The 1951 Gnadenhutten Indians Varsity Club. FRONT: Jack McKeown - Gary Struchen - Sue Roche - Melba Brick - Carole Schreiner - Don Unger and Jim Shamel. BACK: Head Coach Fritz Jacobs (Sponsor) - Howard Weston - Richard Jarvis - Ron Gibson - Jerry (Ted) Martin - Ron Kohl - Bob Blickensderfer - Ron Weston - Jim Hunt and Carl Gilmore.
DOVER - By shuffling his lineup without the services of Bill Willard, his top point-getter, Head Coach Warren Craigo of the Bolivar Cardinals (1-1) (6-15) (46-38) again came up with the tournament's gem, an upset victory with the Gnadenhutten Indians (2-2) (15-10) (45-39) the victim this time. Head Coach Fritz Jacobs of the Indians, after holding the Midvale Blue Devils to an overtime win, were figured as a strong bet for Consolation Division honors, but last night were dropped from the tournament by those never-say-die Cardinals.
Paced by Sophomore Delvin Haut, Senior Bob Burkhart and Senior Junior Geers, a trio of sharp-shooters who had it when the Red Birds needed points. The Cards took command 14-11 in the 1st quarter and stayed out in front. The Tribe made one determined bid in the last minute when Senior Bob Blickensderfer knotted the count at 45-45, but Haut blazed in under the basket for the winning field goal and iced the decision for the hard-fighting Bolivar cagers.
Gnaden was never able to take the lead except twice in the 2nd period for a brief time. The Cardinals throttled the Indians' attack at crucial moments with a 2-3 zone which slowed down the Tribe fast break. Bolivar had been leading in the 2nd frame 26-25 and 44-38 at the end of the 3rd stanza.
Senior Ron Kohl, Gnaden's fine center, netted 21 points, but this was not enough to offset 16 by Haut, 13 by Geers and 10 by Burkhart. During the season, Gnadenhutten had beaten Bolivar twice, 55-34 and 67-57.
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 47
Junior Geers 5-3-13
Frame 0-0-0
Delvin Haut 7-2-16
Bill Rex 0-0-0
Wayne Kromi 0-1-1
Everett 0-1-1
Calvin Geckler 3-0-6
Bob Burkhart 5-0-10
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 45
Paul Brick 3-3-9
Bob Wilbarger 3-1-7
Gary Struchen 0-0-0
Ron Kohl 7-7-21
Carl Grossenbacher 0-0-0
Jerry (Ted) Martin 1-2-4
Bob Blickensderfer 1-2-4
Howard Weston 0-0-0
Thursday, February 22, 1951
Rex Ridenour, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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