Midvale Blue Devils Senior Center Bill Stevenson another rising star from the League and tournament hit the hoops for 21 points (10 field goals and 1 free throw) securing game honors while leading the Blue Devils to a close 34-30 victory of the Tuscarawas Broncos. Stevenson has broken a few Frank Baumholtz records this year. His 21 points duplicates his 21 points against the Baltic Eagles in Midvales' 54-32 triumph for a tournament total, thus far, of 42 markers.
DOVER - Senior center Bill Stevenson, picked all-county by the League's coaches, was hotter than a griddle at a harvest hands' breakfast party and slithered enough baskets through the hoops for an individual tally of 21 points as he paced his team to victory. But, he didn't stop with the scoring, he was all over the floor, offensively and defensively. He was credited with one digout after another and when his mates couldn't get the ball into him in his pivet position, he went out to the middle of the floor and dropped his shot in from there.
The Tuscarawas Broncos (1-1) (11-19), with a tricky zone defense that twice during the regular season had been too much for the Midvale Blue Devils (2-0) (26-13) and had limited Stevenson to 8 points each time, fell behind in the 1st period and never caught up. For last night's game 6th year Head Coach M.R. Helwig pulled a nice, new double pivot offense out of the bag, dusted it off and tossed it on the floor. The result was the upset.
With Stevenson leading the way, the Helwigmen led 8-4 at the close of the period, 16-12 at halftime as the rival fives clung to the pace and 24-21 at the end of the 3rd period in which the Broncos clipped the lead one point. Stevenson scored 10 of his points in the 3rd chukker. Tusky seemed off their stride in the shooting dividion and the fault was pushed along by a dogged Midvale defense which cut set shots to a minium, despite the keen and clever passing game of the Broncos.
In the final stanza, Tusky failed to make their move, only keeping pace as they picked up 9 points, while the Blue Devils copped 10 markers for a 34-30 loss. The game grew extremely rough in the late stages and resulted in one player from each team in being summarily banished from the game. Tusky's Senior guard Clarence Rolli was the 1st thrown out of the game. He went out midway through the final period when he deliberately blocked Midvale's guard Bob Baldwin and tossed the latter into the stands under the Midvale basket. Near the end of the game, Midvale's forward Frank Morrison pulled the same trick at the expense of the Broncos' Senior center Bill Arthurs and was thrown out.
Midvale was led by Stevenson's 21 points, while his teammate Morrison scored 10 points. Senior forward Earl Johnson was high for Tuscarawas with 7 points, while his mates Rolli and Arthurs picked up 6 and 5 markers, respectively.
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 34
Frank Morrison f 4-2-10
Bob Swinderman F 0-0-0
Bill Stevenson C 10-1-21
Percy Young G 0-0-0
Bob Baldwin G 0-3-3
Stafford G 0-0-0
Walter Beahm F 0-0-0
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 30
Earl Johnson F 2-3-7
Earl Myers F 0-1-1
Blackstone C 1-1-3
Clarence Rolli G 3-0-6
Bill Arthurs G 1-3-5
Bob McDonald C 2-1-5
Les Johnson G 0-3-3
Saturday, February 25, 1935
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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