59 - Stats On the Remaining Tuscarawas County Tournament Teams

NEW PHILADELPHIA - Two good basketball teams will be forced into the also-ran category tonight as the final survivors of the 9-team County League Tournament go into semi-final round action.  The Gnadenhutten Indians (14-5), a 6-week leader and 3rd place finisher of the circuit this season, has the unenviable task of facing the defending tournament and League Champions of the Midvale Blue Devils (17-1) in the opening tussle at 7:30 tonight, while the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans (17-1) will square off with the husky crew from the Garaway Pirates (13-8) in the 2nd game at 8:45.  The victors, both winning Sectional Tournament berths, will then clash at 8:00 tomorrow for the joust crown.

Statistics for this evening's semi-final round at Dover's Memorial Hall show:

MIDVALE-GNADENHUTTEN COMMON FOES

Baltic - 73-71.....51-50
Tusky - 68-51.....46-45
Tusky - 74-63.....78-75
TV - 81-56.....60-72L
Strasburg - 66-65.....65-47
Strasburg - 73-53.....N/A
Port - 61-51.....72-45
Port - 70-41.....81-46
Gnaden-Midvale - 76-78L.....78-76
Gnaden-Midvale - 70-63.....63-70L
Stone Creek - 45-42.....62-60
Stone Creek - N/A.....74-76L
Garaway - 54-52.....76-69
Augusta - 89-38.....85-54
TOTALS - 934-850.....900-724

MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS PROBABLE STARTERS

Tom Krocker 5-10
Dave Belknap 5-9
Bill Housel 6-3
Hanes Hairston 6-3
Ron Breniser 5-11

GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS PROBABLE STARTERS

Ron Bradley 5-10
Ray Rank 6-1
Paul Gooding 6-0
John Hall 6-2
Ron Clark 5-4

TV-GARAWAY COMMON FOES

Baltic - 73-53.....72-73L
Baltic - N/A.....71-45
Midvale - 56-81L.....52-54L
Stone Creek - 66-55.....67-48
Stone Creek - N/A.....59-45
Port - 71-46.....86-42
Garaway-TV - 55-52.....52-55L
Garaway-TV - 45-42.....42-45L
Newcomerstown - 53-34.....71-41
Gnadenhutten - 72-60.....69-73L
Gnadenhutten - 65-45.....N/A
Strasburg - 41-32.....71-57
Strasburg - 57-47.....N/A
Tusky - 69-39.....79-39
TOTALS 723-584.....791-640

TUSCARAWAS VALLEY TROJANS PROBABLE STARTERS

Ben Price 6-4
Ray Buchanan 6-1
Ron Lake 5-5
Jim Studer 5-10
Chuck Cantrill 5-9

GARAWAY PIRATES PROBABLE STARTERS

Larry Yakley 5-6
Chuck Stingel 6-1
Koran Zehnder 5-10
John Sigrist 6-1
Butch Yakley 5-4


Friday, February 20, 1959
The Daily Reporter
New Philadelphia, Ohio