34 - Eastern Ohio Sectional Tournament Drawings

DOVER - The Dundee Bulldogs, Tuscarawas County runner-up and the Adena Warriors of Jefferson County, Clark of Coshocton County and the Magnolia Cardinals of Carroll County will meet in the 1st round of the Class B Sectional cage tournament to be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Legion Hall according to drawings made last night under direction of E.W. Blackstone, Dover High School Principal and Tournament Manager.  The other 14 teams in the tourney drew byes for the 1st round.  In the 1st round bracket:

Adena Warriors vs Dundee Bulldogs Thursday 6PM
Clark vs Magnolia Cardinals Thursday 7PM
Winners of those games plays on Friday 10PM

The above teams are in the bottom bracket and to be among the 4 to go to Dennison... must play 3 games.

In the Top Bracket:

Keene vs Dennison Railroaders Thursday 8PM
Cadiz Cardinals vs Strasburg Tigers Thursday 9PM
Winners meet Saturday 2PM

Millersburg Knights vs Scio Panthers Thursday 10PM
Jewett vs Malvern Green Hornets Friday 6PM
Winners meet Saturday 3PM

Irondale Fightng Tigers vs Mineral City Tigers Friday 7PM
Dover St. Joseph Ramblers vs Lakeville Panthers Friday 8PM
Amsterdam Rams vs Coshocton Sacred Heart Saints Friday 9PM

Coaches Bill Lange of Muskingum College and Ernie Godfrey of Ohio State University will officiate at the games...both working each game.  Representatives from all teams in the tournament were present except for Malvern, Keene, Sacred Heart, Cadiz, Jewett, Millersburg and Adena.  It was decided by oral vote to set the admission prices at 25 cents for children and 35 cents for adults.

Tuesday, February 27, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  Whether the Dundee Bulldogs, runner-up in the county basketball tournament last week, will be disqualified from the Sectional meet at Legion Hall this week for allegedly using a player whose grades were below par, was to be decided at Columbus today by the State Athletic Commissioner, H. R. Townsend.  The question, involving special examinations and special notebook work which Sam Fetters, Dundee forward, took in order to play in the tournament, was to be laid before the Commissioner by County Superintendent, Charles E. Barthelmeh.

34 - Eastern Ohio Sectional Tournament

DOVER - The Lakeville Panthers Saturday night won the Holmes County Class B Basketball Championship by defeating Clark 50-22 in the final game of the county tournament.  The winner and runner-up and the Millersburg Knights will take part in the Sectional Tournament at Legion Hall this week in Dover, Ohio.

Coshocton County will be represented by Keene High School, which Saturday night won that county's tournament 20-16 from the West Lafayette Generals and by the Coshocton Sacred Heart Saints.

Carroll County will send the Malvern Green Hornets, county champion and Magnolia, the runner-up.  Malvern copped the county title by a 26-25 score on Saturday night.

Jefferson and Harrison counties will send 3 teams each to the joust.

Tuscarawas County will be represented by the Strasburg Tigers, Dundee Bulldogs and Mineral City Tigers of the Class B League and the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers and Dennison Railroaders.

Monday, February 26, 1934
The Daily Reporer
Dover, Ohio

34 - 12th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament 1934

1934 TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers (Head Coach Paul M. Roby) 4-0 (Tournament Champion)
2.  Mineral City (Head Coach Bob Mackey) 3-1 (Consolation Champion)
3.  Dundee Bulldogs (Head Coach Glen Jones) 2-1 (Tournament Runner-up)
4.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Head Coach Earl Sundheimer) 4-2 (Consolation Runner-up)
5.  Midvale Blue Devils (Head Coach M. R. Hellick) 2-2
6.  Tuscarawas Broncos (Head Coach Charmis Davis) 2-2
7.  Gnadenhutten Indians (Head Coach Walter Mead) 1-2
8.  Port Washington Purple Riders (Head Coach Harold Young) 1-2
9.  Stone Creek Panthers (Head Coach George A. Walker) 1-2
10. Baltic Eagles (Head Coach Egar Shumaker) 0-2
11. Bolivar Cardinals (Ludwick Birk) 0-2
12. New Cumberland (Head Coach Unknown) 0-2

TOURNAMENT SCORES

Midvale 28 - Bolivar 27
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 42 - Gnaden 27
Port 33 - New Cumberland 18
Strasburg 22 - Tusky 13
Dundee 32 - Stone Creek 30
Mineral City 43 - Baltic 16
Midvale 33 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville 24
Strasburg 49 - Port 9
Gnaden 27 - Bolivar 19 (C)
Tusky 33 - New Cumberland 11 (C)
Stone Creek 21 - Baltic 11 (C)
Sugarcreek 27 - Gnaden 21 (C)
Tusky 31 - Port 10 (C)
Dundee 24 - Mineral City 21
Strasburg 31 - Midvale 16
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 20 - Tusky 14 (C)
Mineral City 22 - Stone Creek 20 (C)
Sugarcreek32 - Midvale 14 (C)
MINERAL CITY 17 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville 16 (C)
STRASBURG 60 - Dundee 19

STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

Strasburg Tigers 1928
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 1932
Strasburg Tigers 1933

MOST POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Ira Struchen (G) 18
2.  John Studer (S) 17
3.  Bill Sttler (MC) 16
4.  Paul Wherley (SC) 15
5.  Paul Harmon (SS) 14
6.  Paul Class (BC) 13 (2)
7.  Prince Harmon (SS) 13
8.  Frank Cox (M) 12
9.  Bill Haas (S) 12
10. 2 tied with 11

MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  John Studer (S) 8
2.  Prince Harmon (SS) 7
3.  Bill Sattler (MC) 7
4.  Ira Struchen (G) 7
5.  Paul Class (BC) 6
6.  Paul Wherley (SC) 6
7.  12 tied with 5

MOST FREE THROWS IN A SINGLE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Bill Sattler (MC) 8
2.  Frank Cox (M) 4 (2)
3.  Sam Fetters (D) 4
4.  Ira Struchen (G) 4
5.  John Studer (S) 4
6.  13 tied with 3

MOST POINTS IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  John Studer (S) 47
2.  Prince Harmon (SS) 46
3.  Dean Norris (SS) 36
4.  Harold Arnold (SS) 31
5.  Frank Cox (M) 31
6.  Bill Sattler (MC) 30
7.  Sylvester Miller (SS) 29
8.  Bud Reiger (S) 29
9.  Paul Wherley (SC) 29
10. 2 tied with 26

MOST FIELD GOALS IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Prince Harmon (SS) 21
2.  John Studer (S) 20
3.  Dean Norris (SS) 16
4.  Harold Arnold (SS) 14
5.  Paul Class (BC) 11
6.  Frank Cox (M) 11
7.  Paul Wherley (SC) 11
8.  4 tied with 10

MOST FREE THROWS IN THE TOURNAMENT

1.  Bill Sattler (MC) 12
2.  Frank Cox (M) 9
3.  Sylvester Miller (SS) 9
4.  Otto Haager (D) 7
5.  John Studer (S) 7
6.  Ken Tschudy (T) 7
7.  Paul Wherley (SC) 7
8.  George Denzer (S) 6
9.  Ira Struchen (G) 6
10. 3 tied with 5

ALL TOURNAMENTS

1934 - Strasburg Tigers (6) (1) - Dundee Bulldogs (0) (2)

ALL-CONSOLATION TOURNAMENTS

1934 - Mineral City Tigers (1) (0) - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (0) (1)

TOTAL STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers (1923) 29-5 .853
2.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1924) 17-10 .630
3.  Midvale Blue Devils (1928) 10-7 .588
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians (1923) 14-11 .560
5.  Bolivar Cardinals (1923) 12-11 .521
6.  Dundee Bulldogs (1923) 9-12 .429
7.  Mineral City Tigers (1923) 5-12 .294
8. Baltic Eagles (1926) 4-10 .286
9. Port Washington Purple Riders (1927) 3-9 .250
10. Stone Creek (1933) 1-3 .250
11. Tuscarawas Broncos (1923) 3-13 .188
12. New Cumberland Trojans (1927-33-34)

OTHER TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATES

1.  Dennison Railroaders (1924) 3-0 1.000
2.  Newcomerstown Trojans (1924) 0-1 .000
3.  Winfield High School (1925) 0-1 .000

HIGH SNGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 30
2.  Lester Price (D) (1928) 27
3.  Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 26
4.  Randall Gerber (BC) (1926) 21
5.  Don Norris (SS) (1933) 20
6.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1932) 19
7.  Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
8.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 18
9.  Harlan Richardson (B) (1927) 18
10. Ira Struchen (G) 18 (1934)

HIGH FIELD GOALS SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 14
2.  Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 13
3.  Lester Price (D) (1928) 12
4.  Randall Gerber (S) (1926) 10
5.  Harlan Richardson (B) (1927) 9
6.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1932) 9
7.  Dean Norris (SS) (1933) 9
8.  5 tied with 8

HIGH FREE THROWS IN A SINGLE GAME ALL TOURNAMENTS

1.  Bill Sattler (MC) (1934) 8
2.  Paul Baker (D) (1932) 7
3.  Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1924) 6
4.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1924) 6
5.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1927) 6
6.  Frey (D) (1929) 6
7.  Paul Sheetz (B) (1929) 6
8.  John Bond (P) (1930) 6
9.  Owen Scheetz (B) (1931) 6
10. Elmer Kreis (BC) (1932) 6

TOTAL POINTS

1.  John Studer (S) (1931-32-33-34) 130
2.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1930-31-32-33) 103
3.  Dean Norris (SS) (1933-34) 91
4.  Baldwin (M) (1929-30-31) 80
5.  Ed Riley (G) (1929-30-31-32) 68
6.  Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 63
7.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 62
8.. Paul Baker (D) (1931-32-33-34) 60
9.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 57
10. Prince Harmon (SS) (1932-33-34) 55

TOTAL FIELD GOALS

1.  John Studer (S) (1931-32-33-34) 52
2.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1930-31-32-33) 45
3.  Dean Norris (SS) (1933-34) 40
4.  Baldwin (M) (1929-30-31) 37
5.  Ed Riley (G) (1929-30-31-32) 29
6.  Harland Sliffe (SS) (1926-27) 26
7.  Moomaw (SS) (1926-27-28) 26
8.  Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 25
9.  Paul Baker (C) (1931-32-33-34) 25
10. Prince Harmon (SS) (1932-33-34) 24

TOTAL FREE THROWS

1.  John Studer (S) (1931-32-33-34) 26
2.  Forrest Whitmer (BC) (1923-24-25) 18
3.  Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 16
4.  Otto Haager (D) (1932-33-34) 16
5.  Lester Price (D) (1925-26-27-28) 13
6.  Art "Dutch" Miller (S) (1929) 13
7.  Boyd Burkey (SS) (1930-31-32-33) 13
8. 4 tied with 12

HIGH TEAM GAME

1.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1927 and 1933) 61
2.  Strasburg Tigers (1934) 60
3.  Strasburg Tigers (1923) 52
4.  Dundee Bulldogs (1938) 51
5.  Gnadenhutten Indians (1927 and 1933) 49
6.  Strasburg Tigers (1934) 49
7.  Baltic Eagles (1933) 48
8.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1932) 48
9.  Midvale Blue Devils (1931) 46
10. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1933) 46

1000 CAREER POINT CLUB

1.  John Studer (S) (1934) 1,052


NOTE:  The Daily Reporter did not publish anything on the County
Tournament All-Stars this year.

34 - Strasburg Considers New Trophy Case With School Attached

This is the 1934 Strasburg High School building in use since 1914.

DOVER - While a friendly lawsuit hangs pending in common pleas court to decide whether Strasburg is to get a new school building, the whole town and county has joined in a debate about the new structure, when...and if...it comes.  The mooted question is whether the building shall be a trophy case with a school building and the appurtenances thereto built-in, or whether it shall just be another building.  The possibility of its being a new CSAS project is also under discussion.

Already overcrowded by a collection picked up through years of basketball superiority, the trophy case in the present building will never hold together for the stuffing it will get as a result of the school's cage team finishing its 4th year undefeated in the Class B League and then copping its 3rd consecutive tournament championship.  For the latter feat the Tigers received a Statuette trophy given by the S. Toomey Co. of Dover.  For winning the League Championship the team received a larger trophy of the same type from the E. Fienberg Co. of Dover and New Philadelphia.  Individual members of the team, 8 of them, received medals presented by Walter E. Leiser, Inc., of Dover.

Presentation of the Fienberg trophy was made between halves of the final game at Legion Hall Saturday night by Superintendant Wilson of Mineral City, President of the County Athletic Assocation.  Captain John Studer of the Tiger team received it.  Strasburg is also defending Class B Champion of the Eastern Ohio District of the State and will be defending that title when it participates in the elimination meeting at Legion Hall this week.  Strasburg school officials and fans started an argument about the new building as they looked over their new collection Saturday night.  The Dundee Bulldogs stepped in and took the runner-up trophy, presented by The Daily Reporter and the Mineral City Tigers took the Consolation prize, a relief placque, presented by the Dover Branch of the Sanitary Milk Company.


Monday, February 26, 1934
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  Trophies won by the Strasburg Tigers Saturday night when it won the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament, represent the 6th time the Tigers have proven the best basketball team in the county.  Since the start of the Annual Tournament in 1923, Strasburg has waled off with the bacon 6 times and with the exception of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville's Pirates, are the only combine to win it more than once.  Following is a list of theannual winners:

1923 - Strasburg Tigers
1924 - Dennison Railroaders
1925 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
1926 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
1927 - Strasburg Tigers
1928 - Strasburg Tigres
1929 - Bolivar Cardinals
1930 - Gnadenhutten Indians
1931 - Midvale Blue Devils
1932 - Strasburg Tigers
1933 - Strasburg Tigers
1934 - Strasburg Tigers

34 - Tournament Update

DOVER - Flashing a rarity of form no other Class B team in Tuscarawas County has been able to master, the Strasburg Tigers ran rough-shod over the little Dundee Bulldogs to win is 6th County Tournament Championship...its 3rd consecutively...at Legion Hall on Saturday night.  With all players taking a scoring part, the Tigers blasted Dundee's hopes at the very outset and piled up a lopsided 60-19 score, before a disappointingly small crowd that gathered at the Hall to witness the finals in the 12th Annual County meeting.  As a result of their successfully defending the Championship they have held under an intermittent lease since the 1st tournament back in 1923, the Tigers will be one of the 3 county system schools entered in the Sectional Tournament at Legion Hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Others will be Dundee, the runner-up and the Mineral City Tigers winner of the Consolation Tournament over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates in Saturday night's finals.

Mineral City topped the Pirates 17-16 to give the tournament its 2nd big upset.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville figured in both of them...lost in both of them.  After being turned out of the regular tournament by the Midvale Blue Devils 33-24 in an early round the Pirates fought their way to the Consolation finals, defeating Midvale with ease in a semi-final game 32-14.  Mineral City entered the Consolation finals by defeating the Stone Creek Panthers 22-20 Saturday afternoon.

Drawings for the Sectional Class B Tournament here this week will be held at Legion Hall tonight at 7PM.  Teams from Tuscarawas, Holmes, Carroll, Coshocton, Harrison and Jefferson counties will participate.

Monday, February 26, 1934
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

34 - Strasburg Tigers Win 12th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament (2-24-34)

The Strasburg Tigers are bosses of Tuscarawas County's Class B Basketball for 6 years.  They won the League Title 5 consecutive times, built up a record of 39 consecutive vicories and Saturday night won there 3rd consecutive tournament championship.  Team Photo:  Head Coach Paul M. Roby, Student Manager William Krantz, Elwyn Reiger, George Denzer, John Studer, Bill Haas, Adrian Miller, Don Scherer, Mac Wardell, Jim Dreher, John Sparks and John Schenk.

A closeup photo of Senior forward John "Johnny" Studer, Tiger Captain, who leads the Class B League in scoring.  He has become the 1st player to accumulate 1,000 career points.  He now stands at 1,015 points thus far in his 4 years of play.

A closeup of Head Coach Paul M. Roby who has won the county tournament championship every one of the 4 years he has been at Strasburg.  Prior to that he coached at Midvale and was runner-up twice with teams he turned out there.


DOVER - The Dundee Bulldogs (2-1) (9-12) went almost 2 full periods before it was able to score from action against the Strasburg Tigers (4-0) (29-5) in the championship game at Legion Hall on Saturday night.  The Tigers blew out the Bulldogs with a 15-2 lead in the opening period and pushed it to 25-5 by halftime.  J. Jones, Dundee center, slipped under the basket to score a sucker shot just before the end of the 2nd quarter to give his team its only action shot of the half.

With the proverbial machine-like precision the Tiger crew added to their count in the 3rd period and pushed the count to 38-7 before Head Coach Roby began pulling his starting lineup and sending the 2nd stringers into the game.  The score at the end of the 3rd period was 49-11.  Scoring honors of the game went to Junior forward Bill "Doddle" Haas of Strasburg who potted 5 field baskets and 2 free throws for 12 points.  Senior forward John "Johnny" Studer, the League's high scorer, marked 3 buckets and 4 foul shots for a total of 10 points.  He gave half a dozen easy buckets to teammates.  Dundee's center, Russell. Jones, was high for his team with 6 points gathered on 3 field goals.  All players on the floor made the scorebook.

STRASBURG TIGERS - 60

Bill Haas 5-2-12
John Studer 3-4-10
George Denzer 2-2-6
Bud Reiger 4-0-8
Adrian Miller 5-0-10
Jim Dreher 2-1-5
Don Scherer 1-0-2
John Schenk 2-0-4

DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 19

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


Monday, February 26, 1934
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  By scoring 10 points in the Class B Tournament final Saturday night, John Studer, Strasburg scoring ace, brought his season's total to 245 points.  Last year Studer rolled up a total of 338 points.

34 - Mineral City Tigers Wins 1st Annual Consolation Tournament (2-24-34)

DOVER - The Mineral City Tigers (3-1)(5-12) is the 1st Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball team to win the Consolation Tournament as they upset the highly regarded Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (4-2) (17-10) by a score of 17-16. Poor free throw shooting, a trait that has manifested itself as ne of the Pirates' towering weaknesses more times than one this season, can be directly blamed for the 2nd upset suffered by Sugarcreek-Shanesville.  Missing 8 of 10 free tosses, the Pirates lost the chance to attend the Sectional Tournament here next week by losing to Mineral City in the Consolation final on Saturday night.  The records show the Pirates scored 7 times from the field to 8 for the Tigers and cashed in on only 2 free throws, while Mineral City hit 1 of 3 free chances.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville committed only 2 personal fouls in the entire game.

After the Tigers took a 6-3 lead in the opening period, the Pirates tied the score at 10-all at the half and kept it knotted at 14-14 as the final period started.  Frank Scott, sure-eyed Mineral City forward, won scoring honors by potting 5 field goals for 10 points.  Junior forward Prince Harmon of Sugarcreek-Shanesville was 2nd high with 8 points on 4 field goals.  Senior center Sylvester Miller of the Pirates and guard Dick Wilson of the Tigers each marked 4 points each.

MINERAL CITY TIGERS CONSOLATION CHAMPIONS - 17

Frank Scott 5-0-10
Bill Fishley 0-0-0
Bill Sattler 1-1-3
Dick Wilson 2-0-4
John Nemetz 0-0-0
Russ Mathey 0-0-0

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 16

Prince Harmon 4-0-8
John Harmon 0-0-0
Sylvester Miller 1-2-4
Dean Norris 1-0-2
Harold Arnold 1-0-2


Monday, February 26, 1934
Clyde Shaffer, Sports
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio