DOVER - One of the most unique battles of Class A basketball teams should take place when the District Basketball Tournament teams opens at Dover's Memorial Hall tomorrow night. The Gnadenhutten Indians, Tuscarawas County's Tournament Champions, runners-up in the county League and winner of the upper bracket in the Dover Sectional Tournament, will clash with newly consolidated Springfield Local Flying Tigers, winners of the Jefferson County Tournament and also winner of one bracket in the Brilliant Sectional Tournament.
The Indians of Head Coach Dick Scott, defeated only 3 times during the regular season, while running up a string of 22 victories, 13 in a row, will have their work cut out for them when they battle the undefeated Flying Tigers, boasting a record of 23 consecutive wins. Action is slated to get under way at 8.00 when the 2 completely different type of ball clubs take the floor.
Gnaden, which has scored 1,867 points during its 25 games, has averaged 74.6 points per contest, while its opponents have tallied at a 60.1 clip on 1,503 markers. Springfield, a defensive-minded club, has dumped in 1,511 points in 23 ball games for a 65.7 per game output, while liminting their foes to an almost unbelievable total of only 951 points or 41.3 per contest. The Port Washington Purple Riders, archrivals of the Tribe, took 2 of the decisions from the Indians of Gnadenhutten, one by a 64-61 score and the other by a lopsided 82-62 count. The Strasburg Tigers handed the Indians their only other defeat, taking a 63-46 decision. All of the losses came in the 1st 12 ball games.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS (22-3)
Stone Creek Golden Panthers 60-46
Warsaw Bears 101-81
Freeport Raiders 57-51
Dundee Bulldogs 63-43
Dennison Railroaders 74-52
Baltic Eagles 86-61
Port Washington Purple Riders 61-64 DEFEATED
Tuscarawas Broncos 79-38
Midvale Blue Devils 66-64
Strasburg Tigers 46-63 DEFEATED
Tuscarawas Broncos 77-33
Port Washington Purple Riders 62-82 DEFEATED
Jewett Wildcats 84-42
Dennison Railroaders 84-58
Stone Creek Golden Panthers 86-68
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 75-61
Freeport Raiders 72-71
Midvale Blue Devils 87-81
Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 61-42
Scio Panthers 86-67
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY TOURNAMENT
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 82-63
Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 79-74
Stone Creek Golden Panthers 75-66
SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
Dennison Railroaders 78-61
Augusta Blue Devils 86-71
Tuesday, March 5, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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