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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1943
Page
7
Ohio University faces Jami's Redskins at noon in Oxford after a 6 4 Bolts victory last Saturday. The two teams meet within a week as the weather and schedule align.
A Knot Hole Gang will be inaugurated at Ohio University baseball field Saturday for the Miami game and will run through the season. Open to high school age and younger, admission is three cents via a special knot hole in the fence behind first base. Reserved seating section will be roped off behind the Ohio U dugout. The move mirrors similar fan clubs in major leagues.
Major John L. Griffith, Western Conference athletic commissioner, said college athletics are more certain now than a year ago. He cited peacetime facilities aiding the war effort and players like Michigan's Tommy Harmon crediting football conditioning with survival, as Western schools and independents press spring programs forward.
Mr and Mrs John Bulloch hosted a Sunday dinner at Bailey Run to honor two sons Roy Bulloch Columbus who left for army induction and Calmus Bulloch Chauncey on his birthday. A two course meal was served with covers for Dalmus Bulloch Freddie Manning and family, Roy Bulloch, and the Bulloch family. Mrs Mary Easler and family were afternoon callers.
Reading through Fullerton's Roundup, Hugh Fullerton Jr. surveys college and professional sports with notes on Big Ten and Western Conference propsects, plus an item about Jamaica track betting. He also riffs on Notre Dame scouting costs and a War Bonds gag involving Bob Hope and a windy golf day.
Lefty John Vander Meer pitched 29 innings over three starts in eight days, allowing only two runs and 12 hits. He beat Mort Cooper in the opener, then shut out the Pirates 6-1 before a ninth inning rally. The Reds stay tied for third with St Louis as the league battles.
Cincinnati Reds face Lambert Field service team in an exhibition ahead of a weekend series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Vernon Stone and Bob Malloy start for Cincinnati after a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh, with Vander Meer the previous pitcher.
Members of the Children's Choir of Chauncey Methodist Church sang at a Jacksonville M E Church service Sunday night. Afterward Rev C E Palmer and wife hosted them at the parsonage. The trip was chaperoned by Mr and Mrs Elmer Allen of Chauncey.
Derby watchers expect Count Fleet to dominate the 69th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with a likely record pace. Blue Swords and Ocean Wave dueling for second as Amber Light, Seven Hearts, and others trail, while a Mutuel handle aims for large crowds in Louisville.
Beulah Park at Grove City starts the Ohio racing season with an eight race program led by the inaugural an allowance for a $600 purse. Try Flying owned by Mrs Arthur Bevan of Columbus is the favorite in the first race. Bevan campaigns won 11 of 22 last year. The meeting runs 26 days closing Monday May 31.
Hartford, Conn. George Stirnweiss, a 24 year old Yankees rookie from Kent, Conn., was pronounced unfit for military service by Army doctors due to stomach ulcers. He appeared for induction but was rejected, and is expected to join the Yankees for Friday’s game against the Washington Senators. His batting average stands at .455 and he was married six weeks ago.
DETROIT Indians pitcher Jim Bagby faces the Detroit Tigers for the third time in 10 days as Cleveland opens a four game series. His opponent is Hal Newhouser. Bagby won two tight decisions against Detroit 1 to 0 and 2 to 1. The Indians had a weather postponed game with the White Sox yesterday.
A local box score shows Louisville defeating Columbus 3 to 5 with Dockins earning the win and O Neill the defeat. Easter dinner guests include Chauncey and Mrs Or ville Crabtree and family, plus relatives from Millfield Albany and Chauncey. The report mixes game stats with a note on Frank Landa Jr promoted to Corporal in the Signal Corps at Drew Field.
Rev. Charlie Freer will speak at Chauncey Church of Christ at 10 30 am as part of the five church parish campaign. The parish reported 739 in attendance last Sunday and will continue the pre Easter outreach through June 13 or Pentecost. Sunday services include Trimble 9 30 Taylor Ridge 10 30 Chauncey 7 30 Greens Run 9 30 Millfield 10 30 Trimble 7 30 all in Eastern War Time.
Rev Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ conducted the funeral for Sylvia Hartley age 75 at the family home in Vore Ridge on Tuesday. Survived by five sons three daughters and many grandchildren. Several Hartley relatives attended including William A Hartley Dwight Hartley Winfield Hartley Lorena Cochran and Daniel Pierce.
Chauncey residents welcomed relatives and guests from Ohio towns including Tiltonville Vere Ridge Columbus Portsmouth and Wellston over the Easter weekend. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Lewis Champlin Mr and Mrs Richard Osborne and families Mrs Hattie Hamilton Mrs Mary Spearry and others visiting local households in Chauncey.
Chauncey social notes: Mrs. Effie Sands and Lois Jean host guests from Athens including Mary Kathryn Bowman Helen Bowman and Jean Mattox. Mrs. Signa Crabtree and children Barbara Freddie Jr. visit Chauncey. Millfield visitors to Mrs. Grace Crabtree. Easter gatherings with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fink in Chauncey. Adkins ill but aided by Dannie Mae Adkins. Conda Webb and Louise Thomas among Sunday visitors. George Adkins and children from Lancaster join. Grandstaff family relocates to Portsmouth for work.
Mrs Effie Lands and her daughter Lois Jean of Chauncey spent the week end and Easter with relatives in Springfield and Dayton. In Springfield they stayed with Mr and Mrs John Coe and family and joined by Mr and Mrs John Karr and their daughters for an Easter dinner. They returned to Dayton with the Karrs and visited until Monday before returning home to Chauncey.
The page lists times for east and west bound trains including Diplomat and National Limited services. It notes daily and Sunday exceptions, with specific departure and arrival times across multiple numbered trains. Northern and southern routes show morning and afternoon timetables with noted exceptions.
Louisville report notes top contenders Count Fleet Ocean Wave and Slide Rule suffering foot trouble while Burnt Cork is slowed by a separate issue. With odds around 1 to 5 for Count Fleet, race fans await a lively Derby as spectators and bettors fill the track for the mile and a quarter showdown.
The Weatherman halted six American Association games yesterday but Columbus defeated Louisville 5 to 3 in the lone contest. If weather clears, Indianapolis visits Toledo, Kansas City meets St. Paul, Milwaukee hosts Minneapolis, and Louisville plays a second game at Columbus. Nick Cullop’s Red Birds, last year’s junior world champions, opened before 3,427 fans with Pitcher George Docking earning win No. 1.
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