The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-13
Tourney Notes
Glimpses, Gossip and Dope from
Sectional Play

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fits appear to be about as evenly
matched as any ever to compete ir
any single sectional. tourney.
Roger Phillips, Cridersville's great
scoring center, is the mainstay oi
the Rams attack and his services
came in handy against Coldwater
when the Auglaize county outfit
eked out a "A to AZ victory last
Saturday afternoon..Ph Phillips tai
lied % points in the contestand
in the opening round he got &c
points against Ridgeway--In 2s
games this year Phillips has scored
654 points; bettering his 1939-4C
record when he got 612 in 20 tits
Phillips 26 points against Ridge
way is the highest individual mark
in the tourney so far next to the
% point record set by Reichert OF
Coldwater against Ada~..Bob Cooney
Bluffton center, stands next with the
20 points he garnered against
Shawnee in the 81 to 27 massacre
meted out by the Dillermen.
Semi-fnal play in the sectional
meet this Friday night will find
three Allen county teams still in the
running Bluffton will tangle with
Delphos Jefferson which qualified by
downing Willshire's defending tour
ney champions and Alger, Hardin
county champs Cridersville is pair
ed with Conner, victor over Delphos
st. Johns in their lone tournament
start.
Conner staged the most thrilling
rally of the tournament in its 46 to
45 victory over the Delphos Catholic
outfit~---At halftime, Delphos held a
35 to Ia lead, but Conner overcame
the 21-point disadvantage in the last
half to come from behind in the
last three seconds and capture a
one-point victory--~~It was the only
time during the game that Conner
led.
Delphos Jefferson also rallied from
slow start to defeat Wiltshire, 80
to 20, thereby eliminating the team
that last year went to the quarter
finals in the state tournament
Delphos trailed at the end of the
first quarter, to 16, but by half
time they had taken the lead, 21 to
10, and from that point they man
aged to hold an advantage.
Tournament play this year was
enjoyable for those who found it i'm
possible to be in the audience
Radio Station WLOK in Lima has
been broadcasting all the tourney
contests-A portable short wave
broadcasting station is used at the
tourney for transmission of the
play-by-play description to WLOK
in Lima-~There the account is
re-broadcast over that stations
regular frequency.
A great big hand has to be given
to Bluffton High replacements..--....
Against Minister they largely had
the responsibility of winning the
tilt, for Fisher, Russ Gratz, Schmidt
and Beidler had been banished via
the personal foul route against
Shawnee they were pressed into
service beginning early in the second
half, but they scored at will to
complete the 62 to 81 rout started
by the regulars.
Cheer leading came in for its
share of comments on the part of
those who attended the tournament
.-..--~ln recent years the trend has
been toward pretty girls for cheer
leading stats, and every competing
team has come in for its share of
the honors-~Not only were they
good to look at, but the girls put on
a real show, mixing acrobatics,
dance steps and rhythm with the
more prosaic, older style of cheer
leading common in past years.
Bluffton had the largest following
of any team competing in the tour
including Shawnee, playing
on it's home floorTo make sure
they got seats many from here left
as early as five o'clock last Friday
night, and they were prominent in
the front row when the session
opened at seven.
Mt. Cory went on a scoring spree
in the Bascom tournament to defeat
Chatfield, 81 to 33, thereby advanc-
ing to the semi-final round by virtue
of a second round bye~V Vaughns-
vile lost to Delta at Leipsic, 81 to
45.--..-Lima South spilled Wapak-
oneta in Glass A 81 to 21.