DOVER - The Dennison High School Railroaders (3-0) won the county high school baskeball tournament held before large crowds in the Dover American Legion Building Saturday by defeating the Strasburg Tigers (2-1) (5-1) 27-14 in the finals after 7 other teams had been eliminated. The 9 teams entered were:
Dennison Railroaders
Strasburg Tigers
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
Bolivar Cardinals
Mineral City Tigers
Gnadenhutten Indians
Tuscarawas Broncos
Newcomerstown Trojans
Dundee Bulldogs
Dundee forfeited to Bolivar in the 1st round.
Starting at 9:30AM Saturday, the elimination contests were run off without a hitch. Three games were played in the morning, three more in the afternoon and the final contest between Dennison and Strasburg in the evening. The Bolivar Cardinals, touted as one of the strongest entries, lived up to its reputation gaining the semi-finals...but, Strasburg knocked and dimmed their hopes by trimming the Cardinal team 18-12. In the morning games, Strasburg beat Sugarcreek 24-20 in a closely contested game, Gnadenhutten ran away with Newcomerstown 20-9 and Dennison put Mineral City out of the running by defeating them 13-5. The three best games of the tournament were the Strasburg-Sugarcreek, Strasburg-Dennison and Bolivar-Tuscarawas contests. The tussle between Bolivar and Tuscarawas was the only one requiring overtime play to settle the argument. Dennison proved its superiority beyond doubt by running up 59 points to its opponents combined total of 23.
Superintendent W.S. Fagley, of Strasburg acted as manager of the meeting by appointment of County Superintendent Chas Barthelmeh, under whose general direction the tournament was held. Principal Ake, of New Philadelphia High School and Bush of Uhrichsville, officiated over the tournament games in a capable manner. Large crowds attended each session with the finals perhaps proved the best drawing card.
The Strasburg-Dennison game was close and hard fought up to the final quarter when the down-county lads drew away from their opponents and left no doubt as to their championship calibre. The Railroaders grabbed the lead early in the contest, when Hill caged a field goal and never lost it, leading 9-4 at the end of the 1st quarter and 13-4 at the half. Strasburg showed best in the 3rd quarter, making 6 points to their opponents two. But the sensational start by which Strasburg had beaten Bolivar and Sugarcreek failed to materialize in the Dennison game. Instead Dennison put on the extra speed and left Strasburg in the dust. Williams, Dennison's scoring ace, took the heart out of the Strasburg team by dumping 4 field goals in the final quarter with 3 of his baskets being rung up in quick succession. The Dennison defense proved too strong for Strasburg to penetrate and the runners-up had no one who could make long shots. Strasburg used an offensive system of short high passes which the Dennison lads grabbed out of the air quite as often as did the players for whom the passes were intended. The Mill-Township team was unsuccessful in breaking thru the Strasburg defense also except in the final quarter. But Dennison had several men who could cage long shots and these men kept the winners in the lead. Olin Shutt and Randall Weber showed up best for Strasburg in the finals, while Bowers and Williams were the bright lights for Dennison.
DENNISON RAILROADERS - 27
Hill 2-1-5
Lindsey 0-0-0
Williams 5-0-10
Bowers 3-0-6
Stauffer 1-0-2
Balo 1-2-4
Bodell 0-0-0
Albaugh 0-0-0
STRASBURG TIGERS - 14
Olin Shutt 2-1-5
George Mizer 1-1-3
Dale Shutt 1-0-2
Randall Weber 1-2-4
Glen Jones 0-0-0
Monday, February 25, 1924
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
2nd TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1924
1. Dennison Railroaders 3-0
2. Strasburg Tigers 2-1
3. *Bolivar Cardinals 2-1
4. Gnadenhutten Indians 1-1
5. **Dundee Bulldogs 0-1
6. Mineral City Tigers 0-1
7. Newcomerstown Trojans 0-1
8. Sugarcreek-Shanesville 0-1
9. Tuscarawas Broncos 0-1
*Forfeit Win
**Forfeit Loss
HIGH GAME
Points - Whitmer (B) 16
Field Goals - Whitmer (B) and Williams (Denn) 5
Foul Shots - Whitmer (B) and Myers (SS) 6
POINTS
1. Williams (Denn) 22
2. Whitmer (B) 21
3. Olin Shutt (S) 20
4. Myers (SS) 14
5. Paul Schriener (G) 14
6. Dale Shutt (S) 14
7. Hill (Denn) 13
8. Bowers (Denn) 12
9. George Mizer (S) 11
10. Randall (S) 11
FIELD GOALS
1. Williams (Denn) 11
2. Olin Shutt (S) 9
3. Harold Thomas (G) 7
4. Bowers (Denn) 6
5. Hill (Denn) 6
6. Paul Schriener (G) 6
7. Dale Shutt (S) 6
8. George Mizer (S) 5
9. Whitmer (B) 5
10. 2 tied with 4
FOUL SHOTS
1. Whitmer (B) 11
2. Myers (SS) 6
3. Ripple (MC) 3
4. Balo (Denn) 3
5. Randall Weber (S) 3
6. Olin Shutt (S) 2
7. Dale Shutt (S) 2
8. Lou Kopp (T) 2
9. Cloyd Sherer (T) 2
10. Paul Schriener (G) 1
ALL TOURNAMENTS
1923 Strasburg Tigers - Gnadenhutten Indians
1924 Dennison Railroaders - Strasburg Tigers
1. Dennison Railroaders 3-0
2. Strasburg Tigers - 5-1
3. Bolivar Cardinals 2-2
4. Gnadenhutten Indians 2-2
5. Mineral City Tigers 1-2
6. Newcomerstown Troans 0-1
7. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 0-1
8. Tuscarawas Broncos 0-2
9. Dundee Bulldogs 0-2
HIGH GAME
1. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
2. Keene Van Curren (S) (1923) 16
3. Whitmer (B) (1924) 16
4. Myers (SS) (1924) 14
5. Herbert Donley (S) (1923) 14
6. Weaver (MC) (1923) 12
7. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 12
8. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 10
9. Williams (Denn) (1923) 10
HIGH FIELD GOALS IN A GAME
1. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 8
2. Keene Van Curan (S) (1923) 8
3. Whitemer (B) (1924) 5
4. Williams (Denn) (1924) 5
HIGH FOUL SHOTS IN A GAME
1. Whitmer (B) (1924) 6
2. Myers (SS) (1924) 6
3. Weaver (MC) (1923) 4
TOTAL POINTS
1. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 40
2. Herbert Donley (S) (1923) 24
3. Williams (Denn) 22
4. Weaver (MC) (1923) 21
5. Whitmer (B) (1924) 21
6. Keene Van Curan (S) (1923) 20
7. Olin Shutt (S) (1924) 20
8. 3 tied with 14
TOTAL FIELD GOALS
1. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
2. Herbert Donley (S) (1923) 12
3. Williams (Denn) (1924) 11
4. Keene Van Curan (S) (1923) 10
5. Olin Shutt (S) (1924) 9
6. Weaver (MC) (1923) 8
7. Thomas (G) (1924) 7
8. 5 tied with 6
TOTAL FOUL SHOTS
1. Whitmer (B) (1924) 11
2. Myers (SS) (1924) 6
3. Weaver (MC) (1923) 5
4. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 4
5. Everhard (D) (1923) 3
6. Paul Schriener (G) (1923) 3
7. Balo (Denn) (1924) 3
8. Ripple (MC) (1924) 3
9. Randall Weber (S) (1924) 3
10. 5 tied with 2
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