40 - Fire At Memorial Hall

DOVER - There almost wasn't any basketball tournament at memorial Hall last Saturday and only quick work on the part of C.E. Sherrett saved the Hall's floor from serious damage by fire.

Sherrett Saturday morning was sweeping up a pile of newspapers, torn into confetti by the big crowd Friday night and had a neat pile brushed into the center of the floor.  He was sweeping at the end of the floor when his son, Merle, shouted and Sherrett turned around to find the papers ablaze.

He and his assistants rushed to the spot, piled the burning paper into a box and rushed it off the floor to a doorway where it was extinguished.  It was believed that someone had dropped a match and that when Sherrett shoved the paper to the center of the floor the match was ignited and the paper caught on fire.  The playing floor was slightly scorched, but damage was hardly noticeable after Sherrett brushed it down with steel wool.

Saturday's tournament crowd figured 360 paid admissions in the afternoon and about 750 in the evening, according to Tournament Manager A.C. Bahler of Sugarcreek, who said that attendance figures are slightly above last year.  Friday night there were 1,400 paid admissions, the largest crowd to attend an opening night.


Monday, February 19, 1940
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:

Bill Sattler, Mineral City member of the Ohio State University basketball team, scored 9 points last night as the Buckeyes defeated Northwestern 58-52 at Evanston.  Sattler hit for 4 field goals and 1 free throw.

A new season's record for scoring at Ohio University was set last night by Frank Baumholtz of Midvale (The Midvale Marvel) when he tallied 14 points for the Bobcats as they downed Miami 41-22 at Athems.  Frank, who scored 5 field goals and 4 free throws, pushed his total to 316 for the season and best his own record of 312 which he set last season as a Sophomore.

Don Everitt and Bud Ebert, Doverites, contributed 23 points to Muskingum College's quintet as it routed Denison University 73-40.  Ebert tallied 13 points and Everett 10.  Ebert hit 4 field goals and 5 free throws and Everett 5 field goals.

At Tiffin John Harmon of Sugarcreek-Shanesville scored 15 points to pace Heidelberg's Student Princes to their 1st victory in 15 starts.  The Princes downed Capital 49-44.  Harmon had 7 field goals and a free throw.  Franklin Hoernemann of New Philadelphia, member of the Princes team, scored 2 baskets.

Ray Blickensderfer of Gnadenhutten, teammate of Baumholtz at Ohio University, went scoreless.