DOVER - With the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament battles over and the Bolivar Cardinals holding the cup of championship with the Midvale Blue Devils an unusually close runner-up, now comes the annual task of selecting a mythical all-tournament quintet. During the 2 days of basketball play at American Legion Hall last week in which 100 boys from 10 schools cavorted the Legion court in uniform, there were many outstanding stars. Perhaps the most outstanding player generally through the tournament was Senior forward Roy Smith and Captain of the team, who scored 30 points in 3 games to lead all players in scoring. It was the stellar performance of Smith that paraded Midvale into the finals and it was his uncanny shooting that almost deliberately put Bolivar down in the final game.
For his work Smith is awarded the 1st forward position and named Captain of the all-tourney five. At the other forward is placed Art "Dutch" Miller, diminutive Strasburg Tiger leader, who scored 27 points in 3 games, being held scoreless from action in only one, that against Midvale when Fabiano, Midvale guard, allowed him only 2 free throws. Miller's scoring against Alvin Williams, Gnaden's great guard, was enough to put him on the all-tourney quintet. Widder, of Bolivar, the mainstay of the championship aggregation, is chosen for center; although, he lines up at guard. Widder was the 2nd high point man of the tournament with 28 points, 2 less than Smith and one more than Miller. His ability to handle the ball, shoot from long or short range and his ability in general, wins him a berth as safely as Smith. Widder is chosen for center, because of the fact that he operated on the floor as a center after the tip-off. Lash, Bolivar's regular center, dropping back to a back-guard each time. Then, too, Widder played center during one-half of the Bolivar-Dundee game.
Fabiano, Midvale guard, is selected 1st for a guard position. He played consistently good on defense, holding the crack Miller, of Strasburg, to only 2 points in a semi-final game and allowed Elmer Harris, star forward of Mineral City, only one basket after he started watching him. Harris scored 4 buckets against Midvale, but 2 were gotten off Morgan and one off Smith before Fabiano was assigned to guard him. Shulty, scoring Bolivar guard, wins recognition as the assistant to Fabiano. Shulty scored 15 points from his guard position in the 3 games and played remarkable defensive ball all through the tournament.
Laughlin, of Bolivar and Harris, of Mineral City, are named forwards on the 2nd mythical five. Lash of Bolivar, is the center, mainly because he was the outstanding jumper in the tourney. Baldwin, Midvale and Wil Dreher, Strasburg, are the 2nd team guard selections.
1ST TEAM
Forward - Al Smith, Midvale Blue Devils
Forward - Art "Dutch" Miller, Strasburg Tigers
Center - Widder, Bolivar Cardinals
Guard - Fabiano, Midvale Blue Devils
Guard - Shulty, Bolivar Cardinals
2ND TEAM
Forward - Laughlin, Bolivar Cardinals
Forward - Elmer Harris, Mineral City
Center - Lash, Bolivar Cardinals
Guard - Baldwin, Midvale Blue Devils
Guard - Dreher, Strasburg Tigers
Monday, February 25, 1929
Joe Williams, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
7TH TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1929
1. Bolivar Cardinals 3-0
2. Midvale Blue Devils 2-1
3. Strasburg Tigers 2-1
4. Baltic Eagles 1-1
5. Gnadenhutten Indians 1-1
6. Dundee Bulldogs 0-1
7. Mineral City Tigers 0-1
8. Port Washington Purple Riders 0-1
9. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 0-1
10. Tuscarawas Broncos 0-1
MOST POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME
1. Van Adamson (T) 16
2. Lahm (B) 13
3. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 13
4. Roy Smith (M) 13
5. Frey (D) 12
6. Fred Mears (S) 12
7. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 12
8. Paul Sheetz (B) 12
9. Widder (BC) 12
10. 2 Tied with 10
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME
1. Van Adamson (T) 7
2. Frey (D) 6
3. Paul Sheetz (B) 6
4. Fred Mears (S) 5
5. Roy Smith (M) 5
6. Widder (BC) 5
7. 7 tied with 4
MOST FREE THROWS IN A SINGLE GAME
1. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 6
2. Lahm (B) 5
3. Paul Meade (T) 5
4. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 5
5. Paul Meade (T) 4
6. Haager (D) 4
7. Shulty (BC) 4
8. Roy Smith (M) 4
9. 3 tied with 3
MOST POINTS IN THE TOURNAMENT
1. Roy Smith (M) 30
2. Widder (BC) 28
3. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 27
4. Fred Mears (S) 22
5. Baldwin (M) 17
6. Van Adamson (T) 16
7. Lahm (B) 15
8. Laughlin (BC) 15
9. Paul Sheetz (B) 15
10. Shulty (BC) 15
MOST FIELD GOALS IN THE TOURNAMENT
1. Widder (BC) 12
2. Roy Smith (M) 11
3. Fred Mears (S) 9
4. Baldwin (M) 8
5. Van Adamson (T) 7
6. Laughlin (BC) 7
7. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 7
8. Paul Sheetz (B) 7
9. Frey (D) 6
10. 5 tied with 5
MOST FREE THROWS IN THE TOURNAMENT
1. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) 13
2. Roy Smith (M) 8
3. Lahm (B) 5
4. Paul Meade (T) 5
5. Sulty (BC) 5
6. Fred Mears (S) 4
7. Widder (BC) 4
8. 4 tied with 3
ALL TOURNAMENTS
1923 - Strasburg Tigers - Gnadenhutten Indians
1924 - Dennison Railroaders - Strasburg Tigers
1925 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates - Bolivar Cardinals
1926 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (2) - Bolivar Cardinals (2)
1927 - Strasburg Tigers (2) - Gnadenhutten Indians (2)
1928 - Strasburg Tigers (3) - Dundee Bulldogs
1929 - Bolivar Cardinals - Midvale Blue Devils
TOTAL STANDINGS
1. Strasburg Tigers (1923) 17-4
2. Bolivar Cardinals (1923) 10-5
3. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1924) 7-4
4. Gnadenhutten Indians (1923) 7-6
5. Midvale Blue Devils (1928) 2-2
6. Baltic Eagles (1926) 2-4
7. Port Washington Purple Riders (1927) 1-3
8. Dundee Bulldogs (1923) 2-7
9. Mineral City Tigers (1923) 1-7
10. Tuscarawas Broncos (1923) 0-7
NON-LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Dennison Railroaders (1924) 3-0
2. Newcomerstown Trojans (1924) 0-1
3. New Cumberland Trojans (1927) 0-1
4. Winfield High School (1925) 0-1
HIGH GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS
1. Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 30
2. Lester Price (D) (1928) 27
3. Luke Warnes (S) 1925) 26
4. Randall Gerber (BC) (1926) 21
5. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
6. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 18
7. Harlan Richardson (B) (1927) 18
8. LeLand Huth (S) (1927) 17
9. 5 tied with 16
HIGH FIELD GOALS ALL TOURNAMENTS
1. Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 14
2. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 13
3. Lester Price (D) (1928) 12
4. Randall Gerber (S) (1926) 10
5. Harlan Richardson (B) (1927) 9
6. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 8
7. Keene Van Curren (S) (1923) 8
8. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 8
9. 4 tied with 7
HIGH FREE THROWS ALL TOURNAMENTS
1. Van Adamson (T) (1929) 7
2. Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1924) 6
3. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924) 6
4. Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 6
5. Frey (D) (1929) 6
6. Paul Sheetz (B) (1929) 6
7. 8 tied with 5
TOTAL POINTS
1. Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 63
2. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 62
3. Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 57
4. Randall Gerber (BC) (1925-26) 54
5. Moomaw (SS) (1926-27-28) 54
6. Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1923-24-25) 50
7. Widder (BC) (1926-27-28-29) 44
8. Bob Neff (SS) (1925-26-27) 43
9. Orval Deems (S) (1927-28) 43
10. Roy Smith (M) (1928-29) 41
TOTAL FIELD GOALS
1. Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 26
2. Moomaw (SS) (1926-27-28) 26
3. Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 25
4. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 23
5. Randall Gerber (BC) (1925-26) 22
6. Widder (BC) (1926-27-28-29) 20
7. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
8. Bob Neff (SS) (1925-26-27) 18
9. Orval Deems (S) (1927-28) 18
10. 3 tied with 16
TOTAL FREE THROWS
1. Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1923-24-25) 18
2. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 16
3. Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 13
4. Art "Dutch" Miller (S) (1929) 13
5. Leland Huth (S) (1927) 12
6. Randall Gerber (BC) (1924-25-26) 10
7. Walter Neidenthal (S) (1926-27) 9
8. Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 9
9. Roy Smith (M) (1928-29) 9
10. Luke Warnes (S) (1925-26) 8
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