DOVER - Like the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, the Strasburg Tigers (2-0) (19-2) (60-17) was unstoppable in their Baltic Eagles (1-1) (9-6) (21-31) encounter. Appearing to be regaining the edge that has carried them through 14 straight games without a defeat, 2nd-Year Head Coach Emmet Riley's Tigers simply sported too much power for the Eagles of 3rd-Year Head Coach John McCormick.
The Bengals started off with a 16-3 edge in the 1st quarter of play and led the Birds throughout the game. Baltic out scored Strasburg in the 2nd period 15 to 14 as the Tigers pulled up at intermission leading 30-18. And again in the 3rd stanza, the Eagles outscored the Bengals 12 to 11, but Strasburg maintained an 11 point lead at 41-30. The Rileymen locked up the game in the 4th quarter by out scoring the McCormickmen 13 to 11 as Baltic swapped baskets point-for-point in the last 3 periods in a losing cause.
Six-foot-four, 1 inch Freshman center Junior Yackey of Strasburg, carried off scoring honors for the winners, potting 6 field goals and 3 free throws for 15 points, but he bowed to Baltic's Senior guard Gene Schlarb for individual honors with Schlarb hitting 8 field goals and a pair of free throws for 18 points. Senior forward Don Neidenthal contributed 14 markers to the Tigers total.
The meeting of Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Strasburg int he Championship contest will be the "rub" meeting of the ancient rivals this season. In their 1st game, a non-League encounter at Sugarcreek, the Pirates retuned triumphant 51-30, but when they next met...in the League game played at Strasburg...the Tigers came out on top by a 44-29 score. That victory was the only defeat suffered by the Bucs in League play and enabled the Tigers to tie them in the League and share the circuit pennant. The Tigers had previously lost one League game, that to the Tuscarawas Broncos.
Thus, the final contest of the tournament, in addition to being merely a Championship encounter between 2 chance teams, will be colored by the traditions lthat surround Strasburg-Sugarcreek-Shanesville competitions and all the elements possible to sum up from a season in which the 2 ran such a dead heat.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 54
Gene Bayer F 4-2-10
Don Neidenthal F 7-0-14
Junior Yackey C 6-3-15
Bob Haas G 1-1-3
Jack Rieger G 3-0-6
John Garver G 3-0-6
BALTIC EAGLES - 41
Paul Brown F 0-0-0
Dennis Schlarb F 1-0-2
Max Regula C 3-2-8
Doren Pepper G 5-1-11
Gene Schlarb G 8-2-18
Adrian Ott F 1-0-2
Ed McQueen F 0-0-0
Friday, February 23, 1945
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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