DOVER - Lancaster St. Mary's Saints, the Class B opponent drawn by the Strasburg Tigers for its 1st game in the State High School Basketball Tournament at Columbus Friday, won 7 of 11 games, during the regular season. When said in just so many words, it doesn't sound a bit threatening, but included in the Saints' schedule, Dayton Stivers, Columbus Central, Cincinnati Purcell, Columbus East, Chillicothe and Pomeroy...and then it becomes something else again. Those schools and the St. Mary's alumni are the teams that have succeeded in reversing the Strasburg opponents.
In their own class, the Saints won 5 successive games to win the title of the Central District. Caledonia, Pleasant Township, Ashville, Brown and Ostrander fell before their attack in the tournament. Ostrander was a finalist at last year's State Tournament. The Saints themselves copped the State banner in 1930. While this year's team is not up to the standard of the championship club, it is exceptionally strong and will force Strasburg to the limit if the Tuscarawas County team is to emerge victorious.
A good basketball team that has lost games is one that will not become excited because the score is not in their favor and that is a big factor in tournament play. Lancaster is that way, but the long suit of the Roby-coached Eastern District Champions also happens to be coolness under fire. Head Coach Paul M Roby's Strasburg Tigers in their District performances stood out remarkably for their cool headedness when behind in the scoring. Never panicky, they came from behind in their 2 hardest games.
John "Johnny" Studer, the ace scorer of all Tuscarawas County Class B teams, will find himself pitted against the Saints' Blair, the only Lancaster man to make the Central District All-Tournament team. George Denzer, 2nd Tiger to make the all Eastern District Tournament team, will jump at center against R. Sheridan, classy pivot man who has caused trouble for every center he has played against this year. Other members of the Saints' team are Sullivan, P. Sheridan and Hutchinson. The latter is considered one of the classiest forwards in the District and averages better than 12 points per game...which puts him on a par with Studer.
Many Strasburg supporters plan to follow their team to the Columbus meet and Patrick Joseph Dunn, Tuscarawas County's State Representative, will be a member of the official reception committee. Pat cracked before the District Tournament, that if the Strasburg team reached the State Tournament, he would stand treat to a big dinner...Coach Roby said this morning that the boys are on the verge of a feast. They will leave for Columbus tomorrow morning at 8AM in private cars and will stop at the Port Hayes Hotel. Their game with the Lancaster Saints is the 1st on the Friday evening program and starts at 6:30PM.
Thursday, March 16, 1933
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
STATE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY (3-17-33)
1PM Coventry - Henrietta
2PM Delphos - Celina Catholic
6:30PM Strasburg - Lancaster St. Mary's
7:30PM Racine - Lawrence
No comments:
Post a Comment