Baltic Wins 4-0 At Port (9-27-57)

PHOTOS: Port Washington Seniors Ron Phillips (top) and Tom Gardner (below).

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PORT WASHINGTON - In a County high school baseball game here yesterday, the Baltic Eagles downed the locals 4-0. Starting on the mound for the Eagles and getting credit for the win was Dick Lautenslater, who whiffed four and walked three. He was relieved in the 3rd by Bob Slabaugh, who fanned 10 and walked five. On the Mound for the losers was Jim Bender (0-1), who permitted six hits, struck out two and walked five. John Rice led the Eagles with a homer and two singles and Gary Gerber garnered a double. Tom Gardner and Ron Phillips had singles for the Purple Riders' only two hits. Port Washington is now (1-4).

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Friday, September 27, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio

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NOTE: The following games were not reported. Gnaden 8 - Port Washington (0-3) 2 and Port Washington (1-3) 2 - Stone Creek 1.

Sugarcreek, Baltic Take Loop Games (9-13-57)

PHOTO: Port Washington Freshman Jim Bender.

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Two County High School Baseball League games were played yesterday with the Sugarcreek Pirates blanking the Port Washington Purple Riders (0-2) 15-0 and The Baltic Eagles downing Stone Creek Panthers 6-0. Behind the one-hit pitching of John Gross, the Pirates collected 16 safeties off John Landon, with the big blows being two triples and a single by Gordon Gerber and two doubles and two singles by Koran Zehnder. In the 5th the Creekers, led by Russ Kohler who tripled to drive in two runs, put across six markers. Gross struck out nine and walked five, with the only hit off him being a single by Jim Bender in the 4th. Sugarcreek will play at Stone Creek next Monday. Lautenslager of the Eagles also allowed but one safety, fanned 12 and walked one. The single was hit by Richard Hanks in the 5th. The Eagles' 13-hit assault was led by Marcus Ott, who came through with a circuit blast and a single. Sam Jacobs, who had a double and two singles, and John Rice with a double and single. The Panthers used three pitchers, with James McAffee being the starter and loser. He was relieved by Rod Reinhart in the 4th and Harold Blake took over in the 6th.

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Friday, September 13, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio

Troyer Heads High School Athletic Group (9-13-57)

At a recent meeting of the Tuscarawas County Athletic Association the following officers were elected: President, Supt. Clarence Troyer of Baltic; vice president, Supt. M.R. Helwick of Strasburg, and secretary, Supt. C.M. Zimmerman of Sugarcreek-Shanesville. In preparing plans for county sports events this year, Mr. Troyer was delegated as manager of the Baseball League and Spring tournament. Supt. Joseph Carlisle of Warwick Local School District was appointed to again manage the county track meet next May 9. County Supt. W.E. Laws, was retained as manager of the Tuscarawas County Basketball Tournament, at Memorial Hall, here February 13, 15, 20 and 22. Some changes are under way in the handling of both the track meet and the basketball tournament. The preliminary hosts of the track meet will be held during the afternoon, beginning at 2:30. And the final run-offs will be scheduled that evening under the lights, making it possible for a greater number of spectators to attend. The consolation games of the county basketball tournament have been dropped, largely because of the decline in number of schools participating. Owing to the closing of Dundee High, Tuscarawas County can now send only two teams in the sectional tournament.
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Friday, February 13, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Baltic Wins 11-0 At Port (9-10-57)

PHOTO: The 1957-1958 Port Washington Purple Riders Baseball Team: Front Row - Tim Decker, Tom Decker, Tom Gardner, Ron Phillips, Jim Hannahs, John Landon. Back Row - Manager-Dan Decker, Bill Phillips, Harry Kenney, Charles Mayse, Jim Bender, Robert Dumermuth, Coach-William Oppenheimer.

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In the fall season opener of the County High School Baseball League, the Baltic Eagles (1-0) walloped the Port Washington Purple Riders (0-1) 11-0 on the winners' field. Going the distance for the Eagles was John Rice who permitted but two singles, fanned 12 and walked eight. Leading the winners' 10-hit attack against John Landon was Clarence Campbell (1-0) with a double, the only extra-base hit of the game, and a single to drive in four runs. Jerry Berger had three singles. The loser, John Landon (0-1), struck out one and walked four. Port's two hits were garnered by Bill Fisher and Tom Gardner. The Eagles opened the game with two runs in the 1st and then in the 4th blasted John Landon for six markers.

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Tuesday, September 10, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio

Port Washington Schools hire W.W. Gephart (8-9-57)

Woodrow W. Gephart of Dover was hired as executive head of the Salem-Washington school district at Port Washington last night to succeed Jerry M. Baird when the school board met. Supt. Baird resigned to accept a similar position at Junction City. After graduating from Dover in 1938, where he was an outstanding track athlete, Gephart attended Muskingum College and received his bachelor of science degree in 1942. His schooling was temporarily intorrupted by a three-year hitch in the Navy and upon his discharge in 1946, he accepted a position as teacher and coach at Frazeysburg until 1952. He then enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh from where he received his master's degree in 1953. He has completed all his requirements for a doctor's degree with the exception of a dissertation which he hopes to complete in the near future. After three years as executive head of the Wayne and Greentown local schools from 1952 through 1955, he was a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh until accepting the position with the Salem-Washington school district. He is married to the former Martha Huebner of Gnadenhutten and they have two children. They plan to reside in Gnadenhutten.
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Friday, August 9, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Port School Head Resigns (7-23-57)

Jerry M. Baird, 51, superintendent of Port Washington schools for 12 years, presented his resignation to the board of education there last night and will take a position as superintendent of Junction City-Jackson local school district on August 1. The Junction City district is about twice as large as the Port Washington district and Mr. Baird will receive a considerable increase in salary. Jerry Baird has spent a total of 18 years at Port Washington. He began teaching there in 1937 and went to Gnadenhutten schools in 1942 for two years as a science teacher. He returned to Port in 1944 and taught one year before becoming superintendent. During his service, Washington Township has been consolidated into the Port District and a new township school was erected. Mr. and Mrs. Baird will move to Junction City in the near future. They have two children, Mrs. Robert Gaynor and Dean Baird, both of New Philadelphia. Mrs. Baird is a former Republican member of the Board of Elections. No action has been taken by the Port board toward naming Mr. Baird's successor.
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Tuesday, July 23, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS 1957-1958 SPORTS SEASON.

Midvale Reigns As Track Kings In County Meet (5-13-57)

Midvale's mauling Blue Devils repeated as the track and field champions of the Class A County school system as they romped to a lopsided victory in the annual Spring Carnival held at Dover's Crater Stadium Saturday. Coach Burt Beaber's powerful Blue Devil's included one new record among their feats as they won eight first places and five second spots to amass 77 1/2 points to easily retain the cinder championship they claimed last spring. Runnersup were the Gnadenhutten Indians with 41 points, while Tuscarawas Valley was third with 29 1/2. Sugarcreek and Strasburg tied for fourth place with 24 points each followed in order by Tuscarawas with eight, Port Washington five, and Baltic one. Midvale also dethroned Tuscarawas as titlists in the grade boys' division by chalking up 21 points to Sugarcreek's 16 1/2, Tuscarawas Valley's 16, Tuscarawas' 14 1/2, Baltic's four and Strasburg's three. Sugarcreek's high school girls won the crown formerly worn by Bolivar by collecting 19 1/2 points to 16 for Strasburg, 12 1/2 for Tuscarawas Valley, eight for Midvale and four for Baltic, while Gnadenhutten's Grade girls won their division with 16 points as Sugarcreek notched 11, Strasburg eight, Tuscarawas five, Tuscarawas Valley four and Baltic one. Although the meet was held up over 30 minutes by a downpour, the Blue Devils waited until the final event of the day to shatter the mile relay record set in 1953 by a previous Midvale quartet. Ignoring the wet track, the Blue Devils relay foursome of Larry Gibbs, Lonnie Fulp, Tom Krocker and Russ Hobart raced the baton around the quarter mile track four times in 3-minutes 50.9 seconds to trim a ful second off the previous mark of 3:51.9 which had stood for four years. Dick Leggett won two blue ribbons and tied with teammate Bill Housel for a third first place finish, while Chuck Colletti was also a dual winner for the champions. Dick Leggett took the low and high hurdles and tied with Bill Housel in the high jump, while Colletti's blue ribbons were achieved in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. The Blue Devils, by virtue of their easy triumph in the county system meet, will be the standard bearers for Tuscarawas County in the Class A division of the Eastern Ohio District meet at Uhrichsville next Saturday. Thus far this school year Midvale athletes have won the Tuscarawas Valley Football Conference title, reign as Northeast Ohio Regional Class A Basketball kingpins, were consolation bracket winners in the County Baseball Tourney, and continue as county track and field champions.
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COUNTY 'A' TRACK MEET RESULTS
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HIGH JUMP
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1. Dick Leggett - Midvale & Bill Housel - Midvale (tie)
3. Gooding - Garaway & McCaulley - Tuscarawas Valley (tie)
5. Robert Mutschelknaus - Sugarcreek
Height: 5'5"
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SHOT PUT
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1. Jerry Froman - Strasburg
2. Miller - Garaway
3. Wolfe - Midvale
4. Dotts - Midvale
5. Larry Ladrach - Baltic
Distance: 41'5 1/2"
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DISCUS
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1. Ben Price - Tuscarawas Valley
2. Jerry Froman - Strasburg
3. Campbell - Tuscarawas
4. Keffer - Garaway
5. Miller - Garaway
Distance: 119' 2"
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HIGH HURDLES
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1. Dick Leggett - Midvale
2. Lonnie Wolfe - Midvale
3. Bradley - Garaway
4. Morrison - Garaway
5. Mueller - Sugarcreek
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POLE VAULT
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1. McCaulley - Tuscarawas Valley
2. Colombo - Midvale
3. Dix - Tuscasrawas Valley
4. Addy - Garaway & Baldwin - Midvale (tie)
Height: 10' 2"
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MILE RUN
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1. Gossner - Strasburg
2. Dave Banks - Sugarcreek
3. L. Beans - Midvale
4. J. Beans - Midvale
5. Terry Urban - Port Washington
Time: 5:24
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100-YARD DASH
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1. Chuck Colletti - Midvale
2. Clark - Garaway
3. Gerber - Sugarcreek
4. Dreher - Strasburg
5. Bill Johnson - Tuscarawas
Time: 10.5
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440-YARD DASH
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1. Lonnie Fulp - Midvale
2. Bradley - Garaway
3. Chester Shipler - Sugarcreek
4. McCaulley - Tuscarawas Valley
5. Morrison - Garaway
Time: 54.5
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1. Gessner - Strasburg
2. John Colombo - Midvale
3. Kenneth Haueter - Tuscarawas Valley
4. Dix - Tuscarawas Valley
5. Denver Glazer - Port Washington
Time: 2:11.5
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220-YARD DASH
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1. Chuck Colletti - Midvale
2. Tom Krocker - Midvale
3. Clark - Garaway
4. Bill Johnson - Tuscarawas
5. Chester Shipler - Sugarcreek
Time: 23.5
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1. Dick Leggett - Midvale
2. Lonnie Wolfe - Midvale
3. Bradley - Garaway
4. D. Johnson - Tuscarawas
5. Boyd - Tuscarawas Valley
Time: 22.2
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BROAD JUMP
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1. Chester Shipler - Sugarcreek
2. Clark - Garaway
3. John Colombo - Midvale
4. Gary Archinal - Tuscarawas Valley
5. LeRoy Davies - Port Washington
Distance: 18.7
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HALF-MILE RELAY
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1. Midvale
2. Tuscarawas Valley
3. Sugarcreek
4. Strasburg
5. Gnadenhutten
Time: 1:30.6
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MILE RELAY
1. Midvale
2. Gnadenhutten
3. Sugarcreek
4. Port Washington
5. Strasburg
Time: 3.50.9 (New Record)
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HIGH JUMP
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1. Demattio - Midvale
2. Kerns - Tuscarawas
3. Studer - Tuscarawas Valley
4. Cropper - Tuscarawas Valley
5. Jenkins - Midvale
Height 4'9"
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SHOT PUT
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1. Studer - Tuscarawas Valley
2. Lingley - Sugarcreek
3. Kerns - Tuscarawas
4. Ladrach - Baltic
5. Yakley - Sugarcreek
Distance: 49.5
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75-YARD DASH
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1. Jenkins - Midvale
2. Lengler - Sugarcreek
3. Meese - Midvale
4. Ladrach - Baltic
5. Mason - Tuscarawas Valley
Time: 9.2
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BROAD JUMP
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1. Meese - Midvale
2. Kerns - Tuscarawas
3. Albright - Tuscarawas & Koch - Sugarcreek (tie)
5. Cropper - Tuscarawas Valley
Distance: 15' 10"
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440-YARD RELAY
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1. Sugarcreek
2. Tuscarawas Valley
3. Strasburg
4. Midvale
5. Tuscarawas
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1. Steiner - Tuscarawas Valley
2. Weinman - Strasburg
3. Kaelin - Strasburg
4. Kinsey - Sugarcreek & Renner - Tuscarawas Valley (tie)
Distance: 31' 2 1/2"
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50-YARD DASH
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1. Stevanus - Sugarcreek
2. Carpenter - Sugarcreek
3. Everhart - Baltic
4. Kahler - Tuscarawas Valley
5. Edwards - Midvale
Time: 6:73
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1. Weinman - Sugarcreek
2. Wilson - Midvale
3. Zimmerman - Sugarcreek
4. Kaelin - Strasburg
5. Kinsey - Sugarcreek
(Distance: Not Reported)
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220-YARD RELAY
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1. Sugarcreek
2. Tuscarawas Valley
3. Midvale
4. Strasburg
5. Baltic
Time: 28.0
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1. T. Schreiner - Garaway
2. L. Schreiner - Garaway
3. Gerber - Sugarcreek
4. Pfister - Sugarcreek
5. Watson - Strasburg
Time: 6.8
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1. Brown - Tuscarawas
2. Sutherin - Sugarcreek
3. Rauzi - Garaway
4. Tomlin - Tuscarawas Valley
5. Domer - Sugarcreek
Distance: 134.8
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1. Sugarcreek
2. Gnadenhutten
3. Strasburg
4. Tuscarawas Valley
5. Baltic
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Monday, May 13, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE: This concludes the 1956-1957 Port Washington Purple Riders Season.

Port Washington Athletes Will Be Feted On May 11 (5-2-57)

Port Washington High School athletes, managers, cheerleaders and coaches will be honored guests at a steak dinner Saturday, May 11, at the school gymnasium beginning at 6:30PM. Principal speaker for the affair has not yet been announced, but tickets are on sale at Nastoff Grocery in Port Washington and by Herb Stemple, Luther Lindon and Kenneth Morrison. Deadline for Purchasing tickets is Wednesday, May 8. Coach Jim Pfeiffer's Purple Riders posted 13 victories in 22 starts during the last basketball campaign. Highlight of the season was the 50-point spree by Ed Bates against Baltic in the county tournament which set a new individual single game record for the playoffs and for Dover Memorial Hall.
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NOTE: This event on May 11 was not reported!
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Thursday, May 2, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Gnaden Edges Baltic 4-2 For County Crown (4-26-57)

Gnadenhutten's Indians (3-0), already the possessors of the county basketball tourney title, added the Class A County Baseball Tournament championship to their laurels yesterday as they tripped the Baltic Eagles (3-1) 4-2 in the titular playoff at Sugarcreek. Coach Dick Scott's Tribe, the Eagles and the Midvale Blue Devils now advance to the sectional playoffs slated to get underway Tuesday at Sugarcreek. Drawings will be held at 4PM Monday in the office of County Supt. W.E. Laws, tourney manager. Doubles by Bill Wallace and Ron Bradley and a Baltic error gave the Indians two runs in the first inning. After the Eagles tallied once in the second, Gnadenhutten came back with a marker in the third, knocked in by pitcher Larry Clark, and then scored again in the fifth as Ed Shull doubled and crossed the plate on Al Cappell's single. Baltic scored its second run in the sixth frame. Larry Clark of the Indians and Glen Reidenbach of Baltic each allowed six hits, half of them doubles. John Rice, Gary Berger and Ott each had two-baggers for the losers. Larry Clark struck out five, walked three, while Glen Reidenbach passed three and fanned four. Baltic made two errors, Gnadenhutten one.
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Friday, April 26, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Midvale Nine Gains Sectional (4-24-57)

Midvale's Blue Devils (2-1) became the third team to qualify for the sectional Class A Baseball Tournament as they romped to a lopsided 16-1 victory over the Port Washington Purple Riders (0-1) yesterday at Gnadenhutten. The Gnadenhutten Indians (2-0) and Baltic Eagles (3-0) will meet tomorrow at 4PM for the County title, but both teams will join Midvale in the sectional to be held at Sugarcreek the week of May 5. Tomorrow's tilt is also at Sugarcreek. Lonnie Wolfe limited the Purple Riders to a triple by Nick Frank and two singles as he struck out 12 and walked only one batter, the first one up in the opening frame. Jerry Hannahs and Dale Combs pitched for Port Washington and were touched for 10 hits, while fanning nine and walking 10. Dave DeMattio, Tom Krocker and Lonnie Fulp each hit triples and singles. The three-bagger by DeMattio coming with the bases loaded in the fifth inning. Jerry Benedum added a double. (Note: The Port "Washington-Dundee game was not reported or not played.)
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Wednesday, April 24, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Baltic, Gnaden To Battle For County Baseball Title (4-23-57)

The Baltic Eagles (3-0) and the Gnadenhutten Indians (2-0) will square off Thursday at 4PM at the Sugarcreek Park diamond for the county baseball championship following action last night. The Eagles moved into the finals on the fine two-hit pitching of Glen Reidenbach as they shutout Port Washington (0-1) 11-0 while Gnadenhutten copped an 8-4 victory over Midvale (1-1). Port Washington and Midvale will also clash on Thursday for the third berth in the Class A County Sectional tourney slated to start May 4. Both Baltic and Gnaden earned spots in the section. Glen Reidenbach fanned 12 batsmen en route to the victory, while walking only two. Jerry Hannahs was charged with the loss as he gave up nine hits for 11 runs and walked seven in 6 and one third innings. Dale Combs relieved Jerry Hannahs in the final frame and retired the side. Freshman John Rice was the big man at the plate as he led the attack with two triples. Jonas Miller and Glen Reidenbach each collected two singles, while Gary Berger, Bob Schlabach and Sam Jacobs rapped out singles. The Eagles raced three runs across in the first inning and after adding single markers in the third and fourth frames, exploded for six big runs in the sixth inning. Larry Clark, a fast man on the basketball court too, fanned 13 Blue Devils in registering the victory, while allowing seven hits. Lonnie Wolfe started on the hill for Coach Pete Hilliard's crew and was relieved by Dick Leggett in the third. The duo allowed nine hits and had six strike outs. The Devils committed three errors, while the Indians had one miscue. Lonnie Flup led the Devils with a double, while Steve Hamilton collected two singles to pace the victors.
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Tuesday, April 23, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Midvale And Baltic Advance Into Semi-Finals Of Tourney (4-17-57)

Midvale (1-0) advanced to the semi-finale of the County Baseball League yesterday by whipping the Strasburg Tigers (1-1) 11-3 as Lonnie Wolfe scattered six hits, walked six and struck out 14. In other tourney action, Baltic (2-0) trounced Tuscarawas (0-1) 16-2. The game between Port Washington (0-0) and Dundee (0-0) was postponed until a later date. After Strasburg had scored once in the first frame, Midvale raced three runs across in the second and was never in trouble there-after. Another run in the third, three in the fourth and five in the fifth gave the Blue Devils the easy victory as they collected 11 safeties off the slants of Sam Jacobs and Jerry Froman. The two Tiger hurlers collectively struck out six and walked nine. Lonnie Wolfe and Charlie Colleiti each smashed out a triple and single. Jerry Benedum smacked a double and single and Dave DeMattie had two singles to lead the Midvale attack. Bob Haswell's home two in the sixth inning was the big blow for Strasburg. Bob Feller and Bill Metzger each had two hits, one of Feller's a double. With John Rice on the mound for Baltic and limiting the Bronco batsmen to only four hits, the Eagles romped to the victory easily as they collected five runs in the first, four in the third and fifth and three more in the fourth. Tuscarawas collected two runs in the second inning and after batting in its half of the sixth inning decided to call the game. John Rice fanned nine and walked only two en route to the victory, while Smith, Robinson and Eckert, on the mound for Tusky, gave up a combined total of eight hits, eight walks and fanned seven. Ron Huprich led Baltic with two hits, one of them a double, and Sam Jacobs also collected a double . The rest of the Baltic hits were spread out as the entire team hit well. Cavendish, Vesco,, Keffer and Robinson each hit singles for Tusky.
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Wednesday, April 17, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Baltic Edges Stone Creek 4-1; Four Games In County Tonight (4-16-57)

Three more games are booked for the Class A County Baseball Tournament tonight which will decide semi-finalists for the event. Last night the Baltic Eagles (1-0), behind the fine two-hit pitching of Glen Reidenbach, defeated the Stone Creek Panthers (0-1) 4-1. Tonight the Eagles will take on Tuscarawas (0-0) in upper bracket play with the winner advancing into the semi-finals. Dundee (0-0) will play Port Washington (0-0) in the other upper bracket game, while in lower bracket action Midvale's Blue Devils (0-0) meet Strasburg (1-0) with the winner meeting Gnadenhutten (1-0) in the semi-finals. Semi-final games are slated for April 22 and finals April 25. John Rice smashed out a triple, driving in two runs in the first inning yesterday at the Sugarcreek Park field to give the Eagles the edge in the first Inning. Stone Creek opened with a single run in the first when Harold Baker smacked out a double driving in one run. After the Eagles had collected three runs in the first they added one more in the third. From there on in the two pitchers, Mel McAfee for the Panthers and Glen Reidenbach for the Eagles, hurled spotless ball. Reidenbach struck out 12 men, while walking eight and giving up only two hits, one to Baker and the other to Ronnie Deibel. McAfee fanned only two batters, but didn't walk a single man. He was tagged for five safeties, including another triple by Joanas Miller in the third.
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Tuesday, April 16, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Strasburg, Gnaden Victors In County Tourney Openers (4-12-57)

Two games of the Tuscarawas County Class A Baseball Tournament were played last night although opening date was set for tonight. The Strasburg Tigers (1-0) defeated Sugarcreek (0-1) 10-6 and on their home field will meet Midvale (0-0) next Tuesday. Gnadenhutten (1-0) blasted Tuscarawas Valley (0-1) 19-2 at the Indians' diamond and will meet the winner of the Strasburg-Midvale game on April 22. Coach Dale McDonald's hardballers were never in trouble as they spurted to a 4-0 lead in the first inning when Bob Haswell smashed out a double to drive in three runs, and finally crossing the plate himself. After adding one more run, brother Nick Haswell hit a timely single, and with the aid of an error, five more runs crossed the plate for the Tigers. Sugarcreek broke into the score column in the fourth inning with a pair of runs and added one in the seventh. Bill Gerber and Gene Gerber each hit doubles for Sugarcreek. Sam Jacobs was credited with the victory as he went the distance, fanning six and granting 16 hits. Charlie Stingel was charged with the loss, as he gave up 13 hits and struck out six. The Indians copped their victory on the fine hurling of Tom Frank who allowed only four hits, three singles and a double. Meanwhile, the Tribe batsmen collected 15 hits in posting the victory. Ben Price was charged with the loss. Ed Shull led the victors with a double and triple, while Jerry McKeown, Larry Clark and Tom Roth all had two hits apiece, each getting a double. Dave Wolfe got the only extra base hit for the Trojans. Stone Creek (0-0) is scheduled to meet Baltic (0-0), and Dundee (0-0) is to square off with Port Washington (0-0) in action today.
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Friday, April 12, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS SEASON (1956-1957) ROUNDUP

TEAMS
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Port Washington 34 - Gnadenhutten 16
Sugarcreek 47 - Port Washington 34
Port Washington 46 - Gnadenhutten 45
Port Washington 47 - Baltic 42
Tuscarawas 56 - Port Washington 43
Midvale 58 - Port Washington 43
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Killbuck 36 - Port Washington 22
Port Washington 37 - Tuscarawas Valley 28
Port Washington 35 - Lafferty 21
Gnadenhutten 43 - Port Washington 26
Port Washington 43 - Stone Creek 37
Port Washington 46 - Roscoe 38
Port Washington 38 - Sugarcreek 36
Midvale 52 - Port Washington 28
Gnadenhutten 40 - Port Washington 35
Tuscarawas 40 - Port Washington 25
Conesville 40 - Port Washington 34
Baltic 40 - Port Washington 35
Tuscarawas 34 - Port Washington 29
Strasburg 39 - Port Washington 32
Midvale 47 - Port Washington 29
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LeRoy Davies (Junior)
Don Ferrell (Junior)
Tom Gardner (Junior)
Don Jones (Junior)
Ron Phillips (Junior)
Tom Decker (Freshman)
John Landon (Freshman)
Ray Myers (Freshman)
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9-4 (Non-League)
13 - 9 (Over All)
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Stone Creek 70 - Port Washington 62
Killbuck 70 - Port Washington 69
Tuscarawas Valley 73 - Port Washington 62
Port Washington 75 - Uhrichsville 56
Port Washington 79 - Lafferty 63
Port Washington 64 - Gnadenhutten 61
Stone Creek 73 - Port Washington 72
Port Washington 77 - Roscoe 75
Port Washington 85 - Sugarcreek 60
Port Washington 72 - Midvale 71
Port Washington 82 - Gnadenhutten 62
Port Washington 77 - Tuscarawas 42
Port Washington 91 - Dundee 45
Port Washington 89 - Conesville 65
Baltic 81 - Port Washington 79
Port Washington 66 - Tuscarawas 59
Strasburg 56 - Port Washington 51
Midvale 86 - Port Washington 59
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TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS A TOURNAMENT
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Port Washington 85 - Dundee 53
Tuscarawas Valley 88 - Port Washington 63
Port Washington 106 - Baltic 74
Tuscarawas Valley 73 - Port Washington 66
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PORT WASHINGTON TOTAL POINTS 1631 74.1
OPPONETS TOTAL POINTS 1456 66.2
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PORT WASHINGTON HIGH GAME 106
OPPONETS HIGH GAME 88
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PORT WASHINGTON LOW GAME 51
OPPONETS LOW GAME 42
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Ed Bates (Senior) 246-90-582 22 26.5
Denver Glazer (Senior) 133-95-363 22 16.5
Nick Frank (Senior) 92-76-255 22 11.6
Jerry Hannahs (Senior) 69-44-182 22 8.3
Jim Emler (Senior) 53-50-156 22 7.1
Don Ferrell (Junior) 15-14-44 16 2.8
LeRoy Davies (Junior) 2-0-4 2 2.0
Ray Myers (Freshman) 1-0-2 1 2.0
Ron Phillips (Junior) 8-5-21 14 1.5
Tom Gardner (Junior) 2-0-4 3 1.3
Dale Combs 0-5-5 5 1.0
Tom Decker (Freshman) 0-1-1 1 1.0
John Landon (Freshman) 1-0-2 - 2 1.0
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Ed Bates 50
Ed Bates 46
Ed Bates 34
Ed Bates 33
Ed Bates 32
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MOST FIELD GOALS IN A GAME THIS YEAR
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Ed Bates 21
Ed Bates 17
Ed Bates 15 (2)
Ed Bates 14
Ed Bates 13
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MOST FOUL SHOTS IN A GAME THIS YEAR
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Nick Frank 11
Ed Bates 10
Jim Emler 10
Denver Glazer 9
Ed Bates 8
Denver Glazer 8 (2)
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PORT WASHINGTON CAREER
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PORT WASHINGTON TOTAL POINTS
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1. 1699 - 77.2 (1956)
2. 1631 - 74.1 (1957)
3. 1386 - 60.3 (1955)
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PORT WASHINGTON TEAM HIGH GAME
1. 108 (1954)
2. 108 (1956)
3. 106 (1957)
4. 105 (1956)
5. 104 (1956)
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POINTS IN A SEASON
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1. Ed Bates 582 (1957)
2. Ed Bates 466 (1956)
3. Paul Frank 395 (1955)
4. Denver Glazer 363 (1957)
5. Nick Frank 332 (1956)
6. Tom Jones 311 (1956)
7. Tom Jones 277 (1955)
8. Nick Frank 255 (1957)
9. Ed Bates 248 (1955)
10. Ken Huston 227 (1954)
11. Bob Welsch 189 (1956)
12. Jerry Hannahs 182 (1957)
13. Denver Glazer 181 (1956)
14. Paul Frank 180 (1954)
15. Bob Jones 174 (1950)
16. Larry Combs 163 (1954)
17. Harold Weber 156 (1950)
18. Jim Emler 156 (1957)
19. Bill McConnell 149 (1956)
20. Bob Welsch 113 (1955)
21. Bill McConnell 99 (1955)
22. Jim Landon 81 (1954)
23. Bob Frank 76 (1950)
24. Bill Jones 73 (1950)
25. Gary Dichler 73 (1955)
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FIELD GOALS MADE IN A SEASON
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1. Ed Bates 246 (1957)
2. Ed Bates 200 (1956)
3. Paul Frank 154 (1955)
4. Denver Glazer 133 (1957)
5. Nick Frank 115 (1956)
6. Tom Jones 113 (1956)
7. Ed Bates 104 (1955)
8. Tom Jones 100 (1955)
9. Nick Frank 92 (1957)
10. Bob Welsch 77 (1956)
11. Ken Huston 76 (1954)
12. Jerry Hannahs 69 (1957)
13. Denver Glazer 68 (1956)
14. Paul Frank 64 (1954)
15. Bill McConnell 63 (1956)
16. Bob Jones 62 (1950)
17. Harold Weber 60 (1950)
18. Larry Combs 60 (1954)
19. Jim Emler 53 (1957)
20. Fred Welsch 44 (1954)
21. Bob Welsch 41 (1955)
22. Vernon Glazer 40 (1955)
23. Bill McConnell 36 (1955)
24. Bill Jones 30 (1950)
25. Jim Landon 29 (1954)
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FOUL SHOTS IN A SEASON
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1. Nick Frank 102 (1956)
2. Denver Glazer 95 (1957)
3. Ed Bates 90 (1957)
4. Paul Frank 87 (1955)
5. Tom Jones 85 (1956)
6. Tom Jones 77 (1955)
7. Nick Frank 76 (1957)
8. Ken Huston 75 (1954)
9. Ed Bates 66 (1956)
10. Paul Frank 52 (1954)
11. Jim Emler 50 (1957)
12. Denver Glazer 45 (1956)
13. Jerry Hannahs 44 (1957)
14. Larry Combs 43 (1954)
15. Ed Bates 40 (1955)
16. Bob Jones 37 (1950)
17. Harold Weber 36 (1950)
18. Bob Welsch 35 (1956)
19. Bob Welsch 31 (1955)
20. Bill McConnell 27 (1955)
21. Bob Frank 26 (1950)
22. Jim Landon 23 (1954)
23. Bill McConnell 23 (1956)
24. Gary Dichler 21 (1955)
25. Gary Dichler 21 (1954)
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CAREER POINTS
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1. Ed Bates 1296 (1955-1956-1957)
2. Tom Jones 615 (1954-1955-1956)
3. Nick Frank 609 (1955-1956-1957)
4. Paul Frank 575 (1954-1955)
5. Denver Glazer 554 (1956-1957)
6. Bob Welsch 302 (1955-1956)
7. Bill McConnell 248 (1955-1956)
8. Ken Huston 227 (1954)
9. Jerry Hannahs 215 (1956-1957)
10. Jim Emler 193 (1956-1957)
11. Bob Jones 174 (1950)
12. Larry Combs 163 (1954)
13. Harold Weber 156 (1950)
14. Fred Welsch 99 (1954)
15. Gary Dichler 94 (1954-1955)
16. Jim Landon 81 (1954)
17. Bob Frank 76 (1950)
18. Bill Jones 73 (1950)
19. Vernon Glazer 53 (1954-1955)
20. Don Ferrell 44 (1957)
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CAREER FIELD GOALS
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1. Ed Bates 550 (1955-1956-1957)
2. Tom Jones 224 (1954-1955-1956)
3. Paul Frank 218 (1954-1955)
4. Nick Frank 214 (1955-1956-1957)
5. Denver Glazer 201 (1956-1957)
6. Bob Welsch 118 (1955-1956)
7. Bill CmConnell 99 (1955-1956)
8. Jerry Hannahs 83 (1955-1956-1957)
9. Ken Huston 76 (1954)
10. Jim Emler 67 (1956-1957)
11. Bob Jones 62 (1950)
12. Larry Combs 60 (1954)
13. Harold Weber 60 (1954)
14. Fred Welsch 44 (1954)
15. Vernon Glazer 40 (1955)
16. Gary Dichler 34 (1954-1955)
17. Bill Jones 30 (1950)
18. Bob Frank 23 (1950)
19. Don Ferrell 15 (1957)
20. Allen Corbett 13 (1950)
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CAREER FOUL SHOTS
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1. Ed Bates 196 (1955-1956-1957)
2. Nick Frank 186 (1955-1956-1957)
3. Tom Jones 173 (1954-1955-1956)
4. Denver Glazer 140 (1956-1957)
5. Paul Frank 139 (1954-1955)
6. Ken Huston 75 (1954)
7. Bob Welsch 66 (1955-1956)
8. Jim Emler 61 (1956-1957)
9. Jerry Hannahs 55 (1955-1956-1957)
10. Bill McConnell 50 (1955-1956)
11. Larry Combs 43 (1954)
12. Gary Dichler 42 (1954-1955)
13. Bob Jones 37 (1950)
14. Harold Weber 36 (1950)
15. Bob Frank 26 (1950)
16. Jim Landon 23 (1954)
17. Bill Jones 17 (1950)
18. Harold West 16 (1950)
19. Don Ferrell 14 (1957)
20. Vernon Glazer 13 (1954-1955)
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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County Baseball Tournament Will Open April 12 With 4 Tilts (4-6-57)

Four games on Friday, April 12, will get the annual Tuscarawas County Class A Baseball Tournament under way, it was decided when drawings were held Thursday night at Gnadenhutten. Superintendent Clarence Troyer of Baltic is tourney manager. Games sites, to be on decided by the participating coaches shortly before the dates for the various games and will be announced in the schools involved and in the newspaper if time permits. In upper bracket tilts the first day, Stone Creek will meet Baltic and Dundee takes on Port Washington, while lower bracket clashes pit Strasburg against Tuscasrawas Valley. The Tuscarawas Broncos will meet the winner of the Stone Creek-Baltic Tussle on Tuesday, April 16, in an upper bracket quarterfinal game, while Midvale's Blue Devils tangle with the Strasburg-Sugarcreek victor in the lower bracket. Semi-final contests are slated for Monday, April 22, with the championship clash on Thursday, April 25. The champion and runner-up will both advance to the sectional joust booked for May 4 at Sugarcreek. Drawings for the sectional playoffs will be held April 29 in the offices of County Superintendent W.E. Laws who will be manager of the tourney.
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Saturday, April 6, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

4 County Cagers Receive Honors On INS All-Ohio (3-13-57)

Four Tuscarawas County basketball players, received special honors today. Ronnie Deibel of Stone Creek and Eldon Miller of Gnadenhutten were selected to the second team international News Service All-Ohio Class A Basketball team for the 1956-1957 season. Jerry Froman of Strasburg and Ed Bates of Port Washington were named to the honorable mention list. Ronnie Deibel, who set a new four-year scoring record this year, led the Panthers to one of their best seasons in the school's history. Deibel, a 5-11 senior, scored 399 points during the regular season and tallied 120 more in the county and sectional tournaments. This brought his four-year total to 1905 points. The mark snapped the old record of 1792 points held by Jim Lorenz, a former Stone Creek player and set in the 1951-1952 campaign. Eldon Miller, a 5-11 senior, led the Indians to the county championship, through the sectional and finally lost out in the finals of the district tourney to Midvale. The Tribe posted a record of 23 victories and only four setbacks. Jerry Froman, a 6-0 senior, was the stalwart on the Strasburg team this year which went through the regular season undefeated in county league competition and posted a 17-1 season record. The Tigers were eliminated from the county tourney and finished with a record of 19 wins and only three losses. Ed Bates was the high-scorer during the regular season in the county league with 446 points. Port Washington was also knocked out of action in the county tourney in the semi-finals of the consolation bracket. He ended the season with 582 points. The first team members were Bob Filiere of Troy-Luckey, Jerry Delong of Sidney Holy Angels, Jim Opperman of New Bremen, Larry Kruger of Allensville and Danny Kizer of Concord. The second team, beside Miller and Deibel, included Paul Fike of New Washington, Paul Hoffman of St. Paris and Marvin Engle of Arcanum.
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Wednesday, March 13, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Panthers, Trojans Bow Out Of Limelight (2-25-57)

Photo: MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. Eldon Miller of Gnadenhutten was chosen the most valuable player of the 1956-1957 season in the county league. He was named for the honors by individual voting of the coaches of the circuit. He received the trophy Saturday night during the intermission of the championship game between Stone Creek and Gnaden.

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Stone Creek and Tuscarawas Valley cagers Saturday night bowed out of the limelight in the finals of the 35th Annual Tuscarawas County Class A Tournament. And by virtue of the whistle, Gnadenhutten's "rampaging" Indians took a 75-66 verdict over Stone Creek for their fourth tournament championship, and first since way back in 1943. Midvale's Blue Devils cut loose in the consolation fracas and blasted Tuscarawas Valley 96-58 to notch its fourth consolation title in the long series, and kept the Trojans from copping any tourney honors in their first year of action. A special award should go to the Panthers of Coach Ed McGlumphy although they did not win the championship as they probably displayed one of the greatest comebacks ever at the tourney only to be thwarted at the foul line and by an outstanding player by the name of Eldon Miller. Eldon Miller lived up to expectations Saturday night as he led his team to the victory after being awarded the Most Valuable Player Award donated by The Daily Times at the half time ceremonies between the championship game amid many other presentations. Jerry Froman captain of the Strasburg Tigers accepted the league championship trophy also donated by the above paper, while the consolation trophy was awarded to Dave DeMattio and Gary Haney of Midvale donated by Miller and Klinker Inc. of Dover. The 11 players elected to The Daily Reporter's All-County team received trophies. Those named to the team were Ronnie Deibel and Rod Reinhart of Stone Creek, Ben Price and Ken Haueter of Tuscarawas Valley, Jerry Froman and Chuck Burris of Strasburg, Dick Leggett and John Colombo of Midvale Glen Reidenbach of Baltic, Ed Bates of Port Washington and Eldon Miller of Gnadenhutten. Gnadenhutten was the recipient of the tourney trophy donated by The Daily Reporter following the championship event, while the runner-up trophy, donated by the City Auto Co. of New Philadenphia, was awarded to Stone Creek. Gold basketballs donated by Marsh Wall Products of Dover and Fairfield Brick of Zoarville and Silver Ovals donated by Stone Creek Brick Co. were awarded to the members of the champs and runner-up, respectively. Gnaden also received the game ball which was donated by Godfrey Electric of Dover. Tuscarawas Valley's cheerleaders were awarded a trophy for being the best yell team. Those receiving the trophy donated by Schwartz's Smart Apparel of Dover were Judy Kirker, Mary Jane Ladrach, Kaye Kahler, Peggy Mathey, Pat Ickes and Carol Davidson. The Trojan junior high basketball team, which went undefeated in eight league games, was presented a trophy.

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Monday, February 25, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Jim de Mello

Daily Reporter Sports Editor

Dover, Ohio

All-County Team Has Everything (2-23-57)

What would you want in a dream basketball team? Over-all height, good speed, dead-eye shooting, defensive ability, abounding competitive spirit and, above all, plain love of the game? That's exactly what the 1956-1957 Class A All-County Basketball League team has this year. Usually 10 boys, but 11 this year because of a tie, the team was selected for The Daily Reporter by the coaches of league schools. The mentors first voted for the top 20 players on a preliminary ballot and then made a final choice from the nominee list. The team is comprised of eight seniors, two juniors and only one sophomore. It averages approximately 6-feet in height and in an aggregate 207 games the 11 "dream team" members sizzled the nets for 3,749 points or 18.1 markers a game per player during the regular season. Seven schools are represented on the team with Stone Creek, Strasburg, Tuscarawas Valley and Midvale each placing two players. Baltic, Gnadenhutten and Port Washington had one player each. Those boys named to the dream team were Ronnie Deibel and Rod Reinhart of Stone Creek, Jerry Froman and Chuck Burris of Strasburg, Ben Price and Ken Haueter of Tuscarawas Valley, Dick Leggett and John Colombo of Midvale, Glen Reidenbach of Baltic, Eldon Miller of Gnadenhutten and Ed Bates of Port Washington. Only three boys, Ronnie Deibel, Jerry Froman and Eldon Miller were unanimous choices of all 10 coaches. Ronnie Deibel and Jerry Froman, along with Ed Bates and Dick Leggett are repeaters from last year. Ronnie Deibel joined the select few who have made the team three consecutive years. He was named in both his sophomore and junior seasons. Ben Price is the only sophomore on the team, while Rod Reinhart and Chuck Burris are the two juniors. Ben Price received honorable mention last year as a freshman, while Rod Reinhart also was on the "mention" list. Ken Haueter was picked on the honorable mention list last year and this year just barely missed being a unanimous choice as did John Colombo and Dick Leggett. Glen Reindenbach, smallest member on the team at 5-5, along with Eldon Miller, did not receive any recognition last year as juniors. But, this year Eldon Miller was a number one choice and Glen Reidenbach was one of the top vote getters. Ed Bates leads in scoring among the All-County team with 446 points during 18 regular season games for a 24.7 average. In four tournament games the sharp-shooting lad has tallied 136 points to bring his total to 582 for better than 26 points per contest. Eldon Miller follows Ed Bates with 413 points in 20 regular season games for a 20.9 average, while John Colombo tallied 360 in 18 games for a 20 point clip. Ronnie Deibel netted 399 in 20 tilts for 19.9 and Jerry Froman 356 in 18 contests for 19.7. Ed Bates set two new marks in the third game of the present tourney with a 50-point spree. He broke the old tourney record of 43 points held by Jerry Von Kaenel of Strasburg and 44 markers that was the Memorial Hall floor record held by Jake Lengler of Dover High. Ronnie Deibel, although experiencing a slump during the season, set a new 4-year scoring mark. He has tallied 1851 points thus far in four years, snapping the old mark of 1792 set by Jim Jones, also of Stone Creek, in 1952, when the Panthers won the county tournament for the first time. Ben Price is the tallest man on the team at 6-3 and is one of the better rebounders although teammate Ken Haueter, 6-1, has been labeled as the top board man in the league as he, many times, out-jumped players two, and three inches taller than him. Ed Bates is also known as a dangerous man under the boards. He handles his 6-2 frame with amazing ability in snatching loose ovals, while Chuck Burris and Jerry Froman also display uncanny ability in getting good rebound position, although they are only 6-1 and 6-0, respectively. Play-makers? The team has them. Rod Reinhart, labeled by many as a "ball-hawk" and Rod Reidenbach, one of the best ball handlers in the loop, could do a better than ample job as the sparkplugs of the team. Dick Leggett and Ronnie Deibel, although very fine shooters, are also outstanding on drive-ins. Dick Leggett was noted throughout the season for stealing the ball and making many easy layups. Eldon Miller could also be added in the driving group as he led his fast-breaking team all year and tallied many of his points by beating the defense down the floor or getting the jump on his opponent. Pivot men are also abundant on the squad as Ben Price, John Colombo, Ken Haueter and Chuck Burris all move very well in the key and are adept in the art of hooking and shooting fade-away jump shots.
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DREAM TEAM OF 1957
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Ronnie Deibel, Stone Creek Sr. 5-11 399 20 19.0
Rod Reinhart, Stone Creek Jr. 5-8 287 20 14.3
Jerry Froman, Strasburg Sr. 6-0 356 18 19.7
Chuck Burris, Strasburg Jr. 6-1 231 18 12.8
Ben Price, Tuscarawas Valley Soph. 6-3 394 18 17.0
Ken Haueter, Tuscarawas Valley Sr. 6-1 263 18 13.8
Dick Leggett, Midvale Sr. 5-11 342 18 18.8
John Colombo, Midvale Sr. 6-0 360 18 20.0
Glen Reidenbach, Baltic Sr. 5-5 328 20 16.4
Eldon Miller, Gnadenhutten Sr. 5-10 413 20 20.9
Ed Bates, Port Washington Sr. 6-2 446 18 24.7
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HONORABLE MENTION
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Ron Huprich, and John Rich of Baltic
Nick Haswell and Woody Norris of Strasburg
Bill Slemmer of Dundee
Ben Wherley of Stone Creek
Larry Clark, Larry Biggs and Tom Roth of Gnadenhutten
Denver Glazer of Port Washington
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Saturday, February 23, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Jim de Mello
Daily Reporter Sports Editor
Dover, Ohio

Trojans Stage Comeback 73-66 (2-23-57)

The Trojans of Tuscarawas Valley (18-5), behind 11 points at the end of the initial period, unleased a big second quarter to pull ahead by half time and then held on for the victory. The winners trailed 26-15 at the end of the first quarter, but the jump-shooting of Ken (BoBo) Haueter and the hook shots of Sophomore Ben Price whittled the lead in the second period until the score was knotted 32-32. Then Wayne Ruof tallied a fielder with only five seconds remaining to put the Trojans ahead 34-32 at half time - they remained ahead the rest of the game, although Port Washington (13-9) made a game bid in the final period. With Ken Haueter and Ben Price taking turns scoring, Tusky Valley rolled out to a 50-44 lead by the end of the third stanza and soon lengthened its lead early in the fourth period. Both teams went on scoring sprees the final stanza with each netting their biggest out-put in any quarter of the contest. The winners out-scored Port though and at one time led by 11 points only to have the margin whittled by the Riders accurate foul shooting. Three-way scoring by Wayne Ruof, Ben Price and Ken Haueter in the final quarter were the deciding factors, while the fine rebounding of the two big boys and floor play of Raymond McFeeders and Wayne Ruof contributed to the victory. Ken Haueter ended the contest with 24 points, while Ben Price had 21 and Wayne Ruof 16. Ed Bates, hampered with fouls in the third quarter, took scoring honors with 26 markers, while Nick Frank and Denver Glazer each potted 14 apiece. Thus, Port Washington, heavy favorites to win the league and tourney championship ended the season with a mediocre 13-9 record.
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Ben Price 8-5-21
Davy Jo Wolf 1-2-4
Ken Haueter 10-4-24
Wayne Ruof 4-8-16
Raymond McFeeders 0-0-0
John Geers 0-0-0
Roy Buchanan 3-0-6
Sonny Hennis 0-2-2
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PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS 66
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Ed Bates 11-4-26
Nick Frank 5-4-14
Jerry Hannahs 2-1-5
Denver Glazer 5-4-14
Ron Phillips 0-0-0
Jim Emler 0-4-4
Don Ferrell 0-3-3
Tom Gardner 0-0-0
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Saturday, February 23, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

Stone Creek, Gnaden Will Vie For Honors (2-23-57)

After tonight either Stone Creek's Panthers (18-4) will have wrapped up their second Class A County League Tournament title or Gnadenhutten's Indians (19-3) will have notched their fourth in the 35-year series of the dribble derby. The two teams will square off at 8:45PM, this evening for the crown at Memorial Hall with an anticipated record-breaking crowd. Meanwhile Midvale's suprising Blue Devils (13-9) take on the newly consolidated Tuscarawas Valley Trojans (17-5) in the preliminary contest at 7:30PM for the consolation title and the third berth in the Class A Sectional to be staged at Memorial Hall starting next Wednesday night. The Blue Devils gained the finals berth in the consy bracket by snaring a sweet 62-54 revenge victory from the Strasburg Tigers. The loss eliminated the Bengals of Coach Chuck Caniford from the tournament. The absence of Strasburg in the finals of the tourney in either the championship or consy brackets will be the first time in five years. In the past four years the Tigers were champs once, runner-up twice and consolation champs on the fourth occasion. Tuscarawas Valley came from behind to hand the Port Washington Purple Riders (13-8) a 73-66 set back to earn a berth opposite Midvale. The two teams met on November 21 at the Blue Devils court in regular season play and the Trojans of Coach Ray Low walked off with a thrilling 74-73 verdict. Gnadenhutten, victor over Stone Creek by scores of 60-46 and 86-68, won its last tourney crown in 1943, defeating Bolivar for the title. Stone Creek, on the other hand, has won only one county tourney crown and has never been runnerup or consolation winner. So this is the second time the Panthers of Coach Ed McGlumphy has ever been in the finals of either bracket.

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Saturday, February 23, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio

Midvale Shocks Strasburg (2-23-57)

Midvale's Blue Devils (13-9) completed the rout of Strasburg (18-3) from tournament play by defeating the County Class A League Champions 62-54 in the semi-finals of the consolation division of the annual county classic at Memorial Hall. Midvale will meet Tuscarawas Valley (17-5), 73-66 winner over Port Washington (13-8), tonight at 7:30 with the victor advancing to sectional play which starts February 27 here. The other two berths will be filled by Stone Creek (18-4) and Gnadenhutten (19-3). They will meet for the county tournament title tonight at 8:45. It was Stone Creek which handed Strasburg its initial defeat 69-52 on Thursday night.

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Saturday, February 23, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio

Stone Creek Rips Strasburg 69-52 In Tourney Upset (2-22-57)

Stone Creek 69, Strasburg 52! The roof almost came off bulging Memorial Hall here last night as the Panthers turned giant killers and scored the biggest upset this basketball season to gain the finals of the Class A tournament. Stone Creek (18-4) will bid for the coveted crown Saturday night when it meets Gnadenhutten (19-3), which edged Tuscarawas Valley (16-5) 79-75 in the other game last night. As the partisan fans in the jam-packed hall roared them on, the clawing Panthers, coached by Edwin McGlumphy, did what all other county teams failed to this year - trim the Tigers. Strasburg (18-2), ranked third among the state's Class A schools, had lost only to Sandy Valley prior to last night. Stone Creek had bowed to Strasburg 62-52 during the regular season and that made last night's 17-point triumph all the sweeter. The Panthers won their first county tournament title in 1952 against Baltic when they were coached by Ken Newlon, who later was at the Strasburg helm three years before going to Canton Lincoln. This is the first year at the Panther helm for McGlumphy. During the regular season, Stone Creek bowed to Gnadenhutten 80-46 and 81-63, but the Panthers, on the basis of their great performance last night, will be difficult to stop. Gnadenhutten, on the other hand, was given a real scare before conquering Tuscarawas Valley's Trojans in the closing minutes of their contest. As a result of their victories, Stone Creek and Gnadenhutten qualified for the sectional tournament opening here March 6. The third berth in the sectional will be decided tomorrow night at 7:30. Strasburg, beaten only by Sandy Valley prior to last night's setback, tangles with Midvale (12-9) at 7:30 tonight in the consolation semi-finals. The 8:45 contest will send Port Washington (13-8) against Tuscarawas Valley (17-5).

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Friday, February 22, 1957

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio