Sports Editor
Wednesday, February 21, 1951
Dover, Ohio
TONIGHT WILL MARK the 2nd consecutive night for a packed house at Memorial Hall. Last night, over 2,000 fans jammed into the local sports emporium to watch the Police Fund Wrestling Show and apparently were not disappointed.
TONIGHT, MEMORIAL HALL again becomes the stage for the 29th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament teams for another jammed house which is assured. It's a good bet these cage fans will not be disappointed either. The Strasburg Tigers (1-0) (15-6) (79-20) and Tuscarawas Broncos (2-0) (13-7) (36-35) battle as features, action of the torrid type is a foregone conclusion. The Tigers will be looking at picking up their 80th victory in Tuscarawas tournament play since their 1st win in 1923. Strasburg showed what-was-to-come when they rolled over the Dundee Bulldogs 29-7.
The Midvale Blue Devils (1-0) (17-4) (51-24) will be slightly favored over the Dundee Bulldogs (2-0) (13-9) (24-42), but the Bulldogs may prove difficult. They held the Blue Devils to a 48-44 decision during the regular season. The Tuscarawas-Strasburg engagement looms as one of the best in the meet. In the only meeting of the 2 teams this year, the Tigers ground out a bitter 56-54 victory over the Broncos. The Broncos split with Midvale, during the season, winning 57-35 and losing 60-53, while Strasburg lost twice to Midvale 43-40 and 48-38.
TWO STRASBURG CAGERS, who were classmates in high school, played against each other last Saturday night when Bowling Green and Ohio University clashed at Athens. The two, Tom Haswell and Clarence Yackey, were members of Strasburg's District Champions. Haswell aided the Bobcats in their win over Yackey's Bowling Green Falcons last week. Following the game, Haswell and Yackey walked off the court arm in arm. Strasburg's Don Mears, Jim Snyder and Dean Beitzel watched Haswell and Yackey perform against each other.
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