DOVER - With the tickets selling like the proverbial "hot cakes," a packed house is assured in the Canton Memorial Fieldhouse for the opening of the Class B Regional Tournament there tonight. An aggregation of more than 1,500 fans from Tuscarawas County is expected to be in the stands when Head Coach Don Martin's Tigers take the floor against Northwestern's highly touted Huskies at 7:45 in the role of decided underdogs.
Strasburg, who has yet to experience a really effective night throughout 32 minutes of play in the tournaments, will be "shooting the works" in an effort to claw a victory from the snarling Huskies. The Tiger cagers put the finishing touches on their defenses in the Fieldhouse yesterday as they worked on a method that will stop the sharp-shooting Wayne County Champions.
In the 2nd game of tonight's sure fire doubleheader, Waynesburg's undefeated Mohawks will hit the warpath against the Canfield Cardinals, a team which rolls into the tournament with a record of 25 victories and but one defeat. Head Coach Roy Bates' Northwestern team, undefeated in the last 25 outings, has acquired the reputation of being the top shooting team in the tournament perhaps in the State.
While compiling a record of 30 victories and one defeat, Northwestern racked up a shooting percentage of 46, but topped that with a mark of 69 in county tournament play. In the opening game of the Sectional Tournament, the red-hot Huskies ripped the nets for 65 percent and badly whipped an out classed Savannah team 88-36. The Strasburg lineup, outreaching Northwestern in height, will have the following:
Jerry Haswell 6-1 Forward
Elden (Zeke) Mullett 6-1 Forward
Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel 6-3 Center
Jim Weinman 6-0 Guard
Max Bonifant 6-0 Guard
John Shetler 6-0, Fred Peters 5-8 and Dale Helwick 5-7, will be ready for substitute duty.
Reports from the Northwestern camp are that the Huskies' offensive tactics are in for a face-lifting and it could be that Head Coach Bates may switch to a fast-breaking attack with his small, swift ball handlers. Northwestern rambled through Strasburg in a scrimmage before the opening of the season, and are coming into the contest with all feet on deck and are expected to insert some bite in the attack that so far has been publicized by much barking.
The Regional appearance for Strasburg will be the 1st since 1947, when the Tigers, with Tom Haswell and Clarence Yackey were leading the offensive punch, lost to the Lowellville Rockets 59-55 in the Regional Tournament at Kent State University.
Friday, March 13, 1953
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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