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THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1947
Pirates Drub Foe, 66-25, for
17 th Consecutive Win
of Season
Bluffton Team Is Impressive on
Offense and Defense in
Tournament Play
Continuing to show the impressive
scoring prowess which carried them
through their regular season un
defeated, Bluffton High’s smoothly
geared cage crew romped to their
17th consecutive victory Monday
night with a 66 to 25 conquest over
Delphos Jefferson in the first round
of district Class tournament play
at Ada.
Ten Bluffton cagers saw action in
the tilt, as the Pirates soundly
thumped a Delphos team that threat
ened only in the first quarter when
they led at one time, 4 to 0, and
another time, 7 to 4.
Then the Cottennan crew settled
down to tally 11 points while hold
ing their foes scoreless as the Pi
rates drew out in front at the quar
ter, 15 to 7.
From that point the game was a
romp, with a whirlwind attack giv
ing Bluffton 25 more points in the
second quarter, and the halftime
score stood at 40 to 14.
Delphos was helpless in the third
quarter when the rampaging Pirates
ran the count to 53 to 16, then in
the closing stanza Bluffton tallied 13
more points while Delphos was get
ting nine, largely against second
stringers.
In addition to racking up 66 points
on 28 field goal and 10 ftee throws,
Undefeated Bluffton Cagers Romp
Over Delphos In First Tourney Tilt
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the Bluffton team looked unusually
good defensively as they held their
foes to only five field goals during
the entire course of the game.
Only twice this season have the
Pirates done better defensively, when
they restricted Rawson to 17 points
and Convoy to 24. The 66-point to
tal was topped during the season by
the Bluffton team only four times,
altho the Pirates on three other oc
casions made 6 to match the Monday
evening scoring splurge.
All five Bluffton regulars contrib
uted satisfactorily toward the scor
ing total of the evening. Neil
Schmidt, as usual, set the pace with
19 points even though he failed to
connect from the field until the sec
ond quarter.
Jim Howe racked up 12 points
Wayne Sommer contributed 10 and
Althaus and Kirtland each came
through with eight, for one of the
best team exhibitions the Pirates
have put on all year.
Delphos, helpless in scoring from
the floor, had the dubious distinction
of making five more points on free
throws than they were able to pick
up via the field goal route.
The box score:
Bluffton
Schmidt, f. ________«... 7 19
Reagan, f. _________ 1 0 2
Sommer, f.................„...... 4 2 10
Wilch, f. __________ ... 0 0 0
Howe, c. ________ ._ 2 12
Pogue, c. __________„„ 2 1
Althaus, g. ________ ,4 0 8
Stonehill, g. .... .........._ 0 0 0
Kirtland, g. .................. 4 0 s
Moore, g. 1 0 2
Totals ___________ ...28 10 66
Delnhos ___ __ _____ ...« 15 25
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GRASSLANDS AND WILD
LIFE HAVE BEEN DEPLETED
TO THE DANGER POINT-
MUCH OF OH 10 IS ALMOST
LEVEL OF LIVING
Bluffton college cagers came from
behind in the closing minutes to de
feat an Alumni team, 44 to 39, last
Saturday night in the Beaver gym
nasium, after dropping a tilt to
Wilberforce last Thursday by a score
of 66 to 32.
Three field goals by Haber and
one by Smucker helped the collegians
overcome an advantage the Alumni
had held most of the way, and go
on to victory.
Dale Reichenbach, starring on of
fense and defense for the Alumni,
won individual scoring honors for
the evening, 21 points on eight field
goals and five free throws.
Performing for the graduates
were Reichenbach, Ronald Nurmi,
Al Ramseyer. Paul Detwiler, Alva
Tetlow, Racine Warren, Elton Beery
and Don Gundy.
At Wilberforce last Thursday, the
Beavers were unable to cope with
the sharp-shooting attack of the col
ored lads and went down to defeat
by a score of 66 to 32.
Shields, Wilberforce guard, was
high point-getter for both teams
with 17 points.
The Olympics almost upset the
favored Tigers in the record game of
the evening—but the Tigers came
from behind to win 50-33. At the
end of the first half the Olympics
led 18-16, but they couldn’t keep
pace with the Tigers in the third
quarter. F. Herrman was high point
for the Tigers, with 18, while H.
Klay was high for the losers with 9.
The Rockets and the Bugs had a
race-horse game with neither team
more than a couple points ahead at
one time, but in the closing minutes
the Rockets came through with two
quick baskets to win 46-41. Som
mers was high for the Bugs with
12, while C. Jones paced the winners
and also high for the evening with
22 points.
League Standing as of Feb. 14
W Pct.
All Stars .. ....... 1 0 1.000
Tigers .......................... 1 0 1.000
Rockets 1 0 1.000
5-Potatoes o 1 .000
Olympics 0 0 .000
Bugs ......................... 0 1 .000
Games were cancelled last Monday,
February 17, duo to the oumament
at Ada. so the scheduled games for
the 17th will be played Monday
evening, Feb. 24th.
7:00 Bugs vs All-Stars
8:00 5-Potatoes vs Tigers
9:00 Rockets vs Olympics
Box Score
All Stars FG FS TP
D. Sommer ........ ...... ..... 4 0 8
D. Reichenbach ... 2 1 5
R. Zimmerly ...... _____ 8 2 18
W. Amstutz ___ ......... 4 2 10
Moser .............. ......... 0 3 3
Neiswander ........
Sheridan
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, O HO
Man
Winter Recreational Notes
At the start of the second round
if play,
it looks as though the
Rockets and the All Stars are still
going to be the teams to beat. Zim
Imerly, of the All-Stars, led the
victorious All-Stars to a decisive
victory over the 5-Potatoes by net
ting 18 of the 44 points. The All
Stars won by 44-29. Fritchie was
high for the 5-Potatoes, with 9
points.
O
nag exploited our
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Alumni Team By Score Of 44- 39
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WEALTH—AND
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OBTAINED
Bluffton
D. Smucker o 2 6
Stahl ............. __0 1 1
Raber ______ (5 1 13
Howe ......___ 1 11
Leichty ____ 0 1 1
Russ Gratz ..
o
Bugs FG
Zeurcher ____ .!__ ____ 4
3 7
R. Berky .... 0 0 0
Rich Gratz
9
1 5
Hershberger .......... 0 0 0
Ramseyer ..._. 0 0
Jim Gratz .... .......... 0 0 0
Kensley __ ...... 0 0
Totals ........ 10 44
Alumni ____ 39
Bluffton
Smucker ___ ___ 0 2
Stahl ............
1
0
Raber........... 4 11
Rich Gratz 0 1 1
Howe ______ 9 3 7
Leichty ........ __ 1 4
Russ Gratz 1 3 V
Gleason ........ o 0 0
Klassen ........ o 0 0
Dickey ___
__o
Swank ..................
Triplett ________
Rocky __________
0 0
Totals ___ 15 32
Wilberforce 30 6 66
0
2
1
1
____ 2
Rockets FG FS
44
5-Potatoes FG FS TP
Hilty ...... .......... ...... 3 2 8
Fritchie ... ......... _____ 4 1 9
J. Stonehill ...... ____ 0 0 0
Clark ...............
9
3 7
2 1 5
29
Tigers FG FS TP
F. Herrman ................. 9 0 18
Burkholder 0 6
Fisher ...........
2
1
Bracy ................. ______ 3 1.
D. Amstutz ..... ____ 4
7
0
10
9
0 4
50
Olympics FG FS TP
H. Klay 4 1 9
Burkholder __ ___ 4 0 8
Davis ______ 2 0 4
3
FS
'11
9 11
Cotterman............ ____ 4 0
Koontz _________ ____ 4 3 1
Sommers ____ ___ ...........5 2 1
41
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Deppler __ _____ ____ 6 1 13
Jones' ________ ........11 0 22
T. Herrman .....---- ___ 2 1 5
Basinger 0 6
46
The Wednesday evening proj?rain
at the College is picking up very
slowly in attendance. The women
are having a big time playing
basketball, but they need a few more
players, so all come. From 7:00 to
8:30, on Wed. evening. The volley
ball league can’t be organized until
we have a better attendance by the
business men.
The Saturday afternoon program
is really in full swing and well at
tended by the children from grades
4-6. Basketball is the main interest
and probably wil be, the main part
of the program for a few more
weeks.
Bluffton Legion
Team Wins Again
Bluffton Legionnaires remained un
defeated in Allen county Legion
league play with a 65 to 48 conquest
over Harrod, last Thursday night.
Fred Herrmann got 19 .points for
the local outfit Dale Reichenbach
and John Hermann each tallied 12,
and Bob Gratz looped 11 counters.
The box score:
Bluffton (65)
B. Gratz, ____ 5 1 11
Wenger, ______ ____ 0 0 0
F. Herrmann, .. ____ 9 1 19
W. Amstutz, —____ 1 1 3
Reichenbach, .... ......... 6 0 12
J. Herrmann, .. ....... 6 0 12
Jones, ........... .........0 0 0
Cotternian, ...— .... .....3 1 7
D. Amstutz, .... .........0 1 1
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Totals ______ .... 30 5 65
Harrod _____ ___ 19 10 48
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Sportsmen To Hear Roszman, Then
Dine on Buffalo Steaks
Shades of Sittin’ Bull, what will
these Sportsmen’s Club directors
think up next! We hear steaks from
genuine range raised buffalo with all
the trimmings will be served at a
special banquet planned for officers,
directors, license salesman and mem
bership salesmen, Friday night, at
the Walnut Grill.
The shindig is the annual stag
mixer where appointed directors are
inducted into office. This year the
club will have nearly 60 officers and
directors to carry out the many phas
es of activity.
The program will consist of a short
talk by Foster D. Roszman, district
conservation aide, on “Sound Conser
vation Practices In Our* Community,”
a sound and color Ohio motion pic
ture on “Let’s Go Fishing.” An ad
vertising reel of local club men in ac
tion for showing in area theatres
will also be shown.
Sufficient Buffalo meat has been
obtained to feed an estimated 80
sportsmen. Additional persons plan
ning on being a team member in the
membership contest are invited to at
tend the mixer. A limited number of
Two of three games on the
Bluffton college cage schedule of the
next week will be played on the
Bluffton floor, a tilt with Tri-State
university on Saturday night, fol
lowed by a contest with Cedarville
here next Monday.
The other contest of the week will
be the appearance of the Beavers
against Akron university’s strong
team at Akron this Wednesday night.
Indiana-style basketball will be
offered for local fans by the Tri
State team,, which plays here this
Saturday. Little is known of the
comparative strength of the two out-
Never before in history has any
Bluffton High cage team entered
tournament play with as much pre
tourney fanfare as that accorded this
year’s outfit, which ended its regular
season undefeated Newspapers
all over the state have been writing
up the spectacular seasonal success
of the outfit, and pointing to the
school’s unique record of having been
represented in the state tournament
more times than any other Ohio
Class outfit
Six times Bluffton teams have
been in state tournament competi
tion, and backers of this year’s out
fit are hopeful the Pirates will make
their seventh championship bid this
season On one previous occasion
the Pirates got to the finals before
being eliminated, 28 to 26, and an
other time they were beaten out in
the semi-finals
Bluffton’s last shot at the state
title was in 1942, and the school’s
first bid for the championship was
away back in 1923, the first year
the Ohio High School Athletic as
sociation controlled “A” and “B”
tournaments One of the school’s
finest teams never saw the state
tournament, after rolling to 16
straight wins in the season, and av
eraging better than 80 points a
game When Center Fred Herr
mann was lost to the Army, how
ever, the 1944 Pirates were stopped
by Lima St. Johns in the sectional
tournament, and the Lima team e
ventually went to the state finals be
fore bowing out
In their first state tourney bid in
1923, the Pirates lost to Wellsville,
17 to 12, and Wellsville afterward
Bluffton College Cagers To Play
Two Games Here In Next Week
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CONSERVATION AFFAIRS
Happenings Affecting Woods, Waters and Wildlife
By THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY SPORTSMEN’S CLUB. INC.
extra dinner tickets will be made a
vailable to this latter group on a
first come first served basis. Dinner
reservations for this group can be
made at Troy’s Marathon Service.
Plates are $1.00.
New Wildlife Development Program
Adopted
Ohio’s wildlife population and fu
ture hunting prospects were given a
shot-in-the-ann treatment last week
when the Conservation Commission
approved the adoption of a stream
lined program to be known as the
“Ohio Wildlife Development Project’’
a,s outlined and recommended by Dr.
E. D. Martin, Chief of the Division of
Conservation Gaine Management and
Propagation Section. The Commission
authorized the expenditure of $125,
000 to get the program under way
immediately, which involves acquir
ing and restoring winter nesting
grounds and food areas for wildlife.
Dr. Martin’s recommendations, re
quested by the Commission at its
January meeting, includes a wide
range of natural wildlife needs but
basically calls for the leasing of strips
of land throughout the state from
farmers and landowners for estab
lishing wildlife food and cover refug
es. The Division will pay the farmer
at a rate comparable to the actual
crop value of each area.
“Such a program of paying farm
ers for such areas.” he explained,
naturally requires a lot of money for
fits, for an earlier scheduled contest
with Tri-State at Angola had to be
postponed because of winter weather.
In an early-season meeting be
tween Bluffton and Cedarville at that
place, the downstaters took Bluff
ton’s measure by a margin of only
a few points, and the Beavers are
anxious to avenge that setback in
next Monday’s game here.
Akron will play the Burckymen at
that place as one of the features of
a double-header basketball presenta
tion, similar to those put on by
Bowling Green university, in which
the home squad tangles with two
visiting teams.
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was eliminated by Plattsburg, which
later won the state title, 18 to 17...
It has now been five years since
Bluffton has had a team in the state
tourney, and the longest preceding
span in which the Pirates have been
without a championship contender
was six years, from 1931 to 1937...
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we simply can no longer expect the
men of agriculture to foot the bill
for wildlife propagation by donating
land that has a cash income value
in crops.” This need is the basis fo.“
which the Division has requested $1,
000,000 for wildlife conservation and
restoration from general revenue
funds on the general principle that
the outdoor sports associated with
wildlife bring hundreds of thousands
of tax dollars into the general reve
nue pocketbook yearly.
Rabbits Restocked
Another phase of the local restock
ing program was completed last Sat
urday with .the release of 60 Mis
souri cottontails in Orange, Riley
and Richland townships by members
of the Sportsmen’s Club.
Under the supervision of Floyd
Hardwick, director of rabbit manage
ment, half of the first crate of bun
nies were given their freedom near
Riley creek back of the Bluffton
Stone Company.
The cottontails were all in excel
lent condition and arrived in’ Bluffton
via express, a dozen of the animals
to the crate, from St. Louis.
Cameraman Cliff Elliott was on
hand to photograph the initial re
lease.
Assisting Hardwick in distribution
of the game were Jess Manges, Sam
Stepleton, Denver Augsburger, Carl
Young, Rell Potee and Gene Benroth.
From 1923 to 1928 there was a five
year span from 1928 to 1931, three
years 1931 to 1937, six years 1937
to 1940, three years and 1940 to 19
42, two years
An undefeated 1928 Bluffton High
outfit went to the final round in
state play before being edged out of
the championship by Akron St.
Marys, 28 to 26 In preceding
rounds, the Pirates whipped West
Chester, 32 to 16, and Youngstown
Boardman, 25 to 24
The Pirates next went to the state
event in 1931, and one point knocked
them out of the running in the open
ing round when they were topped by
McConnelsville, 25 to 24
In 1937, Bluffton was back after
the title again, and won their first
start against Lucasville, 32 to 30...
Midvale topped the ITrates in the
semi-finals, however, 39 to 32...
Both Bluffton and Midvale were
back in the state running again in
1940, but drew each other in the
first round, with Midvale again win
ning, 43 to 33
In 1942, the Pirates knocked on the
championship door again, advancing
to the semi-finals before being bested
by Bremen, 33 to 31 In preced
ing games, Bluffton topped Xenia
O. S. S. O., 35 to 31 and Yorkville,
35 to 27
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