The Strasburg Tigers scoring ace Tom Haswell led the Tigers to a 61-39 victory over the Dennison Railroaders at Memorial Hall yesterday, while scoring 22 points gaining game honors. Tom now has 96 points for a 19.2 point average during tournament play. Yackey followed up with 21 markers.
DOVER - Midvale's County Class B League Champions will engage the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers at 7:30 tonight and the Strasburg Tigers, county tourney kings will battle the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates at 8:30 in the finals of the Sectional Class B cage carnival at Memorial Hall. The winners will advance to next week's District classic at Steubenville. Sugarcreek-Shanesville, Consolation Division victor in the county meet, moved ahead last night by eliminating the Malvern Green Hornets, the Carroll County color bearer, in a 57-45 tilt, while Strasburg ran its record to 26-2 by lacing Dennison's Railroaders 61-39 before a turnout crowd of 1,178. The Midvale Blue Devils and Dennison St. Joseph's will be meeting for the 1st time, but Strasburg has defeated Sugarcreek-Shanesville 3 times, whipping the Pirates 66-40 in the opening round of the county tournament.
The brilliant floor work and shooting of Senior guard Tom Haswell highlighted the Strasburg Tigers (5-0) (26-2) victory. He accounted for 22 points with 7 filed goals and 8 free throws, while 6-6 Senior center Clarence Yackey played a fine rebound game, while caging 21 points on 7 action shots and 7 charity tosses. Senior forward Don Cable was high for the Dennison Railroaders .
Head Coach Emmet Riley's charges led all the way; although, Dennison tied the score at 21-all with 3 minutes and 10 seconds of the 2nd period remaining. It was a close battle up to that point, but the Tigers rallied for a 31-23 halftime lead and then outscored Dennison 16 to 7 in the 3rd stanza to remove all doubt as to the eventual outcome.
Tom Haswell broke the ice with an underhand shot in the opening seconds and Roland Malcuit added a free throw before Junior guard Don Wright, who fouled out in the 3rd period, tallied for Dennison on a one-hander. Yackey's free throw, a rebound by Tom Haswell and a lay-up by his brother, Sophomore guard John Haswell, made the count 8-2. Cable personally halted the Strasburg spurt by sinking 2 consecutive doubledeckers and a free throw.
Free throws by Tom Haswell, Yackey and Junior forward Jim Weber and a one-hander by John Haswell ran the count to 13-7 before Wright connected again from the field and Cable meshed a charity toss as the quarter ended with Strasburg on top 13-10. Cable opened the 2nd period bombardment with a free throw and Tom Haswell duplicated it. After Senior center Jim Gold meshed a one-hander for Dennison, Tom Haswell cashed 2 charity throws and Yackey dropped in a rebound for an 18-13 edge. Senior forward Earl Finn and Louis Saggio collected baskets for Dennison to make the score 18-17. A free throw by Yackey and a bucket by Tom Haswell was followed by Cable's 2-pointer and Saggio's rebound which made it 21-21.
Weber broke the deadlock with a one-hander, Senior forward Dudgeon and Gold netted free throws and Yackey did likewise and the score was 24-23. Then Yackey personally took charge of the game by harvesting a lay-up, free throw and 2 rebounds for 7 points as the half ended. Dennison reduced the margin to 5 points early in the 2nd half, but then Tom Haswell collected 7 points and Yackey 5 as Dennison was being held to one and that spurt side-tracked the Railroaders.
A total of 46 personals were called, 25 against Dennison. Strasburg made good on 21 of 33 charity tosses, while Dennison connected on 13 of 24. In addition to Wright, the Railroaders lost Finn in the 4th quarter, while Yackey was forced out with 2 minutes left.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 61
Roland Malcuit F 1-2-4
Jim Weber F 1-1-3
Clarence Yackey C 7-7-21
Tom Haswell G 7-8-22
John Reiger F 1-2-4
Lewin Vermillion C 0-0-0
Rich Froman F 0-0-0
Tom Miller G 0-0-0
DENNISON RAILROADERS - 39
Don Cable F 6-7-19
Earl Finn F 1-1-3
Jim Gold C 3-1-7
Louis Saggio G 2-1-5
Don Wright G 2-0-4
Bill Dudgeon F 0-1-1
Cummings F 0-0-0
Sam Fausto G 0-0-0
Saturday, March 6, 1948
Harry Yockey, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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