Rockets Reserve Score Wins in Intersections
Toledo Rockets remain undefeated with a 58 41 win over Cornell of the Ivy League. Western Reserve also undefeated at 7 straight after a 63 49 win against Connecticut, which had fallen to Akron 60 48.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Western Reserve
Rockets
Cornell
Connecticut
Akron
Bowling Green
Pwerful Duquesne
Chicago
Loyola
Windy City
Brown University
Miami University
Emporia
Kaw
Mount Union
Kent
Muskingum
Youngstown
Dal Zuher
Carl Muzi
Bob Gale
Herd Wins Los Angeles College Invitational Crown
The Huntington West Virginia Marshall College Thundering Herd won the inaugural Los Angeles College Invitational Basketball Tournament beating Syracuse New York Orangemen 46 to 44 in the final seconds. Guard Jim Wilson scored the winning basket as Syracuse tied 44 44 with under a minute remaining.
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Los Angeles
Marshall College Thundering Herd
Huntington
W. Va
Syracuse
N. Y
Orangemen
Jim Wilson
Iowa Meets Harvard CHICAGO in New Year's Eve Showdown
Unbeaten Iowa seeks a fifth straight win hosting Harvard in the top game of a three game Big Nine card. Missouri plays Northwestern and Wisconsin visits Marquette in other matches.
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Chicago
Iowa
Harvard
Missouri
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Marquette
Reminiscing Sports Through 1947 Baseball Golf Chief Summer Sports
Rowland Congdon surveys district sports with golf and baseball as the summer focus. Middleport wins the SEC title. Lancaster takes SEC Class A baseball 6 0 over Portsmouth. Glenford claims Class B 3 2 over Minford. Glouster Miners top the Hocking Valley League. all star game ends Glouster 5 4 over All-Stars. Don Finsterwald defends Athens Country Club title. Bob Littler promotes club golf with tours and matches against Hocking Hills.
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Lancaster
Portsmouth
Glenford
Minford
Glen Hursey
Paul Sparks
Fairfield
Hocking Valley
Glouster
Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
the Plains
New Marshfield
Buchtel
McArth
Don Finsterwald
Athens Country Club
Woody Wyant
Bob Littler
Hocking Hills Club
Cambridge
Ohio
Hillsboro Tops Cincinnati Western Hills In Tight Win
Hillsboro defeated Cincinnati Western Hills 54 to 46 in a close basketball contest. The scoreline featured balanced scoring and a solid defensive effort by Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro
Cincinnati
Western Hills
Marietta
Canton
Timken
Campbell Memorial
Steubenville
Columbiana
Poland
Lehman
Youngstown
Raven
Dover
New Philadelphia
Springfield Township
Uhrichsville
Columbus West
Marysville
Columbus St. Mary
Columbus
Holy Family
Columbus Rosary
Leesburg
Caledonia
Grove City
Ohio Colleges
Ohio racing season opens June 5 on running and trotting tracks
Ohio’s racing season begins June 5 with events on both running and trotting tracks. The State Racing Commission set dates for five running and seven trotting tracks but rejected Beulah Park in Columbus for lacking a required totalizing machine under a new regulation.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Racing Commission
Beulah Park
C. C. Belt
Commission
Pro Basketball Scores From Boston Philadelphia Chicago
ABA results show Boston 70 Philadelphia 64 and Chicago 85 Providence 73. N L games list Anderson Th Toledo As Indianapolis 77 Flint 57 Tri Cities 65 Syracuse 57. American League section notes no games scheduled.
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Association OF America
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Providence
Anderson
Toledo
Indianapolis
Flint
Tri-Cities
Syracuse
Laurel Cliff Christmas Party and Community News
A year end party at Laurel Cliff featured gifts from Santa and a rhythm band led by Mrs. Gladys Wells. Birth announced for Lewis R. Diehl on December 14 at Martz Clinic Pomeroy. Local residents and guests from Cincinnati Columbus Gallipolis West Virginia shared visits and a church program with candy and popcorn treat. Pearl Parker ill with leg infection.
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Laurel Cliff
Santa Claus
Robert Bowen
Nellie Tracy
Gladys Wells
Marion Fehbersbach
Pomeroy
Herman Warner
Wolf Pen
Charles Diehl
Lewis R
Martz Clinic
William Jacobs
Cincinnati
Clifford Jacobs
Columbus
George Renshaw
Charles Brown
Gallipolis
Marl Harris
West Virginia
George Howell
John Diehl
Hiett
Pearl Parker
Arnold-Nance marriage announced in Bidwell column
Mr and Mrs Em ery Westfall of Columbus announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Alice Arnold to Kenneth C Nance of Columbus. The Westfalls are former residents of this community. Weekend visitors included Clayton Combs and Ernest Hall. Rochester Pa visitors Elwood Smith. Williamsport and Gallipolis guests Floyd Wilkie Bradford Robinson and Freddie Baker. parsonage sale to Bert Call Adamsville. Paul Skidmore and Ethel Walters welcomed a son born December 18 at Holzer Hospital.
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Floyd Wilkie
Williamsport
Bradford Robinson
Gallipolis
Freddie Baker
Shirley Cline
Columbus
Robbie Robinson
Bert Call
Adamsville
Elmer Sherritt
Vinton
Hal Shoemaker
Paul Skidmore
Ethel Walters
Holzer Hospital
Amos Adams
Garnet Mace
Grover Saunders
Ernest Hall
Detroit
Mich
Star Passers Dominate Bowl Game Matchups
Star passers figure to steal the show in New Year bowls as teams rely on aerial yards. Michigan fears Bob Chappuis may miss full strength against Southern Cal while Alabama and Texas feature Gilmer and Layne in high scoring clashes. Doak Walker vs Gil Johnson, Evans vs Still, and Conerly Poole headline a lineup of top quarterbacks across the Sugar Orange Cotton Gator and other bowls.
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Gilmers
Laynes
Conerlys
Michigan
Wolverines
Southern Cal
Pasadena
Calif
Bob Chappuis
Chappuis
New Orleans
Texas
Bobby Layne
Alabama
Harry Gilmer
Gilmer
Layne
Penn State
Dallas
Tex
Doak Walker
Southern Methodist
Walker
Gil Johnson
Kansas
Miami
Fla
Ray Evans
Georgia Tech
Jim Still
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Charlie Conerly
Barney Poole
Conerly
Poole
Texas Christian
TCU
Lindy Berry
Jacksonville
Georgia
Johnny Rauch
Vic Toryn
Maryland
San Francisco
Johnny Lujack
Notre Dame
Herman Wedemeyer
St. Mary's
William and Mary
Arkansas
Birmingham
Ala
Texas Tech
Ohio
el Paso
North Texas
Nevada
Phoenix
Ariz
West Chester
Teachers
Missouri Valley
Tampa
San Diego State
Hardin-Simmons
Harbor Bow
Fresno
Cal
Catawba
Marshall
W. Va
Orlando
Kramer Upsets Riggs In Pro Tennis Debut
Jack Kramer, former amateur champion and Davis Cup hero, defeats Bobby Riggs 6 4 6 4 in his first professional tour match. He praises arena lighting and credits his overhead shot for the win.
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Cleveland
Jack Kramer
Bobby Riggs
Bobby
Featherweight Pep Stops Lachance in Eighth Round Bout
Willie Pep, the featherweight champion, stopped Maurice Lachance in the eighth round of a ten round non title bout in Manchester New Hampshire. The New York report lists other results including Al Starling decisioning Dino Bleta in a 135 pound bout from Trenton New Jersey and G. Manchester noting a 132 pound bout with Willie Pep.
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Associated Press
New York
Park Arena
al Starling
Trenton
N. J
Dino Bleta
Akron
G. Manchester
N. H
Willie Pep
Hartford
Christmas Eve program at Meth Methodist Church
Cardondale reports a Christmas Eve service at the Meth odist church sponsored by Paul Lowry with Rev Phyliss Lemaster leading prayer and reading the Nativity story. Santa distributed treats to children as Bobby Lowry received six stitches after a sled accident in Athens.
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Carbondale
Methodist Church
Paul Lowry
Phyliss Lemaster
Christ
Santa Claus
Bobby Lowry
Athens
Mildred
Betty Barber
Columbus
Porter Sweazy
Ben Sweazy
East Golf
W. Va
Audry Milton
Joyce
Ellwood Barstow
Beverly
Annaleca Fouth
Loren Fierce
Greens Run
Granville Crow
Allison Cox
Po Mace
Anna Hanson
Nolan Mace
Joan Rodman
George Barber
Suckeye Sports Chatter Calls for Fan Tolerance in 1948
Ohio sports writer Fritz Howell urges Buckeye fans to show tolerance toward teams, coaches, and officials amid losses. He cautions against booing officials, stresses personal responsibility for athletes, and calls for a wholesome, “old college try” in 1948.
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Columbus
Buckeye
Ohio Athletic
Guard Around Play Pays Off
NEA Service recalls Sparky Wade of LSU and a guard around play that led to a Southeastern title and Rose Bowl era success. Diagrammed sequence shows 2 passing to 3, 1 screen, 5 passing to 3, 3 cuts, Wade sprinting for a lay up, with 2 and 4 spacing mid court for a potential miss.
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Baton Rouge
NEA
Louisiana State
Sparky Wade
Wade
Pittsburgh
Atl
Jamie City
Rabenhorst
Shawn
Minnesota
Long Way Round New Brunswick Rutgers Routs Yardage Record
Rutgers football piled up 2961 yards in a nine game stretch at New Brunswick New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights won eight of the nine games in the stretch building a commanding offensive display.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers
Portland Social Notes
A list of local Christmas and holiday visits and family events in Ravenswood, Wheeling, Columbus, Parkersburg, Pomeroy, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Akron, and Leon among Rowley, Worthington, Henderson, Moser, Swan, Nolte, Price, Beegle, Ritchie, Rhodes, Larson, Price, Hill, Slaughter, and Sarson families.
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Portland
Rhoda Ann
Claymore Rowley
Ravenswood
Ravenswood Hospital
Francis Worthington
Earl Henderson
Wheeling
Mattie Henderson
W. C. Moser
Columbus
W. C. Nolte
Parkersburg
Harry Swan
Fagan Price
Clarence Price
Patsy
Theodore Beegle
Pomeroy
Donald Price
Charleston
Ira Price
J. A. Siders
Youngstown
Leland
Harley, Ward
Ralph Rhodes
New Brighton
Fred Ritchie
Eugene
R. S. Henderson
Coolville
Ralph Henderson
John Larson
Near Racine
Clara Larson
Wilkie Larson
Annie Price
Pittsburgh
Dew and Post families attend Christmas funeral visits
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Dew came for funeral services for Mrs. Dew’s grandfather, Mr. Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Post, Mar gie Dew, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Post celebrated Christmas in Corning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Post.
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Burr Oak
Tommy Dew
Mrs. Dew
Mr. Lewis
Grant Post
Margie Dew
Albert Post
Corning
Willard Post
Pomeroy Social Notes Holiday Visits and Local Festivities
Pomeroy social page records visits from Columbus Illinois Toledo and Michigan residents over Christmas and New Year. Harriet Russell and family host, Anita ill with pneumonia, Edward Reifel from Ann Arbor visits, Jay Warner to join family for New Year, Norma Goodwin hosts Olan’s wedding reception, Angie Shain OSU nurse at home, Brandenburgs travel to Dayton for holidays.
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Michigan
Jay Warner
Warner
P. Ty Mallory
Marion Ebersbach
Norma Goodwin
Second St
Olan
Angie Shain
Osu Hospital
Aeton Shain
Mulberry Avenue
Robert Evans
Columbus
Alva Hite
West Main Street
Frank Brandenburg
Dayton
Paul Brandensburg
Pomeroy Mayor To Take Oaths In City Hall Ceremony
D. A. Canaday, newly elected mayor of Pomeroy, said he and the village council will be sworn in at 8 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall.
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Ray George
Ida M. Heacock
Pomeroy
Ohio
Salem Township
Meies County
O. C
George House
A. Hance
D.C.F
Ilda M. Heacock
Val Grover
Eaid OS
Ward Farm
Township 8
Range 14
S&s
Rangeth
O.cc.p
J. W. Cline
Cline
Simeon Dyke
Anata
Alen
Township & Range
J.C.P
Harkins Farm
Dean Ee
de& Lem
How
Ew Ee
D. A. Canaday
Middleport Student Attends Youth Fellowship Session
Emma Jane Buell, a Middleport High sophomore and Heath Methodist Church delegate, leaves Tuesday for Cleveland to attend three days of International Methodist Youth Fellowship sessions. She is Meigs County’s sole representative.
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Middleport
Emma Jane Buell
Marcellene Buell
Middleport High School
Cleveland
International Methodist Youth Fellowship
Miss Buell
Heath Methodist Church
Meigs County
Generals Seek Jan 6 Game
McArthur High School Generals seek a replacement game for January 6 after a planned Wilkesville matchup was canceled due to the death of Wilkesville Schools superintendent John A. Harrison in an auto crash December 27.
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McArthur High School
Bob Kalisch
Generals
Wilkesville
John A. Harrison
Lions Sale Looms By Nightfall In Detroit Deal
By nightfall the Detroit Lions may be sold by Fred Mantel to a seven man Detroit syndicate. Conferences aimed at consummating a deal for the NFL club were set for today.
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Detroit
Detroit Lions
Fred Mantel
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