PERENNIAL POWER Strasburg and the classy Indians from Gnadenhutten, first and third seeded respectively in the Tuscarawas County Tournament at Memorial Hall, are expected to play to a full house when they make their initial tourney appearance as part of a three-game program tonight. The Tigers, unbeaten in 17 games, will meet Sugarcreek-Shanesville, while the Tribesmen, winners of 18 of 20 starts, take on Mineral City. Either the Bolivar Cardinals (7-14) or the Baltic Eagles (6-14) will join Tuscarawas on the sidelines tonight after they open action in a 6:30 consolation fracas. The gym doors will open at 5:30. Tusky was eliminated from the race by Stone Creek 77-61 last night, while in the regular bracket Port Washington's hot-shooting Purple Riders made an auspicious debut by romping to an 84-54 victory over an outmanned Baltic array. Strasburg and Sugarcreek-Shanesville (10-11) collide at 7:45 this evening with the final, at about 9, pitting Gnaden against the Tigers (4-17). The Pirates whipped Stone Creek and the Tigers beat Tusky in their lid-lifters Tuesday night. Both Strasburg and Gnaden own regular season victories over their foes. The Bengals thrashed the Bucs 66-30 and the Indians clobbered Mineral City 85-52. Strasburg's leading scorer is Jim Kuecher, southpaw forward. The six foot Senior has bagged 343 points, while his running mate, 6-1 Senior Willie Rieger has tallied 142. Center Ron Gray 6-2 Senior has made 190 and the guards, 5-11 Junior Jerry Froman has scored 251 and 5-8 Senior Lloyd Deibel 101. For Gnaden, 5-8 Senior Glen Hines has tossed in 323 followed by 5-10 Junior Eldon Miller with 289, 6-1 Senior Lloyd Porter with 287, six foot Sophomore Tom Roth with 191 and 5-7 Sophomore Ed Shull with 84. Stone Creek moves on to a Saturday night fray against the survivor of the Baltic-Bolivar game.*
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Friday, February 17, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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