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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1949
Page
8
Tony Zale announces retirement ending his bid for a return fight with Marco Cerdan as public concern grows over fighter safety. The column notes other sports items including Cal Abrams being benched, Ohio University freshmen baseball, and spring practice shifts affecting Dutch Trautwein’s basketball plans.
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh posted wins while St. Louis and Philadelphia each won decisively. Cincinnati and Chicago split, and American League results saw Philadelphia and Washington lose while St. Louis and Detroit posted wins. Minor league results included Milwaukee over Toledo and other listed standings.
The schedule lists NL games including New York at Boston and Philadelphia at Brooklyn with various pitchers noted. Ted Williams powers Boston past Philadelphia 12 to 5 with a perfect day at the plate and his first 1949 homer. Ken Raffensberger shuts out Chicago for Cincinnati in a 2-0 win.
The Frat Pinmen, led by Spike Kendall's 506 series and 198, stayed 2 1/2 games ahead in the City League after a 2-0 win over Lawhead Press. Athens Motors split makeup games to tie Carpenter Hardware for runner up, while Neil Thomas posted 550 and 203 for top sets for the Motors. Maywood Smith led the Legion with 501 as Cross Monuments dropped to .500 after a 2-1 loss to Moose.
Santa Clara freshman football coach Eddie Forrest never played on a losing team in the annual contest against St. Marys.
The list catalogues top performers by batting pitching and fielding across teams. Key figures include Branca Brooklyn with 30 wins and 13 strikeouts, Torgeson Boston leading home runs, and Reese Brooklyn with 12 RBIs. Other notes cover Groth Detroit and Doerr Boston with multiple doubles and hits.
Richard H. West of Chillicothe an Ohio State University senior was appointed head basketball coach at Circleville High School by superintendent Frank Fischer. He was chosen from 26 applicants to replace Darwin Peer who resigns after two years on the job.
West Virginia University hosts Ohio University in a track meet Saturday with a veteran Mountaineers squad led by capta in Bill Pittman and Johnny Hesketh aiming to break the 9 52.3 two mile school mark. Ohio counters with strong hurdles and distance units including Clem Fennell and Dick Mills. Field events start 1 45 p m and running events follow.
The Bobcat baseball team opens a two game set with Butler University this weekend with first pitch at 3 30 p m on Friday. The windup time for the Saturday game was moved to 2 30 p m per coach Bob Wren. In a triangular track meet in Philadelphia Rutgers and Temple, the Mountaineers won five of 14 events but missed the shot put by a fraction and fell to Rutgers 64 61. Temple
Coach Frank Richey reduced Ohio University’s 90 freshman candidates to 35 after a week of drills. The squad focuses on infield strength and pitching depth but lacks hitting power. May intra-squad games are planned with a potential May date with Dayton. daily scrimmages to prepare for Varsity reserves.
Detroit Lions asked waivers on halfback Jim Gillette a 31 year old former Virginia star who joined the club last year after stints with the Los Angeles Rams Boston Yankees and Green Bay Packers. He finished at Virginia in 1939 and hails from Courtland Virginia.
The Kentucky Derby was run at one and a half miles until 1896 and since then has been run at one and a quarter miles. From 1920 onward every Derby winner carried a standard weight of 126 pounds.
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