39 - Strasburg Squeaks By Bolivar 29-24 (2-17-39)

Strasburg High School Tigers 1939 Basketball Team.  Front:  Loren Miller - Maurice Bayer - Blake Roush - Lloyd "Mule" Haas - and Bob Dreher.  Back:  Head Coach Paul M. Roby - Bob Spidell - Bill Shroyer - Percy Tucker - Pete Welsch and Manager Pete Renner.

Bolivar High School Cardinals 1939 Basketball Team.  Front:  Ken Oberlin - Russ Eberly - Justin Huth and Jim Huffman.  Back:  Head Coach Sherwood Haueter - Stan Lebold - Paul Burris and Sam Notz.  Gene Steenrod absent.


DOVER - For basketball, the Strasburg Tigers (1-0) (43-9) and the Bolivar Cardinals (0-1) (21-17), in the 2nd game last night, easily topped the show and the Champion Tigers barely came through to take the nod from the Cardinals after a hard-fought contest 29-24.  Strasburg led 7-3 at the 1st period of play, 13-7 at the half and 19-16 at the end of the 3rd stanza.  Their lead was always in danger as the speedy Red Birds threatened at every turn.

Bolivar was ahead once early in the 3rd stanza by a 16-14 count, but Strasburg rallied to take the lead at the quarter's end.  Again as the final period started the Cardinals spurted, but the Burgers got "hot" and stemmed the rush.  The Cardinals couldn't seem to click regularly, but even so they outscored the Tigers from the field 11-10.  Strasburg; however, dumped in 9 of 15 free throws, while Bolivar counted only 2 of its 8 attempts. The Red Birds were assessed 12 personal fouls and Strasburg only 7.  Senior center Lloyd "Mule" Haas had been ejected in the final period.

Senior guard Bob Dreher of Strasburg led the scoring for both teams with a total of 9 points, while Senior forward Justin Huth was high for Bolivar with 8 markers.

STRASBURG TIGERS - 29

Maurice Bayer F 3-2-8
Loren Miller F 1-1-3
Lloyd "Mule" Haas C 1-3-5
Blake Roush G 1-0-2
Bob Dreher G 3-3-9
Bob Spidell G 0-0-0
Fred Yenny C 1-0-2

BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 24

Paul Burris F 2-0-4
Justin Huth F 4-0-8
Bud Ross C 3-1-7
Stan Lebold G 0-1-1
Russ Eberly G 2-0-4
Gene Steenrod G 0-0-0


Saturday, February 18, 1939
John Stratton, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

39 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Trips-Up Mineral City In The 2nd Half 40-24 (2-17-39)

Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates High School 1939 Basketball Team.  Front Row:  Don Hershberger - Merle Smith - Bob Becker - Junior Jones and Earl Smith.  Back Row:  Head Coach Earl Sundheimer - Gene Labrach - Frank Berger and Ken Zimmerman.

Mineral City Tigers High School 1939 Basketball Team.  Front Row:  Wil Bailey - Bob Osborne - Alex Lindsey - Fred Fishley and Dick Carpenter.  Back Row:  Ed English - Charles Whitten - Head Coach Darwin Davis - Lee Hankinson and Bill Abel.  John Barton was not present.


DOVER - The 1st game of the 1939 Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament belonged to the Sugarcreek-Shanesvilles Pirates (1-0) (29-15) and the Mineral City Tigers (0-1) (9-21).  One forward, Bob Osborne of Mineral City, proved to be a big thorne in the side of Sugarcreek-Shanesville during the 1st half of their game, but the sharpshooter was bottled up in the final half and the Pirates went on to win 40-24.  Oborne, using an unusual one-hand hook shot from way out, scored 12 points in the 1st half as the Creekers had a hard time taking a 9-8 lead at the 1st period of play and then falling behind 16-14 at the half.

But in the 3rd period, Mineral City was held to a lone field goal by guard Fred Fishley and Sugarcreek-Shanesville gathered momentum to lead 24-18 at the end of the quarter and then went on to pile up 16 points in the final stanza, while the Tigers made only 6.

Oborne of the Tigers and center Bob Becker of the Pirates were tied for scoring honors with 13 points apiece.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville's guard Junior Jones hit double figures as well with 11 markers.  Guard Ed English of Mineral City was ejected on personal fouls.

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 40

Earl Smith F 2-0-4
Merle Smith F 3-2-8
Bob Becker C 5-3-13
Don Hershberger G 1-2-4
Junior Jones G 5-1-11

MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 24

Dick Carpenter F 0-0-0
Bob Osbourne F 5-3-13
Wil Bailey C 0-0-0
Alex Lindsey G 1-2-4
Fred Fishley G 3-1-7
Ed English G 0-0-0
John Barton G 0-0-0
Lee Hankinson G 0-0-0
Carl Hoover F 0-0-0


Saturday, February 18, 1939
John Stratton, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

39 - 2nd Annual All-County Class B Basketball League All-Star Teams

DOVER - Seven of the 11 high school basketball teams in the Tuscarawas County Class B League are represented on The Daily Reporter's 2nd Annual All-County teams selected by the League's coaches and presented today.  Although the voting showed a scarcity of good guards in the League, it was brisk and close for most of the 5 positions on the 1st Team where 5 different schools won representation.  Two other schools won places on the 2nd Team, where again only a vote or 2 shunted some of the players from the team to Honorable Mention.

1ST TEAM

FORWARD - Ed Lorenz - Stone Creek Panthers
FORWARD - Maurice Bayer - Strasburg Tigers
CENTER - Bill Stevenson - Midvale Blue Devils
GUARD - Dick Machan - Dundee Bulldogs
GUARD - Bill Arthurs - Tuscarawas Broncos

2ND TEAM

FORWARD - Bob Miller - Gnadenhutten Indians
FORWARD - Earl Johnson - Tuscarawas Broncos
CENTER - Lloyd "Mule" Haas - Strasburg Tigers
GUARD - Blake Roush - Strasburg Tigers
GUARD - Justin Huth - Bolivar Cardinals

The 1st Team presents a pretty well-balanced combination with speed, size, shooting skill, ball handlers and floormen all having a place.  In Lorenz and Stevenson , the team has the highest scorers of the League; although, neither one of them received a unanimous vote of all the coaches which would be 10 because coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.

In fact, Dick Machan of Dundee, placed at guard, was the leading vote-getter.  Machan paced the stars with 9 of the 10 votes for 1st place and won the 10th vote for a 2nd Team berth.  Lorenz of Stone Creek ran him a close 2nd with 8 1st Team votes and the other 2 for 2nd Team honors.  Stevenson was 3rd in the balloting, winning 8 votes, Bayer next and Arthurs following close behind.

Gnadenhutten's Miller and Tusky's Earl Johnson ran the 1st stringers a hot race, but fell into the 2nd Team Division by a narrow margin.  The same was true of Bolivar's Huth.  Strasburg's Haas had little competition for the 2nd string center position.  Oddly...or not oddly...all 10 of the players winning positions were Seniors.  There were 25 boys nominated for the honors with Sugarcreek-Shanesville's Don Hershberger and Tusky's Charence Rolli setting the pace among those missing the team choices.

HONORABLE MENTION

Bolivar Cardinals - Bud Ross
Dundee Bulldogs - Victor Smith
Gnadenhutten Indians - Earl Crites
Midvale Blue Devils - Bob Baldwin and Frank Morrison
Stone Creek Panthers - Wayne Kugler and Ivan Hawk
Strasburg Tigers - Bob Dreher
Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates - Don Hershberger, Merle Smith, Bob Becker, Junior Jones and Earl Smith
Tuscarawas Broncos - Clarence Rolli and Lester Meese

Although Sugarcreek-Shanesville won the most nominations with 5, Strasburg...the League Champions...placed the most men on the teams with 3.  Tuscarawas was the only other team to win more than one place, copping one each on the 1st and 2nd fives.

Ballots voted by the coaches were counted and tabulated in the county school board offices under supervision of Superintendent W.E. Laws.

Baltic - L.P. Wortianinen
Bolivar - Sherwood Haueter
Dundee - Bob Lanzer
Gnadenhutten - Ed Sears
Midvale - M.R. Helwig
Mineral City - Darwin Davis
Port Washington - Walter J. Meade
Stone Creek - Jim C. Wilson
Strasburg - Paul M. Roby
Sugarcreek-Shanesville - Earl Sundheimer
Tuscarawas - Charmis Davis

Friday, February 17, 1939
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  Frank Baumholtz "The Midvale Marvel," member of the Ohio University Bobcat basketball team, sank 6 field goals for an even dozen points last night as his Bobcat team smothered Bliss College 62-34 at Athens.  Snyder, Baumholtz's teammate, scored 22 points.

39 - 17th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament (1939)

DOVER - Seven trophies, emblematic of leadership in some phase or other in the county's Class B Basketball League will be presented at the conclusion of the League's Annual Tournament at Menorial Hall.  The tournament, opening tomorrow night with a program of 4 games beginning at 7PM, concludes with the qualifying of 3 teams next weekend for the Sectional Tournament at the Hall March 3-4.

Trophies to be presented following the county tournament are for the tournament winner, runner-up, League Champion, Consolation winner, sportsmanship during the season and individual medals for tournament and League Championship winners.  Strasburg High School has already won the League Championship and will receive the E. Fienberg and Co. trophy and the individual medals awarded by the Godfrey Electric Co.

The Daily Reporter trophy goes to the winner of the tournament, the Sanitry Milk Co. trophy to the runner-up, the S. Toomey Co. trophy to the winner in the Consolation Division, The Daily Times trophy to the sportsmanship winner and the Walter E. Lieser Inc. individual medals to the members of the team winning the tournament.  The trophies will be on display at Ress Bros. cigar store on Tuscarawas Avenue before the tournament.

Thursday, February 16, 1939
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

CLASS B TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY 3-17-39

Mineral City vs Sugarcreek-Shanesville 7PM
Bolivar vs Strasburg 8PM
Stone Creek vs Gnaden 9PM
Port vs Tusky 10PM

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL LEAGUE (1938-39)

1.  Strasburg Tigers (Paul M. Roby-9) 10-0 1.000 (10th Title/3rd Straight)
2.  Tuscarawas Broncos (Charmis Davis-11) 8-2 .800
3.  Midvale Blue Devils (M.R. Helwig-6) 7-3 .700
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians (Ed Sears-2) 6-4 .600
5.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (Earl Sundheimer-9) 6-4 .600
6.  Dundee Bulldogs (Bob Lanzer-4) 5-5 .500
7.  Stone Creek Panthers (W.E. Adams-1) 5-5 .500
8.  Bolivar Cardinals (Sherwood Haueter-1) 4-6 .400
9.  Mineral City Tigers (Darwin Davis-1) 3-7 .300
10. Baltic Eagles (L.P. Wortiainen-2) 1-9 .100
11. Port Washington Purple Riders (Walter Meade-3) 0-10 .000

39 - Frank Baumholtz (The Midvale Marvel)

ATHENS - One of the brightest Sopohomore stars in Ohio cage circles is little Frank Baumholtz, former Midvale Blue Devils High School cager, whose sensational scoring sprees as a member of Ohio University's Sophomore Wonder Team have been the talk of cage critics throughout the midwest.

Last night at Marietta Baumholtz hit the hoops with 10 points to bring his record for 13 games to 209 points and with 7 contests left, the former Tuscarawas County star is expected by cage experts to go over the 300 mark as he averages over 16 points a game.  In the Buckeye Conference race Frank has a wide lead over the field and may break Beanie Berens' scoring record.

Frank has been the sparkplug of a remarkable Ohio University Bobcat Team which has taken its place with the great hoop teams of the country with its new "streamlined" offense which is the fastest and most novel thing in cage circles today.  The Bobcats, with Frank leading the way have averaged close to 50 points per game and at present are leading the Buckeye Conference race with a perfect record.

Although Frank has been a big scoring gun, he has the respect of his teammates and opponents as a perfect team man.  Time and again this season he has had an open shot, but has passed the ball to a teammate who was a bit closer to the hoop.  "Frankie" is a great ball player, says Head Coach Bill Truatwein "and he'll be one of the best in the country before he's through."


Friday, February 10, 1939
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

38 - Strasburg Falls To Willshire!!!

The photo was snapped during the Strasburg Tigers-Willshire Panthers game at the State Tournament in Columbus.  It shows the Tigers never gave up; although, fighting an uphill battle against a team of great size.  Under the basket Junior center Lloyd "Mule" Haas (#4), is seen getting away a jump shot which was good for 2 points, while Senior forward John Miller (#3) and Senior guard Charles "Babe" Reiger (#11), were at hand to followup if the shot had been missed.

STRASBURG - Although Willshire, Strasburg's 1st opponents at the State meet, were giants in stature; they were sadly outclassed by the foot-work and ball-handling of the Tigers.  Thus the size of the opponents together with the inability of Strasburg to hit the hoop on good shots, spelled defeat and ended a very successful season for the Strasburg Tigers (9-2)..


The 1938 Yearbook
Strasburg High School
Strasburg, Ohio

WILLSHIRE PANTHERS - 36

Dellinger F 2-3-7
Hileman F 6-2-14
August C 4-1-9
Jewell G 2-1-5
Heffner G 0-1-1
Cowan G 0-0-0

STRASBURG TIGERS - 34

Paul "Pete" Haswell F 2-2-6
Lloyd "Mule" Haas F 3-0-6
Maurice Bayer F 2-1-5
Garver Wallick F 0-0-0
John Miller C 1-0-2
Bob Deibel G 3-2-8
Charles "Babe" Reiger G 3-1-7

38 - Strasburg Goes To State For The 3rd Time (3-12-38)

Strasburg Tigers' Class B District Basketball Champions gather around Head Coach Paul M. Roby in the Tigers dressing room after their victory over the Berlin Hawks in the finals at Dennison Saturday night, all prepared for their trip to Columbus this week.  Roby and his Tigers have set a basketball record for Tuscarawas County which will be hard to equal.  Many fans jammed the room after Strasburg's triumph.

Strasburg Tigers Senior Forward Paul "Pete" Haswell burned the nets for 10 points (5 field goals) which matched his teammate, Garver Wallick, who also hit for 10 points, in securing the Tigers' victory over the Berlin Hawks 42-25 for the Southeastern Class B District Basketball Championship.

Strasburg Tigers Sophomore Guard Garver Wallick tossed in 10 points (5 field goals) along with "Pete" Haswell to bring home the bacon for the Tigers' 3rd District Championship.


DENNISON - Senior forward Paul "Pete" Haswell and Sophomore guard Garver Wallick led the Tigers to their victory over Berlin, but a steady attack delayed by passing that earned one short shot after another actually carried the team.  "Pete" Haswell lost to the Tigers in the 4th period on personals and Wallick battled to tally 10 points each and in addition, Haswell limited brilliant Berlin guard Hitchcock to but 3 field goals.  Friday night the Berlin star tallied 8 field goals against a touted Hopewell combination.

The Strasburg Tigers (9-1) took a 5-3 lead in the opening quarter and then moved into a commanding 17-11 lead in the 2nd stanza when Senior guard Charles "Babe" Reiger contributed 6 points on a field goal and 4 free throws, while Haswell, Senior guard Bob Deibel and Junior Maurice Bayer, the latter, a substitute center, each picked up a basket.  The Burgers outscored their opponent 12-8 in the 2nd period, but in the 3rd "poured it on" with a 16-7 margin that gave them a 33-18 advantage as the final quarter opened.  Even while they coasted and they outscored the Berlin Hawks 9-7, Head Coach Paul M. Roby sent his entire 2nd string into the game, in the final minutes of play.

Haswell and Wallick scored their 10 points on 5 field goals each.  Hitchcock leading Berlin with a similar total, scored 3 field goals and 4 free throws for 10 markers.  The Strasburg Tigers are the 1938 District Tournament Champions!  The Tigers move on to the State Tournament for the 3rd time in 16 years.


Monday, March 14, 1938
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

THE DAILY REPORTER'S DISTRICT ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS

1ST TEAM

Forward - Paul "Pete" Haswell - Strasburg Tigers
Forward - Hitchcock - Berlin Hawks
Center - Bob Deibel - Strasburg Tigers
Guard - Charles "Babe" Reiger - Strasburg Tigers
Guard - Fitz - Philo Electrics

2ND TEAM

Forward - Allen Miller - Berlin Hawks
Forward - Aggas - Hopewell
Center - John Miller - Strasburg Tigers
Guard - G. Miller - Berlin Hawks
Guard - Brannon, Philo Electrics



NOTE:

Head Coach Paul M. Roby...the most Championship coach in the county...has had his Tigers in the Distict finals 4 times in his 8 years at the Strasburg helm.  In 1932 the Tigers went to the finals, but lost to the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates.  In 1933 they won over the Dennison Railroaders and made the Columbus trip.  Last year they lost out in the finals to the Midvale Blue Devils.

This year Roby and the Tigers followed the same path that Midvale took to the Championship last season.  Upset in the county tournament, the Tigers were sent off into the Consolation Tournament, but came out and then survived the most gruelling of all tournaments in the Dover Sectional Tournament that had Strasburg, Dennison and Sugarcreek-Shanesville all in the same bracket.

Take a look at Coach Roby's Championships since he went to Strasburg 8 years ago:

1931 - County League
1932 - County League-County Tournament-District Runner-up
1933 - County League-County Tournament-District Tournament
1934 - County League-County Tournament
1935 - Tied for the County League
1936 - None
1937 - County League-County Tournament
1938 - County League-Consolation Tournament-District Tournament

NOTE 2:

The New Philadelphia Quakers (Class A) basketball team are also going to the State Tournament this year which includes Coach Woody Hayes.