53 - Right Down The Line

RIGHT DOWN THE LINE
With Art Cicconetti
Monday, March 2, 1953
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

SCIO'S PANTHERS - The Panthers have lost but 1 game in 24 outings this year, but its a cinch that Head Coach Frank Samuels' charges will never experience quite the same feelings that they did in the Lafferty game Saturday night.  Head Coach Samuels was still smarting from the strategy of Lafferty's coach Sunday and its a sure thing that Lafferty won't find too many boosters in Scio.

Scio just about ran away with everything in Harrison County except for the final tournament game with the Jewett Wildcats.  Scio lost that one and decisively too and the Wildcats have been rolling with the speed of an express freight train since.

TWO HARRISON COUNTY TEAMS - Scio and Jewett are 2 rugged teams and there's not too much difference between them.  The Panthers hold 2 victories over the Dennison Railroaders, one over the Uhrichsville Tigers and one over the Newcomerstown Trojans to claim a complete mastery over Tuscarawas County .  Scio beat Dennison 50-45 early in the season, but then came back and whipped the Railroaders 58-40 the 2nd time.  The Tigers lost a 58-43 decision to the Panthers , while the Trojans were victimized 67-37.

But the Wildcats take no back seat to Scio.  Jewett finished 2nd in regular League play with defeats at Scio's hands 63-53 the 1st time out and 51-49 in the 2nd contest.

JEWETT - The Wildcats are the only team to have stopped Scio this year and that was no mean feat.  Jewett did it in very convincing fashion in the finals of the Harrison County Tournament at Cadiz a week or so ago by a 73-62 margin and they were ahead all the way.  That stopped a 21-game winning streak of the Panthers and ever since that time Jewett has been unstoppable with a couple of lads by the name of Gary going to town.  Telfer and Thompson, that is.

The Strasburg Tigers will face the stiffest test to date in tournament play Wednesday and its a tough time ahead for the Killbuck Bucks when they take on the Scio Panthers.  Stand by for more good basketball this week.

STONE CREEK'S GRADE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM - These guys have lost only 1 game, lost that one to Baltic by 1 point.  The prospects at Baltic are also bright with the fledgling Eagles sporting a record of 13-1, while the Reserves had a season record of 15-2.  Watch for the Baltic Eagles to climb in the next few years.

STRASBURG TIGERS - The Bengals were a real free throw shooting team Saturday night.  Strasburg did all right from the field too, but the excellent foul-shooting exhibition was the big factor.  Fifth-Year Head Coach Don Martin's boys were keyed up and a bit tight, as were the Midvale players, but the Tigers missed only 5 attempts from  the free throw line and 3 of these were one-and-one shots that they made on the 2nd try.  So there were only 2 opportunities missed actually, to score from the charity line.  That's pretty fair shootin' we'd say!

FRIZZ MILLER - This guy was the culprit who kept referees down in the Memorial Hall Office too long during the intermission period of the Killbuck Bucks-Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves game.  The 2 teams were up and ready to play, but no referees and Al Senft, doing duty on the scoreboard and clocks, blasted them up on the playing floor.

Seems that Fizz, sitting down in the front row, kept looking at Referee Paul Whyte and muttering, "I've seen that guy somewhere."  It finally dawned on Fizz that he and Whyte had double-dated down at Ohio University.  Whyte was a Freshman when Fizz was a Senior.  They had a nice chat, but Senft was forced to break it up when the Bucks and Blue Waves decided they wanted to get started.