NEW PHILADELPHIA - There will be no 2nd chance for the losers tonight as the 37th Annual Tuscarawas County Tournament gets underway at Dover's Memorial Hall. There will be consolation brackets this year for a county team to get a 2nd crack at making the trip to the Sectional Tournament.
Three games tonight will officially usher in the 1959 edition of the always exciting joust with the Stone Creek Golden Panthers meeting the Strasburg Tigers in the opener at 6:30. The Midvale Blue Devils and Baltic Eagles will do combat in the middle game at 7:45, while the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans and Tuscarawas Broncos tangle in the night cap at 9:00.
The Trojans are the only heavy favorite in tonight's card with Tusky Valley having dumped the Broncos 69-39 in season play. The Blue Devils, seeking its 2nd straight County Tournament Championship, had a rough time in regular season play with the Eagles, having nipped the Flyers only 73-71. The game features the 2nd best offensive teams in the county.
The Diablos, beaten only once in 17 starts this season, sport a 72.8 average among their top 5 scorers to lead the county. Baltic is 2nd best with a 65 point average among its starters. Action will resume on Thursday evening this week with the Stone Creek-Strasburg victor clashing with the Gnadenhutten Indians in the curtain raiser, while the Garaway Pirates and Port Washington Purple Riders meet at 8:45, both in quarter-final action.
TOP 5 SCORERS FOR TONIGHT'S TOURNAMENT
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS (12-8)
Senior 5-6 Jim McAfee 360 18.0
Senior 6-2 Hal Lahmers 253 12.6
Senior 5-10 Dan Wherley 183 9.1
Senior 5-10 Terry Sauser 156 7.8
Senior 6-2 Dave Hanni 67 3.3
TEAM 1079 50.8
STRASBURG TIGERS (6-12)
Junior 6-2 Frank Wallick 257 13.8
Senior 6-0 Nick Haswell 191 12.7
Junior 5-11 Walt Krantz 118 6.5
Sophomore 5-9 Tom Jones 104 5.7
Junior 6-1 Bill Seese 82 4.5
TEAM 752 43.2
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS (16-1)
Junior 5-11 Ron Breinser 359 21.1
Senior 6-3 Bill Housel 218 12.8
Senior 5-9 Dave Belknap 212 12.4
Junior 6-3 Hanes Hairston 191 11.2
Senior 5-10 Tom Krocker 123 15.3
TEAM 1103 72.8
BALTIC EAGLES (10-10)
Junior 5-11 John Rice 426 21.3
Junior 5-10 Gary Gerber 363 18.1
Senior 6-0 Sam Jacobs 221 11.0
Sophomore 6-1 Bob Ladrach 158 7.9
Junior 6-3 Dick Lautensleger 134 6.7
TEAM 1302 65.0
TUSCARAWAS VALLEY TROJANS (16-1)
Senior 6-4 Ben Price 367 21.5
Senior 6-1 Ray Buchanan 233 13.7
Junior 5-9 Chuck Cantrill 124 7.2
Sophomore 5-5 Ron Lake 112 6.6
Sophomore 5-10 Jim Studer 63 3.7
TEAM 899 52.8
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS (6-11)
Junior 5-11 Gary Caviness 387 22.7
Senior 5-11 Dick Robinson 174 10.2
Junior 6-0 Bud Eckhardt 163 9.9
Sophomore 5-6 Duffy Summers 99 5.8
Senior 6-0 Bill Johnson 72 4.2
TEAM 895 52.8
FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS 1959
1. Midvale Blue Devils (Pete Hilliard-5) 8-0 1.000 (8th Title)
2. Tuscarawas Valley Trojans (Bob Heller-2) 7-1 .875
3. Gnadenhutten Indians (Bob Gaume-1) 6-2 .750
4. Garaway Pirates (Jim Stull-4) 5-3 .625
5. Baltic Eagles (Tom Bellville-1) 3-5 .375
6. Stone Creek Golden Panthers (Ernie Lukens-1) 3-5 .375
7. Strasburg Tigers (Ernest Raber-1) 2-6 .250
8. Tuscarawas Broncos (Kermit Smulbach-1) 2-6 .250
9. Port Washington Purple Riders (Tom Davies-1) 0-8 .000
FINAL SEASON STANDINGS 1959
1. Midvale Blue Devils 16-1 .941
2. Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 16-1 .941
3. Gnadenhutten Indians 13-5 .722
4. Garaway Pirates 12-8 .600
5. Stone Creek Golden Panthers 12-8 .600
6. Baltic Eagles 10-10 .500
7. Tuscarawas Broncos 6-11 .353
8. Strasburg Tigers 6-12 .333
9. Port Washington Purple Riders 3-16 .159
Tuesday, February 10, 1959
The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
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