Bengals Out For 18th Win (2-4-54)

Strasburg's Tigers will go after their 18th straight victory Friday night when they tangle with the Stone Creek Panthers in the Stone Creek gym. The Bengals still lead the county league by the slim margin of one game with Tuscarawas and Baltic, both victims of the Strasburg club, deadlocked in second place.
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Baltic will face a stern test when they take on the Port Washington Purple Riders in their corral Friday night. Ken Huston & Co. have been making menacing gestures since they conquered a flock of bad breaks at the turn of the year and started rolling in earnest. Tuscarawas will trek to Dundee for a game with the always dangerous Bulldogs, who bow out of league competition with their last circuit game of the campaign. The pups can knock off Tusky's hopes on their own big floor.
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Both Baltic and Tuscarawas will have tough tests with the Tigers expected to ease by Stone Creek. Midvale will sit out this round of competition, but the other two games, Mineral City at Bolivar and Sugarcreek-Shanesville at Gnadenhutten, will both have a bearing on the standings as the teams jostle for a chance in the drawing for the county tournament.
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Thursday, February 4, 1954
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio