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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1951
Page
8
Ohio University’s golf squad, back to full strength with Don Finsterwald’s return from the Masters, prepares for a Saturday match against Ohio State in Columbus. The Bobcats seek strong play after Finsterwald missed last week’s Marietta contest.
Dick Feurta do a former Long Island University player faces arraignment on bribery charges tied to a game fixing scandal at Madison Square Garden. The 24 year old from Santa Cruz California is the 17th arrested. Salvatore Sollazzo, a New York jewelry maker, is named as the fix master. Feurtado allegedly received 4000 dollars for fixing four LIU games in 1949 50 and 1948 49 seasons with Duquesne NC State Cincinnati and Syracuse.
Pittsburgh Hornets beat the Cleveland Barons 9 to 2 for a 2 1 lead in the Calder Cup series. Bob Selinger scored early, Cleveland tied late in period one, Johnny McCormack put Pittsburgh ahead, Marty Taylor injured a second period, crowd near 500. If Pittsburgh wins two more games the title is theirs. otherwise the series shifts back to Cleveland for April 19 and 21.
Captain George Ho Monsell aged 69, renowned sailing master of three America's Cup yachts, was found dead in his car in the garage at his home in Peconic. Authorities believe natural causes or accidental asphyxiation possible. an inquest is underway.
Glouster Red Birds plan a Sunday 2 p.m. gathering at the ball grounds weather permitting a practice will follow if rain moves the event to the shelter house new players are urged to join for tryouts league play starts May 13 and teams interested should contact Pearl Brown.
Ohio University football opens fourth week of spring drills with a full-scale scrimmage Saturday at 2:50 p.m. on the practice field behind the east stands. The Bobcats, who have won four of seven matches, prepare for a triangular meet with Marietta and Wayne after the session.
The schedule lists MAC baseball games across Ohio universities and opponents. Ohio U travels to Bowling Green at OU Field, Western Michigan visits Cincinnati, and Dayton faces Miami. Other matchups include Marietta at W Va Tech and Xavier at Miami with multiple Sunday and Saturday dates.
New York report on Bob Baker set to box Elkins Brothers at St Nicholas Arena with radio ABC and TV NBC coverage at 10 pm EST. Baker, 24, from Pittsburgh, has 19 wins 14 by knockout and is touted as a future heavyweight champ. He is ranked sixth in NBA listings and open to fight contenders like Marciano Layne La Starza, excluding Charles and Walcott for now.
Don Satava of Ohio University earned an alternate berth on the Central Ohio Rifle League all star squad as the No 1 marksman for OU this season. Poor weather and vacation pauses limited OU to three matches, affecting his first team chances. The all star lineup features shooters from Zanesville Circleville Chillicothe Granville and Ohio State with Loughran from OSU in the mix. The team will compete in four intrastate outdoor matches next month in Circleville while Satava adds to OU’s national meet credentials with a sixth place finish in the recent nationals. Ohio University shooters earned multiple medals across classes A C and B with Satava claiming five medals total in seven matches.
American Legion earned the right to pay Lowman’s Dairy for the City recreation basketball crown by trouncing Gibson-Schloss 50 to 36 in East Side gym. Legion built a second quarter lead to 20-16 at halftime and pulled away in the final period led by Williams Rose and Knowlton with 17 of the 206 points in the third. Gibson-Schloss was led by Strickland with 15. The league title chase had a playoff with Legion Banks Sport Shop and the Gibsons after a three-way tie for first.
Beasley-Mathews swept Banks Sport Shop in two games to claim the Ladies Bowling League crown by four games over Kyle Clothiers. Margaret Adams led Beasleys with 452. top score went to Shoppers Bar bara Dent with 474 and 179. Clothiers finished second, Gloria Byard led Deans with 467, Arlene McBride top Clothiers with 470. K Figg Shop closed season strong, beating CSOE three straight and tying Electrics for third. Ted Mahaffey totaled 44 in individual kegling. Next week a head-pin singles and doubles tournament is planned.
No complimentary tickets are issued to teams visiting the University of Wyoming. A limited number of reserved seats are held for them.
Rochester pitcher Tom Poholsky led the International League with a 2.17 earned run average in the 1950 season. Arizona forward Bob Honea shot 42 percent from the field during the 1949 50 basketball season.
Ohio University hosts West Virginia Saturday at 2 p.m. in OU stadium for the opening track and field meet of both schools. Key returnees include Jim Umstead Bob Reed and Dave Koester for Ohio and Mark Workman John Collins and Dick Stout for WVU. Ohio aims to offset a lean time-trial period with experienced throwers and sprinters while WVU relies on veteran leadership after a strong 75-47 dual meet win over OU last year.
Ohio University baseball notes show Gene Hughes as the top hitter with a .300 target, leading in runs batted in and home runs. The report covers team averages, player slumps, pitching leaders Kovach Swank Andrew, and other Bobcats statistics through a reported Bowling Green series prior to two games Friday and Saturday. Also notes boxing champion Al Brown's death in New York.
Two Rivers Metors Keglers stay 1 game ahead in the Men s City League after sweeping three games Thursday night. Griff Durbin led with 271 213 184 for 598 while Gail Farres added 203 203 190 for 596. Joe Kimes totaled 620 but GM Equipment’s Bud Cruickshanks Frank Henson and others paced their squad as Dan Connors surged 646 to lift Victory O-1 over Buicks in a pair of wins.
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