DOVER - Strasburg and Sugarcreek-Shanesville high schools were fighting at theAmerican Legion gymnasium Saturday afternoon to determine which of the two teams will play the final game of the County Class B tournament tonight against either Gnadenhutten or Baltic high school. Strasburg defeated Bolivar high school in the final morning game of the 2nd round 17-5, wining their 2nd game of the tourney. They defeated Dundee high school 21-17 Friday night. Gnadenhutten defeated Port Washington Saturday morning, while Baltic defeated New Cumberland. Those two teams will play in the semi-final late this afternoon. Sugarcreek won its right to play Strasburg in the 1st game this morning by overwhelmingly defeating Tuscarawas 61-7.
Results of the tourney games played so far are as follows: Strasburg 21, Dundee 17; Bolivar 23, Mineral City 5; Gnadenhutten 28, Port Washington 21; Baltic 41, New Cumberland 19; Sugarcreek 61, Tuscarawas 7 and Strasburg 17, Bolivar 5.
Strasburg Tigers (2-0) (9-3) played a fine game against the Bolivar Cardinals (1-1) (7-5) and held the Cardinal cagemen to a lone field goal. Three of Bolivar's 5 points were scored from the foul line. Strasburg led Bolivar at the end of the 1st quarter 4-0 and forged into an 11-3 lead at the halftime. They held Bolivar scoreless again in the 3rd period and continued their running score to 15. Both teams scored 2 points in the last quarter. Senior forward Leland Huth was the outstanding player on lthe Strasburg floor combination with 3 field goals and 2 foul shots for 8 points. Junior forward Orval Deems swished a field goal and a foul shot, while Senior guard Walter Neidenthal picked up 3 foul shots for 3 points each. Junior center Paul Sundheimer had 2 points and Junior guard Clyde Denzer had 1 point to round out the scoring for Strasburg. The Bolivar Cardinals were led by forward John Reiger and guard Zutavern with 2 points each. Guard Fisher followed with 1 point.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 17
Orval Deems 1-1-3
Leland Huth 3-2-8
Walter (Warren) Mizer 0-0-0
Paul Sundheimer 1-0-2
Walter Neidenthal 0-3-3
Clyde Denzer 0-1-1
Cloyee Schumacher 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 5
Widder 0-0-0
Burris 0-0-0
John Reiger 1-0-2
Lash 0-0-0
Fisher 0-1-1
Zutavern 0-2-2
Daly 0-0-0
Saturday, Febuary 26, 1927
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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