DOVER - They're off! That's what they say in racing when the barrier is sprung. That's what they'll say tomorrow at 2PM when the Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament gets under way at Legion Hall. Exactly 10 teams, all with fairly equal chances, will be in the competition when it starts. By Saturday evening the tournament will have simmered down to the 2 outfits which have gone through unscathed. To the winner of that final game will go the beautiful Daily Reporter Trophy. Both the winner and the runner-up will also be eligible to participate in the 1st round of the District Class B Tournament here Saturday, March 8th. Interest in this annual affair is high and indications are that huge crowds will attend all sessions.
The Daily Reporter Trophy which has been on display during the past week, in the Ress Brothers Cigar Store on Factory Street, stands 19 inches high and is of plated silver. A full length model of a basketball player leaping high into the air with the ball on outstretched fingers is mounted on the base. It will make a valuable addition to the trophy case of any high school. Ress Brothers have taken great pains to advertise the county tournament. An attractive window display with the trophy in the center containing pictures of each of the 10 teams entered, has attracted much attention during the week. Ress Brothers are also donating programs for the tournament.
A unique feature about the tournament is that it brings together in the 1st game for both teams, the Bolivar Cardinals, the team that copped the tournament last year and the Strasburg Tigers, winners of the county league race this year. Strasburg finished on top only after one of the most bitter campaigns in recent years. It all depended on a postponed game with Bolivar and they came through with a one point victory. If they had lost the championship would have been shared by Strasburg, the Gnadenhutten Indians and the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates.
Three weeks ago it looked like Strasburg would go through the league season undefeated. Then Gnadenhutten gave the dope bucket a terrific kick by handling the Strasburg boys a 21-20 defeat on the Strasburg court. Hope rose high among the other teams. Bolivar made it soar even higher by taking a non-league game on the Strasburg court, 20-19. However, Strasburg won undisputed right to the title by defeating Bolivar on the latter's court in the final game of the league. Last season Bolivar staged a thrilling finish to nose out the Midvale Blue Devils in the finals and capture The Reporter Cup, emblematic of the county tournament championship. The score was 26-24. Bolivar came through to finals last year by defeating the Dundee Bulldogs, 25-15 and the Baltic Eagles 22-9.
One of their men, Shulty, still playing was named guard on the 1st tournament team. Other all-tournament selections last year who will again perform are: Fabiano, Midvale guard, Baldwin, Midvale guard and Dreher, Strasburg guard. Bolivar was eliminated by Coshocton Sacred Heart and Midvale after drawing a bye defeated Malvern to earn the right to play in the finals at Dennison. At Dennison the Midvale boys were ousted by Millersburg.
Thursday, February 27, 1930
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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