Dundee Bulldogs 1941 Basketball Team. Front: Head Coach Ken Gartrell - Milton Fruchey - Junior "Buck" Machan - Vic Smith - Ralph Ogg - Don Weber - Paul Jones and Jerry Bussinger. Back: Joe Martin - Don Malone - Paul Stress - John Zaugg - Herschel Malone - Carroll Saam - Paul Laubscher and Assistant Manager Roger Plunk.
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 1941 Basketball Team. Front: Merle Smith - Nolan Kaser - Bill Mast - Junior Trachsel - Earl Smith and Howard Moomaw. Back: Manager Walter Reim - Bob Immel - Merlyn Jones - Head Coach Sylvester Harmon - John Theimer - Roy Blick and Manager Bob Spankle.
DOVER - The Dundee Bulldogs (1-0) (14-24), coached by 2nd-year mentor Ken Gartrell, lost to the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1-1) (32-20) 35-28 a month ago in a League encounter, but last night's contest between the 2 schools saw the Bulldogs lead all the way to a 30-27 victory.
Dundee's well-balanced outfit, led by forwards Milton Fruchey and Junior "Buck" Machan, took an 11-9 lead at the 1st quarter's end, increased it to 18-14 at intermission and to 25-18 at the start of the 4th and final period. Early in the 4th, they ran the count up to 28-20 and started to coast, but the Pirates pulled up to 28-23 with but 3 minutes to go before Machan dropped in a field goal which iced the contest.
Machan scored high for the Bulldogs, collecting 12 points, while his teammate Fruchey came through with 7 markers. Center Junior Trachsel scored 7 points and guard Earl Smith picked up 6 markers for the Pirates.
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 30
Milton Fruchey F 3-1-7
Junior "Buck" Machan F 4-4-12
Vic Smith C 1-0-2
Don Weber G 2-1-5
Paul Jones G 2-0-4
Rallph Ogg G 0-0-0
Jerry Bussinger G 0-0-0
Don Malone G 0-0-0
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 27
Nolan Kaser F 1-3-5
Howard Moomaw F 1-0-2
Junior Trachsel C 3-1-7
Earl Smith G 3-0-6
Merle Smith G 1-2-4
Bob Immel G 0-1-1
Dale Weiss G 1-0-2
Roy Blick G 0-0-0
John Sundheimer C 0-0-0
Saturday, February 22, 1941
John Stratton, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: DUNDEE - With 6 varsity lettermen and 4 reserve lettermen returning, Head Coach Ken Gartrell has put a veteran basketball team on the floor this season. Varsity performers available are Vic Smith, Ralph Ogg, Don Weber, Paul Jones, Junior Machan and Milton Fruchey. The first 3 are all Seniors this year. Reserve award winners now making bids for the varsity combination are: Hershel Malone - Paul Stress - Don Malone and John Zaugg.
Ray Landis, a Junior, is also bidding for a post, while Freshmen are showing unusual promise. The latter 3 are Paul Laubscher, Carroll Loom and Jerry Bussinger, the latter a left-hand tosser from New Philadelphia's Welty Junior High School.
Size has favored the Gartrell team this season and even though it faced a tougher schedule the team has inproved its League record to 3-7 vs last years 1-9 finish. Two new opponents this year was Sherrodsville of Carroll County and Bowerston of Harrison County. Coach Gartrell graduated from Kent State University and is in his 2nd year at Dundee. He was a product of Bowerston High School where he was a basketball and baseball star for 4 years. He won recognition on the All-Harrison County Team during his career and is considered one of the outstanding athletes turned out in that county.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE - The Pirate cagemen, one of the 3 combinations defending the County Class B League Championship, and Head Coach Syl Harmon has the services of 3 veterans from last year's team and some good replacements moving up from the Reserve club. Coach Harmon cut his varsity and reserve teams to 17 players and found his biggest problem in finding a center to replace Walter Zechiel, one of the 4 members lost to the squad. Front rank candidates are: Walter Stauffer, Bill Mast, Dale Weiss and Junior Trachsel, all standing over 6 feet.
The 3 returning vets are the flashy Smith twins, Merle and Earle and Nolan Kaser. Outstanding replacement is Howard Moomaw who gained a lot of experience this season. Other squad members are John Sundheimer, Bill Mast, Roy Blick, Walter Stauffer, Bill Ridle, Corliss Smith, Bob Lenhart, Bob Immel, Gene Becker, Lowell Zechiel and Merlin Jones.
The work of bringing the squad into full condition for the opening of the cage season and tournament play was not so strenuous for Coach Harmon this year as 6-man football added to the Sugarcreek-Shanesville athletic program a year ago, has served to keep a number of the prospects on physical edge. The team faced a 20-game schedule with half in the county League and half with schools such as Dennison, Walnut Creek, Dover and New Philadelphia reserve teams highlighted the non-circuit competition.
John Harmon (in circle), Sugarcreek-Shanesville Junior has scored the most points for the Heidelberg College Five this season, while they were hanging up a 4-2 record. Harmon's 45 points doesn't rank high in the State scoring, but the coach has been using plenty of substitutes and the scoring was divided among 14 players. His beefy teammate Bart Clark (above), Pleasant Hill Senior played football with Harmon last fall. Both lads weigh near the 200 mark, but neither has ever been ejected from a game on fouls.
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