DOVER - The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, undefeated and the aggressive Tuscarawas Broncos will square off at Memorial Hall on Saturday night for the championship of the county's 22nd Annual Class B Basketball Tournament.
Before a crowd of 1,515 cash customers, the largest in all the history of the tournament, the Pirates and Broncos qualified for the finals in victories last night. The Pirates knocked over the Port Washington Purple Riders 49-31 for their 23rd straight triumph of the season, while Tuscarawas nudged the Midvale Blue Devils 36-31. The record crowd eclipses the former mark of 1,456 who paid to see the semi-final round of the 1941 tournament.
By virtue of their victories last night both Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Tusky are automatically qualified for the Dover Sectional Tournament which will be played at Memorial Hall next weekend. The Consolation Dividion winner will also qualify for the competition which will include 9 teams from Tuscasrawas, Holmes and Carroll counties.
The Strasburg Tigers (2-1) (57-16) had an equally easty time with the Dundee Bulldogs (1-2) (17-30) in one of the 2 Consolation Division games, leading 15-9 in the 1st quarter, continuing the onslaught 29-12 at intermission. With no let-up by the Tigers the score was expanded to 45-24 in the 3rd stanza. First-Year Head Coach Emmet Riley used his 2nd string most of the final quarter.
Junior forward Don Neidenthal won game honors as he set the pace with 16 points (8 field goals). Don had scored 10 of the Tigers' first 13 points in the game. His teammate Senior center Dallas Yackey followed Neidenthal up with 10 points on 4 field goals and 2 free throws. Guard Fankhauser, forwards Klein and Smith lead Dundee with 11, 9, and 8 respectively.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 56
Don Neidenthal F 8-0-16
Gene Bayer F 3-1-7
Dallas Yackey C 4-2-10
Jack Haas G 3-0-6
Glen Stille G 4-0-8
R. Haas F 2-1-5
Jack Reiger G 2-2-6
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 32
Smith F 4-0-8
Klein F 4-1-9
Monte C 1-1-3
Fankhauser G 5-1-11
Philabaum G 0-0-0
Walter G 0-1-1
Friday, February 25, 1944
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: HAIR PULLING BREAKS TOURNEY MONOTONY - The record-breaking crowd of basketball fans who witnessed the semi-finals of the 22nd Annual Class B Basketball Tournament at Memorial Hall last night held its peace...almost. During the final game 2 rampant Tusky girl fans, finding no one else to disagree with them, disagreed with themselves. There followed a short, but fast and vicious bit of hair pulling and face slapping before Police Officer Edwin F. Allman stepped in and parted the battlers and restored order. In another incident a Baltic girl, sitting under the basket, was struck in the face by a basketball and her spectacles were broken.
GAMES TONIGHT 2-25-44
Baltic vs Midvale 7:30PM (C)
Strasburg vs Port 8:30PM (C)
GAMES SATURDAY 2-26-44
Consolation Winners 7:30PM (CC)
Sugarcreek-Shanesville vs Tusky 8:30PM (TC)
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