THEY'RE BUDDIES IN HAWAII - Buddies who survived Pearl Harbor are shown above. They are Elwyn (Bud) Rieger (right) son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rieger of Strasburg and Lester Roth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roth of Uhrichsville. The picture was taken at Norfolk, VA. Rieger is on a repair ship and Roth on a destroyer. Rieger is a former Strasburg High School basketball star.
STRASBURG - Five varsity lettermen, 5 reserve award winners and 11 other prospective stars were being groomed by 1st Year Head Coach Clayton Kessler at Strasburg to carry the banner of the Strasburg Tigers into the county basketball tournament which opens for Strasburg on Friday night (2-20-42) with the Stone Creek Golden Panthers.
Veteran performers under Kessler's tutelage are:
Senior Guard Ken Houtz (22)
Senior Forward Gene Gordon (17)
Senior Guard Dick Welsch (12)
Junior Guard Tom Miller (27)
Junior Center Carl Yackey (11)
Other players looking for a varsity spot:
Senior Center Ed Weber (7)
Junior Forward Bob Roush (5)
Sophomore Forward Glen Stille
Junior Wallick
Don Mullett
Among the group of 11 are:
Senior Junior Beans
Junior Ed Haswell
Junior Ralph Ball
Junior Stanley Spring
Sophomore Jack Haas
Sophomore Jack Shroyer
Sophomore Dallas Yackey
Freshman Jack Reiger
Freshman Don Neidenthal
Freshman Gene Boyer
In the 1941 League race, Strasburg was in a 2-way tie for 5th Place with the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates with a 6-4 record. In 1942, the Tigers again tied for 5th Place, but this time it was a 3-way tie with the Dundee Bulldogs and Stone Creek Golden Panthers at...once again...6-4. Coach Kessler has a stiff program worked out for the Tigers before the curtain goes up and he is still uncertain of his starting lineup,but expects the veterans to dominate the selections.
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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