DENNISON - Packed and jammed around entrances hours before the doors opened, the crowd which witnessed the Eastern Ohio District Tournament finals at Dennison Saturday night filled the spacious gym and auditorium within 20 minutes after officials started taking tickets. The seats were actually filled before that time, but on orders of E.F. McCarroll, Tournament Manager, the doors were locked at 6:50PM. They had been opened at 6:30PM. Participating teams, officials and newspapermen alike experienced difficulty in working their way through the immense crowds that jammed the corridors and milled around the outside doors.
All sorts of dodges were tried on the gatemen, but few worked. The most successful one was that in lwhich the customers went to the door without first buying tickets and offered cash. Despite the terrific jam, only a few deadbeats got by the gates, Mr. McCarroll said. The crowd filled available aisles and space around the floor gave vent to a wild demonstration at the end of the game.
Senior forward Frank Baumholtz, hero of the Midvale Blue Devils team, was carried off the floor on the shoulders of his many admirers after his team defeated the Strasburg Tigers 27-26 for the District Championship. The Midvale-Strasburg game drew 2 demonstrations, one when 20 seconds of playing time remained and the crowd thought the game was over and two when the referees called a foul on a Midvale player and the scorers, trying to find out which player committed the foul, resorted to the timers' whistle. As action stopped and silence fell, someone at the top of the bleachers yelled: THE GAME IS OVER. And the crowd swarmed onto the floor. It took several minutes to restore order to complete the game.
Tournament Manager McCarrol today lamented the fact that all the fans who went to Dennison couldn't be let into the gym and said the doors were locked as a safety measure. Paid admissions Saturday night totaled 1,800 bringing the total for the 2 nights to 3,400. Receipts for the 2 sessions (Dover and Strasburg "Dover also won their game in Class A") hit $1,702.00 as compared with $2,230 last year when there were 4 sessions in the final drawing and attendance of 5,000.
Trophies for the winning teams were donated by Dennison business men and the Tournament Champions received a tall silver column topped by a basketball player and runners-up received mahogany placques mounted with a silver figure. Individual members of the teams all received belt buckles from the State Association. Buckles for the Champions were decorated with gold basketballs, for the runners-up with silver basketballs.
Monday, March 15, 1937
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
THE DAILY REPORTER'S ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1st TEAM
Frank Baumholtz (Captain), Midvale Blue Devils - Forward
John Hawkins, Midvale Blue Devils - Forward
Ramon Renner, Strasburg Tigers - Center
Charles "Babe" Reiger, Strasburg Tigers - Guard
Bill Stevenson, Midvale Blue Devils - Guard
1nd TEAM
Paul "Pete" Haswell, Strasburg Tigers - Forward
Harkness, Hopewell Comets - Forward
Brannon, Philo Electrics - Center
Arnold, Philo Electrics - Guard
Francis Herron, Midvale Blue Devils - Guard
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