Midvale Blue Devils All-County Senior Forward Jack Ford led the way to the District Tournament by leading his team with 22 points over the Mineral City Tigers 57-49. Ford has produced a total of 77 points in 5 tournament games for a 13.5 points per game average.
DOVER - Walnut Creek's unbeaten Cardinals at 25-0 will launch Class B District Tournament play at 8PM Wednesday in the Dennison Gymnasium where the Creekers collide with powerful Scio Panthers in the 1st round, while the defending District Champions Midvale Blue Devils meet the Dillonvale Night Riders at 8PM on Thursday. The 2 winners will clash Saturday night at 8PM in the Dennison Gymnasium for the right to represent the District in Regional play next week. Drawings were held Sunday afternoon under the direction of Tournament Manager E.F. McCarroll in the Dennison High School building.
The 4 schools decided to use the free draw method, with teams from the Scio Sectional seeded away from each other. Walnut Creek and Midvale earned District berths by eliminating the Magnolia Panthers and Mineral City Tigers Saturday night in the qualifying round of the Dover Sectional Tournament, while Scio trounced Smith Field 76-52 at Scio. Dillonvale upset favored Yorkville 48-39 to earn its Dennison "ticket" last Friday night.
Both the Cardinals and Blue Devils were forced to repulse stern opposition on Saturday night before another capacity Memorial Hall crowd of over 1,500. The Cardinals notched their 25th consecutive victoroy, a 52-48 decision over Magnolia, but were forced to come from behind to keep the string intact. Midvale was threatened by repeated Mineral City rallies, but hung on to win 57-49.
It was a brilliant display of marksmanship by Sophomore Bob Troyer, 5-6 forward, which paced the Cardinals to victory over a very efficient Magnolia quintet.
After trailing 13-5 at the end of the 1st period, the Mineral City Tigers (4-2) (21-5) rallied to give the Midvale Blue Devils (5-0) (24-1) a battle the rest of the way. Held scoreless in the 1st quarter, the Bengals' 6-2 Senior center Dan Lechner, aided by substitute Junior forward Dale Adams, narrowed the gap to 27-21 at halftime and trailed 45-36 going into the last period.
Early in the 4th canto, Lechner made it 46-43 with a set shot, but 6-4 Senior forward Dave Rennicker hit 2 consecutive field goals from the side of the court to give the Blue Devils a margin they held. Near the close of the battle, Lechner made the longest shot of the tournament when he fired one through the nets from the center of the floor.
Ford, employing his "hand grenade" shot effectively, led both teams in scoring with 22 points. Lechner collected 19 for the Tigers who had bowed 60-39 one week ago to the Blue Devils in county tournament play.
Only one game a night will be played in the District meet starting at 8PM, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Doors will open at 6:30PM for each session, McCarroll announced today.
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 57
Jack Ford F 8-6-22
Dave Rennicker F 4-3-11
Gene Byers F 0-0-0
Bob Sherrell C 4-2-10
Bob De Mattio G 5-1-11
Jim Golder G 1-1-3
MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 49
Dick Lindsay F 1-4-6
Don Farnsworth F 1-0-2
Dale Adams F 3-0-6
Dan Lechner C 9-1-19
Warren Binder G 3-0-6
Gene Reidl G 4-0-8
Monday, March 7, 1949
Rex Ridenour, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
Monday, March 7, 1949
Dover, Ohio
The undefeated Walnut Creek Cardinals (25-1) 1949 Basketball Team. FRONT: Lowell Zook - Bob Troyer - Lorrell Mast - Dick Hostetler and Ted Horrisberger. BACK: A. Hostetler - K. Brand - L Miller - M. Hershberger - K. Machen and Head Coach Abe Mast.
THE SAGA OF HEAD COACH ABE MAST of the Walnut Creek Cardinals will end with this campaign. Mast, who is a yard superintendent at the Claycraft Company in Sugarcreek in the daylight hours and a basketball coach at night, was given special permission this year by Commissioner H.W. Emswiler to guide Walnut Creek cage fortunes when a regular coach could not be secured.
Emswiler has ruled; however, that Walnut Creek must employ a full-time coach next year. With Mast will go 3 members of this year's crack quintet of Cardinals. Lowell Zook, Dick Hostetler and Lorrell Mast graduate this spring, leaving Bob Troyer and Ted Horrisberger to carry on. Both are Sophomores.
NOTE: TOURNAMENT TEAMS GET $270.00
Each of the 11 schools participating in the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament in Dennison this year will receive $2,570.00 of receipts totaling $4,891.03 for the 7 sessions, Tournament Manager W.E. Laws revealed today. An attendance record for a single game session was established at the 5th session with total paid admission of 1,866. The former record was 1,728 set at Memorial Hall in 1944.
The total paid admission figure of 7,268 for the 7 sessions was also a record, Laws stated. This topped the record of 7,043 established in 1946. The 1946 tournament at Memorial Hall had one less session, however. Total expenditures for this year were $1,752.36 of which $737.91 was for federal admissions tax and $350.00 for officials. Rent for the Dennison Gymnasium was $35.00 per night or a total of $245.00 for the 7 sessions.
Net receipts totaled $3,138.67. Of this figure, $168.67 will go into the Tuscarawas County Athletic Association. Total receipts for the County Grade School Tournament at Midvale were $294.91, Laws stated. Each of the 7 schools in the meet, which extended over 3 nights, will receive $16.40. (Tuesday, March 8, 1949)
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