DENNISON - Six teams of the 11 quintets in the County League open fire tonight at 6:30PM for the 27th Tuscarawas County Tournament and when the hostilities cease on February 26th in the Dennison Gym, 3 of the original starters will have gained a berth in the Dover Sectional Tournament next month. The winner, runner-up and Consolation Division winners will enter the Sectional Tournament at Memorial Hall, site of the county tournament for many years until it was decided to move the event to Dennison this year because of added seating capacity.
The Bolivar Cardinals and Dundee Bulldogs will open the meet tonight at 6:30PM with the Strasburg Tigers, a seeded team, coming on at 7:45PM against the Port Washington Purple Riders. The game tonight at 9PM will pit the Stone Creek Golden Panthers against the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, another seeded entry. Thursday's round will get under way at 7:30PM when the Baltic Eagles plays the Mineral City Tigers. The Gnadenhutten Indians will meet the winner of tonight's Bolivar-Dundee battle Thursday at 8:45PM.
Midvale, top-seeded team and County League Champions, sees action for the 1st time Friday night at 9PM against the winner of the Strasburg-Port Washington game. Also on Friday, the Wednesday and Thursday losers meet in the Consolation Division bracket. On Saturday night, the Tuscarawas Broncos, which drew a bye in the 1st three rounds, meets the winner of the Stone Creek-Sugarcreek-Shanesville game at 9PM. The Consolation Division games will precede this game Saturday, the 1st at 6:30PM.
Doors will open one hour before game time each evening, Tournament Manager W.E. Laws announced. The Tournament Championship Trophy, awarded by The Daily Reporter, will be presented next week after the final round as will the County League Trophy, given by The Daily Times.
The Tournament Runner-up Trophy will be awarded by the Sanitary Milk Company of Dover and Canton, the Consolation Division Trophy by the S. Toomey Company of Dover, the game basketball to the winner by the Godfrey Electric Stores, 12 silver basketballs to the runner-up by Deardorff Hardware Company of Dover and 12 gold basketballs to the winner by Marsh Wall Products of Dover and Mineral City Hardware.
Officials for the tournament will be Nick Frascella and Valley Dirodis, both of Akron.
Wednesday, February 16,, 1949
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL LEAGUE (1948-49)
1. Midvale Blue Devils (Bill French-2) 10-0 1.000 (3rd Title) (2nd in a row)
2. Strasburg Tigers (Don Martin-1) 8-2 .800
3. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (Bill Ortt-3) 8-2 .800
4. Mineral City Tigers (Don Hamilton-1) 7-3 .700
5. Gnadenhutten Indians (Ray Blickensderfer-2) 6-4 .600
6. Port Washington Purple Riders (Bray Toot-3) 4-6 .400
7. Stone Creek Golden Panthers (?) 4-6 .400
8. Bolivar Cardinals (Warren Craigo-1) 3-7 .300
9. Tuscarawas Broncos (?) 3-7 .300
10. Dundee Bulldogs (Fritz F. Jacobs-2) 2-8 .200
11. Baltic Eagles (?) 0-10 .000
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL LEAGUE SCORING (1948-49)
1. Senior Paul Day (Port Washington Purple Riders) 188
2. Senior Jack Ford (Midvale Blue Devils) 183
3. Senior Jim Lindon (Gnadenhutten Indians) 182
4. Senior Dan Lechner (Mineral City Tigers) 176
5. Senior Verle Buehler (Stone Creek Golden Panthers) 170
6. Senior Dick Corbett (Port Washington Purple Riders) 149
7. Junior Glen Zimmerman (Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates) 142
8. Senior Dave Rennicker (Midvale Blue Devils) 135
9. Senior Gene Montague (Gnadenhutten Indians) 129
10. Senior Hal Tharp (Tuscarawas Broncos) 114
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