Blue Devils Stop Stone Creek For 6th In Row (1-7-56)

MIDVALE'S VICTORY over Stone Creek which sent the Blue Devils atop the Tuscarawas County Class B League standings, an overtime argument which saw the Tuscarawas Broncos shade Mineral City and hard-earned triumphs by Baltic, Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Gnadenhutten marked circuit competition Friday night. The Midvale hustlers moved ahead of likewise unbeaten Strasburg when they clipped the Panthers by an 81-69 count. The Blue Devils now have won six in a row while the Bengals, who were idle last night, have copped all five of their league starts. Tusky turned back the challenge of Mineral City 73-69, while in other close ones, Baltic tamed Dundee 81-76, Sugarcreek-Shanesville decisioned Bolivar 53-46 and Gnaden took the measure of Port Washington 64-58. The results lift Gnaden in third place followed by Sugarcreek-Shanesville, which has won four and lost two. Tusky, the only other team above water, has won three and lost three. The standings may be changed next Friday when the league schedule has Sugarcreek-Shanesville at Baltic, Bolivar at Strasburg, Dundee at Port, Gnaden at Stone Creek and Midvale at Tusky. Underclassmen figured prominently in last night's tussles as juniors Dick Leggett and John Columbo starred for Midvale, junior Ronnie Deibel and sophomore Rod Reinhart for Stone Creek, junior Ed Bates for Port, sophomore Ed Shull and junior Eldon Miller for Gnaden, sophomore Willie Slemmer for Dundee, junior Glen Reidenbach for Baltic and freshman Ben Price for Mineral City . Of course every performer who appeared in the five frays played a hand with Jim Uher of Baltic and Ted Riggle of Tusky hauling down point-making laurels. The Standings:
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1. Midvale 6-0
2. Strasburg 5-0
3. Gnadenhutten 4-1
4. Sugarcreek-Shanesville 4-2
5. Tuscarawas 3-3
6. Stone Creek 2-3
7. Port Washington 2-3
8. Baltic 2-4
9. Bolivar 1-4
10. Mineral City 1-5
11. Dundee 0-6
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Saturday, January 7. 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio