NEW PHILADELPHIA - In its 2nd game of the tournament the Strasburg Tigers (2-0) easily defeated the Port Washington Eagles (1-1) by 16 points. The Rider outfit had beaten the Tuscarawas Broncos (0-1) on Friday night and the Tigers won its 1st game at the expense of the Baltic Eagles (0-1). The feature of this encounter was the close guarding by the Strasburg five. Clyde Denzer, Paul Neidenthal and Wilson Dreher held the loser's forwards to 3 points, all tallied by Port's Sophomore forward Earl Wheland. The game started off rather slowly and the 1st quarter ended with Strasburg's Head Coach Simukka's crew holding an 8-3 advantage, due to excellent work by the 2 forwards Orval Deems and Bob Miller. Strasburg contended itself with 4 points in the 2nd quarter, while the best that Port could do was 2, foul shots by Joe Evans with this making the scoreboard show 12-5 at halftime.
With substitutes in the 2nd half Strasburg held the Eagles to 1 lone foul shot, while they made 10 more points to run their total score to 22. The end of the 3rd quarter found them leading at 22-6. Sophomore Earl Wheland (3) and Senior Joe Evans (3) scored all of Port's points, while Seniors Orval Deems (8) and Paul Sundheimer (6) accounted for 14 of their outfit's total. Bob Miller (4) also played well and was in the thick of the battle all the time he was playing. The Tiger defense of course was also tight and proved to be one of the best ever witnessed in local county tournament play.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 22
Orval Deems 4-0-8
Blaine Shively 0-0-0
Bob Miller 2-0-4
Paul Sundheimer 2-2-6
Clyde Denzer 0-0-0
Paul Neidenthal 1-0-2
Wilson Dreher 0-0-0
Schumacher 1-0-2
PORT WASHINGTON EAGLES - 6
Earl Wheland 1-1-3
John Bond 0-0-0
Joe Evans 0-3-3
Haupert 0-0-0
Wil Johns 0-0-0
Ralph Rhoades 0-0-0
Monday, February 27, 1928
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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