DOVER - If an old-timer up above came down to see how his kid's grandchildren's kids were faring in the 30th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament, he probably made a quick dash back into his palatial mansion to don a pair of heavy rose-colored glasses. Either that or he just made a brief notation..."Kaleidoscopic but out of focus." And if he already knew the ups and downs of Class B League warfare the entire panorama would be all the more enigmatic after last night's 18th Tuscarawas County Class B Consolation Division Basketball Tournament action when the Dundee Bulldogs bounced back from Wednesday night's defeat to thump the Midvale Blue Devils 69-55 and the Tuscarawas Broncos wrote finis to the Gnadenhutten Indians cage activities by turning back the Indians 57-51. It all adds up to a quip, "What Goes?" Midvale beat Dundee in League play...Dundee walks all over Tuscarawas...but Tusky whips Midvale twice in one week...and now the finals on Saturday night will pit the Baltic Eagles against the Stone Creek Golden Panthers in the title game and the Broncos against the Bulldogs in the Consolation Division final...and should the Colts eliminate the Dogs...well?
In the nightcap, Sophomore center Harry Thompson provided the spark for the Tuscarawas Broncos (3-1) (11-12) (40-38) as he garnered 19 points, most of which came via the jump-shot route. Second high for the Broncos was Junior forward Don Tharp who meshed 10 markers. Getting off to a slow start, only 13 points were netted in the 1st quarter as Tusky grabbed an 8-5 lead. Both teams; however, snapped out of their lethargy in the 2nd frame with the Colts still coming out on top 34-21.
The Gnadenhutten Indians (2-2) (15-10) (47-41) whose star forward, Junior Leo Porter, was held to just 8 points, while Seniors forward Jim Shamel and guard Gary Struchen who scored half his total in the 3rd stanza, but failed to get enough help from Indian colleagues as his team trailed 43-37 at the 3rd period stop.
With Tusky leading 50-43 in the final canto, the Braves suddenly came to life and made a desperate try to overtake the Broncos...but the surge never came and it was too late even through they turned down several free throws to keep the ball out of the hands of the opposition.
During the regular season these 2 teams met twice. Gnaden crushed Tusky 56-22 at Tuscarawas and then Tusky nosed Gnaden in the 2nd contest 59-57 while at Gnadenhutten.
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 57
Don Tharp (275) F 4-2-10
John Myers F 2-0-4
Dick Ronald F 4-1-9
Harry Thompson (279) C 7-5-19
Jim Henry G 2-0-4
Rich Hill G 1-1-3
Ralph Vesco G 3-0-6
Bob Briggs G 0-2-2
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 51
Leo Porter (360) F 3-2-8
Carl Gilmore F 2-1-5
Jim Shamel F 6-1-13
Ron Weston C 2-3-7
Howard Weston C 0-0-0
Jerry (Ted) Martin G 1-1-3
Gary Struchen G 6-3-15
Friday, February 22, 1952
Ray Stull, Sportswriter
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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