DOVER - It is a rather difficult proposition to name 5 basketball players on an all-county or an all-tournament basketball team, the writer has found after having watched over 50 Class B high school floor artists display their ability in games of the Tuscarawas County Tournament held at the American Legion Hall Saturday. The tourney games disclosed that many nifty basketball players are made right in the smaller schools of the county and are favorable to some of the players on class A aggregations such as Dover, New Philadelphia and Uhrichsville.
Participation in the tournament and those who stood out more prominently than others were:
Moomaw, Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates forward
Ed Wyss, Strasburg Tigers forward
Randall Gerber, Bolivar Cardinals center
Walter Neidenthal, Strasburg Tigers guard
Maurice Helwick, Bolivar Cardinals guard
Others whomade remarkable showings in their games were:
Harlan Sliffe, Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates forward
Elmer Dichler, Gnadenhutten Indians forward
Luke Warnes, Strasburg Tigers center
Oliver Watson, Sugarcreek-Shanesville guard
Jim Fisher, Bolivar Cardinals guard
Moomaw, the flashy Sugarcreek forward and his assistant, Shiffe were two of the highest point scorers for any team in the tournay. Moomaw was the highest individual scorer in the tourney. He scored 32 points from the field, while Sliffe gathered in 10 field baskets and two fouls for his total of 22. Moomaw has been chosen on the 1st All-Tourney Team because of his ability to get the ball out then make the points for the quad. He is a fast defensive man too. Sliffe was handed 3 or 4 of his field baskets when he loafed under the net. He is a fast man on the defense too. Wyss; although, he was on a losing team, played wonderfully in the 2 games in which his team took part. He scored 14 points, all from the field. But, Wyss took the ball down lthe floor for the Strasburg aggregation on several occasions to pass off and not take his shot. Neidenthal, Strasburg guard, the writer believes should be placed on the mythical five, too. He played a fine defensive game against Bolivar in the afternoon when his team lost by the score of 15-13 and scored 2 field baskets and one foul from his guard position in 2 games. His method of guarding is excellent. Halwick, was by far the flashiest guardon on the floor in all of the tournament games. The fiery number 4 for the Bolivar squad kept the scorers of the opposing teams from bucketing too many points and in the final game Saturday night, guarding Moomaw, he kept the shifty Sugarcreek forward to 2 baskets. Gerber, Bolivar center, scored 31 points for the 2nd highest total made by one individual on the floor Saturday. He plays a fast game and can dig the ball out, find an opener, work it through and win his team another basket in most instances.
The 1st all tournament team has been chosen in the ability displayed by players in the tournament games played all season. Warnes; although, a fast center, failed to display any fine plaing on Saturday and for that reason was chosen 2nd on the tournament team. Others who deserve honorable mention are:
Harry Notter, Bolivar Cardinals
Paul Kennedy, Gnadenhutten Indians
Bob Neff, Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
Glen Jones, Strasburg Tigers
Clarence Uhrich, Gnadenhutten Indians
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1st Team
Moomaw F Sugarcreek
Wyss, F Strasburg
Gerber, C Bolivar
Neidenthal, G Strasburg
Helwick, G Bolivar
2nd Team
Sliffe, F Sugarcreek
Dichler, F Gnadenhutten
Warnes, C Strasburg
Watson, G Sugarcreek
Fisher, G Bolivar
Notter, who has been the Bolivar scoring ace all season and Wyss led all forwards in scoring was not placed on either of the mythical five squads because of his inability to get and play a defensive game as he has on offense. Notter scored several field goals Saturday in 2 games, but was never on the defensive. Most of his shots were made after he had waited near his basket or near a teammate like Helwick, Gerber or Fisher who dig it out and would pass to him.
Monday, February 28, 1926
Joe Williams
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
4th TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1926
1. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 3-0
2. Bolivar Cardinals 2-1
3. Gnadenhutten Indians 1-1
4. Strasburg Tigers 1-1
5. Baltic Eagles 0-1
6. Dundee Bulldogs 0-1
7. Mineral City Tigers 0-1
8. Tuscarawas Broncos 0-1
MOST POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME
1. Randall Gerber (B) 21
2. Moomaw (SS) 14
3. Moomaw (SS) 14
4. Blaine Shetler (B) 12
5. HarlanSliffe (SS) 11
6. Ed Wyss (S) 10
7. Harris (MC) 9
8. Maurice Helwick (B) 8
9. Harry Notter (B) 8
10. Lester Price (D) 7
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME
1. Randall Gerber (B) 10
2. Moomaw (SS) 7
2. Moomaw (SS) 7
4. Blaine Shetler (B) 6
5. Elmer Dichler (G) 6
6. Ed Wyss (S) 5
7. Harlan Sliffe (SS) 5
8. Maurice Helwick (B) 4
9. Harry Notter (B) 4
10. 6 Tied With 3
MOST FOUL SHOTS IN A SINGLE GAME
1. Harris (MC) 3
2. Ralph Schumacher 3
3. Randall Gerber (B) 3
4. Maurice Helwick (B) 2
5. Warren Schumacher (T) 2
6. Luke Warnes (S) 2
7. Russ Bennet (G) 2
8. Russ Bennet (G) 2
9. 20 Tied With 1
ALL TOURNAMENTS
1923 - Strasburg Tigers - Gnadenhutten Indians
1924 - Dennison Railroaders - Strasburg Tigers
1925 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville - Bolivar Cardinals
1926 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville - Bolivar Cardinals
TOTAL STANDINGS
1. Dennison railroaders 3-0
2. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 6-1
3. Strasburg Tigers 7-3
4. Bolivar Cardinals 6-4
5. Gnadenhutten Indians 3-3
6. MineralCity Tigers 1-4
7. Dundee Bulldogs 0-4
8. Tuscrawas Broncos 0-4
9. Baltic Eagles 0-1
10. Newcomerstown Trojans 0-1
11. Winfield High School 0-1
HIGH GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS
1. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 26
2. Randall Gerber (B) (1926) 21
3. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
4. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 18
5. Keene Van Curren (S) (1923) 16
6. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1924) 16
7. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924) 16
8. Bob Neff (SS) (1925) 15
9. 6 Tied With 14
HIGH FIELD GOALS ALL TOURNAMENTS
1. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 13
2. Randall Gerber (S) (1926) 10
3. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 8
4. Keene Van Curren (1923) 8
5. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 8
6. Moomaw (SS) (1926) 7
7. Moomaw (SS) (1926) 7
8. 4 Tied With 6
HIGH FOUL SHOTS ALL TOURNAMENTS
1. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1924) 6
2. Dan Meyes (SS) (1924) 6
3. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 5
4. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 5
5. Weaver (MC) (SS) (1923) 4
6. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 4
7. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 4
8. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1925) 4
9. 11 Tied With 3
TOTAL POINTS
1. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 62
2. Randall Gerber (B) (1925-26) 54
3. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1923-24-25) 50
4. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 40
5. Luke Warnes (S) (1925-26) 38
6. Forrest Miller (SS) (1924-25) 36
7. Bob Neff (SS) (1925-26) 34
8. Moomaw (SS) (1926) 32
9. Schriever (G) (1923-24) 29
10. Gordon Kienzle (B) (1923-24-25) 28
TOTAL FIELD GOALS
1. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 23
2. Randall Gerber (B) (1925-26) 22
3. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
4. Forrest Miller (SS) (1924-25) 16
5. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1923-24-25) 16
6. Moomaw (SS) (1926) 16
7. Luke Warnes (S) (1925-26) 15
8. Bob Neff (SS) (1925-26) 14
9. Herbert Donley (S) (1923) 12
10. Schriever (S) (1923-24) 12
TOTAL FOUL SHOTS
1. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1923-24-25) 18
2. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 16
3. Randall Gerber (B) (1924-25-26) 10
4. Luke Warnes (S) (1925-26) 8
5. GordonKienzle (B) (1923-24-25) 6
6. Bob Neff (SS) (1925-26) 6
7. Schriever (G) (1924) 5
8. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 4
9. Forrest Miller (SS) (1924-25) 4
10. Russ Bennet (G) (1926) 4
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