Senior Center Dick Tolloti of the Midvale Blue Devils led his team to a 60-45 victory over the Bolivar Cardinals, leading his team in scoring with 15 points in his 1st tournament game of the year.
The Midvale Blue Devils 1953 Cheerleader Team: Junior Sally Rausch - Freshman Shirley Graber - Sophomore Margie Carlisle and Senior Sally Ford.
DOVER - Seniors, center Dick Tolloti and guard Don Graham, led the Midvale Blue Devils (1-0) (16-6) (55-27) with 15 and 13 points respectively, but the Blue Devils of 1st-Year Head Coach Bob Singerman showed some real team play with Sophomore forward Ron Weaver, Senior forward Ron Harmon, Junior forward Dave Martin and Bill (Willie) Anderson all coming in at opportune moments to help in the victory. Tolloti put on a burst in the 1st quarter and cashed in on his 4 attempts from the field to put the Diablos ahead 12-3. But, the Bolivar Cardinals (0-1) (12-8) (47-42) roared back with Junior center Bob Cramer and Senior forward Del Haut leading the rally and pulled within 3 points 14-11 at the end of the 1st period.
The game was close throughout the 2nd frame as Sophomore guard Jack Renner of the Cardinals tied the score in the 1st two minutes at 14-14 and Cramer zipped down the floor 3 minutes later, after stealing the ball, caging a bunny shot to deadlock the score at 18-18. Midvale moved back out in front to take a 25-22 lead at intermission. With a pressing defense and fast break, the Blue Devils turned the game into a near rout in the next 2 quarters, leading 44-30 going into the last canto.
The Diablos were leading 60-38 when Coach Singerman swept his bench. Cramer played a bang-up game for the Red Birds leading all scoring with 19 points and his outstanding work under the boards was awesome, while Del Haut scored 13 points in a losing cause.
When the Bolivar Cardinals visited Midvale during the regular season, they left town on the short end of a 60-48 score as Dick Tolloti and Don Graham hit the nets for 25 and 19 points respectively.
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 60
Dave Martin F 3-2-8
Frank Davis F 0-0-0
Ron Weaver F 2-3-7
Bill (Willie) Anderson F 2-0-4
Dick Tolloti C 6-3-15
Eddie Krocker C 1-0-2
Ron Harmon G 3-1-7
Web Di Genova G 1-2-4
Don Graham G 6-1-13
Junior Davis G 0-0-0
Larry Mathias G 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 45
Del Haut F 5-3-13
Melvin Haut F 0-1-1
Larry Gram F 0-0-0
Andrew Moriarty F 0-0-0
Bob Cramer C 7-5-19
Dick Studer G 3-3-9
Jack Renner G 0-3-3
Wednesday, February 11, 1953
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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