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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
6
Buddy Holderfield age 141 from Scott Arkansas out pointed Sparky Reynolds age 148 from Huntington West Virginia in Little Rock. In Indianapolis Abel Cestac Buddy Knox fight postponed.
State scribes head to Canton for a football season preview and the North South scholastic All Star game at Fawcett Stadium. Athens figures include Harry Lackey Bob Wren and Dwight Diller with Dave Bell on the Southern squad while Glouster and The Plains vie in the Hocking Valley League finale.
Malcolm Mickey Miller was elected honorary captain of the American Legion Junior Baseball Team as Feeney-Bennett Post feted players after a regular meeting. Managers and players including Charles Murray and Dick Walters were among honored guests.
Heavy rains at Columbus delay play but 16 Army golfers reach the second round of the All Army tournament at Fort Benning. Medalist Capt. Frederick Moseley of Norfolk, Virginia, edged S. Set. Joe Torres of San Diego 2 and 1. Lt. Col. Jamie Cough defeats Capt. Donald Ferris of Dayton 7 and 6. two 18 hole rounds planned today.
Glouster closes as HVL champions and travels to The Plains for a Sunday 2:30 p.m. showdown on the Indians' field. Marvin Knowlton returns for Glouster after a 5-4 win over Nelsonville, as The Plains seek a third place tie with New Marshfield possible if they beat Buchtel and Athens loses. Athens Vets, lingering from a 6-2 setback, aim to finish strong at Marshfield while Nelsonville eyes fourth with McArthur looming.
The record shows team results with a 44 loss and 47 win for the visiting side and 697 to 569 scoring figures. Details emphasize wariness in standings and performance momentum across the league segment.
The 1947 Women’s National Amateur at Franklin Hills faces a freer field as defending champion Babe Didrickson Zaharias withdraws after a movie offer. Louise Suggs emerges as the hot favorite while Peggy Kirk, Jean Hopkins, and Carol Diringer are among top challengers, with field expected near 200 players.
The National Baseball Congress thirteenth annual semi pro tournament opens tonight in Wichita with a $10,000 prize for the champion and an estimated 12,000 fans expected. First games feature Golden Colorado’s Coors opposing the Wichita Cessna Bobcats, and Alpine Texas Cowboys facing Camp Lee Virginia Travelers as thirty two teams compete in the 17 day double elimination event running through August 31.
Baldwin Wallace College coach Eddie Finnigan suffered a broken left leg while working on a B W athletic field yesterday. Berea Hospital reported he was resting comfortably.
Athens area schedule lists Nelsonville at McArthur, Glouster at The Plains, Athens at Logan, and Buchtel at New Marshfield, outlining four Friday night games with regional implications.
Close to 25 000 fans are expected at Fawcett Stadium for the Northern Ohio High School All Star game. Ray Eliot coaches the North and Wesley Fesler handles the South as rosters from the All Ohio squad battle in second annual contest.
Joe Louis finished with a 75 in the City Golf Association pro am open and failed in the final round, losing 3 to Judson Grant of Los Angeles who shot 74. Ted Rhodes of Los Angeles won the professional title with 287 for 72 holes and took $750.
Baseball scores show New York 8 1 0 and Philadelphia 5 9 1 with Trinkle Kennedy and Cooper led by Donnelly Schmidt and Jurisich. Spahn Camelli Lombardi Edwards west coast St. Louis 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0. Ostermueller and Howell pitched for Boston. American League: Philadelphia 56 1 New York 8 1 0 with Marchildon Savage Reynolds Shea Robinson and Wilson. Detroit 3 8 7 1 0 2 Overmire Wagner. Cleveland at Chicago postponed by rain.
Games today feature New York at Boston and a night slate including Brooklyn at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh Chicago at Cincinnati Boston at New York Philadelphia at Washington Detroit at Chicago Cleveland at St. Louis.
Tommy Weber opens an informal nine hole golf course for the Chester Hill Country Club with layout by a Columbus pro and Ohio State greenskeeper. It will be open to members and friends Sunday and stay open to members for the season. A formal spring opening is planned.
The Louisville Colonels rested after a 7 to 2 win over St. Paul as Kansas City’s lead was reduced to five games. In the other league game Columbus beat Kansas City 4 to 3 while Minneapolis at Indianapolis and Milwaukee at Toledo were postponed by rain.
Ili nois owned trotters and pacers headline the Gateway card at the Illinois State Fair today. Frisco Way from E J Baker Stables of St Charles sets season mark for 2 year old pacers winning the little pat stake in 2 02 4 5.
Three day series tickets for the Davis Cup Finals at Forest Hills Stadium are on sale at the West Side Tennis Club in New York. The event runs August 30 with games on August 31 and September 1.
Brooklyn aims to steady after a two week skid by cooling off the Boston Braves as the Cards slow their pace. The Brooks head to Philadelphia for a four game set before facing the Cardinals at Ebbets Field. Vic Lombardi’s 1-0 win over Boston and Kiner’s 80th homer highlight a busy day with the Pirates, Phillies, and Giants also in action.
Batting leaders include Boudreau Cleveland and Pesky Boston with 136 hits and .344 average. Williams Boston leads runs and home runs with 87 runs and 25 homers, while Mize leads runs and RBIs for the Yankees with 102 and 97. Baumholtz tops hits and doubles for Cincinnati with 140 and 25. Pitching leaders include Shea New York and Blackwell Cincinnati with top win totals and ERA.
Heck Harkins of Stockport Merchants pitched a two hit 1 0 shutout over Chesterhill fanning 12. He scored the lone run in the third after a walk and Scott's RBI single. Chesterhill failed to score in the final frames.
Vic Lombardi pitched the Dodgers to a 1-0 shutout of Boston on four singles securing their seventh win and a 2-1 lead in the vital series. Ralph Kiner hit his 30th homer with two on in the first and added two singles in a 5-3 Pirates win over the Cardinals.
Noted horse Bullet Proof, winner of the Chesapeake Stakes for owner Mrs M E Whitney, has been temporarily taken out of training at Monmouth Park in Oceanport New Jersey.
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