Ohio Revives Varsity Swimming Wrestling At Ohio U
The first Ohio U varsity squads in five years, swimming led by Frank Szalay and wrestling by Thor Olson, posted 3-3 and 3-5 records amid limited pool space and tough foes. Swimmers beat Wittenberg 61-14 and Ohio Wesleyan 46-29, while losses included Bowling Green 68-7 and Cincinnati 55-19. Wrestlers opened with Waynesburg wins 15-13, faced Michigan and Ohio State, with pins by Zednik Hess Kalazenka and a closing 17-9 loss to Michigan.
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Thor Olson
Cook Brothers
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Bobcats
Kent State
Wittenberg
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Des Cook
Cincinnati
Jerry Smith
Muskingum
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Ohio State
Michigan
Ed ‘Zip’ Zednik
Bill Hess
John Kalazenka
Kentucky to switch to shorter 22 game hoops schedule
Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp says a new 12 000 seat field house will let the Wildcats return to a 22 game schedule after the 1948 49 season. The team plans a Christmas break in Lexington the first in 18 years and will face De Paul Notre Dame Alabama Washington of St Louis and Vanderbilt away from home in a demanding stretch. Communique from Artie Dorrell notes his Texas referee license and work on state championship bouts with Buddy Garcia and Henry Majcher under manager Eddie Walker.
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Henry Majcher
Eddie Walker
Miami Slated In Tournament Opens Four Game Series
Four small college teams begin a National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball doubleheader series in Kansas City. Hamline is favored as Emporia State meets Hamline and Beloit plays Miami Ohio. Winners and losers meet Saturday night. Miami has four wins including a victory over undefeated Tennessee Valley. Ohio teams also beat Milwaukee State DePaine and Franklin Indiana, but lost to Dayton.
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Franklin
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Pomeroy Mer chants to host pro quint in junior high gym
Pomeroy hosts the Columbus Mariners in a All American pro league game at Pomeroy Junior High School gym on Dec. 29. Mariners feature Hap Smith and Babe Mazza, stand about six feet one to six feet three, with two Negro players from last year’s 740 AC. Merchants, led by Bucky Walters, will try to upset the visitors after a preliminary game Gal liapolis Merchants versus Jackson Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. and main event at 8:30 p.m.
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Cumberland
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Canton McKinley
Ohio State
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Central High School of
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Iowa Ghosts
Mariner
Babe Mazza
Marshall
Mazza
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Shiveler
Sayre
Gallipolis Merchants
Jackson Playhouse
New York racing panel opposes off track betting plan
The New York State Racing Commission opposes legalized off course betting by horse players. A Kings County grand jury suggested it on December 15, echoed by Queens County. The commission warns it would reduce thoroughbred racing to gambling and may lead to the sport's early extinction.
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Northwestern adds football players to basketball practice
In Evanston Illinois six football squad members join basketball drills as the Northwestern Wildcats shift gears. A separate notice in Athens County Ohio details Ellen Pickering vs Carl Pickering a divorce petition filed September 1947 with hearing set after January 1948.
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Lillie Mae Cole
Charles Fe, Cameron
Fred H. Ervin
Roy Glenn
John Glenn
Blanche Swartz
Mary A. Green
Mary Ann Green
Frank Green
William Hubert Hyde
Harriett Lamb Hyde
Jerry Morris Hyde
Howard Stout
Alma L. Jones
Doris Kamento
Alfred Kamento
R. W. Finsterwald
W.w.a
William T. Newsome
Mary M. Reed
Kenneth Franklin Reed
Doris Mathews
Emma Gabriel
James M. Thorn
Marguerite Moore
Theodore Wingett
A. B. Wingett
Samuel S. Winters
Flora L. Winters
Harry C. Beckley
J. L. Beckley
Earl Beckley
C. Don McVay
Delle Jordan Finsterwald
Patricia Delle Coffman
Bank of Athens
N.B.A
Hull Foster, Jr
Rose A. Foster
Helen Foster Dickinson
Foster B. Cornwell
Lela Frances Hambel
McAllister
Roger J. Jones
Lucy J. Jones
Pearl Kayser
John H. Kayser
Robert Mead Kayser
Mary J. Kayser
Bertha Lucas
Irene Lucas
Beulah L. Robinson
L. Eldon Robinson
Dorothy L
Pauling R
Gerald W
Delores L. Robinson
Mable Saffol
Clifford Saffol
The
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Francis D. White
Evanston
Ill
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Common Pleas Court
Illen Pickering
Carl Pickering
Danberry
Detroit
Michigan
Ellen Pickering
Court of Common Pleas
Prass
Grid Chart Names and Addresses Featured in Athens Messenger
A compact listing titled Grid Chart featuring colleges and students. It lists institutions such as Nevada Missouri Valley Penn State Georgia Tech Miami Ohio Arkansas Maryland Texas Christian Western and Marshall along with candidate initials and messenger office deadline notes. The item references a coupon due by noon December 31 at the Messenger Office.
OSU and Baldwin Wallace Open Holiday Cage Card
Ohio State and Baldwin Wallace start the heavy college basketball schedule with four games headlined by Washington visiting Columbus. The Bucks seek a first big test against Washington while Baldwin Wallace defends an unbeaten record against Quantico Marines and De Paul tests Carrols Blue Streaks in Cleveland.
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University of Washington
Ohio State
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Westerners
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Tippy Dye
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Oklahoma Sooners
Marquette
Texas A & M
Baldwin-Wallace
Berea
Quantico Marines
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Chicago
John Carrolls
Cleveland
Football Contest Rules and Entry Details from The Messenger
The Messenger announces a New Year’s Day football contest with a $10 prize for the most correct picks. Enter by submitting a coupon at the sports desk before noon December 31. only one entry per person, with daily publication of entries until December 30.
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Messenger Sports Desk
Bowl tilts to attract half a million fans across 16 post season games
An Associated Press survey estimates 16 remaining post-season bowls will draw about 534000 fans who will spend roughly 2097000 in gate receipts. The Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, and Shrine games top attendance and revenue, with Disney-like scale for other bowls and Blue-Gray practice set for Saturday.
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New York
Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
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Dixie
Birmingham
Delta
Memphis
Marshall Opens National Meet In Los Angeles
Eight teams collide in the opening round of the Los Angeles National Invitational Basketball Championships Marshall College faces West Texas in the first game followed by Syracuse versus Loyola of Los Angeles Arkansas versus Brigham Young and Idaho meeting Pepperdine in the late contest.
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West Texas
Syracuse
Loyola of Los Angeles
Arkansas
Brigham Young University
Idaho
Pepperdine
Relic Gaining Speed at Hialeah Ahead of Derby
Relic, the Circle M. Farm entrant and Kentucky Derby winter book second choice, shows rapid improvement at Hialeah as peak form nears.
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Hialeah, Fla
Circle M. Farm
Hialeah
Illinois Coach Explains Double screen Play for Eddleman
Illinois coach Harry Combes outlines a double screen play designed to exploit Dike Eddleman’s speed and one hand shot. The setup includes Fred Green screening, Bill Erickson in defensive balance, and Stan Fronczak replacing Burmaster as the guard to keep pressure in the front court. Next feature previews LSU's guard around play.
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Dike Eddleman
Jack Burmaster
Eddleman
Fred Green
Harry Combes
Bill Erickson
Stan Fronczak
Burmaster
Big One Night Touchdown Sparked Bob Livingstone’s High School Run
South Bend story notes Bob Livingstone of Hammond left halfback on the Notre Dame squad but his top thrill came as he ran 73 yards for a first ever high school touchdown. Eldora couple Roy and Alice Weber solve housing shortage by converting two box stalls at the Eldora Fair Grounds into an apartment.
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Ind
Bob Livingstone
Hammond
Notre Dame
Eldora
Ia—Roy
Alice Weber
Webers
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Boxing Roundup From Coast to Coast
BOXING By the Associated Press New York Angel Sotillo 201 Buenos Aires TKO Red Applegate 200 Montclair N J 4 New York Lee Q Murray 208 New York Knocked out Shame as OBrien 188 Norfolk Va 1 Honolulu Helio Rosa 123 Honolulu outpointed Bayoni Gare cia 130 Manila 10 Chicago Eddie Marotta 127 Cleveland outpointed Pat locos bucci 128 Cincinnati 8
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Red Applegate
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Helio Rosa
Bayoni Garecia
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Eddie Marotta
Cleveland
Pat Locos Bucci
Cincinnati
Northwestern Big Nine Cage Team Starts With Eight Lettered Men
Evanston Ill Eight lettere men only two of whom were starters form the nucleus for Northwestern s cage team.
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