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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1946
Page
7
In Athens Ohio the Bobcat basketball squad hosts a third home game this Friday December 13 1946 at Athens Messenger reports on regional sports and local college efforts. The article notes pro league discussion and notable players while recalling past pro teams and figures.
Ohio University hoopsters aim for a second MAC victory as they host Western Reserve University in a midweek clash. The Bobcats, scoring 171 points in two starts, rotate reserves under Dutch Trautwein with Dick Shrider and Russ Gregg shaping forward and guard roles. Lefkowitz and Becker lead the Reserve lineup, with no Ohio changes expected though late insertions possible. The undercard features a junior varsity set for 6:30 p.m. and a prologue of lineups and rosters.
Athens High seeks to stay pace with the football squad as coach Harry Lackey’s five boys open the SE showdown at Gallia Academy in Gallipolis after a 33 28 win over Lancaster St Marys. Gallia sits at 1 1 after non league losses to Oak Hill and a 27 23 win over Rio Grande.
In Albany Crest Stars edged Albany Panthers 37 32 in overtime, ending Albany five game winning streak. Glouster Moose host Lancaster Moose Saturday at 8 p.m. in high school auditorium. former stars promise a fast game.
A compact roster-like snippet lists eleven entries spanning states and institutions including Arkansas Mississippi Texas Mines Hardin-Simmons St Calif Michigan UCLA Tulsa Texas Stevens Point, suggesting a regionally focused sports or affiliations roundup. The fragment implies intercollegiate connections without a full narrative or dates.
Harry Hart of Columbus knocked out Sammy Birch of Cincinnati to win the Ohio junior lightweight championship today, securing a victory that crowned him the title holder.
Friday slate features Creighton at South Dakota Concord at Fairmont Florida at Mississippi State Chattanooga vs Georgia Tech Texas A&M vs St. Louis Baylor vs Tulane San Francisco at Utah State Rider vs Villanova Texas Tech at Arizona UCLA vs Santa Clara Washington State at Utah Idaho at Wyoming Toronto at Syracuse Western Texas State at Arizona State Auburn vs Mississippi State Pittsburgh vs Wisconsin Santa Clara vs Southern Cal Morehead at Marshall Boston College vs Providence Columbia at Rutgers Rice vs DePaul Duquesne at Geneva Florida vs Alabama South Carolina vs Georgia Tech Indiana State vs Purdue Kalamazoo at Detroit Bucknell vs Lehigh Indiana at Louisville Baylor vs LSU Princeton vs Muhlenberg Murray at Arkansas State North Dakota at Minnesota Washington Jeff at Penn State Penn at Yale St Lawrence vs Syracuse Oklahoma Aggies vs Temple Washington State at Utah State Westminster at CCNY Cornell at Rochester Newark at St Francis Concord at Salem Texas Tech at Arizona State Texas at Canisius San Francisco at Utah Michigan at Western Michigan Maryland at West Virginia Pacific at California Hampden Sydney at Navy Marquette at Northwestern Indiana State at Purdue Pittsburgh at Illinois Western Texas State at Arizona Scranton at Lafayette Auburn at Mississippi State Montana State at Niagara Notre Dame at Wisconsin Virginia at Duke Nevada at St Josephs Harvard at Brown Loyola Chicago at St Johns Bowdoin at Maine Texas A&M at Kentucky
Walter L. Pate, U S non playing captain, assures Australian reporters there will be no unpleasantness over John Bromwich habit of dropping an extra ball after his first serve. He and Sir Norman Brookes say the issue is closed after Bromwich’s conduct in the Victorian Tournament semi finals.
The Peach Bowl schedule starts in Macon with Georgia Military Academy facing Tennessee Wesleyan in its inaugural post season showcase tonight.
Akron University announces its first wrestling team in five years will start the season January 10 with matches against Case School of Applied Science.
The list outlines the second team selections including E Jack Russell and T Martin from New York Yank, G Bruno Banducci from San Francisco, C Bob Nelson from Los Angeles Dons, G Len Younce from New York Giants, T Jim White from New York Giants, E Dante Lavelli from Cleveland, B Sid Luckman from Chicago Bears, B Frankie Albert from San Francisco, B Bill Dudley from Pittsburgh, and B Marion Motley from Cleveland.
Former world middleweight title claimant Fred Apostoli 159 of San Francisco defeated Paul Lewis 158% of Oakland over 10 rounds in a grueling bout to extend his seventh straight win in a comeback.
Joe Maxim from Cleveland, weighing 180 pounds, defeated Dolph Quiijano of El Paso, 176 pounds, by a ten-round decision in El Paso last night.
Ohio University returns to collegiate wrestling for the first time since 1942 in green and white. The Bobcats meet Waynesburg College in Waynesburg Pa at 7 30 p.m. with eight bouts on the card. Returning lettermen include Bill Hess Ed Zednik John Kulazenka and footballers Jack Browning Richard Stack Jim Spencer Archie Atavalores Wally Schultz Pete Puhdar.
Danny Peyton pour ed 26 points to lift Zaleski's Bobcats 55 to 42 over Waterloo avenging a prior loss. Bobcats led 12-11 after the first, 25-22 at halftime, and 34-33 entering the final period as Waterloo's Morgan posted 20. In a preliminary, Waterloo reserves beat Zaleski 28-24. Friday night the Bobcats face undefeated Allensville here.
A 10 round heavyweight bout between Harry Bobo of Pittsburgh and Tommy Woodard of Columbus scheduled for next Wednesday in Canton was canceled by Diamond A C officials. The local boxing commission said more time is needed to determine Bobo’s fitness. Bobo had KO'd John Benson of Indianapolis and had offered a pre bout examination this week.
The Hollister High School preliminary game versus Rome Canaan starts at 7 p.m. and will be followed by the varsity contest. Garold Forbes of Nelsonville has been appointed the new Hollister coach for the teams.
Union Furnace High led all game play to beat Chauncey Dover 42 to 32. Anthony scored 16 for Union Furnace while Pierce matched Chauncey’s 16. Chauncey Reserves lost 20 to 18 to Union Furnace Reserves in the opener. Chauncey next hosts Carbon Hill at 8 p.m. in a third season game.
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