NEW PHILADELPHIA - Dundee and Strasburg high schools fought their way to the finals of the Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Cage Tournament at New Philadelphia Junior High School Saturday afternoon winning respectively from Gnadenhutten and Bolivar by scores of 19-14 and
12-7. And fight they did. Both teams had to battle hard to stay in the tourney and Dundee especially, who was forced to the brink in the last few minutes when Gnaden staged a rally that nearly carried them to the Saturday night play.
Senior Bob Miller, diminutive forward for the Strasburg Tigers (3-0), pulled the Tigers out of the fire and carried them to the finals by his clever shooting of 4 field goals to give the Bengals a 5 point victory over the Bolivar Cardinals (1-1), winners of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville game in the Saturday morning round. Strasburg enjoyed their 3rd victory of the tournament. The game started off in a listless manner and remained listless throughout the 1st half. The Cardinals scored at the end of the 1st quarter 2-0 having scored on 2 foul shots. Neither team scored a field goal. Bolivar added 2 more points, a field goal in the 2nd half and at halftime, the Bolivarmen were leading 4-0.
Head Coach Simukka sent his men into the fray in the 3rd quarter; however, it was a different and altogether changed team. The boys started breaking toward the basket better, instead of allowing Bolivar's defense to get set. Strasburg would start their offensive drive as soon as they took possession of the ball. The 3rd quarter was the turning point of the game. In this period, the Tigers' center, Paul Sundheimer, started the ball rolling with a nice shot under his basket. Forward Bob Miller of Strasburg, dribbled under the basket to tie the score 4-4, then the diminutive little flash challenged Bolivar as he tossed another through the nets from the corner. The quarter ended just as Miller gave his team a 4 point lead, 8-4.
Guard Zutavern, the sole scorer for Bolivar against Strasburg and the leading point man on the Cardinal crew all day long, then made his team 6 with a nice action shot from near the foul line as the 4th quarter opened. It revived spirit in the Birdmen for awhile and as Zutaven tossed a foul for Bolivar's 7th point of the game. The crowd then went into an uproar. Both Bolivar and Strasburg had an organized cheering section. Miller hit another 2-pointer from the corner and Sundheimer finished off the Strasburg scoring by dribbling out of another corner for 2 more points.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 12
Orval Deems 0-0-0
Bob Miller 4-0-8
Wilson Dreher 0-0-0
Paul Sundheimer 2-0-4
Clyde Denzer 0-0-0
Paul Neidenthal 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 7
Haueter 0-0-0
Laughlin 0-0-0
Kienzie 0-0-0
Lash 0-0-0
Widder 0-0-0
Zutavern 2-3-7
Monday, February 27, 1928
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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