Bobcats open season with 12-0 win at Defiance
Ohio University topped Defiance 12-0 in five innings as rain shortened non league opener. Dan Wright pitched three innings for the Bobcats, John Zaffer and Dutch Vandersleben led with key hits, Defiance managed only three singles.
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Jim Zentmeyer
Defiance
Ohio University
Big Dan Wright
Buchtel
Wright
Clyde Bowman
Dave Wright
Ohio
Dutch Vandersleben
Larry Thomas
John Zaffer
Carl Miller
Dan Wright
Wren
Cats
Dale Rychener
Jim French
Vandersleben
Zaffer
French
Bobcats
Thomas
Wandersleben
McKee
Bullock
Witterstaetter
Heim
Searerf Nace
Snyder
Miller Mmees
Ana Teoreows
Fredericks
Time Schedule and Local Baseball Notice
The tentative Saturday schedule lists AAU and college events including 1:00 shot put discus pole vault high jump and other track events with finals and prelims. Hocking Valley Assn baseball league President Ben Wagner invites managers to an organizational meeting April 11 at the Messenger. The Detroit Tigers list pitcher Sam Jones as 35 years old.
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Les Carney
Hocking Valley Assn
Baseball League
Ben Wagner
HWA
Wagner
the Messenger
Detroit Tigers
Sam Jones
Player Brilliant In Masters Defense At Augusta
Gary Player opened with a 67 to take a two stroke lead in defense of his Masters title at Augusta National. Julius Boros Arnold Palmer Mike Souchak Gardner Dickinson Jr and Dave Ragan followed at 70 while Don Finsterwald and Jack Nicklaus shot 74. In Boston Sam Jones drained a late basket to lift the Celtics 109 107 over Philadelphia. The Browns invited John Havlicek to delay signing a pro contract after meeting with Paul Brown. Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct looms as Donut King Jaipur and Prego headline the Gotham field. Cincinnati Reds Inc. approved sale to Willian DeWitt unit for 4 625 000. San Diego Chargers traded guard Orlando Ferrante to Buffalo Bills for a future draft pick.
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Augusta
Gary Player
Julius Boros
Arnold Palmer
Mike Souchak
Gardner Dickinson Jr
Dave Ragan
Don Finsterwald
Jack Nicklaus
Plains rout Belpre as Pat Eddy hurls three-hitter
Pat Eddy pitched a three-hitter over The Plains in a 13-1 win at Belpre. Eddy fanned 11 and walked one across the complete game, called after 42 innings due to darkness, with Bill Lanning contributing two extra base hits and 3 RBI. Coach Bob Burson’s Indians open Athens County League defense Monday at York.
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Pat Eddy
Belpre
the Plains
Indians
Eddy
Bill Lanning
RBI
Bob Burson
York
Athens High Hands Warren Local 13-1 Behind Ayers Four-Hitter
Athens High won its second baseball game in three days defeating Warren Local 13 to 1 as Paul Ayers pitched seven strong innings allowing four hits with nine strikeouts and one walk. Batters supported him with 15 hits led by four by Bill Woodell and two by Douglas and Collins. Two-run homers by Douglas and Duncan sealed the win.
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Athens High
Warren
Paul Ayers
Bulldogs
Ayers
Wolfe
Bill Woodell
Logan
Butch Haddox
Charles Douglas
Collins
Douglas
Dick Duncan
Fort Fyfe
Athens
Ed Bannon
Parkersburg
OU Golfers Beaten 20-7 by North Carolina in Southern Match
Ohio University's golf team lost its third straight match 20 to 7 at North Carolina on the southern circuit. Jay Harris was medalist with 71 for NC, while Don Howells led OU with 74. The Bobcats prepare for a triangular with Davidson and Wake Forest, then return home after practice matches in Charleston.
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Ohio University
North Carolina
Davidson
Wake Forest
Jay Harris
Finley University
Harris
Don Howells
Ohio
Bobcats
Charleston
Ohio University Hosts Third Annual Relays Draw Messer Show
300 athletes entered with Olympic champion Ralph Boston of Tennessee A&I as top draw at Peden Stadium. Boston may challenge a 27 foot world mark in the broad jump amid strong showings from Clifton Mayfield, Paul Warfield, and Central State. Event schedule covers 24 contests with Ohio State sending 33 athletes and Central State 26. Admission is $1 adults 50 cents students.
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Tennessee A&i
Ohio University
Ohio
Boston
Central State
Clifton Mayfield
Ohio State
Paul Warfield
Mayfield
Warfield
Bobcat
Stan Huntsman
Sue Knott
Columbus North High School
Sue
Broncos
Huntsman
Central State College
Central
Baldwin Wallace
Bethany
Cincinnati
Kent State
Kentucky
Kenyon
Marshall
Notre Dame
Ohio Wesleyan
Otterbein
Pittsburgh
Tennessee State
Wayne State
Wittenberg
Dayton
Nabers Sets World Record Angling Trophy in Tampa Bay
Ben Nabers of St. Petersburg Florida hauled a 91 pound 8 ounce tarpon on 12 pound Platy monofilament line in Tampa Bay on August 18 last year. The catch measured 66 inches and was made aboard the Little Jewel guided by Rex Cole Jr.
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South Oteselic
N. Y
Ben Nabers
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tampa Bay
Nabers
Rex Cole Jr
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