34 - Midvale Upsets Sugarcreek-Shanesville 33-24 (2-17-34)

DOVER - An early season defeat at the hands of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1-1) (14-9) and the fact that the Pirates had finished in the runner-up position in the County League meant exactly nothing to the Midvale Blue Devils (2-0) (10-5) Saturday night.  Refusing to be awed by the presence of the Pirates and with practically no respect for records the Devils proceeded in a very business-like manner to turn in the season's biggest Class B upset in the county by shunting Sugarcreek-Shanesville down the Consolation Tournament sidetrack.  Led by forward Frank Cox who tallied 12 points, Midvale turned in a 33-24 victory after leading throughout the game.  They were ahead 5-2 at the quarter, 12-6 at the half and 21-18 at the 3rd quarter mark.

Under Midvale's withering running attack the Pirates seemed unable to settle down or to counter with one of their scoring sprees they have won fame for.  Senior Dean "Squirt" Norris, rangy guard, was high point man for the Pirates with 5 field goals and one free throw for 11 points.  Zeke Zechiel, regular Sugarcreek-Shanesville guard, was put out of the game in the final period on personals.  Junior Joe Dragovich (5-11), Midvale guard, met a similar fate a play or two later.

MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 33

Frank Cox 4-4-12
Frank Baumholtz 3-0-6
Adrian McIntire 1-2-4
Delbert Keffer 0-0-0
Joe Dragovich 2-0-4
Paul Baumholtz 3-1-7
John Baldwin 0-0-0

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 24

Prince Harmon 2-0-4
Harold Arnold 2-0-4
Sylvester Miller 1-1-3
Dean Norris 5-1-11
Zeke Zechiel 0-0-0
John Harmon 1-0-2


Monday, February 19, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Sattler Cages 16 As Mineral City Downs Baltic 43-16 (2-17-34)

DOVER - With Bill "Legs" Sattler its center, towering above all in both height and scoring, the Mineral City Tigers (1-0) (3-11) had little difficulty in disposing of a smaller Baltic Eagle (0-1) (4-9) team in a 1st round game Saturday afternoon.  The score was 43-16.  Sattler accounted for 16 of the Tiger points.  Mineral City maintained a fast clip the entire game.  A margin of 20-1 was chalked up in the 1st quarer as the Eagles played spirited basketball in a vain attempt to overcome the Tigers advantage.  Baltic was again held without a basket in the 2nd quarter, while Mineral city scored 6 points, the score standing at 26-2.

A changed Baltic offense was noted on the floor the 2nd half.  Long shots were attempted with forward Adian Hummel scoring 4 field goals, along with guard Bob Gerber and forward Harry Lower picking up another field goal each and the score standng at 26-14.  The 3rd quarter was 33-14.  Out of the game in the 3rd period, Sattler returned in the 4th to tally 3 more buckets from the pivot position.  Tiger forward Bill Fishley, too, was with 8 points.  Hummel was high for Baltic with 9 points.  Baltic's long shooting in the last 2 quarters was wild, due to the close coverage set up by Mineral City.

MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 43

Bill Fishley 4-0-8
Russ Mathey 1-0-2
Bill Sattler 7-2-16
Dick Wilson 3-0-6
John Nemetz 1-1-3
Clarence McKinney 1-0-2
Frank Scott 2-1-5
Leland Sponseller 0-1-1

BALTIC EAGLES - 16

Adian Hummel 4-1-9
Junior Hahn 0-1-1
Glen Wingeier 0-1-1
Bob Gerber 1-0-2
John Steiner 0-1-1
Harry Lower 1-0-2


Monday, February 19, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  The paper is still referring to Baltic as the Baltic Indians as of this date.

34 - Dundee Beats The Clock Against Stone Creek 32-30 (2-17-3)

DOVER - With timely rallies, the Dundee Bulldogs (1-0) (8-11) eliminated the Stone Creek Panthers (0-1) (0-2) from regular tournament play by a score of 32-30 in a 1st round game Saturday afternoon.  A vigorous drive in the last quarter netted the victory for Head Coach Glen Jones' Bulldogs after they had trailed most of the game.

Stone Creek gained a lead of 12-2 in the 1st quarter as the game appeared a walkaway.  The score stood 20-11 at the half.  Dundee lessened the breach in the 3rd quarter when the score was changed to 26-20.  Then came the last quarter spurt.  The Bulldogs tied the count and then gained a 2-basket lead.  The Panthers fought back fiercely, 1st tying the score and trying to force the game into an overtime period.  With a few seconds to play, Senior Paul Baker, Dundee forward, hit the winning basket.

Baker and his running mate, forward Sam Fetters, were high scorers for the Bulldogs with 8 points each, while Senior Paul Wherley and Ed Pfeiffer, Stone Creek forwards, scored 7 points each.  The game was the most thrilling of the afternoon, holding the aroused interest of the spectators from the start of the 2nd half to the end.

DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 32

Paul Baker 4-0-8
Sam Fetters 4-0-8
Russell Jones 3-0-6
Otto Haager 2-2-6
E. Rice 1-0-2
Jim Bradley 1-0-2
Richard Koble 0-0-0

STONE CREEK PANTHERS - 30

Paul Wherley 3-1-7
Ed Pfeiffer 2-3-7
Clyde Mizer 2-0-4
Ed Buehler 3-0-6
Lorenz 0-0-0
Lloyd Stephan 3-0-6
Burrier 0-0-0
Bob Brown 0-0-0


Monday, February 19, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Tournament Observations

DOVER - Earl D. "Monk" Gross, New Philadelphia's mayor, laid aside municipal affairs last night and delved into basketball affairs..all of which were somewhat more strenuous, physically speaking.  But, "Monk"...once a great star himself...proved that he can still take it.  "Monk" officiated all 4 games of the 1st round.  Fast games, slow ones, rough ones, mild ones.  He had his variety.  He will referee all regular games during the Class B Tourney.

All available space was utilized at Legion Hall and about 500 was turned away at the turnstiles.  Last night's house was again well filled.  Hugh Diehl and his associates, custodians of the Legion Hall building did a rushing business at the canteen between halves and games.  There was a ban on beer.  Automobiles lined the curb in the vicinity of the building as visitors arrived long before starting time at 7PM.  Hundreds have been viewing the trophies and team pictures in Ress Bros. Cigar Store.  The Daily Reporter's trophy purchased from Joe Cox of the Herff-Jones Co. was added to the collection today.  W.E. Laws of Midvale was kept hopping about the hall.  He's the man in charge and was responsible for the continuity of last night's games.

The mode among girl cheerleaders is back to skirts.  Last year, if you remember, all girl cheerleaders wore men's trousers instead of skirts, but this year only the Strasburg young lady wears the trousers.  Cheerleaders were zealous in their activities last night as they kept the crowd active.

Speaking about cheering, Strasburg got a full quota of unadulterated booing when it began a "stalling" game after getting ahead of the Tuscarawas Broncos by a good margin.  Instructed by Head Coach Paul M. Roby, the Tigers used good basketball jugment to break up the Tusky zone defense...in which John Studer, Strasburg scoring ace, was kept bottled up by 2 and 3 Bronco men.


Saturday, February 17, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Tournament Update

DOVER - The compliment of a packed house was returned with a packed evening of thrills by county Class B high school basketball players as they swung into line for their march toward tournament honors at Legion Hall last night.

Eight teams participated and at the close of the program 4 of them were counter-marching in a consolaton race the 1st ever attached to a local county tourney.  In the 4 games the Midvale Blue Devils nosed out the Bolivar Cardinals 28-27, the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates beat the Gnadenhutten Indians by a score of 42-32, the Port Washington Purple Riders slamed the New Cumberland Trojans 33-18 and the Strasburg Tigers defeated the Tuscarawas Broncos 22-13.  There were no upsets.  As a result, the winning teams advance to the 2nd round of the regular tournament and the losers step into the Consolation Tournament games today and tonight.

It was announced before the regular season that this year (1933-34) the high school player's age limit was dropped from 20 to 19.

SATURDAY REGULAR GAMES (2-17-34)

1PM - Stone Creek Panthers - Dundee Bulldogs
2PM - Mineral City Tigers - Baltic Eagles
7PM - Midvale Blue Devils - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
8PM - Port Washington Purple Riders - Strasburg Tigers

SATURDAY CONSOLATION GAMES (2-17-34)

3PM - Bolivar Cardinals - Gnadenhutten Indians
4PM - New Cumberland Trojans - Tuscarawas Broncos
9PM - Loser of Dundee-Stone Creek - Loser of Mineral City-Baltic
10PM - Winner of Bolivar-Gnaden - Loser of regular Midvale-Sugarcreek-Shanesville

Saturday, February 17, 1934
Clyde Shaffer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Strasburg Rocks Tusky 22-13 (2-16-34)

DOVER - Flashing the same well-organized attack that has carried them through 4 Class B League seasons without a single defeat, the Strasburg Tigers (1-0) (26-5) last night beat down the superb defense of the Tuscarawas Broncos (0-1) (1-12) and won their 1st tournament joust 22-13.  The game was easily the feature attraction of the opening session of the tournament.  Playing a zone defense and refusing to be drawn out, the Broncos had the Tigers had put throughout the game; although, the Tigers outscored them in all but the 3rd period.

Strasburg led all the way with the score 6-3 in the 1st period, 12-5 at the half and 14-9 at the end of the 3rd quarter.  In the 4th the Tigers elected to stall which was unquestionably smart basketball, but just as unquestionably unpopular with the fans.  They were roundly booed.  Strasburg missed enough shots to ice the game in the early stanzas despite their difficulty in getting easy shots.

Senior forward scoring ace John "Johnny" Studer of Strasburg was high scorer for the night with 9 points...4 field goals and a free throw.  Junior forward Calvin Knisely led the Broncos with 6 points on 3 field goals.

STRASBURG TIGERS - 22

John Studer 4-1-9
Bill Haas 1-0-2
George Denzer 1-3-5
Bud Reiger 2-0-4
Adrian Miller 0-2-2
Jim Dreher 0-0-0

TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 13

Calvin Knisely 3-0-6
Ralph Moore 0-0-0
Earl Schumacher 1-0-2
Tom De Cottis 0-0-0
Ken Tschudy 1-3-5
Allen Veigel 0-0-0
Tony Bassetti 0-0-0


Saturday, February 17, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Port Whips New Cumberland 33-18 (2-16-34)

DOVER - The Port Washington Purple Riders (1-0) (3-7) held the New Cumberland Trojans (0-1) (0-3) without a single field goal during the entire 1st half and ended the 1st quarter at 5-0 and by halftime it was 18-1, while wrapping up the game with a 33-18 victory.  The Trojans collected 6 field goals in the 2nd half, but were swamped under the 17 point lead by Port in the 1st half.  Port ended the 3rd period ahead 24-8.  New Cumberland outscored the Purple Riders in the last quarter 10-9.

Senior guard Lewis Decker led all scorers with 10 points, all on 5 field goals.  Senior guard Ed Dichler contributed another 6 points, 2 buckets and 2 free throws, while Junior forward Russ Glazer added 5 points, 2 baskets and a foul shot to round out the Purple Riders scoring.  New Cumberland was led by guard Socco who potted 7 points, 2 field goals and 3 free throws.

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 33

Russ Glazer 2-1-5
Dick Eckfield 0-0-0
Gene Decker 2-0-4
Lewis Decker 5-0-10
Ed Dichler 2-2-6
Elwood Coates 1-0-2
Don Riggle 2-0-4
Frank Blind 1-0-2
George Day 0-0-0
Earl Glazer 0-0-0

NEW CUMBERLAND TROJANS - 18

Yanice 2-1-5
Den Dolvin 0-0-0
Zantine 0-0-0
Socco 2-3-6
Don Dolvin 1-2-4
Williams 1-0-2
Hardwidge 0-0-0


Saturday, February 17, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio