39 - Midvale Slams Baltic 54-32 (2-18-39)

Midvale Blue Devils 1939 High School Basketball Team.  Front:  Glen Booth - Frank Morrison - Jerry Young - Ray Davis - Walter Beahm and Rod Truman.  Back:  Head Coach M.R. Ludwig - Bob Swinderman - Bill Stevenson - Bob Baldwin - Dan Johnson and Warren Leggett.

Baltic Eagles High School Basketball Team.  Front:  Otto Hager - Chester Scheetz - Bill Lint - Marcus Domer - Ed Steiner.  Back:  Harold Lahm - Chester Froelich - Head Coach L.P. Wortiainen - Bill Domer and Harold Snyder.


DOVER - The Midvale Blue Devils (1-0) (25-13) and the Baltic Eagles (0-1) (14-20) in the 1st game on Saturday and conducted personally by Big Bill Stevenson of Midvale, who rattled 9 action shots and 3 free throws through the hoop for 21 points, claimed an easy victory over Baltic by the tune of 54-32.

Senior center Bill Stevenson, the League's leading scorer and the lad who broke a record set by the redoubtable Frank Baumholtz at Midvale, tallied 6 of his field goals beginning in the 1st period as the Blue Devils took a 29-12 lead over the Baltic Eagles by halftime.  Midvale led 17-5 at the 1st quarter's end.  Baltic drummed up a bid in the early part of the 3rd stanza, scoring 6 points before the Blue Devils could dent the net with a single one, but then Midvale blanked the Eagles, while collecting 8 themselves.  The period ended with the Blue Devils leading 37-18.

Stevenson's 21 points gained him game honors and his teammates, forwards Frank Morrison and Bob Swinderman, had 12 and 10 markers, respectively.  Junior forward Harold Lahm paced Baltic's attack with 10 points.

MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 54

Bob Swinderman F 5-0-10
Frank Morrison F 3-6-12
Bill Stevenson C 9-3-21
Stafford G 0-0-0
Bob Baldwin G 0-0-0
Jerry Young F 2-0-4
Walter Beahm G 2-1-5
Warren Leggett F 1-0-2
Dan Johnson G 0-0-0

BALTIC EAGLES - 32

Otto Hager F 2-2-6
Harold Lahm F 4-2-10
Bill Lint C 0-1-1
Glenn Regula G 3-2-8
Harold Snyder G 1-0-2
Ed Steiner G 0-0-0
Chester Sheetz C 1-3-5
Mark Domer F 0-0-0


Monday, February 20, 1939
John Stratton, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  Mineral City's Big Bill Stattler tallied 2 points Saturday night for Ohio State as the Buckeyes downed Iowa 53-40 in a Big Ten game at Columbus.