NEW PHILADELPHIA - The Strasburg Tigers (1-0) knocked the Baltic Eagles (0-1) out of the 1928 Class B Tournament when they defeated the Baltic outfit by 11 points in the initial round of games played on Friday night. The Baltic loss was expected, but not by such a large score. Lahm and Richardson, Baltic's star forwards could not locate the basket and tallied only 9 points between them. Head Coach Simukka of Strasburg used 7 men in the win and pressed his proteges for harder games later in the tournament. When the Baltic outfit held their bigger opponents to a 12-4 count during the 1st quarter things began to look rosy; although, the team was missing many shots.
The Tigers hit the rim with greater accuracy during the 2nd period and tallied 13 points, while holding the Eagles scoreless. With the opening of the 2nd half, things changed somewhat and Baltic presented a much improved team against the Strasburg outfit now composed of several substitutes in place of regulars. Each side scored 2 points in this round and Strasburg managed to eke out a 1 point margin for the final period which saw the losers working hard, but to no avail.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 33
Orval Deems 3-0-6
Blaine Shively 0-1-1
Bob Miller 2-1-5
Paul Sundheimer 4-2-10
Clyde Denzer 1-0-2
Paul Neidenthal 2-3-7
Wilson Dreher 1-0-2
BALTIC EAGLES - 14
Lahm 3-1-7
H. Richardson 1-0-2
Sheetz 1-1-3
G. Harrison 0-0-0
Burkey 1-0-2
Saturday, February 25, 1928
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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