34 - 12th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament 1934

1934 TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers (Head Coach Paul M. Roby) 4-0 (Tournament Champion)
2.  Mineral City (Head Coach Bob Mackey) 3-1 (Consolation Champion)
3.  Dundee Bulldogs (Head Coach Glen Jones) 2-1 (Tournament Runner-up)
4.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Head Coach Earl Sundheimer) 4-2 (Consolation Runner-up)
5.  Midvale Blue Devils (Head Coach M. R. Hellick) 2-2
6.  Tuscarawas Broncos (Head Coach Charmis Davis) 2-2
7.  Gnadenhutten Indians (Head Coach Walter Mead) 1-2
8.  Port Washington Purple Riders (Head Coach Harold Young) 1-2
9.  Stone Creek Panthers (Head Coach George A. Walker) 1-2
10. Baltic Eagles (Head Coach Egar Shumaker) 0-2
11. Bolivar Cardinals (Ludwick Birk) 0-2
12. New Cumberland (Head Coach Unknown) 0-2

TOURNAMENT SCORES

Midvale 28 - Bolivar 27
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 42 - Gnaden 27
Port 33 - New Cumberland 18
Strasburg 22 - Tusky 13
Dundee 32 - Stone Creek 30
Mineral City 43 - Baltic 16
Midvale 33 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville 24
Strasburg 49 - Port 9
Gnaden 27 - Bolivar 19 (C)
Tusky 33 - New Cumberland 11 (C)
Stone Creek 21 - Baltic 11 (C)
Sugarcreek 27 - Gnaden 21 (C)
Tusky 31 - Port 10 (C)
Dundee 24 - Mineral City 21
Strasburg 31 - Midvale 16
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 20 - Tusky 14 (C)
Mineral City 22 - Stone Creek 20 (C)
Sugarcreek32 - Midvale 14 (C)
MINERAL CITY 17 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville 16 (C)
STRASBURG 60 - Dundee 19

STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

Strasburg Tigers 1928
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 1932
Strasburg Tigers 1933

MOST POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Ira Struchen (G) 18
2.  John Studer (S) 17
3.  Bill Sttler (MC) 16
4.  Paul Wherley (SC) 15
5.  Paul Harmon (SS) 14
6.  Paul Class (BC) 13 (2)
7.  Prince Harmon (SS) 13
8.  Frank Cox (M) 12
9.  Bill Haas (S) 12
10. 2 tied with 11

MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  John Studer (S) 8
2.  Prince Harmon (SS) 7
3.  Bill Sattler (MC) 7
4.  Ira Struchen (G) 7
5.  Paul Class (BC) 6
6.  Paul Wherley (SC) 6
7.  12 tied with 5

MOST FREE THROWS IN A SINGLE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Bill Sattler (MC) 8
2.  Frank Cox (M) 4 (2)
3.  Sam Fetters (D) 4
4.  Ira Struchen (G) 4
5.  John Studer (S) 4
6.  13 tied with 3

MOST POINTS IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  John Studer (S) 47
2.  Prince Harmon (SS) 46
3.  Dean Norris (SS) 36
4.  Harold Arnold (SS) 31
5.  Frank Cox (M) 31
6.  Bill Sattler (MC) 30
7.  Sylvester Miller (SS) 29
8.  Bud Reiger (S) 29
9.  Paul Wherley (SC) 29
10. 2 tied with 26

MOST FIELD GOALS IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Prince Harmon (SS) 21
2.  John Studer (S) 20
3.  Dean Norris (SS) 16
4.  Harold Arnold (SS) 14
5.  Paul Class (BC) 11
6.  Frank Cox (M) 11
7.  Paul Wherley (SC) 11
8.  4 tied with 10

MOST FREE THROWS IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Bill Sattler (MC) 12
2.  Frank Cox (M) 9
3.  Sylvester Miller (SS) 9
4.  Otto Haager (D) 7
5.  John Studer (S) 7
6.  Ken Tschudy (T) 7
7.  Paul Wherley (SC) 7
8.  George Denzer (S) 6
9.  Ira Struchen (G) 6
10. 3 tied with 5

ALL TOURNAMENTS

1934 - Strasburg Tigers (6) (1) - Dundee Bulldogs (0) (2)

ALL-CONSOLATION TOURNAMENTS

1934 - Mineral City Tigers (1) (0) - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (0) (1)

TOTAL STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers (1923) 29-5 .853
2.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1924) 17-10 .630
3.  Midvale Blue Devils (1928) 10-7 .588
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians (1923) 14-11 .560
5.  Bolivar Cardinals (1923) 12-11 .521
6.  Dundee Bulldogs (1923) 9-12 .429
7.  Mineral City Tigers (1923) 5-12 .294
8. Baltic Eagles (1926) 4-10 .286
9. Port Washington Purple Riders (1927) 3-9 .250
10. Stone Creek (1933) 1-3 .250
11. Tuscarawas Broncos (1923) 3-13 .188
12. New Cumberland Trojans (1927-33-34)

OTHER TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATES

1.  Dennison Railroaders (1924) 3-0 1.000
2.  Newcomerstown Trojans (1924) 0-1 .000
3.  Winfield High School (1925) 0-1 .000

HIGH SNGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 30
2.  Lester Price (D) (1928) 27
3.  Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 26
4.  Randall Gerber (BC) (1926) 21
5.  Don Norris (SS) (1933) 20
6.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1932) 19
7.  Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
8.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 18
9.  Harlan Richardson (B) (1927) 18
10. Ira Struchen (G) 18 (1934)

HIGH FIELD GOALS SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 14
2.  Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 13
3.  Lester Price (D) (1928) 12
4.  Randall Gerber (S) (1926) 10
5.  Harlan Richardson (B) (1927) 9
6.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1932) 9
7.  Dean Norris (SS) (1933) 9
8.  5 tied with 8

HIGH FREE THROWS IN A SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Bill Sattler (MC) (1934) 8
2.  Paul Baker (D) (1932) 7
3.  Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1924) 6
4.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1924) 6
5.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 6
6.  Frey (D) (1929) 6
7.  Paul Sheetz (B) (1929) 6
8.  John Bond (P) (1930) 6
9.  Owen Scheetz (B) (1931) 6
10. Elmer Kreis (BC) (1932) 6

TOTAL POINTS

1.  John Studer (S) (1931-32-33-34) 130
2.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1930-31-32-33) 103
3.  Dean Norris (SS) (1933-34) 91
4.  Baldwin (M) (1929-30-31) 80
5.  Ed Riley (G) (1929-30-31-32) 68
6.  Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 63
7.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 62
8.. Paul Baker (D) (1931-32-33-34) 60
9.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 57
10. Prince Harmon (SS) (1932-33-34) 55

TOTAL FIELD GOALS

1.  John Studer (S) (1931-32-33-34) 52
2.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1930-31-32-33) 45
3.  Dean Norris (SS) (1933-34) 40
4.  Baldwin (M) (1929-30-31) 37
5.  Ed Riley (G) (1929-30-31-32) 29
6.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 26
7.  Moomaw (SS) (1926-27-28) 26
8.  Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 25
9.  Paul Baker (C) (1931-32-33-34) 25
10. Prince Harmon (SS) (1932-33-34) 24

TOTAL FREE THROWS

1.  John Studer (S) (1931-32-33-34) 26
2.  Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1923-24-25) 18
3.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 16
4.  Otto Haager (D) (1932-33-34) 16
5.  Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 13
6.  Art "Dutch" Miller (S) (1929) 13
7.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1930-31-32-33) 13
8. 4 tied with 12

HIGH TEAM GAME

1.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1927 and 1933) 61
2.  Strasburg Tigers (1934) 60
3.  Strasburg Tigers (1923) 52
4.  Dundee Bulldogs (1938) 51
5.  Gnadenhutten Indians (1927 and 1933) 49
6.  Strasburg Tigers (1934) 49
7.  Baltic Eagles (1933) 48
8.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1932) 48
9.  Midvale Blue Devils (1931) 46
10. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1933) 46

1000 CAREER POINT CLUB

1.  John Studer (S) (1934) 1,052


NOTE:  The Daily Reporter did not publish anything on the County
Tournament All-Stars this year.

34 - Strasburg Considers New Trophy Case With School Attached

This is the 1934 Strasburg High School building in use since 1914.

DOVER - While a friendly lawsuit hangs pending in common pleas court to decide whether Strasburg is to get a new school building, the whole town and county has joined in a debate about the new structure, when...and if...it comes.  The mooted question is whether the building shall be a trophy case with a school building and the appurtenances thereto built-in, or whether it shall just be another building.  The possibility of its being a new CSAS project is also under discussion.

Already overcrowded by a collection picked up through years of basketball superiority, the trophy case in the present building will never hold together for the stuffing it will get as a result of the school's cage team finishing its 4th year undefeated in the Class B League and then copping its 3rd consecutive tournament championship.  For the latter feat the Tigers received a Statuette trophy given by the S. Toomey Co. of Dover.  For winning the League Championship the team received a larger trophy of the same type from the E. Fienberg Co. of Dover and New Philadelphia.  Individual members of the team, 8 of them, received medals presented by Walter E. Leiser, Inc., of Dover.

Presentation of the Fienberg trophy was made between halves of the final game at Legion Hall Saturday night by Superintendant Wilson of Mineral City, President of the County Athletic Assocation.  Captain John Studer of the Tiger team received it.  Strasburg is also defending Class B Champion of the Eastern Ohio District of the State and will be defending that title when it participates in the elimination meeting at Legion Hall this week.  Strasburg school officials and fans started an argument about the new building as they looked over their new collection Saturday night.  The Dundee Bulldogs stepped in and took the runner-up trophy, presented by The Daily Reporter and the Mineral City Tigers took the Consolation prize, a relief placque, presented by the Dover Branch of the Sanitary Milk Company.


Monday, February 26, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  Trophies won by the Strasburg Tigers Saturday night when it won the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament, represent the 6th time the Tigers have proven the best basketball team in the county.  Since the start of the Annual Tournament in 1923, Strasburg has waled off with the bacon 6 times and with the exception of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville's Pirates, are the only combine to win it more than once.  Following is a list of theannual winners:

1923 - Strasburg Tigers
1924 - Dennison Railroaders
1925 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
1926 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
1927 - Strasburg Tigers
1928 - Strasburg Tigres
1929 - Bolivar Cardinals
1930 - Gnadenhutten Indians
1931 - Midvale Blue Devils
1932 - Strasburg Tigers
1933 - Strasburg Tigers
1934 - Strasburg Tigers

34 - Tournament Update

DOVER - Flashing a rarity of form no other Class B team in Tuscarawas County has been able to master, the Strasburg Tigers ran rough-shod over the little Dundee Bulldogs to win is 6th County Tournament Championship...its 3rd consecutively...at Legion Hall on Saturday night.  With all players taking a scoring part, the Tigers blasted Dundee's hopes at the very outset and piled up a lopsided 60-19 score, before a disappointingly small crowd that gathered at the Hall to witness the finals in the 12th Annual County meeting.  As a result of their successfully defending the Championship they have held under an intermittent lease since the 1st tournament back in 1923, the Tigers will be one of the 3 county system schools entered in the Sectional Tournament at Legion Hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Others will be Dundee, the runner-up and the Mineral City Tigers winner of the Consolation Tournament over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates in Saturday night's finals.

Mineral City topped the Pirates 17-16 to give the tournament its 2nd big upset.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville figured in both of them...lost in both of them.  After being turned out of the regular tournament by the Midvale Blue Devils 33-24 in an early round the Pirates fought their way to the Consolation finals, defeating Midvale with ease in a semi-final game 32-14.  Mineral City entered the Consolation finals by defeating the Stone Creek Panthers 22-20 Saturday afternoon.

Drawings for the Sectional Class B Tournament here this week will be held at Legion Hall tonight at 7PM.  Teams from Tuscarawas, Holmes, Carroll, Coshocton, Harrison and Jefferson counties will participate.

Monday, February 26, 1934
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Strasburg Tigers Win 12th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament (2-24-34)

The Strasburg Tigers are bosses of Tuscarawas County's Class B Basketball for 6 years.  They won the League Title 5 consecutive times, built up a record of 39 consecutive vicories and Saturday night won there 3rd consecutive tournament championship.  Team Photo:  Head Coach Paul M. Roby, Student Manager William Krantz, Elwyn Reiger, George Denzer, John Studer, Bill Haas, Adrian Miller, Don Scherer, Mac Wardell, Jim Dreher, John Sparks and John Schenk.

A closeup photo of Senior forward John "Johnny" Studer, Tiger Captain, who leads the Class B League in scoring.  He has become the 1st player to accumulate 1,000 career points.  He now stands at 1,015 points thus far in his 4 years of play.

A closeup of Head Coach Paul M. Roby who has won the county tournament championship every one of the 4 years he has been at Strasburg.  Prior to that he coached at Midvale and was runner-up twice with teams he turned out there.


DOVER - The Dundee Bulldogs (2-1) (9-12) went almost 2 full periods before it was able to score from action against the Strasburg Tigers (4-0) (29-5) in the championship game at Legion Hall on Saturday night.  The Tigers blew out the Bulldogs with a 15-2 lead in the opening period and pushed it to 25-5 by halftime.  J. Jones, Dundee center, slipped under the basket to score a sucker shot just before the end of the 2nd quarter to give his team its only action shot of the half.

With the proverbial machine-like precision the Tiger crew added to their count in the 3rd period and pushed the count to 38-7 before Head Coach Roby began pulling his starting lineup and sending the 2nd stringers into the game.  The score at the end of the 3rd period was 49-11.  Scoring honors of the game went to Junior forward Bill "Doddle" Haas of Strasburg who potted 5 field baskets and 2 free throws for 12 points.  Senior forward John "Johnny" Studer, the League's high scorer, marked 3 buckets and 4 foul shots for a total of 10 points.  He gave half a dozen easy buckets to teammates.  Dundee's center, Russell. Jones, was high for his team with 6 points gathered on 3 field goals.  All players on the floor made the scorebook.

STRASBURG TIGERS - 60

Bill Haas 5-2-12
John Studer 3-4-10
George Denzer 2-2-6
Bud Reiger 4-0-8
Adrian Miller 5-0-10
Jim Dreher 2-1-5
Don Scherer 1-0-2
John Schenk 2-0-4

DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 19

Paul Baker 2-0-4
Sam Fetters 0-1-1
R. Jones 3-0-6
Otto Haager 0-2-2
E. Rice 0-1-1
Jim Bradley 0-1-1
Richard Koble 1-0-2
J. Jones 1-0-2


Monday, February 26, 1934
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  By scoring 10 points in the Class B Tournament final Saturday night, John Studer, Strasburg scoring ace, brought his season's total to 245 points.  Last year Studer rolled up a total of 338 points.

34 - Mineral City Tigers Wins 1st Annual Consolation Tournament (2-24-34)

DOVER - The Mineral City Tigers (3-1)(5-12) is the 1st Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball team to win the Consolation Tournament as they upset the highly regarded Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (4-2) (17-10) by a score of 17-16. Poor free throw shooting, a trait that has manifested itself as ne of the Pirates' towering weaknesses more times than one this season, can be directly blamed for the 2nd upset suffered by Sugarcreek-Shanesville.  Missing 8 of 10 free tosses, the Pirates lost the chance to attend the Sectional Tournament here next week by losing to Mineral City in the Consolation final on Saturday night.  The records show the Pirates scored 7 times from the field to 8 for the Tigers and cashed in on only 2 free throws, while Mineral City hit 1 of 3 free chances.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville committed only 2 personal fouls in the entire game.

After the Tigers took a 6-3 lead in the opening period, the Pirates tied the score at 10-all at the half and kept it knotted at 14-14 as the final period started.  Frank Scott, sure-eyed Mineral City forward, won scoring honors by potting 5 field goals for 10 points.  Junior forward Prince Harmon of Sugarcreek-Shanesville was 2nd high with 8 points on 4 field goals.  Senior center Sylvester Miller of the Pirates and guard Dick Wilson of the Tigers each marked 4 points each.

MINERAL CITY TIGERS CONSOLATION CHAMPIONS - 17

Frank Scott 5-0-10
Bill Fishley 0-0-0
Bill Sattler 1-1-3
Dick Wilson 2-0-4
John Nemetz 0-0-0
Russ Mathey 0-0-0

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 16

Prince Harmon 4-0-8
John Harmon 0-0-0
Sylvester Miller 1-2-4
Dean Norris 1-0-2
Harold Arnold 1-0-2


Monday, February 26, 1934
Clyde Shaffer, Sports
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Slams Midvale 32-14 (2-24-34)

DOVER - The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (4-1) (17-9) avenged the Midvale Blue Devils (2-2) (10-7) defeat in the semi-final round of the Consolation Tournament on Saturday afternoon.  The Pirates had little trouble rolling up 32 points to Midvale's 14.  With Junior forward Prince Harmon at the driver's seat of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville scoring machine...with 14 points (7 field goals)...the Pirates sailed through without a hindrance.  Midvale...which eliminated Sugarcreek from the regular round a week ago by a 33-24 count...was helpless before the revengeful onslaught.  Senior guard Dean "Squirt" Norris, long shot artist, tallied 8 points (3 field goals and 2 free throws).  Midvale forward Frank Cox was high for the losers with 6 points (3 field goals).

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 32

Prince Harmon 7-0-14
John Harmon 1-0-2
Sylvester Miller 3-0-6
Dean Norris 3-2-8
Harold Arnold 1-0-2

MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 14

Frank Cox 3-0-6
Paul Baumholtz 0-0-0
Adrian McIntire 0-0-0
Joe Dragovich 1-0-2
Delbert Keffer 1-0-2
Frank Baumholtz 2-0-4


Monday, February 26, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Mineral City Edges Stone Creek 22-20 (2-24-34)

DOVER - In yet another Consolation game, the Mineral City Tigers (2-1) (4-12) edged out the Stone Creek Panthers (1-2) (1-3) by a score of 22-20.  The game was a thriller in the closing minutes with each team battling for possession of the ball.  A 3-point margin gained by the Tigers was shortened by only 1 point in the last 2 minutes as Stone Creek scored a free throw.  Center Bill "Legs" Sattler sank 8 free throws and helped to lead  his teammates in the win over the Panther outfit.  He was on the line for 11 attempts, but failed to hit a single field goal, while still leading the Tigers in points scored.  Senior forward Paul Wherley practically scored all the Stone Creek points on his own with 15 points (6 field goals and 3 foul shots) for game honors.  Guard Burrier closed out the Panther scoring with another 5 points (2 field goals and a free throw).

MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 22

Bill Fishley 0-1-1
Russ Mathey 3-0-6
Bill Sattler 0-8-8
John Nemetz 0-0-0
Dick Wilson 3-1-7

STONE CREEK PANTHERS - 20

Paul Wherley 6-3-15
Ed Pfeiffer 0-0-0
Clyde Mizer 0-0-0
Ed Buehler 0-0-0
Lorenz 0-0-0
Lloyd Stephan 0-0-0
Burrier 2-1-5


Monday, February 26, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Tournament Update

DOVER - The Strasburg Tigers and Dundee Bulldogs today were the survivors of the regular rounds of the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament.  The teams will meet in the Championship contest at 8:45 tonight at Legion Hall to decide which will be the title holder.

Dundee reached the top rung in its steady climb by defeating the Mineral City Tigers 24-21 last night at Legion Hall.  The defending champions, Strasburg Tigers had little trouble burying the Midvale Blue Devils under a 31-16 score.  The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates won its way to the final in the Consolation Tournament by defeating the tough Tuscarawas Broncos 20-14, after the plucky Tusky team had swamped the Port Washington Purple Riders 31-10 in the 1st of its 2 games.

Midvale today will meet the winner of the Stone Creek Panthers-Mineral City Tigers fracas.  The victor then will play Sugarcreek-Shanesville in the Consolation Championship at 8PM tonight.  About 1,000 attended last night's session of the tournament.


Saturday, February 24, 1924
Barney Schwartz, Sport Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Takes Tusky 20-14 (2-23-34)

DOVER - The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (3-1) (16-9) started off slowly in this Consolation contest, but picked up momentum to plaster the Tuscarawas Broncos (2-2) (3-13) 20-14 as the Broncos seemed to be worn and weary following their last Consolation game.  The Pirates were ahead from beginning to end.  Things were tight in the 1st quarter at 3-2, but in the 2nd quarter, Sugarcreek-Shanesville picked up their firepower and tightened their defense holding Tusky scoreless.  In the 3rd, the Broncos picked up 6 points and held the Pirates to 3 and the quarter ended 14-8.

Senior forward Harold "Ted" Arnold was high scorer for Sugarcreek-Shanesville with 8 points (3 field goals and 2 free throws), while Senior guard Dean "Squirt" Norris, long shot artist, tallied with 4 points on 2 field goals.  Junior forward Calvin Knisely and Senior Tom De Cottis did the bulk of the scoring for Tuscarawas with 4 points each (2 field goals apiece).  Held without a single score in the 2nd period, the Broncos bagged 6 points in the 3rd and repeated in the final stanza.  With the exception of the 3rd quarter, the Pirates scored consistently.

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 20

Prince Harmon 1-0-2
John Harmon 1-1-3
Sylvester Miller 0-3-3
Harold Arnold 3-2-8
Dean Norris 2-0-4

TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 14

Calvin Knisely 1-2-4
Ralph Moore 1-0-2
Earl Schumacher 1-0-2
Tom De Cottis 2-0-4
Ken Tschudy 1-0-2
Dick Rank 0-0-0
Allen Veigel 0-0-0
Tony Bassetti 0-0-0
Julis Picchetti 0-0-0


Saturday, February 24, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Strasburg Iron-Men Knocks Off Midvale 31-16 (2-23-34)

DOVER - The Mighty Strasburg Tigers (3-0) (28-5) were off to a slow start, but beginning with its regular scoring tactics in the 2nd quarter had little trouble disposing the Midvale Blue Devils (2-1) (10-6) by 15 points, 31-16.  The Tigers led all the way.  The score showed 5-2 in the 1st quarter, 19-7 in the 2nd quarter and 25-13 in the 3rd.

The Midvale players were unable to bottle up Senior forward John "Johnny" Studer who piled up 11 points (5 field goals and a free throw), while guard Bud Reiger went "hot" and tallied another 10 points (4 filed goals and 2 foul shots).  Forward Frank Cox was the Blue Devil mainstay with 8 points, 2 field goals and 4 free throws.  Junior forward Paul Brumholtz, sturdy little player, was the handy man for Midvale.  The Tigers continued to display their snappy passing and speedy offense with Junior center George Denzer the key passer.  Senior guard Adrian "Fuzz" Miller also stood out for the Tigers with his flashy floor game.

STRASBURG TIGERS - 21

Bill Haas 0-0-0
John Studer 5-1-11
George Denzer 3-1-7
Bud Reiger 4-2-10
Adrian Miller 1-1-3

MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 16

Frank Cox 2-4-8
Paul Baumholtz 1-0-2
Adrian McIntire 2-0-4
Joe Dragovich 0-1-1
Delbert Keffer 0-0-0
Frank Baumholtz 0-1-1


Saturday, February 2, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  Paul Baumholtz, sterling forward of the Midvale cagers, fractured an elbow in the game with the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates last week, but played the entire game without telling anyone about it.  Last night he again played with the injured elbow and was among the leading passers of the Blue Devils.

34 - Flashy Dundee Defeats Mineral City 24-21 (2-23-34)

DOVER - Head Coach Glen Jone's Dundee Bulldogs (2-0) (9-11)...showing effecive passing and making good their scoring chances...took an early lead over the Head Coach Bob Mackey Mineral City Tigers (1-1) (3-11) and marched to a 24-21 victory.  They got a small margin early in the game, widened it in the 2nd period and then kept a few points ahead of the Tigers the remainder of the game.  The Bulldogs led the entire contest.  They led 6-3 in the 1st, 11-5 at the half and 15-12 at the end of he 3rd.

Mineral City collected 9 points in the final quarter in a rally that was cut short by the sweeping Dundee offense.  Senior forward Paul Baker was the spark of the Dundee passing and scoring with 8 points (4 field goals).  Sam Fetters also tallied 8 points on 2 field goals and 4 free throws.  Leading Mineral City was guard Dick Wilson who garnered 7 points, 2 field goals and 3 free throws.  Center Bill "Legs" Sattler was completely cornered by a clever 3-man close-up and held to but 1 field goal and collected another point with a free throw.  The Tigers head to the Consolation Tournament.

DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 24

Paul Baker 4-0-8
Sam Fetters 2-4-8
Russell Jones 0-1-1
Otto Haager 1-3-5
E. Rice 1-0-2
Jim Bradley 0-0-0
J. Jones 0-0-0

MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 21

Bill Fishley 3-0-6
Dick Wilson 2-3-7
Frank Scott 1-1-3
Clarence McKinney 0-0-0
Russ Mathey 0-2-2
Bill Sattler 1-1-3


Saturday, February 24, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Tusky Trounces Port 31-10 (2-23-34)

DOVER - Head Coach Charmus Davis' Tuscarawas Broncos (2-1) (3-12) were peppy in their 1st Consolation game, turning back the feeble offerings of Head Coach Harold Young's Port Washington Purple Riders (1-2) (3-9) with little difficulty and winning 31-10.  The Purple Riders were helpless before the Bronco attack which Junior center Earl Schumacher led with 10 points (5 field goals).  Junior guard Ken Tschudy was 2nd high for Tusky with 7 points (2 field goals and 3 free throws.

Senior guard Lewis Decker was responsible for 7 of the Port Washington marks (3 field goals and a free throw).  While Tuscarawas stacked up its points, the Purple Riders were able to get 5 points in the 1st quarter and the same number during the remaining 3 quarters.  The Broncos led 11-5 in the 1st period, 17-6 at the half and 23-8 at the end of the 3rd quarter.

TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 31

Calvin Knisely 2-1-5
Ralph Moore 1-0-2
Earl Schumacher 5-0-10
Tom De Cottis 0-1-1
Ken Tschudy 2-3-7
Dick Rank 1-0-2
Tony Bassetti 2-0-4
Julis Picchetti 0-0-0
Dean Butt 0-0-0

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 10

Russ Glazer 0-1-1
Dick Eckfield 0-1-1
H. Decker 0-1-1
Lewis Decker 3-1-7
Ed Dichler 0-0-0
Earl Decker 0-0-0
Don Riggle 0-0-0


Saturday, February 24, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Tuscarawas County Tournament Update

DOVER - Featuring the upset of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates by the Midvale Blue Devils, the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament put on an 8-game show of 12 contenders, while boiling it down to 4 semi-finalists at Legion Hall Saturday afternoon and night.  While 8 of the original 12 teams are still playing, only 4 of them are competing for the regular tournament honors in the regular channels.  The other 4, to be joined by the losing semi-finalists next week, are still in the Consolation race added to this year's program.

The semi-finalists, who play next Friday night, are the Strasburg Tigers, Dundee Bulldogs, Mineral City Tigers and Midvale.  Strasburg will play Midvale and Dundee will match wits with Mineral City in the semi-finals and the 2 winners will meet Saturday night.  Dundee reached its present status by nosing out the Stone Creek Panthers 32-30 Saturday afternoon in a 2nd-round game, both schools having drawn byes from the 1st round.  Strasburg got there by winning a 2nd round game from the Port Washington Purple Riders 49-9 Saturday night.  Mineral City made the grade through a 43-16 victory over the Baltic Eagles.  And, Midvale did it by upsetting Sugarcreek-Shanesville 33-24 Saturday night.

The winner and runner-up of the regular tournament and the winner of the Consolation Tournament will qualify to enter the Northern Section competition of the Eastern Ohio Sectional at Legion Hall March 1,2 and 3.  Earl "Monk" Gross, New Philadelphia, is refereeing all regular tournament games.  Ken Mathias, also of New Philadelphia, a popular member of the official staff of the Class B League, is working all Consolation games.


Monday, February 19, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Consolation Tournament Update

DOVER - Under the Consolation Tournament plan which was made a part of the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament this year, each team must lose 2 games before it is turned completely away from the chance to go to the Sectional Tournament and thus far, only the Baltic Eagles, Bolivar Cardinals, Gnadenhutten Indians and New Cumberland Trojans have been shoved out the door.  In Saturday's contests, Gnadenhutten defeated Bolivar 27-19, but was eliminated by the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 27-21; New Cumberland lost to the Tuscarawas Broncos 33-11; and Baltic fell before the Stone Creek Panthers 21-11.  Thus Tuscarawas, Sugarcreek-Shanesville, Stone Creek and the Port Washington Purple Riders...which will play its 1st Consolation game next Friday...are left in the race.  They will be joined by the losing semi-finalists of the regular tournament next week.

A juggled lineup which shifted John Harmon from guard to forward and Harold Arnold from forward to guard was presented by Sugarcreek-Shanesville as the Pirates eliminated Gnaden 27-21 Saturday night.  The shifted Harmon scored 8 points to lead the field in scoring.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville led the entire way.  It seemed a case of who-can-run-the-longest-wins-the-game in the Baltic-Stone Creek fray which the latter club copped by a 21-11 count after trailing through the 1st half.  They led 11-0 at the start of the final period and scored 10 points in it, while holding the Eagles to two.  Paul Wherley of Stone Creek was high scorer with 7 points.  Ike Sruchen of Gnadenhutten scored 18 points and Paul Class of Bolivar led 16-13 at the half and the Indians led 23-17 at he start of the final period.  The youngsters who wore the colors of New Cumberland were hardly a match for the experienced Tuscarawas tossers and were humbled 33-11 in their final appearance.  The Broncos Head Coach Charmus Davis substituted freely, but any combnation he used outscored the Trojans.  Ralph Moore and Allen Veigel of Tusky tied for scoring honors with 8 points each.


Monday, February 19, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio