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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1948

Page

6

Resignations Shifts in area high school basketball leadership

Don Shafer resigns as Nelsonville High basketball coach to become a state representative for A. O. Smith Manufacturing in Cleveland. The move follows other local coaching exits as Byron Eby is expected to seek a successor role. Fred Swearingen and Bill Sheskey also depart for unrelated posts. Bill Ross leads Glenford's Golden Horde toward Class B hopes while Dan Cavanaugh gains notoriety in boxing circles with a record knockouts set in the Golden Gloves.

Don Shafer Nelsonville High Neck of the Woods Shafer Quint A. O. Smith Manufacturing Company Cleveland Ohio University Board of Education Byron Eby Fred Swearingen The Plains High Athens County Bill Sheskey Buchtel High Basketeers Ames Bern County Cage Physical Welfare Department Ohio U Athens Southeastern Ohio Officials Association Bill Ross Glenford Ohio Univerity Perry County Ross Marietta High Bobcats Jack McLain Corning Dan Cavanaugh Columbus Cavanaugh

College and high school cage schedule for the week

The list covers games across colleges and high schools from Tuesday through Saturday. Notable matchups include Ohio State at Northwestern, Kentucky at Vanderbilt, Purdue at Minnesota, and Ohio University at Wayne, with numerous regional ties among Cedarville Wilberforce Kenyon and others. Multiple Friday through Saturday tips include regional pairings and conference-style showdowns.

Ohio State Northwestern Cedarville Wilberforce St Kenyon Wesleyan Army Air Force Ohio West Tulane Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt Nebraska Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Creighton Okla Aggies Illinois Towa Purdue Winnesota Jackson Oak Hill Logan Circleville Pomeroy Portsmouth Fast Wellston McArthur Glouster South Zanesville Stockport Chauncey Hamden Zaleski Poca Point Pleasant the Plains Crooksville Wilkesville Coalton Murray City Hollister College Ohio U Miami P.m. Wittenberg Ashland Muskingum Capital Oberlin Mount Union Wooster Akron Ohio Findlay Wilmington Rio Grande Xavier Dayton Bowling Green Boston Defiance Bluffton Case Hiram Gannon John Carroll Temple Holy Cross Mississippi Alabama Richmond VMI Wake Forest Duke Tappers Plains Shade Ohio Wesleyan Denison Steubenville St. Vincent Transilvania Anderson Pefiance Wash Jeff Youngstown Chicago Cornell Pennsylvania Yale Princeton Maryland Geo. Wash Wash.Lee Kent State Ohio University Wayne Cincinnati Butler Heidelberg Otterbein Marietta Ohio Northern Wittenberg Navier Louisville Western Reserve Fenn Loyola Toledo Syracuse St. John's Canisius Cony Niagara Notre Dame DePaul Minnesota West Virginia St. Francis Lasalle Dartmouth Harvard Columbia Florida Georgia Tennessee Miss. State N. Carolina William Mary N. Car CCLA California Kansas State St. Louis TCU Arkansas Town Indiana Michigan Idaho Oregon Southern Cal Stanford South Carolina Davidson

Numerous high school and college basketball scores listed

A dense listing of basketball results across high schools and colleges. Teams such as Ursuline, Steubenville Central, Wellington, Wadsworth, Canton McKinley, Massillon, and many others posted varied scores. Professional and league totals for baseball and basketball are also noted alongside regional matchups and overtime games.

Wellington New London Wadsworth Medina Canton McKinley Akron Central Massillon Canton Lincoln Bellefontaine Dayton Chaminnade Warren Youngs Raven Hamilton Public Cinn Hughes Milan Ind Elder

Miami Five to Play 10 Here Tuesday

The Miami Five are scheduled to host ten players in a Tuesday game. Officials set rosters and usage limits as part of a compact schedule. Local fans expect a competitive matchup with key lineups and possible substitutions throughout the game.

MIAMI

Bobcats Face MA Conference Tilt as Injuries Haunt Ohio U

Ohio U seeks to end a four-game slide in a Mid-American Conference clash with Miami of Ohio here Tuesday night and Wayne State in Detroit Saturday. Key players Shrider Schnackenberg Peters Brown Wylie return from injuries as Coach Trautwein reshuffles positions to counter Miami’s Redskin unit led by Brown averaging 326 points.

Ohio Dick Shrider Bobcats Green and White Miami University Ohio U Miami Redskins Wayne University Detroit Mary Dutch Trautwein Mark Wylie Trautwein Oxford Bob Brown Paul Schnackenberg Howard Peters Brown Bob Johnson Shhrider Gene Williams Butler Johnson Gene Kinsley Shrider Harry Gordon Wylie Ohio University Ball State Western Reserve

Local district boys basketball easing off ahead of final run to tourney

Southeastern Ohio Conference leaders Athens Middleport and Wellston take a break Tuesday after a three way SEC tie. Bridges remain tight as teams resume Friday with pivotal battles, while Logan, Pomeroy, Jackson and others gear for cross division games and county tourney implications. Bowling Green beats Detroit 45 30 in college swimming.

Middleport Logan Athens Wellston McArthur Generals Rockets Trenton Quint Logan High Circleville Chiefs Pomeroy Panthers Portsmouth East High Portsmouth West Jackson Oak Hill Buckeye Cchampion The Plains Rome Athens County Crooksville Wilkesville Vinton County Coalton Windsor High Stockport Chauncey Wheel Hamden Zaleski Bobcats Glouster Tomcats Muskingum Valley Zanesville Poca Point Pleasant West Virginia Hollister High Wildcats Murray City Miners Norman Westfall Vern Smith John Hardy Henry Fydroski

Ohio Bobcats Win Narrowly Over Western Reserve in Wrestling

Ed Zip Zednik earned a 2 27 pin at 175 pounds to seal Ohio University’s 16 12 victory over Western Reserve. Puhar edged Mapes 10 7 in a pivotal 155 pound bout, Kalazenko won 3 2 at 121, while Reserve forfeited the opening match and later benefited from a Reserve loss.

Zednik Ohio University Wren Western Reserve Bobcats Tibby Frank Ohio Puhar Mapes John “Kelly” Kalazeoka Pete Bidar Bobcat Reserve Kalatenko Dick Stack Elmer Reiman Hall Jim Swinehart

Albany Panthers Fall to Carbondale in Loop Clash

Carbondale Independents rallied in the second half to defeat the Albany Panthers 32 to 26 in a Hocking Valley League round game. Brooks and Llewellyn led Carbondale with double figure scoring, while Baughman and Van Dyke paced Albany.

Albany Carbondale Independents Albany Panthers Carbondale Brooks Mate Stright Llewellyn E. Lowry Baughman Reepatty Love Knowiton R. van Dyke D. van Dyke

1935 Oldsmobile two door sedan for sale

Vintage car listing for a 1935 Oldsmobile two door sedan in good condition. Includes radio and heater. Available after 10 a.m. Sundays and 6 to 10 p.m. on weekdays at 10 South May.

Oldsmobile

Robins Shade Upset Bliss College In Narrow Win

Western Auto Robins, a local independent five, defeated Bliss College 69 to 66 in Nelsonville. Harry Westfall led with 25 points as Bliss’s Jenning tallied 22. In the preliminary, Robins rolled Haydenville 51 to 21.

Nelsonville Western Auto Robins Bliss College Robins Columbus Harry Westfall Jenning Bliss Haydenville Western Auto G Hutchins F & In Ponies Sos Westfall Wits Fs Boe Wsiensancn Ck Oe Miller Watkins Jonnie Ff Ge Mowrey, F i Ot Dong € Co BOW Co Ccedew Geo A Ae FE Pdain Olas Co Ae Whiteside Stoner

Cincinnati Livestock Market Slumps on Weak Demand

At Cincinnati Livestock Market on February 9, salable hogs around 3,500 with no early bids, cattle about 1,400 and calves 200. Slaughter cattle trade 50 to 1.00 lower. good baby beeves around 25.00, mixed yearlings 26.00, steers 27.00, most good and choice 500-600 lb steer and heifer prices 22.50-25.00, cows 17.00-19.00, vealers 30.00-31.00, with limited receipts and steadier sheep at about 100 head.

Cincinnati

Poultry and Butter Prices in Cincinnati Market

Cincinnati market report lists prices for poultry categories heavy 5 lbs plus 30 31 cents per lb under 5 lbs 22 23 heavy fryers up to 4 lbs 40 42 heavy broilers up to 2 lbs 40 42 Leghorn and lights 17 20 cents. Butter wholesale 1 lb prints 91 92 1 2 lb prints 91 14 cents % lb prints 92. Potatoes 4.00 6.00 per cwt.

Cincinnati

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