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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1947

Page

6

Dodgers Edge Cardinals In War Memorial Benefit Game

Dodgers beat the Cardinals 7-5 in an afternoon game at Ebbetts Field as part of a War Memorial fund event. The crowd energy from Brooklyn fans contrasted with St Louis supporters while the Dodgers applied more hustle in the series, hitting hard early and securing the victory.

St. Louis Cardinals the Birds Brooklyn Dodgers St. Louis Flatbush Ebbetts Field Harry Brecheen Junior Cardinals

Vander Meer Stymies Giants 8 1 As Miller Grand Slam Decisive

Johnny Vander Meer pitched well at the Polo Grounds as Eddie Miller hit a grand slam to cap an eighth inning rally after Mel Ott issued an intentional pass to Ray Lamanno. Koslo briefly shut Reds down before the sequence that broke the game open. The Reds face the Cardinals in a home series with night and day games across the calendar.

Cincinnati Reds New York Giants Cards Dodgers Polo Grounds Johnny Vander Meer Giants Eddie Miller Mel Ott Dave Koslo Reds Joe Beggs Cincinnati Big City Johnny Mize Miller Cardinals Dyermen Labor Day Boston Brooklyn

Pomeroy Merchants Beat Racine to Tie OVA League Lead

Guinther pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts as Pomeroy Merchants routed Racine 10 to 1. Hendricks led with three hits while Sorden and Houdershell added two each. Racine committed six errors and Delaney suffered a shoulder injury on a diving catch. Next, Pomeroy hosts Glouster Miners at Wahama Field Tuesday night.

Pomeroy Guinther Racine Merchants Johnny Lee Haskins Hendricks Sorden Houdashelt Delaney Morris Moore Sauer

Muskingum Names 22 Lettermen For 194? Football Drive

Muskingum College in New Concord announces 22 returning lettermen will anchor a 34 man squad after two weeks of drills under Athletic Director Ed Sherman. The Muskies open the season September 27 at Capital University with an eight game schedule featuring Heidelberg W and J and Wooster among others. TRIS SPEAKER is noted for brief mention of past baseball.

New Concord Muskingum College Muskies Ed Sherman Muskie Sherman Johnny Hadden Jim Wilcoexin Milt Patterson Branko Stupar Arkie Williamson Hadden Dresden High School Muskies Capital University Muskingum Heidelberg Washington and Jefferson Ohio Mac Mariner Charles Kruzan Mariner Kruzan Indiana State Teachers College Paul Norman Capital Canterbury Wooster Denison Ohio Northern Oberlin

Lavelle Named Freshman Football Coach at Xavier

Xavier University announces Charles A. Red Lavelle as freshman football coach. He reports to Ed Kluska for practice next Monday after a Naval career and prior Xavier stints. Lavelle starred for Musketeer teams of 1940s and earned the Xavier Legion of Honor.

Cincinnati Charles A Red” Lavelle Xavier University Xavier Gordon E. Nead Ed Kluska Lavelle Amber Musketeer Xavier Legion of Honor Cleveland Cathedral Latin High School Navy Fort Scott

National standings spark midseason shift across leagues

A jumble of team records and percentages shows shifts in the standings. Notable marks include New York and Brooklyn in the National League and American League clubs like Detroit Cleveland and Chicago posting gains while St Louis Pittsburgh and Philadelphia tally varied results.

Vets to Meet Pomeroy Merchants Under Lights Tomorrow

Athens Vets baseball team, second in the Hocking Valley League behind Glouster, travels to Wahama West Virginia to face Pomeroy Merchants at 8 p.m. after leaving at 5 30 p.m. The next day they host The Plains in a rematch of a 38 8 tie. Mike Olasin, the Vets second baseman, is out with a sprained ankle.

Glouster Athens Vets Anwai Tinmaad Mrulvowe Trittey F Wahama W. Va Pomeroy Merchants Plains Athens Mike Olasin Vets

Night Baseball Results Across Leagues From Yesterday

Summary of multiple games with box style lines shows scores for Cleveland Philadelphia Washington Detroit New York Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn St. Louis Boston Cincinnati and others. Notable pitchers and batters listed include Scarborough Mancuso Moss and Bevens along with Tresh Houk and Lamanno. Standings hint at a busy schedule with several late innings and run totals in various matchups.

Washington St. Louis Scarborough Candini Mancuso Zoldak Moss New York Chicago Bevens Wensloff Houk Papish Gebman Tresh

Baseball Tonight Schedule for National League Matchups

Night games include New York against St Louis Chicago at New York and St Louis at Boston. Also listed are Boston at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland and Pittsburgh at Brooklyn with several games marked as night events. Only games scheduled on the docket.

National League Chicago New York Pittsburgh Brooklyn St. Louis Boston

Baseball season leaders top list of 1940s players

The tally highlights top performers across teams with batting, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and pitching figures. Notable players include Mize and Williams with multiple categories, Bailey and Shea recognized for pitching marks.

Williams Boston Doerr Pesky Boudreau Cleveland Vernon Washington Dillinger St. Louis Feller Shea New York

Hovering stork seen as menace at Marietta College

Marietta College faces a football season with optimism and baby-related distractions as two halfbacks and a tackle await fatherhood this fall. Don Drumm, athletic director, jokes about his pitchers and the spring pregnancy, noting it may affect performance but offering no predictions.

Marietta Marietta College Don Drumm Drumm

Boxing Results From Utica and Miami Shows Winners

Len Taglia stopped Howie Brode in Utica while Gene Smith defeated Les Flowitt in Miami. Freddie Apostoli won a decision over Ruben Shank in San Francisco.

Associated Press Utica N. Y Len Taglia Howie Brode Chadwicks Miami Fla Gene Smith Youngstown Les Flowitt Detroit San Francisco Freddie Apostoli Ruben Shank Denver

Red Munger Shines At Night For Cardinals In Boston Win

Star pitcher Red Munger won his ninth night game with a five hit 5-2 victory over the Braves in Boston as St Louis stayed six games behind the Dodgers. Dodgers won 11-10 at Ebbets Field, with Casey fending off a late Pirate rally.

Jop Reichler Associated Press George Red) Munger St. Louis Cardinals Brooklyn Dodgers Munger Red Eddie Dyer The Redbirds Cards Braves Boston Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Ebbets’ Field Kirby Highe Rip Sewell Bue Hugh Casey Ralph Kiner Hank Greenberg Billy Jurges Chicago Cubs New York Giants Giants Cincinnati Reds Phillies Philadelphia Chicago White Sox New York Yankees Chicago Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics Detroit Tigers Bengals Sam Zoldak Rae Scarborough St. Louis Browns Washington Senators

Borden Nine Edges Sunnyside In West Virginia Ballgame

Borden's Dairy nine from Huntington defeated Sunnyside Comets 5 to 4 in a Sunday matchup at Apple Grove. Ira Garnett allowed six hits with five strikeouts and one walk but took the loss as Borden broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning with a run-scoring sequence. Barnett and Ferrell shared catching duties for Sunnyside.

Apple Grove W. Va Sunnyside Hunt Childers Barnett and Ferrell

Duffy Tops Portland Prospect Hopes for Notre Dame

Port land youth Pat Duffy, an 18 year old six footer and high school junior, draws college interest from Notre Dame and other schools. His father would pay tuition if needed, while golf star Bobby Locke commands high exhibition fees and Northern California horse racing eyes Golden Gate’s opening. Publicity man Walter Mails praises Ed Fitzgerald as a top catching prospect in Sacramento.

San Francisco Portland Oregon Pat Duffy Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mick Young Duffy Duffy George Gipp Bobby Locke Johannesburg South Africa Locke Byron Nelson Northern California Golden Gate Field Albany Santa Anita Hollywood Turf Club Walter Mails Cleveland

Falcons Open Drills Ahead of Sept 20 Xavier Game

Bowling Green Ohio Cleveland Browns moved to Bowling Green to begin three weeks of pre season drills for 70 Falcon players led by Bob Whittaker. Twenty two letter men and many numerals will run two a days as they prepare for the Sept 20 opener vs Xavier in Cincinnati.

Bowling Green Cleveland Browns Bowling Green State University Bob Whittaker Falcon Whittaker Xavier University Cincinnati Falcons Bee Gee George Muellich Fred Marsh Ohio Wayne Bordner Tiffin Mark Welker Toledo Waite Dave Martin Oak Harbor al Schindler Lorain John Tabler Liberty Center Danny Marazon Toledo Stan Yoder Richard Lowry Findlay Bob Hall Fremont Sam Cooper Jim Whittaker Hel

Birds in Last Home Stand at Red Bird Stadium

Columbus Red Birds launch a nine game, six day stretch at Red Bird Stadium facing Indianapolis Indians Louisville Colonels and Toledo Madhens in their final home stand of the season. Key twin bills and doubleheaders set with 6 pm 7 pm starts and holiday games before a road finish.

Columbus Columbus Red Birds Red Bird Stadium Flock Indianapolis Indians Louisville Colonels Toledo Madhens Birds Indians Colonels Madhens Ohio Louisville Indianapolis

Eighteen Nations Sought For 1947 World Weight Lifting

Philadelphia hosts the 1947 world weight lifting championships on September 26 and 27. Eighteen nations have been invited to send teams or individual competitors, with defending champions from America seeking to retain the title.

New York Philadelphia U. S America

Curran Quits as Glouster Bank Cashier

William Curran has resigned as cashier of the Glouster Community Bank effective Monday. He joined as assistant cashier over a year and a half ago and became cashier after Clyde Gibson left. Curran will become an accountant for a dairy company in Salem, Ohio, leaving the local bank vacancy open. The Munday family will move into the Curran home on Spring Street once vacated.

Glouster William Curran Glouster Community Bank Curran Clyde Gibson Salem Jack Munden Fred Heck Spring St

Grange holds inspections and announces next visit

Grange Hall hosts three and four degrees conferred on two candidates by the local degree team. A potluck supper follows as H. E. Jones notes Everett Carbaugh of Athens will inspect the lodge next Saturday. Homemade pie and ice cream will be served with women asked to bring pies.

Glouster Trimble Grange Grange Hall H. E. Jones The Grange Everett Carbaugh Athens

Glouster Visitors Spend Vacation In Area

Glouster Mr and Mrs Joe Nelson Sr of Columbus former Glouster residents are visiting two weeks with Mr and Mrs Alpha Morrison. Mrs John R Clark and daughter Jean Ann go to Youngstown for a week visiting son and daughter-in-law Robert Clark. They will return home Labor Day.

Glouster Joe Nelson Columbus Nelson Alpha Morrison John R. Clark Jean Ann Youngstown Robert Clark Labor Day

WSCS Meeting Delayed At Glouster Church

The WSCS of the Glouster Methodist Church postpones its Thursday meeting to next week due to nightly special services this week.

Glouster WSCS

Eliases Visit Montgom ery Guests of Sister in West Va

Dr and Mrs J H Elias spent the weekend in Montgomery West Virginia as guests of Mrs Maude Love sister of Mrs Elias They returned home Sunday night

Yesterday's Stars Batting and Pitching Highlights

Billy Jurges hit a two run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Cubs over the Giants 9 to 7. Sam Zoldak scattered four hits to edge Rae Scarborough as the Browns beat the Senators 1 to 0 in a sharp pitching duel.

Billy Jurges Cubs Giants Sam_ Zoldak Browns Rae Scarborough Senators

Hooper Ridge Church of Christ Opens Evangelistic Meeting

The Hooper Ridge Church of Christ opened its annual evangelistic meeting Monday with Daniel K. Teater of Glouster as evangelist and song leader and Mrs. Harold Brown as pianist. Meetings are at 7:45 p.m. daily except Saturdays through September 14.

Glouster Hooper Ridge Church

Sikorski Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed in Glouster

Mr and Mrs Stanley Sikorski of Glouster announce their 50th wedding anniversary with a ceremony at Holy Cross Church. He immigrated from Poland in 1905 and she followed in 1907. They have 14 children, 11 living, and a planned homecoming reunion with relatives and friends.

Glouster Stanley Sikorski Oakdale Road Holy Cross Sikorski America Poland Athens County

Glass Can Match Iron Strength Under Specific Conditions

Under certain conditions glass exhibits strength comparable to iron, challenging common material assumptions. Researchers note that tempered or specially treated glass can achieve high fracture resistance, with applications in engineering and architecture demonstrated in experimental panels.

Camp Visit Is Terminated At Tar Hollow

Last week the Tri State Christian Service Camp at Tar Hollow State Forest sent attendees home on Saturday. Participants included Lanella Jonas Richard Jones Lois Garrett Kenneth Eberts Edwin Carpenter and Eileen Pough with Ralph Byers as Cabin Dad and Mary Johnson as cook Ruth Teater as camp nurse Daniel K Teater as camp steward and the Teater family members Danny Timmy and Mrs Dale Thompson among the group. At Friday’s camp executive board meeting Teater the local minister was reelected camp steward and joined the camp management board. Also notes zinc can substitute for lime in glass manufacture.

Glouster Tri-State Christian Service Tar Hollow State Forest Lanella Jonas Richard Jones Lois Garrett Kenneth Eberts Edwin Carpenter Eileen Pough Ralph Byers Mary Johnson Ruth Teater Daniel K. Teater Dale Thompson Danny Timmy Teater Mr Teater Ree

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