DENNISON - For the last 4 months the Strasburg Tigers and Midvale Blue Devils were the talk of the County Class B League, holding the spotlight throughout the season. Then they led the county tournament, Strasburg winning the Championship and Midvale taking the Consolation Championship to reach the Sectional Tournament where all disputes to their power were swept aside. Tonight it will be the Tigers and the Blue Devils again, but this time it will be at the District Championship game in Dennison and a trip to Columbus, the supreme hope of every high school team, which will go to the winner.
Strasburg and Midvale teamed up last night even cheered for each other and sent the Philo Electrics and Hopewell Comets, Muskingum County entries, out of the tournament. The Tigers eliminated Philo 36-33 and the Blue Devils dropped Hopewell 46-29. Those 2 victories mean that during the year Tuscarawas County's Class B League always rated as unusually tough, has been playing the best ball of the western half of the Eastern District, covering about 7 counties.
But, through all this playing these 2 teams have met only once and that was at Midvale in December where the Blue Devils handed Strasburg a 22-18 defeat in the last half rally. In that game, Frank Baumholtz (The Midvale Marvel), star forward who scored 26 points in a sweet performance last night, was held to just 14 points by Strasburg, but Junior Charles Reiger and Sophomore Lloyd Haas, star Tiger guards, went out of the game on fouls.
With that game being replayed by fans all over the county, 2 points are brought out. Strasburg, County Champions, will be seeking revenge and Midvale, Consolation Champions, will be seeking to repeat. That sets the stage for the All-Tuscarawas County B final tonight, the smooth-working Tigers taking on the sharpshooting Midvale five. It should be a real battle.
Saturday, March 13, 1937
John Stratton, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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