Article from The Fitchburg Sentinel, February 22, 1945. Titled: Johnny Grinkas--55. It reads: WORCESTER, Feb. 22 -- Johnny Grinkas, a member of the Reed Micrometer basketball team of this city and a member of the Lampila Jeweler outfit of the Fitchburg Reecreation loop, tallied 55 points here last evening as the Mikes whipped the Norton Machine Div. team, 82 to 34, in the local Community loop./Grinkas, who enters the navy tomorrow, was playing his last game in Reed regimentals./By scoring 27 goals and one free try, Grinkas almost doubled any previous scoring mark of the local league. It was one of the finest performances of this season. The Reed team's scoring marker was also a high for the league
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