowell 0-1, 0-2, 0; Wayne Larson 0-0, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 30-59, 12-24, 72; Woodstock (H.S.) Totals 14-56, 19-28, 47; Elgin by Quarters 19-22-13-18; Woodstock (H.S.) by Quarters 8-11-12-16.

Thu., Mar. 5, 1953
ELGIN 58, Dundee 50
Glen Lose 5-9, 11-13, 21; Marv Nelson 7-15, 4-5, 18; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-3, 3-5, 7; Tom Wagner 2-4, 2-3, 6; Wes Foell 1-5, 2-3, 4; Arnie Dauksavage 0-0, 1-1, 1; Wayne Larson 0-0, 1-1, 1; Jim Stowell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 17-36, 24-31, 58; Dundee Totals 12-40, 26-34, 50; Elgin by Quarters 9-17-16-17; Dundee by Quarters 7-13-14-16.

Fri., Mar. 6, 1953
ELGIN 46, Crystal Lake (H.S.) 42
Glen Lose 4-15, 7-12, 15; Marv Nelson 6-12, 1-4, 13; Tom Wagner 1-2, 6-7, 8; Arnie Dauksavage 1-9, 2-3, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-3, 0-0, 2; Wes Foell 1-4, 0-0, 2; Morey Weiss 0-2, 2-5, 2; Wayne Larson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 14-47, 18-31, 46; Crystal Lake (H.S.) Totals 11-34, 20-31, 42; Elgin by Quarters 14-10-15-7; Crystal Lake (H.S.) by Quarters 8-17-8-9.

Wed., Mar. 11, 1953
ELGIN 63, Barrington 58
Marv Nelson 4-7, 11-16, 19; Glen Lose 5-12, 6-7, 16; Wayne Larson 3-4, 2-4, 8; Arnie Dauksavage 3-6, 1-3, 7; Tom Wagner 2-5, 2-2, 6; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-1, 3-4, 3; Morey Weiss 1-1, 0-0, 2; Wes Foell 0-2, 2-3, 2; Elgin Totals 18-38, 27-39, 63; Barrington Totals 16-48, 26-36, 58; Elgin by Quarters 15-13-23-12; Barrington by Quarters 17-14-16-11.

Fri., Mar. 13, 1953
ELGIN 73, Winnetka (New Trier) 70
Glen Lose 8-17, 13-13, 29; Marv Nelson 3-7, 8-11, 14; Tom Wagner 5-14, 2-5, 12; Arnie Dauksavage 3-9, 2-3, 8; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-4, 4-5, 6; Wayne Larson 0-0, 2-4, 2; Wes Foell 1-3, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 21-54, 31-41, 73; Winnetka (New Trier) Totals 23-55, 24-34, 70; Elgin by Quarters 19-25-18-11; Winnetka (New Trier) by Quarters 24-22-12-12.

Thu., Mar. 19, 1953
West Frankfort (Frankfort) 67, ELGIN 64
Glen Lose 10-20, 5-7, 25; Tom Wagner 7-17, 7-9, 21; Arnie Dauksavage 3-9, 4-7, 10; Marv Nelson 3-6, 0-6, 6; Wes Foell 0-2, 1-2, 1; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-2, 1-0, 1; Wayne Larson 0-4, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 23-60, 18-31, 64; West Frankfort (Frankfort) Totals 23-54, 21-33, 67; Elgin by Quarters 21-16-8-19; West Frankfort (Frankfort) by Quarters 14-18-17-18.