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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
Bluffton High’s successful 1940-41
cage season in which the Pirates wo'n
the Western Buckeye league cham
pionship and finished as runnerup in
the Sectional Class tournament
was the fourth best in the history
of the school.
Only in 1929, 1931 and 1937 was
this year’s record of 18 victories and
three defeats surpassed.
Bluffton’s 1929 team has the best
all-time standing, an impressive list
of 23 wins and only one defeat.
That lone setback was administer
ed in the finals of the state Class
tournament play, after the Pirates
had won all season games and titles
in county, sectional and regional
tourney competition.
In 1931, an almost equally good
record was compiled when Bluffton
won 22 and lost only two. In that
year, the locals won county, sectional
and regional championships, and ad
vanced to the second round in the
state tournament.
Because of the funeral of Mrs. A.
J. B. Longsdorf, wife of Supt. of
schools Longsdorf, all of the extra
curricular activities of the fore part
of the week were postponed and most
of them during the latter part of the
week were postponed to a later date.
It w’as too late, however, to cancel
an address which w’as by Roy Breg,
executive secretary of the Allied
Youth organization of Washington,
D. C., who addressed the students at
the regular assembly session Tuesday
morning.
Mr. Breg made a new approach to
the matter of alcohol education, com
bining science, youth organization and
community participation in the mat
ter of making alcohol education real
istic and effective.
The student senate issued an ex
pression of sympathy to Supt. Longs
dorf during his bereavement. The
senate made arrangements for the
student body to pay their respects
and view’ the body of Mrs. Longsdorf
at the Basinger Funeral home, Tues
day morning.
School w’as dismissed for the funer
al, all day Wednesday. The faculty
attended the services, as a group at
both the funeral home and Methodist
church, Wednesday morning. Sever
al members of the faculty went to
In winning 18 of 21 games dur
ing their successful 1940-41 season,
Bluffton High cagers rolled up an
impressive average game total of
43.4 points.
Clyde Fisher, the only senior reg
ular lost by graduation,who made
the second All-Ohio Class team in
a guard position, paced Bluffton’s
scoring attack with a total of 200
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Do not drive while you drink.
Do not drink while you drive.
Do not Jeopardize your own
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Do not Jeopardize the life of
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l*/j ounces of alcohol will
lower your ability to judge dis
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Reduce your abiity to con
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Lessen your muscular reac
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1940-41 Record Of 18 And 3 Fourth
Best In Bluffton High Cage Annals
A record of 20 victories and two
Bluffton High School Notes
Bluffton High Cagers End Season
With Game Average Of 43.4 Points
defeats was made in 1937, when
Bluffton again went to the state
tournament, after winning sectional
honors.
Since 1929, Bluffton has had six
unusually good seasons. In chrono
logical order they are as follows:
Year W
1929 23 1
1931 22 2
1933 14 5
1937 20 2
1939 10 4
1941 18 3
Average season records were made
in five of the seven remaining years.
In one of these, 1939-40, Bluffton
started slowly but finished in a blaze
of honor to capture the sectional
basketball title in play at Carey.
In thosp years, records were: 1930,
won 7, lost 5 1932, won 11, lost 7
1934, won 8, lost 8 1936, won 11,
lost 7 1940, won 12, lost 10.
Only two poor seasons are record
ed. In 1935, Bluffton won only four
and lost nine, and the 1938 record
was three victories and 15 reversals.
Wooster for the funeral Wednesday
afternoon.
A joint banquet for members of the
F. F. A. and the F. H. A. will be
held at the cafeteria, Thursday night
at 6:30 o’cock. The following com
mittees have been appointed by Doris
Garmotter president of F. H. A. and
Chas. Lora, president of F. H. A..
Program—Veldean Moser and James
Stratton Decorations—Mae Huber
and Richard Gratz Menu—Ellen Ba
singer and Weldon Deppler Clean
up—Dorothy Burkholder and Wesley
Sommer.
The boys and girls glee clubs have
been rehearsing all week in prepara
tion for the Northwest Ohio Choral
Music contest at Bowling Green, Fri
day.
Films scheduled for use in classes
this week include: Recreation and
A Trip to Africa.
Tw’o hondsome additions were ad
ded to the Bluffton Trophy collection
this w’eek—one for being runner-up
at the district tourney in Shawnee
and the other was won by the F. F.
A. boys in judging contest at Way
nesfield, Saturday. The latter, how
ever, is a travelling trophy and can
be held only until the Bluffton team
loses.
points, an average of 9.5 per game.
Fisher played in 21 games.
Norman Beidler and Russ Gratz,
star forwards of the team, were
next high in the scoring records.
In 20 contests, Beidler racked up
174 points, a game average of 8.7
and Gratz got 171 points in the
same number of tilts for an average
of 8.6.
Bob Cooney, center, tallied 116
points in 16 games, an average of
6.8, and Roger How’e, the other reg
ular guard, got 96 points in 21
games, an average of 4.6.
Others who contributed to Bluff
ton’s 912 points during the season
included: Richard Gratz, forward,
19 games, 77 points Pete Schmidt,
center, 17 games, 49 points John
Herrmann, guard, 17 games, 21
points,and Don Clark, forward, 16
games, 12 points.
Recreation Center
Bluffton recreation center in the
grade school basement will be closed
for the season on April 1, Dale
Davidson, supervisor, announced this
w’eek.
No activities will be conducted in
the center Wednesday night of this
week, because of funeral services on
that day for Mrs. A. J. B. Longsdorf,
wife of the superintendent of Bluff
ton public schools.
Lighting facilities in the center
have been greatly improved as a
result of work completed in the
basement of the school by the Bluff
ton High school vocational electrical
class.
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Two Pirates On
All-Tourney Team
Two Bluffton cagers were named
to the All-Star Sectional Tourna
ment team following the close of
play at Shawnee last week, the local
outfit being the only crew’ to place
more than one man among the first
five.
Russ Gratz and Clyde Fisher re
ceived the honorary ranking, the
former as a forward and the latter
as a guard.
Sharing the first team with them
were P. Reichert, of Coldwater Rog
er Phillips, of Cridersville, and
Bourne, of Gomer.
On the second team* were Fuller,
Delphos Jefferson Clark, Alger A.
Reichert, Coldwater Meeker, Crid
ersville, and Miller, Delphos Jeffer
son.
Recognition Fete
For College Teams
Honoring members of Bluffton col
lege’s 1940 and 1941 football and
basketball squads, a recognition ban
quet w’as held Monday night in the
Walnut Grill.
R. H. Fletcher, attorney for the
Ohio Oil Co., Findlay, was the speak
er, using as his subject, “My Obser
vations of the Varsity Athlete and
His Later Areas of Usefulness.”
Fletcher illustrated his talk with
actual life history recitals of Uni
versity of Illinois athletes with whom
he played.
Others appearing on the program
included Dr. C. Henry Smith and
George Radulovich, an undergraduate
athlete. Dean-Emeritus N. E. Byers
was toastmaster. Music was pro
vided by the Three Trumpeteers.
A total of 74 attended the ban
quet including business men who as
sisted in sponsoring the affair, mem
bers of football and basketball prac
tice squads, cheer leaders and stu
dent managers.
Guests included Players Fink and
Zuercher and Coach Kissel, of Find
lay college, and Player Widener and
Dr. Thomas Smull, of Ohio North
ern university.
Certificates of award were present
ed to 17 Beaver athletes by Presi
dent Ramseyer.
Bowling League
Central Ohio and North Enders
teams made a clean sweep of last
w'eek’s assignments, the former win
ning three games from Triplett and
the latter taking three from the
Radio Club. Stone Co. bowlers cap
tured two of three games from the
Old Dutch outfit, and South Enders
rolled a solo match, with the Post
Office to bowl next week.
CENTRAL OHIO
R. Shoemaker 181 153 148—482
C. Harkness 167 117 143—427
I. Clements 174 161 156—491
F. Weinhold 96 131 98—325
W. Bechtol 131 175 162—468
Totals 2193
TRIPLETT
F. Reichenbach 160 95 144—399
R. Burkholder 82 86 87—255
K. Schaeublin 119 94 120—323
D. Coffin 101 147 113—361
Low Score 82 86 87—255
Totals 1603
NORTH ENDERS
H. Bracy 179 187 134—500
F. Herrmann 144 108 128—380
G. Mumma 139 122 136—397
E. Schaeublin 114 204 156—474
Low Score 114 108 128—350
Totals 2101
RADIO CLUB
J. Manges 113 145 129—387
G. Berry 137 103 127—367
L. Brauen 108 91 155—354
D. Kirtland 136 181 138—455
Low Score 108 91 127—326
—1 —........
Totals 1884
STONE CO.
R. Marshall 110 160 131—401
G. Foltz 126 139 134—399
C. Conrad 141 184 153—478
R. Conrad 166 149 96—411
L. Coon 147 150 141—438
Totals 2127
OLD DUTCH
H. Stonehill 105 156 129—390
W. Fish 106 138 113—357
C. Stonehill 147 168 206—521
I. Clements 152 166 210—528
C. Steiner 109 151 125—385
Totals 2181
SOUTH ENDERS
E. Soash 113 160 176—449
K. Marshall 133 254 125—512
C. Ream 154 117 146—417
R. Diller 136 122 107—365
L. Coon 173 160 192—525
Totals 2268
Post Office to bowl next week.
On February 1, 1942, the Surplus
Marketing Administration owned 6
689,000 pound of lard, 24,714 cases of
eggs, and 67,000 pounds of butter.
Iron from the white and sulphur
from the yolk combine to form iron
sulphinde and to produce the dark
ring in boiled eggs. A short cooking
period and quick cooling under water
decreases or eliminates the undesir
able color.
BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON. OHIO
Two Bluffton college debate teams
entered inter-collegiate competition
at the annual Dowding Green Debate
tournament, Saturday. The tourna
ment was held at Bowling Green
State university. Teams from To
ledo, Bowling Green, De Sales,
Heidelberg, Findlay, and Bluffton
were represented.
The question, “Resolved: The
Western Hemisphere adopt a per
manent union”, was debated affirma
tively and negatively by the Bluff
ton teams. The teams consisted of
Mark Houshower and Leland Leh
man Alvin Beachy and Herbert
Fretz accompanied by Coach P. W.
Stauffer.
A Rutgers university debate team
from New Brunswick, N. J. met a
local college team in the college
Chapel, Wednesday evening, March
12. The Bluffton debaters parti
cipating in the non-decision bout
were Mark Houshower and Alvin
Beachy, upholding the negative side.
The question debated was the adop
tion of a Western Hemisphere union.
Nominees for Bluffton college Y.
W. C. A. officers for 1941-42 have
been announced on the “Y” bulletin
in college hall. Lucille Tschantz,
Frances Ramseyer, and Esther Nis
wander are running for the presi
dency Lora Schultz, Magdaline
Oyer, and Margaret Shelley will be
considered for the vice presidency
Evelyn Hilty, Marcille Steiner, and
Thelma Dailey, for treasurer and
Helen Habegger, Holly Mosiman,
and Mary Alice Howe, for secretary.
Mrs. A. C. Burcky, present advisor
of the group, Miss Naomi Brenne
man, Professor of English, and Miss
Edna Ramseyer, Dean of women,
have been nominated as advisor. The
annual election will be held Wednes
day, March 26.
A one-fourth horsepower electric
mixer w’as recently purchased for
the kitchen in Ropp hall. Mrs.
Metta Dean, dietition, and students
who work in the kitchen are rejoic
ing over the ease and thoroughness
w’ith which they are now able to
mix cakes, icings, and pancake bat
ter mash potatoes stir gravy and
whip cream.
The Bluffton college Vesper choir
presented a program of sacred music
in the Saint John church, Pandora,
Sunday evening. This w’as the
second in a series of March concerts
scheduled for the choir. They will
give Dubois’ cantata, “The Seven
Last Words of Christ”, in Vaughns
ville and Lima on the afternoon and
evening of March 23 and in the
college chapel on the afternoon of
March 30. Professor Russell A.
Lantz directs the choir.
Rev. Chas. E. Zunckel, pastor of
the Brethren church in Lima, ad
dressed the Peace Action club at
their regular meeting last Wednes
day evening.
Methods of dealing with conscien
tious objectors were also brought
out. Rev. Zunckel mentioned that
some boards do not handle C. O.’s as
is outlined in the draft bill, but are
turning them over to F.B.I. agents
instead to determine their sincerity.
In a discussion following the talk,
several members of the club brought
out the fact that some draft boards
are taking every possible opportun
ity to classify young men as any-
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Bluffton College Notes
thing but conscientious objectors.
The aim, they declare, seems, to be
that of keeping the number of C.
O.’s at a minimum.
George Radulovich, senior, will
preside at a meeting of the Interna
tional Relations club next Tuesday
evening. He will present the topic,
“Problems to be Faced after This
Current Conflict”, for group discus
sion.
Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, President
of the Hartford Seminary Founda
tion at Hartford, Connecticut, will
address the student body and faculty
at their Chapel exercises, Friday
morning. Dr. Barstow will also be
available for student conferences
during the afternoon.
Bluffton college students met in
the Ropp hall lobby for their week
ly social gathering Saturday even
ing. Parlor games and ping pong
made up the program refreshments
in keeping with Saint Patrick’s day
were served. Frances Ramseyer,
Chairman of the social committee,
was in charge.
Dr. Arthur E. Holt, Ph. D., LI. D.,
of the Department of Social Ethics
at the Chicago Theological seminary,
will address the forty-first annual
commencement exercises of Bluffton
college, in the First Mennonite
church, June 10.
Members of the Y. W. C. A. and
Y. M. C. A. will be guests of the
Findlay “Y’s” Thursday evening, at
Findlay. The local organizations
will furnish the program and Find
lay will furnish the entertainment.
At a special request from the hosts,
Laurence Burkhalter, violinist, and
Robert Zigler, Richard Howestine,
and Keith Plank, members of the
trumpet trio, will be presented on
the program.
Ray Holcomb, Bluffton college jun
ior, was elected to the position of
May Day chairman, at an all-college
election held Tuesday morning in
the chapel. Holcomb w-as chosen from
a group of five junior men, including
George Swank, Charles Lemley, Bert
ram Smucker, and Russell Oyer.
Charles Lemley, receiving the sec
ond largest vote, will act as Clean
up Day chairman.
Mrs. Paul Stauffer will be pre
sented at the Bluffton college Y. W.
C. A. meeting this Wednesday night
in a devotional meeting of poetry.
Miss Holly Mosiman, freshman,
will be in charge of the scripture
reading, and Arthur Thiessen, also a
freshman, will play a cello solo.
The meeting will be held in the
College chapel,and all lighting will
be done with candles.
F. F. A. Broadcast
“Baby Chicks” will be discussed by
the Future Farmers of America of
Bluffton High School in a broadcast
to be held over station WLOK of
Lima Saturday morning from 11:30
to 11:45 o’clock.
Names of the boys participating in
the broadcast will not be announced
until the latter part of the week, ac
cording to Harry Barnes, instructor.
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Winning 18 games and losing only
three during 1940-41 play, Bluffton
High cagers completed a successful
season which included tying for the
championship of the Western Buck
eye league and capturing runnerup
honors in the Class sectional tour
nament.
Fifteen of the victories were re
corded in regular scheduled play for
the year and two of the setbacks
were suffered during the season.
In the sectional tournament, the
Pirates won three decisions before
losing in the finals to an aggressive
Cridersville team.
An impressive season total of 912
points were scored by Bluffton, as
compared with 693 made by oppon
ents. During the regular season,
the Dillermen tallied 700 points to
519 for the opposition. In tourna
ment play the score was 212 for
Bluffton and 174 for the opponents.
Only one regular will be lost from
the Crimson team by graduation,
Clyde Fisher, who has played on the
Varsity four years.
Bluffton finally pulled its attack to
gether again, and closed with a belat
ed rush which started too late, how
ever, to hope to gain victory.
It was the firft time in the tourna
ment that the Dillermen had been
held to less than 50 points. In their
four tournament starts, the locals
had an average per game of 53
points.
Both finalists showed uncanny ac
curacy from the free throw mark.
Bluffton tallied 11 of 14 tries and
Cridersville got 10 out of 13.
Roger Phillips, Cridersville’s great
center, paced his team’s attack with
a total of 20 points and Beidler was
high for Bluffton with 13.
In the semi-final round, Bluffton
started slowly but closed with a rush
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Bluffton High Cagers Score 912 Points
In Winning Eighteen Games, Losing Three
Beidler, Cooney, Russ and Rich
Failing by only one game in win
ning their sixth Section Class bask
etball championship, Bluffton High
cagers lost a heart-breaker to Crid
ersville, 52 to 45, in the final round
of the Shawnee tournament last Sat
urday.
Bluffton had advanced to the cham
pionship tilt by conquering Delphos
Jefferson in the semi-finals, 55 to 46
after winning over Shawnee, 62 to 27,
and Minster, 50 to 49, in the preced1
ing week.
Cridersville had the best record of
any team competing in the tourney,
but it took a rally during which the
Rams played their best ball of the
season to turn back Bluffton’s deter
mined championship bid.
For the first two quarters, the Din
ermen battled the much larger Crid
ersville outfit on more than even
terms .holding an 11 to 9 lead at the
the quarter and a 23 to 17 lead at
halftime.
Bluffton’s downfall was in the third
quarter when Center Bob Cooney was
lost on personal fouls shortly after
the period opened.
His loss coupled with an unusually
“hot streak” taken by Cridersville
ball hawks momentarily demoralized
Bluffton on offense and defense.
As a result, Cridersville netted 22
1 points in the stanza, and at one time
1 in the fourth quarter the Rams led by
15 points.
Pirates, Contenders In Sectional
Finals, Lose To Cridersville
PXGE THREE
Gratz, Howe and Schmitt, who with
Fisher carried the main burden of
Bluffton’s play during the season,
all will be back in uniform again
next season.
Complete summary of Bluffton’s
season is as follows:
Bluffton 35, Vaughnsville 32
Bluffton 47, Lima South 40
Bluffton 63, North Baltimore 19
Bluffton 39, Harpster 29
Bluffton 49, Ada 27
Bluffton 26, Columbus Grove 23
Bluffton 39, Celina 42
Bluffton 34, Willshire 36
Bluffton 44, Carey 27
Bluffton 46, Wapakoneta 34
Bluffton 29, St. Marys 26
Bluffton 31, Bellefontaine 26
Bluffton 40, Ada 32
Bluffton 43, Van Wert 28
Bluffton 29, Wapakoneta 28
Bluffton 62, Gallipolis 36
Bluffton 44, Upper Sandusky 34
Tournament
Bluffton 50, Minster 49
Bluffton 62, Shawnee 27
Bluffton 55, Delphos Jefferson 46
Bluffton 45, Cridersville 52
to defeat Delphos Jefferson, 55 to 46.
Trailing at the quarter, 7 to 13, the
Pirates came from behind for the first
time just before halftime to lead 20
to 19.
In the third stanza, however, the
Dillermen began pulling away from
their foes to set the pace at the close
of the period, 41 to 31. At one time
in the fourth quarter Bluffton had a
14-point lead, which was shaved by
Jefferson in the final minutes.
Fisher tallied 18 points for Bluff
ton and Russ Gratz garnered 12.
Bluffton FG MF PF TP
Beidler, .. ....2 0 0 2 4
Russ Gratz, .. ..6 0 0 1 17
Dick Gratz .... 1 0 0 0 2
Cooney, ... ... 4 0 2 3 8
Howe, .... .... 3 2 3 3 8
Herrman, ... 0 1 0 0 1
Fisher, ... ... 8 2 2 1 18
Clark, .... .... 0 0 0 0 0
Schmidt, .. .... 1 0 1 3 2
Totals 25 5 8 13 55
Delphos Jeff. FG. F. MF PF TP
Seymour, .. .... 2 2 0 4 6
Heiss, ......... 4 4 3 2 12
Fuller, .... .. 4 1 3 2 9
Eversole, .. .... 3 0 1 2 6
Miller, ... .... 4 1 1 1 9
Osmun, .. .... 0 2 0 0 2
Bryan, ... ... 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 18 10 8 11 46
Bluffton FG MF PF TP
Beidler, ... ... 5 3 2 3 13
Russ Gratz, ....3 3 0 3 9
Dick Gratz, ....2 1 0 0 2
Cooney, ... ... 2 1 0 4 5
Howe, ............ 2 2 0 0 6
Fisher, ... ... 2 0 1 1 4
Herrman, 0 0 0 0 0
Schmidt, .. ... 2 2 0 3 6
Totals 17 11 3 14 45
Cridersville FG. F. MF PF TP
P. Frazier, .... 4 0 0 5 8
R. Frazier, .... 3 2 0 2 8
Phillips, ... ... 7 6 1 2 20
Porter, ... ... 1 1 1 1 3
Meeker, ... ... 6 1 1 2 13
Du Bois, .. .... 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 21 10 3 9 52
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