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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1950
Page
8
A veteran columnist previews the 1955 MLB season with pennant odds for Cardinals Tigers Giants and Dodgers, notes shifting rosters and key players like Hal Newhouser and Ralph Kiner, and recalls the 1934 World Series while predicting outcomes across the league.
A dense schedule lists high school games across multiple towns including Point Pleasant Pomeroy Gallipolis Jackson Glouster The Plains Waterloo trims. Ohio U faces Notre Dame in South Bend while Cincinnati plays at several venues and Butler meets Ball State Purdue Wake Forest and Western Reserve.
Ninth in a six furlong handicap Androcles boosts Greentree prospects for the Kentucky Derby May 6. The chestnut Amphitheatre colt out of Court Manners improved with a stakes showing at Havre de Grace and could challenge Greentree’s Run for Kinman in the Chesapeake Stakes context.
Columbus report on the American Bowling Congress event notes 58 days to go after Sunday’s second day of minor events. Ainslie’s Five of Johnson City 2749 leads fourth place while Bill’s Five of Elmira tops 2302. John Strobel of Milwaukee posts multiple event wins with 1847 all events and 575 singles to rank high. Dudley Smith of Pleasant Beach follows with 1820. Fritz Howell earns a 595 in singles, marking his first prize in eight ABC appearances.
Netting 1147 points of a possible 1200 the Wilmington Rifle Club won the three position team event at the state gallery team match. Canton McKinley and Greenfield tied at 1144 with Canton placed second by standing-position tiebreak. Ashland won the prone event with a perfect score. The inter-league title went to Western Ohio Rifle League at 2851 with Summit County League second and Cleveland Marksman Association third. Garfield Junior High captured the junior prone championship with Akron Sharpshooters Club second and Bo-Hi of Cincinnati third.
Michigan State goalie equipment amounts to 193.50 dollars, while other players incur about 150 dollars for their hockey uniforms.
Reedsville Hornets toppled Syracuse champions, ending an 18 game streak as Charles Humphrey delivered a tying single in the ninth after bases loaded. Junior Spencer worked the final innings for the win, while Matt Hendricks took the loss in the OVA opener.
Cleveland fans expect Bob Feller to anchor the lid lifter against Detroit as Luke Easter returns from a shoulder injury and Ray Boone delivers in a 2-1 spring win. Reds manager Luke Sewell unveils a largely familiar lineup for Tuesday’s opener against the Cubs with Usher and Northey as new faces.
An exploratory meeting attended by the NBA executive committee in Chicago discussed a companion league with teams from Sheboygan Waterloo Des Moines Grand Rapids Anderson Waterloo Racine and Sandusky. Podoloff said the idea aims to shrink the 17 member NBA into a tighter circuit and that an affiliated league could exist without likely cross playoffs.
Ohio's All Ohio junior golf tournament has been awarded to the Norwood Junior Chamber of Commerce. State jaycee president W A Keslar announced Saturday the event will be hosted at Norwood's Mahometawah Country Club on July 12.
Altoona student ace hurdler Jim Gehrdes is elected student president of the Penn State Athletic Association. He leads student affairs for the university's athletic programs and represents the student body.
Boston A teams split results with 3 1 around. Cleveland A and New York N each win 2 1. Philadelphia strong in two games defeating Washington 11 2 and handling Brooklyn 2 0. Pro basketball playoffs show Minneapolis leading Syracuse 8 1 in final series. Detroit dominates New York 4 0 in Stanley Cup hockey playoff action.
Athens High opened with a 66 45 win over Parkersburg as Guthrie and Davis tied for low 81. Individual headliners included Smith 87 over Kelly 90 and Algeo 86 over Talbott 87, with Reed 88 over Widdoes 90. Schedule shows home and away matches through May leading to district at Zanesville.
The College All-Stars edged the Harlem Globe Trotters 47 to 39 before 13 521 fans at Cincinnati Garden. It was the lowest scoring game of the series, as the All-Stars improved to five wins in 13 tour games after trailing 27–18 at halftime.
Two Midwest swimmers, Maureen O'Brien of the Town Club Chicago and Carol Pence of Lafayette Country Club, won the 100 yard backstroke and 220 yard breaststroke in AAU finals setting national senior indoor and American short course records.
Mansfield High School scored 53 points Saturday to win the second annual Springfield Relays. They took three first places and relied on team depth in the remaining events.
Ten schoolboy baseball games are set across SEC and Athens County League action over the next two days. Logan hosts Nelsonville in a northern division SEC game while Athens meets Gallipolis in a non league tilt. Middleport battles unbeaten Waterloo and The Plains visits Waterloo in a key Athens County League clash.
The American Association Baseball Writers chapter in Louisville gave Indianapolis 193 points to top the 1950 pennant race. St Paul followed with 168 points in the poll of 208 possible points.
Borden Autos of Akron, a top amateur club and three time Ohio American Baseball Congress champion, seeks road games for 1950. Write Lincoln Hackim at 225 Chittenden St., Akron Ohio.
Ohio University's baseball team travels to South Bend to meet Notre Dame in the first historic clash Monday at 4 p.m. The Bobcats then visit Cincinnati for a two game Mid-American Conference set with Miami. Golf, tennis, and track teams also head on road trips as spring football ends practice.
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