Captain Delbert Keffer of the Midvale Blue Devils , accepted the E. Fienberg & Co. Trophy for the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball League Championship. The presentation was by A.A. Hoopingarner, publisher of The Daily Reporter.
Head Coach Ludwig Birk and Captain Paul Class of the Bolivar Cardinals with the Daily Reporter Trophy awarded the winner of the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament Championship.
DOVER - Traveling with a wide stride that dwarfed the best offensive thrusts of their opponents, the Bolivar Cardinals (3-0) (18-12) Saturday night cut down the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 50-30 to win the 14th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament and carry home the Daily Reporter Trophy. As a result of their victory, the Cardinals, along with the Pirates and the Midvale Blue Devils, which overpowered the Strasburg Tigers 26-24 for the Consolation Championship prize, will represent the County League in the Sectional Tournament which will be played at Legion Hall this week. Drawings for this week's meeting will be held at the high school building tonight, according to E.W. Blackstone High school Principal and Manager of the Tournament.
Legion Hall packed with a thousand fans, was the scene of Bolivar's triumph on Saturday night when the Cardinals wound up their sweep of the tourney teams. On Friday night they upset the Midvale Blue Devils, County League Champions, 30-18 in a semi-final game. Bolivar disposed of the Pirates in the Championship tilt in much the same manner in which it turned back the Champions the night before. It was height, better shooting and better floor work. The Pirates were charged with an excessive number of turnovers as a result of their failure to obtain follow up shots against the towering Cardinals who kept the bankboards swept clean of missed shots.
Signaling the outcome of the contest at its very start, Bolivar jumped to a broad lead in a long 1st period, extended by 2 timeouts. The Cardinals grabbed off a 22-9 lead there and held the advantage without trouble the entire contest. A 20-point pace, set by Senior center Paul Class, Captain on the Cardinal club, was too stiff for the Pirates' fast break and rapidfire game when they were unable to get the 2nd and 3rd shots after missing the first. Bolivar encountered no such trouble and often potted half a dozen times at the basket before losing the ball. The Cardinals piled up the score to 30-13 at the half and to 44-19 at the 3rd quarter mark.
Class' shooting and floor play was the sensation of the game, the evening and the entire tournament. He hit the hoop for 9 baskets and 2 free throws for 20 points. Friday night he tallied 10 points against Midvale and a week ago blasted the ring with 26 points as Bolivar won their opening tournament contest against the Baltic Eagles also with a score of 50-30. His total for the tournament is 56 points in 3 games...an average of 18.7 per contest. He was hard pressed for game honors Saturday night when Junior forward Cliff Moomaw, Pirate star, clicked for 19 points, scoring one less field basket, but one more free throw. Moomaw's shooting and the guarding of Junior guard John Harmon were the standout of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville combination.
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 50
Glen Lebold 5-0-10
Dale Huffman 0-0-0
Paul Class 9-2-20
Kermit Lebold 4-2-10
Ward Kreis 4-2-10
Jack Kline 0-0-0
Wayne Kreis 0-0-0
Warren Hutchison 0-0-0
Wayne App 0-0-0
Jack Ross 0-0-0
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 30
Dallas Hamsher 2-0-4
Cliff Moomaw 8-3-19
Paul Andreas 1-1-3
John Harmon 0-2-2
Walter Drake 0-0-0
Don Ridle 0-0-0
Harold Gonter 1-0-2
Dick Mast 0-0-0
Charles Zechiel 0-0-0
Monday, March 2, 1936
Clyde Shaffer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
THE DAILY REPORTER ALL TOURNEY TEAMS
1st TEAM
Cliff Moomaw, Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates - Forward
Paul "Pete" Haswell, Strasburg Tigers - Forward
Paul Class, Bolivar Cardinals - Center
Kermit Lebold, Bolivar Cardinals - Guard
John Harmon, Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates - Guard
2nd TEAM
Fred Marshall, Midvale Blue Devils - Forward
Glen Lebold, Bolivar Cardinals - Forward
Lester Veigel, Tuscarawas Broncos - Center
Russell Jones, Dundee Bulldogs - Guard
Ward Kreis, Bolivar Cardinals - Guard
HONORABLE MENTION
Baltic Eagles - Ward Lahm and Harry Regula
Dundee Bulldogs - Dick Kobel
Gnadenhutten Indians - Roy Kennedy
Midvale Blue Devils - John Baldwin, Frank Baumholtz and Jack Walker
Port Washington Purple Riders - Henry "Gene" Decker
Stone Creek Panthers - Walter Blenininger
Strasburg Tigers - Ramon Renner and Don Scherer
Tuscarawas Broncos - Allen Veigel
NOTES:
Six trophies, donated by Dover businesses, were awarded County Class B Basketball Champions and runners-up during the final session of the tournament Saturday night. The presentation was by A.A. Hoopingarner, Publisher of The Daily Reporter.
The Bolivar Cardinals, Tournament Champions, won The Daily Reporter Trophy and gold medals donated by Walter E. Leiser Inc. The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, runners-up, were awarded the S. Toomey Co. Trophy and silver medals donated by the Godfrey Electric Co.
The Consolation Trophy, donated by the Sanitary Milk Co. and the E. Fienberg and Co. Trophy for the League Champions during the season, went to the Midvale Blue Devils.
As tournament Champion Bolivar succeeds Tuscarawas which copped the Championship last year after Tusky, Bolivar and Strasburg finished in a dead heat for the League Championship. Bolivar was runner-up last year and Strasburg won the Consolation final from Midvale.
NINE TEAMS IN SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT AT DOVER
Nine teams from Tuscarawas, Holmes and Carroll counties will draw at the high school here tonight for bracket positions in the Class B Sectional Tournament which at Legion Hall this week will qualify 2 teams for the Eastern Ohio District finals at Dennison next week.
The drawing will be at 7:30, according to E.W. Blackstone, High School Principal and Tournament Manager.
Tuscarawas County teams are Bolivar, Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Midvale of the County League and Dover St. Joseph's Ramblers and Dennison Railroaders, independent teams. Holmes County will send the Walnut Creek Cardinals and Holmesville from its League and the Millersburg Knights, an independent team. Carroll County will send one team. (Clyde Shaffer - The Daily Reporter)
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