A victory over the dangerous, high-scoring Port Washington Purple Riders tonight would give the Strasburg Tigers their fourth consecutive undefeated county league cage championship and would be the 41st straight circuit victory for the Battling Bengals. Not since January 25, 1952, when a Gnadenhutten combine pulled the trick, has a county court team been able to defeat a Strasburg aggregation in league competition. The Tigers, unbeaten also in seven non-league contests as well as nine loop tilts, meet the Purple Riders at Strasburg in the spotlighted attraction on the final night of league activity. Should Port Washington with a 12-5 season mark and a 6-3 loop record, upset the Tigers and the Midvale Blue Devils best the Sugarcreek Pirates at Midvale, the league would wind up in a two-way tie. Midvale is in the runnerup spot with an 8-1 mark, while fifth place Sugarcreek has won five of nine loop tilts. In other circuit engagements, third place Gnadenhutten (7-2) is at Mineral City (1-8), Baltic (3-5) is at Stone Creek (4-5), and Dundee, winless in nine games, is at Bolivar (2-7). Port Washington has hit over 100 points on four occasions in league triumphs over Stone Creek, Dundee, Baltic and Mineral City. The nearest the terrific Tigers of Coach Ken Newlon have come to defeat was in a non-league tussle against Class "A" Sandy Valley. Strasburg copped a 63-58 verdict over the Cardinals. Sugarcreek's Pirates may give the Blue Devils a rugged time at Midvale while the Baltic-Stone Creek and Dundee-Bolivar clashes are also expected to be close ones. Gnadenhutten is favored over the 10th place Mineral City Tigers.*
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Friday, February 10, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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