DOVER - A capacity crowd of frenzied fans is expected to elbow into Memorial Hall tonight to see the battle of battles when the Walnut Creek Cardinals (21-1) and Strasburg Tigers (17-6), County Champions, clash at 7:30PM in 2nd round firing of the Class B Sectional Tournament. In the other big test, the Dennison Railroaders (13-4) will be putting in their 1st tournament appearance when they collide with the Augusta Blue Devils (14-8), Carroll County Champs at 8:30PM.
Head Coach John Harmon's Railroaders, who play mostly Class A teams during the season, have not been defeated by a Class B combine this year. In last night's action-packed opening round, which saw referees McCoy Maringer of New Concord and Allen Veigel of Coshocton, whistled 10 cagers to the showers. The Millersburg Knights (6-15) edged Head Coach Joe Drotovick's Dover St. Joseph Ramblers (13-7) 61-56 and the Dundee Bulldogs turned back a stubborn Lakeville Bulldogs crew 68-52. Both games were nip-and-tuck right down to the final buzzer, but many a cage discussion will be decided tonight.
Prediction of the closeness of the game might be found in the fact that Strasburg pushed Head Coach John Ridley's Cardinals into an overtime during the Christmas vacation before the Cardinals notched the triumph largely on the sensational play of their All-Ohio guard, Bob Troyer. In addition, only one point separated the 2 teams this week in the final State-wide poll of the Associated Press. The Red Birds were ranked 16th, while the Bengals were rated 17th.
And to add a bit of interest to the struggle is the fact that the County Coach's Association has protested the "conditions" under which Walnut Creek's stickout Senior forward, Ike Hostetler, transfered late in the season from Sugarcreek-Shanesville High School. Whether the set shooting artistry of Junior Dale Renner, Senior Dale Bayer and Senior John Zeiglar will be a match in the tournament drive for the deadly marksmanship of the Cardinals, Bob Troyer, Senior Ike Hostetler and Maurice Hershberger will have been decided by 8:30PM tonight.
In the battle of the Bulldogs, despite the fact that their high-scoring Junior guard Loris Hostetler was benched in the 2nd frame after drawing his 4th personal foul, the Dundee Bulldogs (16-10) turned back a rangy Lakeville Bulldogs (18-6) team by combining a clever passing game with a stiff zone defense. Sparked by the play-making of pint-sized Senior forward Dick Kate and the firing of Junior guard Louis Hostetler, the Bulldogs of Dundee held a 33-30 lead at the half and 47-44 going into the final quarter after the fast-breaking Holmes County Consolation Division winners broke on top 18-16 at the 1st quarter close.
Paced by forwards Don Gindlesberger and Cayhoe, Lakeville came within one point of the Dundee lead in the final canto, but fell apart after these 2 stickouts left the game on personal fouls. The Bulldogs of Dundee lost the Hostetler twins on fouls, while the Bulldogs of Lakeville, which had its last player on the floor when the game ended, lost forward Morris, center Wachtel and guard Mosher in addition to Gindlesberger and Cayhoe.
Louis Hostetler collected 21 points while his brother Loris dropped in 18 markers. Their teammate Junior guard Merlyn Immel also hit the nets for 10 points, all for Dundee. Lakeville was led by forwards Gindlesberger and Cayhoe who gathered 10 points each.
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 68
Dick Kate F 3-0-6
Weldon Flynn F 2-0-6
Curt Beamer F 1-2-4
Louis Hostetler C 7-7-21
Loris Hostetler G 7-4-18
Gene Muster G 0-1-1
Merlyn Immel G 3-4-10
Slemmer G 1-0-2
LAKEVILLE BULLDOGS - 52
Cayhoe F 4-2-10
Morris F 3-2-8
Wachtel C 2-3-7
Don Gindlesberger F 3-4-10
Campbell G 4-1-9
Albertson G 1-0-2
Mosher G 3-0-6
Young G 0-0-0
Thursday, March 1, 1951
Ray Stull, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: MILLERSBURG-DOVER ST. JOSEPH ACTION
Dover St. Joseph bowed out of the Class B Sectional Tournament at Memorial Hall in Dover Wednesday night despite the efforts, as shown above, of Bob Contini (12) who is shown driving in for a shot against the Millersburg Knights. The Knights won 61-56. Ramblers center Don Yosick (13) is shown along with Millersburg's R. Miller (14), Stafford (11), Levengood (10) and Weiss (13).
NOTE: COUNTY TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE DROPS
The Tuscarawas County Class B Tournament at Memorial Hall this year drew the smallest over-all paid attendance since the 1943 season, Supt. W.E. Laws, Tournament Manager announced today. Paid attendance totaled 5,810 for the 7 sessions this season and grossed a total of $3,447.85. In 1943 the tournament drew 3,112 paid.
Each of the 11 schools will receive $170, Laws stated. Expenses totaled $1,934.93, including $567.25 for federal taxes and $57.80 for city taxes.
The largest tournament crowd at a single session was recorded at the semi-final session when 1,343 paid admissions were counted. The smallest paid admission was 315. A total of 424 passes were issued this year, Laws said.
THURSDAY 3-1-51
Strasburg vs Walnut Creek 7:30PM
Dennison vs Augusta 8:30PM
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