The Gnadenhutten Indians may have been peering from the heights of the 59 points they scored last night against the Port Washington Purple Riders when they looked into The Reporter Photographer John Stratton's camera for this picture. The unusual shot shows Warren Parrish - Senior Forward Ollie Kohl - Junior Guard Earl Crites - Head Coach Ed Sears - Senior Paul Bennett - Senior Center Ed Kohl - Guard George Gooding and Guard Bob Miller as they concluded a practice session.
GNADENHUTTEN - Most of the teams in the county's Class B Basketball League, which opened its season last night with a bevy of 5 games...2 of them considered in the League race...are willing right now to settle with the Gnadenhutten Indians for a share of the glory offered the winners of the race. The offer's are made with tongues in cheeks, for about all the teams know Junior Forward Leland Goettge, Indian star of last season, is on the shelf for the 1st half of the season because of scolastic difficulties. The other part of the tongue-in-cheek business is the fear all teams feel of Gnaden if Goettge makes the scolastic grade and rejoins his team for the 2nd semester and the annual tournaments.
His presence would make 1st-year Head Coach Ed Sears...varsity football, baseball and track man at Rice in 1933 and 1934...a total of 3 lettermen, all good basketball players. Besides Goettge he would have Ed and Oliver Kohl, cousins. In fact he has the Kohls right now. They are the heart of the team he is building for League competition during the 1st half. Ed's a center and Oliver a forward. With the Kohls in Sears' 1st squad are Bob Miller - Paul Bennett - Earl Crites - Charles Kail - George Gooding - Gene Heck - Ray Kennedy and Warren Parrish. Miller - Bennett and Crites have the inside track in the push for the 3 regular posts open, but which of those 5 might make way for Goettge the 2nd half is as yet unknown, according to Coach Sears.
The Gnaden team opened its campaign a week ago, downing the Scio Panthers. Remaining games, including the wild Port Washington game last night, number 17 with 10 of them coming in the county League race. Teams outside the League who appear on the slate are the West Lafayette Generals - Freeport and Unrichsville, the latter a Class A school.
Saturday, November 20, 1937
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: Apparently no submissions were given to the paper by the following: Dundee Bulldoges - Stone Creek Panthers and the Port Washington Purple Riders.
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