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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1949
Page
10
Intra squad at OU featured uneven play firing coach Carroll Widdoes remarks on inconsistent effort. Post game plans include focused drills through semester end and post Easter film showings, with alumni luncheon and reunion participation noted.
The Planners, led by Floyd Wolfe at 525 and 201, nearly clinch the McBee title as Finishing, Research and others jockey for position. Composing struggles with a shutout as John Dunlavy posts 569, while Frank Calvin paces Finishers with 548.
New York report says Divinity student Paul Hinrichs a talked of Yankee rookie will pitch for Kansas City of the American Association this year. Hinrichs received a $50 000 signing bonus and was brought to camp to pitch batting practice but impressed the Yankees enough to consider keeping him.
Indians seek a new spring exhibition attendance record with five games left against the Giants. Steve Gromek and Bob Lemon to pitch. Bob Feller favored for opening day.
The Washington Senators meet Danville in a final preseason road game. Afterward they return home for an exhibition with Brooklyn. A Senator Dodger game was rained out in Charlotte, continuing a run of weather cancellations this spring.
The Detroit Tigers face the Nashville Volunteers in Nashville as the final Minor League club of the preseason. The game should determine the regular season starting lineup, with manager Red Rolfe expected to announce it within a day or two.
Midland Texas a 25 000 oil town goes baseball crazy over Harold and Lois Webb known as the Mr and Mrs Baseball of the Minors He presides and whistles players to work while she handles treasury and administration They expect 100 000 fans opening April 27 and their colorful duo draws crowds and critics alike in the Longhorn League interaction around bases and bats highlights Webb’s playful antics and Lois guarding finances across the season.
Kalamazoo Mich April schedule opens with a southern trip under athletic director Judson A Hyames. Coach Kimbark Peterson lists five veterans including Ray Postema and John Milroy with others like Norman Dieters and Monty Manning among the prospects. The slate features games against Vanderbilt Southwestern Alabama Mississippi Wayne Cincinnati Notre Dame Michigan State Northwestern Michigan State in East Lansing and a pair of conference meets at home.
Navy will start its 1949 football schedule with a road game against Southern California in Los Angeles on September 24. The announcement lists the opener as the first of the season’s slate with the Trojans as the opponent in the opening clash.
Lefty Ravenal Roberts, 27, is slated to start for Ohio University against Catawba College in a Lexington North Carolina game on the southern tour opener. Coach Bob Wren aims to win all games on the training trip despite it not counting in season records.
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