23 - 1st Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament March 10th

DOVER - Through the efforts of the Dover Chamber of Commerce the American Legion Building will be the scene of a county-wide high school basketball tournament next Saturday.  This is the first move of the Chamber of Commerce in attracting to Dover many of the county, sectional and state meetings and conventions that otherwise would be held in other cities or other states.  The winners of the first-ever Class B tournament will be awarded a handsome silver laying cup by the Daily Reporter.  The tournament is being backed by County Superintendent of Schools Charles Barthelmeh.  The 1st games will begin at 1:30 in the afternoon and in the evening at 7:30.  Admission to the afternoon games will be twenty-five cents, except school children in the district.  They will be admitted at a school rate ticket to be sold by the various competing schools.

The schedule arranged at the present time includes two games in the evening and four in the afternoon.  The schools to compete will be:

Bolivar Cardinals
Dundee Bulldogs
Gnadenhutten Indians
Mineral City Tigers
Strasburg Tigers
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
Tuscarawas Broncos

Each school will be accompanied by a cheering delegation.  All games are to be played on the same day.  The 1st games scheduled:

Bolivar vs Mineral City
Dundee vs Strasburg
Gnadenhutten vs Tuscarawas

SEMI-FINALS

FINALS


Thursday, March 8, 1923
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

22 - Physical Class For All Youth

DOVER - A bill to require training in schools is being introduced in the legislature.  The Bill makes physical education a part of the training for all Ohio boys and girls to be placed before the legislators in January of this year with strong backing of the American Legion, The Parent-Teacher Association and the Ohio State Teachers Assocation.  This bill seeks to amend the present law which makes physical education compulsory in cities by extending its provisions to all school districts city, exempted village and county.

Pupils in the elementary schools and high schools of the state are to be given not less than one hundred minutes per week of physical training, in addition to the regular work in physiology and hygiene, if this suggested bill is enacted into law.  Modified courses are to be provided for pupils unable to take the course designed for normal children.

Institutions for such training of teachers in the state must include courses in physical education and no state-wide certificate to teach is to be granted after June 1, 1924, to persons who have not had such work in  physical education.  The intention of this proposed requirement is to make it  possible for physial training to be carried on under the direction of the regular class room teacher without any added expense.

Monday, December 11, 1922
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

22 - Rural High Schools Banish Football By Athletic Rules

DOVER - In September of 1922, the Tuscarawas Board of Education banned football for all rural high schools in the county and published a list of 12 rules to be adopted.  They were:

1.  The high school years shall be known as Ninth Year, Tenth Year, Eleventh Year and Twelfth Year.

2.  Pupils who have not completed all the credits required for promotion into the next higher grade (year) shall not be classified as pupils of the next year.  For example...when a last years ninth year pupil enters school this September conditional in one or more subjects, such pupil remains a ninth year pupil until add conditions are removed.

3.  The promotion average for the years work shall be 75 percent (class and examination).  The minimum grade for any subject shall be 60 percent (class and examination) for credit on high school course.  But if the work taken in high school is to be continued in college nothing works less than a minimum of 70 should satisfy the pupils and certification of work for college entrance should not be granted unless scholarship in such subjects is above the average.

4.  All high school teachers are requested to follow the suggestions contained in the county board circular letter on Marking the Work of Pupils.

5.  It shall be the duty of superintendent, principal and teachers at regular weekly teachers meetings to discuss the work of the teachers and high school pupils.  When pupils are found to be delinquent to studies, a concerted effort shall be put forth at once to correct the delinquency.  It is better to do this when trouble first arises than to face the worries and misunderstandings at the end of the year.

6.  The fall athletics shall consist in the main of track and field events.   Baseball may be played.  The annual county field and track meet shall be held at the County Fair Grounds on the 1st Saturday after Fair week.

7.  Mass games and inter-class basketball shall be played during months of November and December.

8.  Inter-high school basketball games shall be played only during the months of January and February.  Only one game per week shall be played by either boys' or girls' teams and it is suggested that the days for the games be Friday or Saturday.

9.  During March and 1st half of April debating shall be a part of the school program.  It is suggested that all pupils of the high school be required to debate in class and before the school, beginning with the opening of the 2nd term, concluding with inter-society contests.

10.  High school baseball games shall be scheduled for the later part of April and May.  Only one game per week should be attempted. Games should be played on Friday or Saturday afternoon.

11.  School boards and superintendents are urged to encourage ALL the children to play.  It is unfair to plan only for the "teams."

12.  The social life of the pupils shall not be neglected.  Neither shall the board and teachers tolerate too many "nights out."  It is suggested that a reception be held for the new students on the Friday evening of the 1st or 2nd week of school.


Tuesday, September 12, 1922
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio