Strasburg Tigers Senior Forward Maurice Bayer received game honors with his 13 point (4 field goals and 5 free throws) performance leading his team to a Sudden-Death win over the Midvale Blue Devils 25-23.
DOVER - The Strasburg Tigers' (7-0) (23-1) victory over the Midvale Blue Devils (3-2) (17-7) on Saturday night was expected...but as the score indicated it was one of those games which depend upon luck and the Burgers had it. Still smarting under the 45-33 trouncing the Tigers gave them in the County Championship game, the Blue Devils were out for victory as they came as close to it as was possible.
The 1st quarter ended 6-5 with Strasburg ahead and the half at 14-13 with Midvale leading, but the 3rd stanza saw both teams tied at 19-all. Defenses tightened in the final period, but the Blue Devils scored first on a long shot by Midvale's forward Frank Morrison. Then Tiger Junior guard Fred Yenny matched it and with less than 2 minutes to go Senior guard Blake Roush sent Strasburg into a 2-point lead by scoring a field goal. Seconds went by and only 45 were remaining when Midvale's guard Bob Baldwin sunk a long one from the center of the floor and the game ended with the score knotted at 23-23.
In the 1st minute of the "sudden-death" overtime period, the Blue Devils got no less than 6 shots at the basket, but missed every one, while the Tigers, holding its fire, attempted to work the ball in. Roush took a pass on the side near the center circle, faked, leaped up and let fly a 2-handed jump shot which swished the net for the deciding points.
Although Roush scored only 2 field goals he was easily the hero of the game; because, he dropped them in when it counted. Maurice Bayer, Strasburg pivotman, led the scoring with 13 points, while Bill Stevenson, Midvale's star scoring machine, was close behind with 11 markers. Unusual was the fact that Bayer made all his team's 5 free throws and Stevenson made the Blue Devils 3 free throws. The winners missed a foul shot and the losers missed 3. The victory was Strasburg's 23rd in 24 games, the only loss being to the Dennison Railroaders, during the season, by an 11-point margin. The Strasburg Tigers move on to the District Tournament.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 25
Maurice Bayer F 4-5-13
Loren Miller F 2-0-4
Lloyd "Mule" Haas C 1-0-2
Bob Dreher G 0-0-0
Blake Roush G 2-0-4
Fred Yenny G 1-0-2
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 23
Bob Swinderman F 0-0-0
Frank Morrison F 3-0-6
Bill Stevenson C 4-3-11
Bob Baldwin G 2-0-4
Jerry Young G 1-0-2
Stafford F 0-0-0
Rod Truman F 0-0-0
Monday, March 6, 1939
John Stratton, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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