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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1943
Page
16
In Toledo the Mud Hens continue drills with few managers and poor weather. Pilot Jack Fournier arrived to lead but faced limited squad and rough conditions as the team steadies after recent deaths and a rough start.
St. Louis Browns lost the nightcap 6 to 3 to the Navy Flyers of Lambert Field after winning the opener 3 to 1. Paul Dean endured a rough second game allowing six hits including a homer and a triple while Izzy Dean and umpire duties marked the strange day. The Browns headed toward their camp as rosters shaped up with Wood joining as outfield prospect and Fournier seeking a veteran catcher amid a lean field of players.
Indiana semi pro league loses four teams amid travel restrictions. Four Indiana teams remain in the loop as President Clyde Hoffa announces the withdrawals.
Cy Young, famed pitcher and Hall of Famer, celebrates his 76th birthday near Peoli and discusses wartime baseball. He urges Major League play to continue through the war, even at a loss for owners, and predicts baseball’s revival after the conflict with new players replacing aging stars.
Joe Wheatley predicts Ohio State star Billy Smith can reach 2:02 or 2:03 for 220 yards with continued competition. Mike Peppe says Smith may hit 2:05 eventually though not exceptionally fast. Also notes trainer Les Goates on spring camps and a light remark about Lou Ambers and Al Weil. Recent Del Monte arrivals include Ensign Parker Hall.
Jimmy Barry 73 former American bantamweight champion and world titleholder who retired undefeated in 1899 died yesterday in a Chicago sanitarium after a four year illness. Also notes yachting delegates set August dates for the Put-In-Bay Regatta with races from Detroit Cleveland and Toledo planned for August 7.
Ohio State swimmers clinched the AAU indoor title with 46 points, adding to their national collegiate and Big Ten pennants. Bill Smith, a Hawaii freshman, won the 220 and 440 yard freestyles while Michigan took both relay titles. Adolph Kiefer’s defeat ended a 22 title streak since 1935.
Manager Lou Boudreau set three hours of batting practice as the Cleveland Indians arrive in Indianapolis for a week long stay. A rainout canceled yesterday's exhibition with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the week ahead features three games with the Pirates and daily exhibitions against the Reds from next Saturday through April 18.
In Cairo Illinois the Gonzalez Cards beat the Waves Birds 4 to 2 in an intrasquad game. Walker Cooper hit a home run and a triple while Mort pitched seven innings with four hits allowed. Mort and Ernie White also enjoyed seven innings each.
Missionary society of the Church of God met Friday night at Mrs. Carrie Ross home in May Ave Dover with president Mrs. Doris Cunningham presiding. Rev Arthur Cromlish pastor of the Church of God at Coming spoke. Cromlish and Mrs Cromlish attended with two children. Refreshments followed social hour. numerous members and guests attended.
Mrs Nettie Cunningham of Columbus, formerly of Chauncey, visited her sister Mrs Rye Cunningham on W Main Street. Lena Cunningham spent time at Sand Ridge with Mrs Mary White who is 89 and recovering from illness. Miss Amy Jo Sanders, employed in Columbus, returned home last Thursday to stay with Mr and Mrs Carson Sanders in Millfield.
Miss Edith Northrop of Chauncey and Zanesville is marrying Staff Sergeant Wayne Gardner on March 16 in Pensacola Florida. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Northrop, attended Chauncey Dover High School and worked for Bell Telephone in Zanesville. Gardner, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Gardner of Glouster, left business with his father to join the service. The couple will reside in Pensacola during his officers training.
The McDougal WSCS met at the home of Mrs Adeline Easler on Thursday April 1. They finished a quilt for Mrs Sadie Landis, shared a polluck dinner, and drew April Fool packages. Attending were Mrs Altha Snyder Mrs Belle Keirns Mrs Nora Bryson Mrs Anna Howard Mrs Adda La Follett Mrs Pearl Morris Mrs Sadie Cunningham Mrs Mary Cunningham Mrs Ethel Mingus and host Mrs Adeline Easler. The next regular meeting is set for April 15 at the home of Mrs Adda Lo Follett.
A dinner at Mrs. Elizab eth Robinett’s Millfield home celebrated the third birthday of Anita Sisson. Mrs. Olive Brookins baked a centerpiece cake. Guests included Mrs. Jessie Fulton Miss Olive Brookins Miss Lorena Mae Sisson Mr. and Mrs. William Sisson and Mrs. Robinett.
Mrs. Maggie White and her sister Grace of Canton attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Potts in Pomeroy Saturday. They stopped in Millfield en route home to visit Mr. and Mrs. Carson Sanders. Mrs. White, a former Millfield resident, is well known in this district.
Mayor W. D. Hilnes announces Chauncey council will convene Monday April 5 at 7 p m in the City building to discuss city matters.
Dewitt Coulter of Fort Worth high school set a national interscholastic record with a 59 feet 11 2 inch shot put at the Texas Relays. Montreal’s Max Bentley of the Chicago Blackhawks won the Bing Trophy as NHL outstanding player for sportsmanship. Fordham Missouri series suspended until after the war. Detroit beat Boston 4 to 3 to take the Stanley Cup playoff series. Michigan State football games with Oregon State and Washington State postponed for the duration.
The Clevelanders dominated the 18th annual Ohio women’s bowling tournament finishing with all four Class A titles. They also took two of four championships in Class B as the six week event ended here over the weekend.
The Willing Workers Class of the M. E. Church met Thursday night at Susie Ferrer’s Lexington Avenue home with Wanda Mullins presiding. Wilma Allen, Barbara McHenry, Norma Antle, Marvella Burton, Norma Cunningham, Susie Ferrel, and Patty Carter attended. guests included Sally Ferrel and Rita Hale. Refreshments followed games and contests.
Roy Cullenbine ends a decade of moves by joining the Cleveland Indians as a key outfielder. The 28-year-old veteran, once with the Browns and Yankees, revises a peripatetic career into a steady role alongside Hank Edwards and Orris Hockett. He remains a switch hitter with a .274 five-year MLB average and previously starred for Detroit, Brooklyn, and St. Louis.
Mrs. Daisy Lowery Chauncey, formerly of Chauncey, is in Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after major surgery. Her condition is serious. Her sister Mrs. Elia Cunningham and Mrs. Luella Cunningham of Chauncey, and Mr and Mrs Ervin Channel of The Plains visited her in Dayton.
The Ohio State Elks Bowling Association crowned champions today after five weeks of competition. Team champions are the Kent Gunners with 3162. Singles winner is J H Groves of Warren with 720. Doubles team Mac Stewart and C Whitemeyer of Wooster with 1342. All events winner Todd Morrell of Warren with 1938.
Condition of Mrs Henry Osborne of Chauncey on Jacobs Ave who had been seriously ill for weeks has improved she can sit up briefly daily and enjoys visits and cards from friends as she recovers at home
Mrs Nettie Hawk of Chauncey has been advised her son Corporal Delbert Hawk of the Medical Corps at Westover Field Massachusetts has been transferred for foreign service. Mrs Christine Brown asks all Adult and Young Peoples Choir members of the Church of Christ to attend rehearsal this Tuesday at 7 30 p m. for Easter music at the church.
The text notes Vincа roses used as a tea in Africa and Australia to treat diabetes and reports science is testing the plant's actual remedial value.
Detroit defeats Boston 4-3 to level the series as Jack Adams hails Wings power and speed. 13,817 fans witness the win before the team travels to Boston for Games Three and Four amid a tense Stanley Cup chase.
Bloomington Ind. Gee Walker, the Cincinnati Reds fielder who signed his contract last weekend, told manager Bill McKechnie that left field worries are over. McKechnie had used 30 players there in four years and doubted rookie Frank Kelleher's curveball hitting.
Tony Lazzeri former New York Yankees second baseman was named playing manager of the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Class A Eastern League. He is expected to report from his San Francisco home to begin spring training April 12. He led Portsmouth to the Piedmont League pennant last year.
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