DOVER - Winning in the last 7 seconds of a thrill-packed final minute of play on a field goal by Senior guard Gene Mishler, Head Coacfh Frank Kachilla's Gnadenhutten Indians last night established themselves as the "dark horse" in the county Class B tournament with an impressive 39-37 winover a strong Bolivar Cardinal quintet. It was the Indians' initial start in the 24th Annual Touirnament, while the Red Birds won their opener Tuesday over the Port Washington Purple Riders 52-42.
In other tussles last night the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates turned back the stubborn Mineral City Tigers 44-25 in tourney openers for both teams and the Port Washington Purple Riders galloped to an 85-33 victory over the Stone Creek Golden Panthers in the beginning of the Consolation Division. The Panthers becfame the 1st team to drop out of tournament play as they had lost previously to Tuscarawas 102-23.
The Port Washington Purple Riders (1-1) (9-31) paced by the 34-point scoring of Senior forward Elmer Linard, broke his own scoring record just last year of 32 points, which broke all records since the opening of the tournament in 1923. The Purple Riders trounced the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0-2) (11-24) (0-18) 85-33 in the tournament's 1st Consolation Division game. Linard scored 3 successive field goals in the opening minutes to give the Riders a 6-0 lead and Port had no further trouble.
Port galloped to a 17-4 advantage in the 1st quarter. The Purple Rider defense held Stone Creek to just 1 point, while the offense thundered on with another 17 points by intermission. The Riders' 24 points in the 3rd cemented the win as the 3rd stanza came to a close...58-20. Stone Creek could only manage 3 more markers and were never really in this contest.
Linard played in all but 5 minutes of the last quarter to rack up his record 34 points, while center Don Arbogast led the Panthers' attack with 14 tallies. Port's Sonny Johns, as always, followed up Linard with 13 points, while 4 other members of the Purple Riders hit 8 points each.
Five teams are still undefeated in the tournament. They are the Strasburg Tigers, Tuscarawas Broncos, Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, Midvale Blue Devils and the Gnadenhutten Indians. Frank Cox and James Morgan, both of New Philadelphia were tournament referees.
PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 85
Elmer Linard F 14-6-34
Sonny Johns F 6-1-13
Bob Roenbaugh C 3-2-8
Harold Huston G 0-0-0
Harold Gallion G 3-0-6
Rich Corbett C 4-0-8
Paul Day F 2-4-8
Jack Davies G 4-0-8
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 33
Geckler F 1-0-2
Duane Arbogast F 2-2-6
Don Arbogast C 5-4-14
Gasser G 0-0-0
Dick Reinhart G 3-2-8
Reifenschneider G 0-0-0
Buehler F 0-1-1
Bucher G 0-0-0
Friday, February 15, 1946
Bill Walsh, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
SATURDAY 2-16-46
Baltic vs Dundee 7PM (C)
Bolivar vs Mineral City 8PM (C)
Strasburg vs Tusky 9PM
NOTE: BAUMHOLTZ TO TRYOUT WITH CINCY
Frank Baumholtz of Midvale, former Ohio University basketball star, will receive a tryout with the Cincinnati Reds of the National Baseball League, it was learned today. Baumholtz, who started his basketball career at Midvale High School as a Blue Devil and went on to Ohio University where he won all-American honors, has been playing basketball with the Youngstown Bears of the National Pro League. He will play his final cage game at Chicago before going by plane to Tampa, Florida to join the Reds.
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