55 - Gnaden Upsets Baltic 57-52 (2-16-55)

The Gnadenhutten Indians cheering section jumps for joy as the Indians clinch the decision over the Baltic Eagles in the last few seconds of the game. (The Daily Reporter Photo)

Sophomore Eldon Miller of the Gnadenhutten Indians has a shot blocked by Senior Jim Wallace of the Baltic Eagles in first-game action as Senior Fritz Syler of the Eagles joins the play.  (The Daily Reporter Photo)

The Gnadenhutten Indians Glen Hines.  Glen dropped in 18 points to lead the upset victory over the hot Baltic Eagles 57-52 in his 1st tournament game of the 1954-55 season.


DOVER - An almost unbelievable reversal of form led to the Baltic Eagles (0-1) (15-6) (31-49) defeat in the opener last night as the Gnadenhutten Indians (1-0) (11-11) (50-44), playing without regular Senior Dave Williams, rose up and clipped the Eagles at the wire.  The Flyers, with 6-3 Errol Jacobs connecting for 21 points in the 1st two periods, managed to pull ahead of Gnaden in the 2nd frame by a 35-27 margin.

The contest was nip-and-tuck in the opening quarter as the Indians fought the favored Baltic crew to a standstill and led for most of the way until Jacobs began to hit for the Eagles.  Jacobs carried over his eye in the 2nd period and after Flyers had fallen behind 25-24 midway in the period, began to sweep the advantage over to Baltic with his accurate shooting.

The All-League performer dropped in 7 straight points before the Tribe scored again and his 13 markers was almost all of the Eagles' 2nd quarter offense.  Gnadenhutten came back in the 3rd stanza and slapped on a tight clamp and the Flyers hit rock bottom as they came up with but 4 points and lost their lead just as the quarter ended with Freshman Tom Roth of Gnaden canning a layup shot that gave the Indians a 40-39 advantage.

The Indians lost the services of their Junior center Lloyd Porter in that period, while Baltic had Senior Jim Wallace and Jacobs sit out parts of the 3rd period.  Jacobs went scoreless during the time he was in the game in the 3rd stanza and he picked up 3 quick fouls that hampered his play.  The Eagles lost Senior Fritz Syler on fouls just after the last canto opened and the Tribe got their smoke signals roaring into a blaze as they hit the warpath and took the lead to hold it the rest of the way.

Despite the fact that Gnadenhutten lost their 2 tallest regulars, Juniors, Lloyd Porter and Chuck Albaugh, less than 25 seconds apart and with still half of the final quarter left to play, Gnaden swept into the victory column with Junior Glen Hines, Freshman Ed Shull and Sophomore Jim Meek carrying the load.  The Indians led by as much as 5 points in the last period, but the Flyers shaved that advantage to one point, 53-52 with less than a minute and a half of play remaining.

Glen Hines missed 2 free throw shots for the Tribe at that point and then dribbled almost the length of the floor to drop in an insurance basket and seconds later clinched the win on a fast-break layup.  Jacobs returned to action for Baltic in the 4th canto, but went out on 5 personal fouls with 2 minutes and 20 seconds left and his team trailing by 2 points.

The tall Baltic center tallied 24 points in all, 3 coming on free throws in the fading minutes of the 4th quarter for the only points he got in that last half.  Hines had 18 to lead Gnadenhutten, but the little guard had plenty of help from his mates as Gnaden connected for 27 free throw attempts, while the Eagles hit for only 10 of 29 chances.

GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 57

Ed Shull 0-8-8
Glen Hines 6-6-18
Eldon Miller 2-5-9
Larry Hines 0-0-0
Lloyd Porter 4-0-8
Chuck Albaugh 1-8-10
Tom Roth 2-0-4

BALTIC EAGLES - 52

Glen Reidenbach 4-0-8
Paul Armbrusst 0-0-0
George Regula 2-0-4
Jim Wallace 3-0-6
Fritz Syler 3-2-8
Jim Uher 0-2-2
Errol Jacobs 9-6-24

GNADEN  17-27-40-57
BALTIC     18-35-39-52



Thursday, February 17, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

55 - Midvale Handles Sugarcreek-Shanesville 62-46 (2-15-55)

Senior Bill Pfister of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates is shown going up after one of his drives  toward the basket.  Two Midvale Blue Devil defenders are trying to stop the shot with Junior Ted Brown of the Pirates and Senior Ron Weaver are at the right.  (Photo by The Daily Reporter Photographer Ralph McFee. (Photo The Daily Reporter)

The Midvale Blue Devils Ron Weaver.  Ron lead the Blue Devils to a 62-46 win over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates at Memorial Hall last night in the Diablos' 1st tournament game with 18 points.



DOVER - In one of the quietest opening nights in many years, the Tucarawas County Class B Basketball Carnival got underway at  Memorial Hall last night with everything running true to form except the size of the crowd.  A slim turnout for opening night was on hand to witness the Stone Creek Golden Panthers measure the Bolivar Cardinals 77-66, while the Port Washington Purple Riders thumped the Dundee Bulldogs 66-47 and the Midvale Blue Devils moved past the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 62-46.

The Tuscarawas defending champion Broncos gallop onto the scene tonight when they take on Stone Creek in the nightcap of a scheduled 2 game card with the Baltic Eagles and Gnadenhutten Indians slated to tangle in the opener at 7:30.

The Sugaracreek-Shanesville Pirates (0-1) (10-10) (57-41) staged an attempted raiding party on the Championship hopes of the Midvale Blue Devils (1-0) (15-6) (61-29) in the nightcap of the opening schedule, but the Blue Devils had the firepower to withstand the attack and drove off the Pirates in the 2nd half.  The Bucs whipped into a 5-0 lead in the 1st minute of the game and the air was filled with tension, but the Devils soon exploded and went ahead 6-5.  The contest settled down to a slam-bang affair through the 1st quarter before the Diablos took a 20-17 lead and then held at 20-19 at the rest stop.

Sophomore Dick Leggett and Junior Larry Swinderman connected for 7 straight points to start off the 2nd frame and the Corsairs could never quite get back in the contest after that point.  Senior Bill Pfister who with Senior Al Craigo, had led the Midvale charge in the opening quarter, kept Sugarcreek-Shanesville hopes alive in the 2nd period, but after Sophomore Lonnie Wolf connected on a long throw in to give the pin-striped Blue Devils a 38-28 halftime advantage, the losers never threatened.


Senior Bob Zontini took up the "stoking" post for the Devils in the 3rd stanza and the guard chipped in 7 of the Diablos' 12 points to aid the victors to a 50-33 edge at the far turn as Midvale completed their swing into the victor's chair.  Senior Ron Weaver, whose all-around play off the boards was a high-point in the tilt, was the Blue Devils' top scorer as he totaled 18 markers with Swinderman getting 17 and Zonitini collecting 15.  Pfister and Junior Ted Brown were high for the Pirates

MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 62

Dick Leggett 3-1-7
Lonnie Wolf 1-0-2
Bob Zontini 5-5-15
Ron Weaver 6-6-18
Gary Haney 0-0-0
Larry Swinderman 7-3-17
John Beans 1-0-2
Chuck Seldenwright 0-1-1

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 46

Ted Brown 5-2-12
Reno Stevanus 0-0-0
Jim Troyer 0-5-5
Bill PLfister 4-4-12
Al Craigo 2-5-9
Keith Gerber 3-2-8

MIDVALE...................................20-38-50-62
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE...19-28-33-46



Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

55 - Port Checks Dundee 66-47 (2-15-55)

Junior Don Levengood of the Dundee Bulldogs lets go with a jump shot as he moves past the Port Washington Purple Riders' Senior Gary Dichler at left, while Sophomore Ed Bates and Senior Paul Frank of the Purple Riders get set under the basket for a possible rebound.


DOVER - The Dundee Bulldogs (0-1) (4-16) (31-50) were hard to handle in the opening quarter and they matched the Port Washington Purple Riders (1-0) (15-6) (22-51) point for point in that first 8 minutes as the period ended in a 12-12 deadlock.  Sophomore Ed Bates, whose driving jump shot kept the Purple Riders in the saddle in the opening stanza, spurred Port onto a rally in the 2nd frame and 9th-Year Head Coach Bray Toot's charges gradually pulled away from the Bulldogs to amass a 38-22 advantage at intermission.

Senior Paul Frank and Junior Tom Jones of the Riders helped out in that period, while they also came in for a little aid in the 3rd stanza when both teams battled on almost even terms.  Senior Bob Baker and Junior Don Levengood led the Pups' bid to get back into the contest, but Port held a 51-33 lead going into the stretch.  The 2 teams again battled evenly in the final canto, but the lapse in the 2nd period cost Dundee any hopes it harbored for an upset victory.

The Bulldogs were cold from the field through most of the game except for a brief time in the 2nd quarter when Baker posted 4 field goals to account for 8 of the Pups' 10 points in that period.  The little guard (Baker) led Dundee's attack with 16 markers, while Levengood had 15 and Junior Gary Slemmer added 10.  Bates posted 20 points for Port Washington, Jones collected 19 and Frank added 16.

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 66

Paul Frank 7-2-16
Bill McConnell 0-2-2
Vernon Glazer 0-0-0
Tom Jones 6-7-19
Ed Bates 9-2-20
BobWelsch 1-3-5
Nick Frank 0-0-0
Gary Dichler 1-2-4

DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 47

Wil Slemmer 0-0-0
Gary Slemmer 4-2-10
Bob Walters 0-0-0
Bob Baker 8-0-16
Don Levengood 7-1-15
Duane Burrell 3-0-6

PORT WASHINGTON...12-38-51-66
DUNDEE........................12-22-33-47



Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

55 - Stone Creek Drops Bolivar 77-66 (2-15-55)

The Bolivar Cardinals 1955 Cheerleaders.  Joy Whitmer, Frank Leighley and Marlene Harvey are caught as they lead the Cardinal Rooters in a cheer.  (Photo by The Daily Reporter Photographer Ralph McKee)

Sophomore Ron Deibel of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers fires a shot at the basket as an unidentified Bolivar Cardinals' defender fails to stop the attempt.  Sophomore Reuben Lorenz (77) of the Golden Panthers, Sophomore Ken Hauester (13) of the Cardinals and Sophomore Don Poland (55), also of the Panthers moves in.  Photo by The Daily Reporter Photographer Ralph McKee)

The Stone Creek Golden Panthers Bill Jones.  Bill scored 20 points in leading his team to a 77-66 triumph over the Bolivar Cardinals last night in the Golden Panthers 1st tournament game.



DOVER - The Bolivar Cardinals (0-1) (3-16) (47-46) finished their game like a "house-fire," but the rally in the final canto came too late to head off the high-scoring antics of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1-0) (14-8) (25-40), who zoomed into the lead in the opening seconds and were never headed.  The Golden Panthers zipped to a 28-11 1st-quarter lead with a fired up attack that all but rushed the Cardinals off the floor. .The Red Birds didn't fold; however, as they came back strong in the 2nd frame to make the game a little more interesting.

The 3rd stanza was a repetition of the 1st quarter as Stone Creek moved back out ahead by a wide margin, claiming a 64-40 advantage going into the final 8 minutes.  First-year Head Coach Ray Low's Bolivar crew caught fire early in the 4th period and after 1st-year Head Coach Leo Gower had pulled most of his starting lineup, charged to within 10 points of the Golden Panthers.

The Panthers' front line was moved back into the tilt, but the Cardinals were not to be cooled off and the contest settled down to a see-saw battle down through the fading minutes with the Panthers too far out in front to be overhauled.  Stone Creek displayed a well-balanced attack with 4 players hitting double figures, while the Red Birds had 3 in the two-figure columns.

Sophomore Ron Deibel, who sat out much of the 3rd and 4th periods, led the Golden Panthers with 19 points, while Senior Bill Jones had 20, Sophomore Don Poland collected 15 and Freshman Rod Reinhart posted 12 markers..  Junior Bob Numbers was the kingpin in the Bolivar attack as his driving play and accurate shooting in the final quarter led the Cardinals bid for victory.  Numbers tallied 18 to head the list with Senior Jack Renner getting 15 and Junior Don Mason hitting for 14.

STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 77

Rod Reinhart 4-4-12
Stan Phillippi 2-1-5
Don Poland 3-9-15
Ron Deibel 6-7-19
Bill Jones 8-4-20
Larry Sherrets 1-0-2
Melvin MacAfee 2-0-4
Ben Wherley 0-0-0
Dave Wherley 0-0-0
Reuben Lorenz 0-0-0

BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 66

Frank Ferren 1-2-4
Bob Numbers 7-4-18
Dave Wolf 3-0-6
John Geers 0-0-0
Wayne Rouf 3-0-6
Jack Renner 5-5-15
Ken Haueter 1-1-3
Don Mason 6-2-14
Harry Hennis 0-0-0

STONE CREEK..28 -44-64-77
BOLIVAR............11-31-40-66



Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

55 - 1955 All-Star Team

DOVER - Seven schools were represented on the 1955 Coaches All-County League Basketball Team with the Strasburg Tigers, Tuscarawas Broncos and Stone Creek Golden Panthers with each placing 2 men on the "Dream Team."  A total of 29 players were nominated by the coaches of the 11 schools and the mentors then chose the 10 top players with 4 others rating Honorable Mention.

Seniors, Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel and Jerry Haswell, of the Tigers and  Errol Jacobs of the Baltic Eagles, are repeaters from the 1954 All-Star selection made by the coaches.  The 2 Bengal players were both on the 1953 aggregation as well.  Goose was the top vote getter in the polling with Senior Terry Deems of the Broncos, a lad who wasn't even mentioned last season, ranking 2nd in the opinion of the coaches.

Seven Seniors, 2 Juniors and a Sophomore were named to the Top Ten by the professors of basketball with 2 Seniors and 2 Juniors included on the Honorable Mention List.  The Golden Panthers' Sophomore Ron Deibel, who broke into the lineup of the Panther Varsity as a Freshman, was chosen to the group.  The carrot-topped Stone Creek Ace is the 1st Sophomore honored on the team since both Haswell and Goose were named in 1953.

The Golden Panthers also had Senior Bill Jones on the honor squad.  Jones, who was a standout as a Freshman when he fired the Panthers to their only title in the 1952 County Tournament, has been mentioned each year since he was a Frosh, but makes his 1st appearance in the All-League Lineup.  Named to the team from Tusky along with Deems was the "half-pint" of the Broncos' "Mutt and Jeff" combination, Senior Dick Davis, who played his 1st season as a regular starter.  Davis is the smallest member of the squad.

The Gnadenhutten Indians' high-scoring guard Junior Glen Hines and the Mineral City Tigers' pitchin' Junior Paul Lindsey, both of whom have been peppering the nets with regularity all season, were the 2 others to break into the Top Ten.  Rounding out the All-League choices was Senior Paul Frank of the Port Washington Purple Riders for the past 3 years is labeled as one of the League's steadiest players.

On the Honorable Mention List were the Midvale Blue Devils' 2 driving guards, Senior Bob Zontini and Junior Larry Swinderman respectively, along with Junior Jim Kuecher of Strasburg and Senior Bob Baker of the Dundee Bulldogs.  The Midvale Blue Devils duo give the Blue Devils a dangerous offensive punch, while Kuecher has been tagged by many observers as a key player in the Strasburg success this past season.

Baker, a mite-sized set-shot artist was one of the key performers of the Bulldogs.  An accident which resulted in the loss of part of a finger sidelined the Pup star for a brief interlude in the season and is said to have impaired his shooting ability during the latter part of the campaign.  The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates and Bolivar Cardinals were the only 2 schools which were not represented on the team.  Players were nominated by each coach land then all of the 11 mentors voted on the entire list.

The Ten Players named to the All-League Squad will each receive an individual Trophy with his name and "All-League 1955" engraved on it.  The trophies presented by The Daily Reporter, which also donates the Trophy for the tournament winner, will be given to the players when they are presented to the crowd on the night of the meet finals at Memorial Hall.


ALL-LEAGUE TEAM

Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel (Strasburg) 6-4 Senior
Terry Deems (Tuscarawas) 6-4 Senior
Jerry Haswell (Strasburg) 6-1 Senior
Errol Jacobs (Baltic) 6-1 Senior
Bill Jones (Stone Creek) 6-1 Senior
Dick Davis (Tuscarawas) 5-6 Senior
Glen Hines (Gnadenhutten) 5-3 Junior
Paul Lindsey (Mineral City) 6-0 Junior
Paul Frank (Port Washington) 6-0 Senior
Ron Deibel (Stone Creek) 5-10 Sophomore

*In order of the number of votes.

HONORABLE MENTION

Bob Baker (Dundee) Senior
Jim Kuecher (Strasburg) Junior
Larry Swinderman (Midvale) Junior
Bob Zontini (Midvale) Senior

*Alphabetical


Monday, February 14, 1955
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

55 - The 33rd Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament

DOVER - A full slate of 3 games will open the 33rd Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament at Memorial Hall here Tuesday night with the Strasburg Tigers, Midvale Blue Devils and Tuscarawas Broncos going into the meet as the top-favored teams, while the Port Washington Purple Riders, Stone Creek Golden Panthers and Baltic Eagles are tagged as "Darkhorses."  The Broncos, defending Champions in the tournament, will not see action on the 1st night, but Tusky will have an interest in the opening game since they are scheduled to meet the winner on Wednesday night.

The Golden Panthers and the Bolivar Cardinals will get the tournament started at 6:30.  Tuesday night when they tangle for the 2nd time this season.  The Panthers defeated the Cardinals 70-60 in that meeting, but were forced to hustle by an improving Red Bird club later on.  

The Purple Riders, rated as the "hottest" team in the circuit during the 1955 portion of the campaign, will meet the Dundee Bulldogs in the 2nd game on opening night.  The Riders defeated the Bulldogs 63-44 in a regular-season game.  Port lost to Stone Creek 71-70 and lost to Tuscarawas 55-54 just recently.  

The 3rd contest on tap Tuesday night has the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates colliding head on with the runner-up Blue Devils another team which has been improving through the 2nd half of the regular season.  Midvale nicked the Pirates 47-45 in an early-season meeting, but the Blue Devils have only lost to the Golden Panthers and Strasburg Tigers in the 1955 part of the League schedule, while the Bucs have been on the skids, winning only 5 of 10 games.

Doors to Memorial Hall will open at 5:30 Tuesday night with a capacity crowd expected to be on hand for the opening-night firing.  

Monday, February 14, 1955
The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio

FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers (Ken Newlon-1) 10-0 1.000 (17th Title)

2.  Midvale Blue Devils (Pete Hilliard-1) 8-2 .800

3.  Tuscarawas Broncos (George Trombitas-1) 6-3 .667

4.  Baltic Eagles (Jim Ross-1) 6-3 .667

5.  Port Washington Purple Riders (Bray Toot-9) 6-4 .600

6.  Stone Creek Golden Panthers (Leo Gower-1) 6-4 .600

7.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (Bob Wise-3) 5-5 .500

8.  Gnadenhutten Indians (Dick Scott-1) 3-6 .333

9.  Dundee Bulldogs (K.E. Smulbach-1) 2-8 .200

10. Bolivar Cardinals (Ray Low-1) 1-8 .111

11. Mineral City Tigers (Bob Penrod-2) 0-10 .000

REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers 18-2 .900

2.  Baltic Eagles 15-5 .750

3.  Tuscarawas Broncos 12-5 .706

4.  Midvale Blue Devils 14-6 .700

5.  Port Washington Purple Riders 14-6 .700

6.  Stone Creek Golden Panthers 13-8 .619

7.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 10-9 .526

8.  Gnadenhutten Indians 10-11 .476

9.  Dundee Bulldogs 4-15 .211

10. Mineral City Tigers 4-15 .211

11. Bolivar Cardinals 3-15 .167

54 - 32nd Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament Stats

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

1.  Tuscarawas Broncos (Chuck Lorenz-4) 3-0 1.000 (TC) 3rd Title
2.  Baltic Eagles (Tom Bellville-1) 4-1 .800 (CC) 1st Title
3.  Strasburg Tigers (Don Martin-6) 3-1 .750 (TR-U)
4.  Midvale Blue Devils (Bob Singerman-2) 2-2 .500
5.  Port Washington Purple Riders (Bray Toot-8) 2-2 .500
6.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (Bob Wise-2) 2-2 .500
7.  Dundee Bulldogs (Rollie Platz-1) 1-2 .333
8.  Stone Creek Golden Panthers (Ken Newlon-7) 1-2 .333
9.  Bolivar Cardinals (Andrew Steve-1) 0-2 .000
10. Gnadenhutten Indians (Fritz Jacobs-4) 0-2 .000
11. Mineral City Tigers (Bob Penrod-1) 0-2 .000

TOURNAMENT SCORES

TUESDAY 2-16-54

Dundee 62 - Stone Creek 49
Baltic 66 - Bolivar 37
Strasburg 81 - Midvale 64

WEDNESDAY 2-17-54

Port 64 - Mineral City 54
Tusky 80 - Dundee 61

THURSDAY 2-18-54

Stone Creek 64 - Bolivar 54 (C)
Midvale 74 - Mineral City 61 (C)
Baltic 78 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville 62

SATURDAY 2-20-54

Sugarcreek-Shanesville 59 - Dundee 40 (C)
Midvale 72 - Stone Creek 58 (C)
Strasburg 39 - Gnaden 25

THURSDAY 2-25-54

Sugarcreek-Shanesville 73 - Gnaden 48 (C)
Tusky 70 - Baltic 47
Strasburg 61 - Port 60

FRIDAY 2-26-54

Baltic 73 - Midvale 70 (C)
Port 60 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville 50 (C)

SATURDAY 2-27-54

Baltic 60 - Port 50 (CC)
Tusky 64 - Strasburg 60 (TC)

SECTIONAL THURSDAY 3-4-54

Baltic 67 - Killbuck 58
Tusky 80 - St. Joe 47

SECTIONAL FRIDAY 3-5-54

Strasburg 89 - Millersburg 72

SECTIOINAL SATURDAY 3-6-54

Strasburg 60 - Baltic 53
Tusky 80 - St. Mary 61

DISTRICT TUESDAY 3-9-54

Strasburg 58 - Jewett 47

DISTRICT WEDNESDAY 3-10-54

Tusky 61 - Flushing 60

DISTRICT FRIDAY 3-12-54

Tusky 52 - Strasburg 49

REGIONAL FRIDAY 3-19-54

Columbiana 65 - Tusky 53

STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

1928 - Strasburg Tigers
1932 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
1935 - Strasburg Tigers
1937 - Midvale Blue Devils
1938 - Strasburg Tigers
1940 - Midvale Blue Devils
1941 - Midvale Blue Devils
1942 - Gnadenhutten Indians

MOST POINTS SINGLE GAME THIS TOURNAMENT

1.  Tom Ott (B) 31
2.  Bill Ray (SS) 30
3.  Bill Jones (SC) 29
4.  Bob Baker (D) 28
5.  Jerry Haswell (S) 26
6.  Ken Huston (P) 26
7.  Tom Ott (B) 26
8.  4 tied with 24

MOST FIELD GOALS SINGLE GAME THIS TOURNAMENT

1.  Jerry Haswell (S) 12
2.  Tom Ott (B) 12
3.  Tom Ott (B) 12
4.  Bob Baker (C) 12
5.  Bill Ray (SS) 12
6.  Bill Jones (SC) 11
7.  6 tied with 10

MOST FREE THROWS SINGLE GAME THIS TOURNAMENT

1.  Dick Slemmer (D) 11
2.  Gene Argento (MC) 10
3.  Floyd Patrick (SC) 10
4.  Terry Deems (T) 9
5.  Wil De Genova (M) 9
6.  Max Miller (SS) 9
7.  Bob Cramer (B) 8
8.  Terry Deems (T) 8
9.  3 tied with 7

MOST POINTS THIS TOURNAMENT

1.  Tom Ott (B) 102
2.  Ken Huston (P) 77
3.  Max Miller (SS) 73
4.  Bill Ray (SS) 71
5.  Wil De Genova (M) 66
6.  Jerry Haswell (S) 65
7.  Errol Jacobs (B) 60
8.  Paul Frank (P) 57
9.  Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel (S) 53
10. 2 tied with 52

MOST FIELD GOALS THIS TOURNAMENT

1.  Tom Ott (B) 43
2.  Jerry Haswell (S) 29
3.  Ken Huston (P) 28
4.  Max Miller (SS) 27
5.  Bill Ray (SS) 26
6.  Wil De Genova (M) 24
7.  Errol Jacobs (B) 22
8.  Ron Deibel (SC) 21
9.  Wayne Everhart (B) 21
10. 3 tied with 20

MOST FREE THROWS THIS TOURNAMENT

1.  Ken Huston (P) 21
2.  Terry Deems (T) 19
3.  Andy Hoffman (B) 19
4.  Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel (S) 19
5.  Max Miller (SS) 19
6.  Bill Ray (SS) 19
7.  Wil De Genova (M) 18
8.  Paul Frank (P) 17
9.  4 tied with 16

ALL-TOURNAMENTS

1923-33 See 1933 Tournament
1934-46 See 1946 Tournament
1947 - Strasburg Tigers (11) (2) - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (4) (5)
1948 - Strasburg Tigers (12) (2) - Midvale Blue Devils (3) (5)
1949 - Midvale Blue Devils (4) (5) - Mineral City Tigers (0) (1)
1950 - Midvale Blue Devils (5) (5) - Bolivar Cardinals (2) (5)
1951 - Strasburg Tigers (13) (2) - Midvale Blue Devils (5) (6)
1952 - Stone Creek Panthers (1) (0) - Baltic Eagles (0) (2)
1953 - Midvale Blue Devils (6) (6) - Gnadenhutten Indians (3) (4)
1954 - Tuscarawas Broncos (2) (3) - Strasburg Tigers (13) (3)

ALL-CONSOLATION DIVISION TOURNAMENTS

1934-46 See 1946 Consolation Division Tournament
1947 - Tuscarawas Broncos (4) (0) - Bolivar Cardinals (1) (1)
1948 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (2) (2) - Dundee Bulldogs (0) (1)
1949 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (3) (2) - Gnaden Indians (2) (4)
1950 - Strasburg Tigers (4) (1) - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0) (1)
1951 - Dundee Bulldogs (1) (1) - Tuscarawas Broncos (4) (1)
1952 - Tuscarawas Broncos (5) (1) - Dundee Bulldogs (1) (2)
1953 - Strasburg Tigers (5) (1) - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0) (2)
1954 - Baltic Eagles (1) (1) - Port (0) (1)

TOTAL STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers (1923) 88-24 .786
2.  Midvale Blue Devils (1928) 60-29 .674
3.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1924) 57-40 .588
4.  Tuscarawas Broncos (1923) 45-40 .529
5.  Gnadenhutten Indians (1923) 49-44 .526
6.  Bolivar Cardinals (1923) 47-45 .510
7.  Baltic Eagles (1926) 31-48 .392
8.  Dundee Bulldogs (1923) 31-49 .388
9.  Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1933) 24-40 .375
10. Port Washington Purple Riders (1927) 21-51 .292
11. Mineral City Tigers (1923) 12-49 .203

MOST POINTS SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Elmer Linard (P) (1946) 34
2.  Elmer Linard (P) (1945) 32
3.  Loris Hostetler (D) (1951) 32
4.  Jim Lorenz (SC) 1953) 32
5.  Fred Walton (T) (1946) 31
6.  Bill Jones (SC) (1952) 31
7.  Tom Ott (B) (1954) 31
8.  Harland Stiffe (SS) (1927) 30
9.  Dick Tolloti (M) (1951) 30
10. Ken Huston (P) (1953) 30

MOST FIELD GOALS SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Warren Klink (BC) (1943) 20
2.  Bill Lockett (G) (1943) 15
3.  Loris Hostetler (D) (1951) 15
4.  Harland Shiffe (SS) (1927) 14
5.  Bill Ridenour (SC) (1943) 14
6.  Max Regula (B) (1944) 14
7.  Elmer Linard (P) (1945) 14
8.  Elmer Linard (P) (1946) 14
9.  Fred Walton (P) (1946) 14
10. 7 tied with 13

MOST FREE THROWS SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Warren Klink (BC) (1943) 12
2.  Bill Ridenour (SC) (1943) 12
3.  Ken Huston (P) (1953) 12
4.  Lester Veigel (T) (1937) 11*
5.  Ernie Raber (SS) (1940) 11
6.  Dick Slemmer (D) (1954) 11
7.  7 tied with 10

TOTAL POINTS

1.  Loris Hostetler (D) (1949-50-51-52) 256
2.  Ken Huston (P) (1951-52-53-54) 247
3.  Clarence Yackey (S) (1945-46-47-48) 220
4.  Glen Zimmerman (SS) (1948-49-50-51) 218
5.  Dick Tolloti (M) (1951-52-53) 199
6.  Warren Klink (BC) (1940-41-42-43) 188
7.  Jim Lindon (G) (1946-47-48-49) 183
8.  Jim Lorenz (SC) (1951-52-53) 183
9.  Frank Baumholtz (M) (1934-35-36-37) 177
10. Jim Syler (B) (1950-51-52-53) 176

TOTAL FIELD GOALS

1.  Loris Hostetler (D) (1949-50-51-52) 112
2.  Ken Huston (P) (1951-52-53-54) 93
3.  Glen Zimmerman (SS) (1948-49-50) 87
4.  Clarence Yackey (S) (1945-46-47-48) 81
5.  Warren Klink (BC) (1940-41-42-43) 79
6.  Jim Lindon (G) (1946-47-48-49) 79
7.  Jim Syler (B) (1950-51-52-53) 77
8.  Dick Tolloti (M) (1951-52-53) 77
9.  Jerry Rausch (T) (1950-51) 75
10. 2 tied with 70

TOTAL FREE THROWS

1.  Ken Huston (P) (1951-52-53-54) 61
2.  Clarence Yackey (S) (1945-46-47-48) 58
3.  Jerry Gasser (SC) (1950-51-52-53) 48
4.  Dick Tolloti (M) (1951-52-53) 45
5.  Frank Baumholtz (M) (1934-35-36-37) 41*
6.  Verle Buchler (SC) (1946-47-48-49) 38
7.  Jack Ford (M) (1946-47-48-49) 38
8.  Bill Jones (SC) (1952-53-54) 38
9.  Paul Kate (D) (1946-47-48) 37
10.  3 tied with 33

TEAM HIGH GAME

102 - Tuscarawas Broncos (1946)
 92 - Tuscarawas Broncos (1947)
 85 - Port Washington Purple Riders (1946)
 82 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1949)
 81 - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1953)
 81 - Strasburg Tigers (1954)
 80 - Tuscarawas Broncos (1954)
 78 - Baltic Eagles (1954)
 77 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1944)
 77 - Baltic Eagles (1952)

1,000 CAREER POINT CLUB (League-Regular Season-All Tournaments.

1.  Jim Lorenz - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1954) 1,539
2.  John Studer - Strasburg Tigers (1934) 1,061
3.  Frank Baumholtz - Midvale Blue Devils (1937) 997*
*Stats missing 1 game