Football will be forgotten this week when County Class A cage combines begin tonight. Four games are on this evening. Baltic's Eagles (2-1), already veterans of the 1958-1959 season with three games under their belts, travel to Plainfield. The Eagles are one of the many county schools under a new head mentor this season. They are being coached by Tom Bellville, brother of former tutor Jack, this season. Last year the Eagles ended with a 13-8 record. Stone Creek, which ended last season with a 13-9 mark under Eddie McGlumphy who is now the cage boss at Martins Ferry, will be coached by Ernest Larkens, a graduate of Miami of Ohio, this season. Fresno, a 73-66 winner over Baltic recently, will furnish the opening game opposition. Bob Gaume replaces Dick Scott, now at Denison University, as head of the teepee at Gnadenhutten. The Indians were runnerups in the county tourney last Spring and copped the sectional title before losing out to Powhatan in the district, will be out to improve upon last yer's 20-7 mark when they open at Freeport. Two county league battles will head Friday night's calendar. Port Washington travels to Stone Creek and Baltic to Gnadenhutten. Port ended with a 1-18 record last season under Bill Oppenheimer. Tutoring the Purple Riders this year will be Tom Davies. Chuck Caniford relinquishes the head basketball duties to Ernest Raber, a native of Sugarcreek, when the Strasburg Tigers open their season by entertaining Beach City's Pirates. The Bengals were 11-8 under Caniford, who now is devoting full time to coaching football and handling the principal's job. Midvale's Blue Devils, minus only one player in Russ Hobart from last year's 19-3 squad, will open its season at home by entertaining Augusta. The Devils return to the courts Saturday night when they travel to Tuscarawas for the Broncos' opener, while Port Washington treks to Beach City. Tuscarawas, also under the guidance of a new mentor this season, ended last season with a 5-13 mark. Heading them this season is Kermit Smulbach, who coached at Dundee High School three years ago.*
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Tuesday, November 18, 1958
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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