CAMBRIDGE - Both Dennison High School Railroaders and Gnadenhutten High School Indians survived the opening round of the Eastern District Class B Basketball Tournament at Cambridge which opened in McMahan Gymnasium, that city, on Thursday evening. Dennison defeated Strasburg High Scool Tigers, Tuscarawas-County Class B Champions, 25-20, after 2 hectic overtime periods and Gnadenhutten triumpted over Coshoction Sacred Heart High School 24-19 in an interesting game. Dennison and Gnadenhutten will meet in the 2nd round of play in the tourney Friday evening.
Coshocton Sacred Heart proved no match to the 5 floormen of Coach Willis Smith, of Gnadenhutten. The Indian village cagemen romped to victory throughout the entire 32 minutes of play, scoring 9 field baskets and 6 foul counters to score 24 points. Senior forward Bill Helter with 6 field goals and 2 fouls, was the high scoring ace for the Indian aggregation, while Junior guard Clarence Uhrich, guard Sophomore Alvin Williams and Senior forward Paul Kennedy contributed the remainder of Gnadenhutten's points. Meitland, Coshocton forward was the high scorer for his team with 5 field goals and a foul shot, totaling 11 points. Forward John Kinney, center Jim Kinney, guard Murphy and guard Skelton picked up 4, 2, 1 and 1 points to close out the Sacred Heart scoring.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 24
Paul Kennedy 1-0-2
Bill Helter 6-2-14
Earl Kohl 0-0-0
Clarence Uhrich 2-0-4
Alvin Williams 0-4-4
Frank Blickensderfer 0-0-0
COSHOCTON SACRED HEART - 19
Meitland 5-1-11
John Kinney 2-0-4
Jim Kinney 1-0-2
Murphy 0-1-1
Skelton 0-1-1
McDeritt 0-0-0
Shuck 0-0-0
Saad 0-0-0
Friday, March 11, 1927
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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