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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1947

Page

10

Athens Coaches Lead County Sports Roundup

Athens coach Harry Lackey notes non electric clocks used at Southeastern Ohio Conference fields are manually operated via a field telephone system. The Plains High coach builds a county tourney mindset after a strong season with nine straight county league wins and 14 of 17 overall. speculation swirls on Wes Fesler as Ohio State football coach with Pitt ties and former Panthers assistants backing Fesler, while Mike Milligan emerges as top Pitt candidate.

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Glouster Tomcats Rally to Down Roseville 42 37

Glouster High's Tomcats surged in the final period to beat Roseville 42 to 37 on the losers' court. Brown led Glouster with 17 points while Keaton scored 14 for Roseville and Dunn added 10 as the teams traded leads through the game.

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Corn Cribbers Run Past Somerset All Stars 70 to 56

Corn Cribbers win their 12th straight, defeating the Somerset All-Stars 70 56 at Athens High. Led by Pete Risser and Chris Stefan the hosts built a 21 point fourth quarter margin after a close first half.

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Weekend College Basketball Scores Snapshot

A rapid tally shows Harvard over Dartmouth 58 45, Holy Cross 67 39 over Colgate, Glenville 72 58 over Salem, and Indiana 58 39 over Alliance. Notre Dame 52 Northwestern 44, Marquette 52 DePaul 45, Kansas 31 Oklahoma Aggies 33, Kentucky Wes 64 Georgetown 52.

Harvard Dartmouth Holy Cross Colgate Glenville Salem W. Va Wesleyan Waynesburg Niagara Hobart Bowdoin Maine Colby Bates Fordham Pratt Indiana Alliance Mansfield Scranton Notre Dame Northwestern

General Five Nosed Out by UF 29 28 in close league clash

Union Furnace defeated McArthur High 29 to 28 as Bob Sheline scored late to edge the Generals in a tight contest pacesetter battle. McArthur had a chance after two late free throws but failed to claim the lead.

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Jayvee Team Throttles Marietta Jayvees 44 to 11

MARIETTA Ohio Bobkittens dominated Marietta Jayvees 44 to 11 Tuesday night in the preliminary to the varsity game. The winners controlled the pace and built a commanding lead early.

Jayvee Team Marietta Ohio Bobkittens

Cage Games Tonight Across College Hoops

A slate of matchups features Georgetown at La Salle St Josephs at Temple Indiana State at Miami Manhattan at Cincinnati Baldwin Wallace at Akron Ohio Northern at Albion Pittsburgh at Amherst Boston College at Army Baylor at TCU Butler at Valparaiso Capital at Ohio Wesleyan Carnegie Tech at Penn State Case at Kent State Penn at Columbia Fordham at St John s Muskingum at Heidelberg Idaho at Oregon State Oberlin at John Carroll Rutgers at Lehigh Broaddus at Long Island Villanova at Miami Florida West Virginia at Navy Princeton at Yale Texas A&M at Rice St Francis at Scranton Texas Western at Texas Mines Southwestern at Tulsa W J at Westminster Randolph Macon at Richmond.

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Ames-Bern Rally Tops Pennsville in 49-37 Win

Ames-Bern High defeated Pennsville 49-37 after a slow start with a third quarter rally. Center White led Ames-Bern with 17 points as Pennsville’s Hilaman also scored 17. Pennsville reserves were beaten by Ames-Bern 42-31 in the preliminary game.

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Buckeye Hoops Highlights: BG, Dayton, Loyola Cruise to Wins

Bowling Green defeated Findlay 72 to 41 as Charley Share scored 22 for BG in 29 games. Dayton edged Cincinnati 45 to 42, but Bearcats lost Bill Ginn to a season ending jaw fracture. Loyola beat Toledo 73 to 60, Mount Union won 67 to 53 and Center Bill Doll left with a knee injury.

Chicago Loyola Toledo Marquette Depaul Oklahoma Aggies Kansas Dayton Cincinnati Mt. Union Ashland Wooster Hiram Michigan State Virginia Huntington Anderson Creighton Omaha Ball State Mich Normal Parsons Iowa Wesleyan Simpson Central Iowa Monmouth Grinnell Youngstown Geneva Bowling Green Findlay Manhattan Eastern Ky North Carolina Duke Louisville Hanover Wash.-Lee Wake Forest William Mary Newport News Associated Press Falcons Falcon Big Charley Share Bearcats Mount Union Ohio Ashland College Eagles Bill Doll

Carbondale Trims Vets in Two Straight Wins

Carbondale Independents beat Nelsonville VFW 50 to 33 for a second win in a row. Brooks led Carbondale with 16 points while Watkins scored 10 for Nelsonville. A March of Dimes tripleheader is set for Wednesday on the Waterloo floor at 6:30 p.m. featuring New Marshfield vs Glouster and Ohio U. Airport against Carbondale Independents.

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Hollister Hosts Church Fives in Weekend Basketball Collision

Hollister High School Wildcats welcome Linden Church of Christ basketball team from Columbus Friday at 7 30 p m. At 8 30 p m Hollister Alumni face Linden Independents. Floyd Cooper, Hollister alumnus and former Hollister player, coaches the Linden squads. Last year Hollister lost to the church team and the alumni beat Linden Independents by slim margins.

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Troy Alumni Triumph Over Waterloo Alumni in 53-18 Win

Troy Alumni defeated Waterloo Alumni 53-18 in a high school gym game. Turner Humphrey led with 23 points to pace the Troy victory.

New Marshfield Troy Waterloo Turner Humphrey

Pomeroy Ninety-nine Point Pleasant in Rough Basketball Finish

Pomeroy Panthers rallied from four minutes to play to beat Point Pleasant Big Blacks 49 40 at Pomeroy High gym Tuesday night in a notably rough contest. Gardner led Point Pleasant with 17 as Slack paced Pomeroy with 12, aided by precise foul shooting in the final period. A junior high game followed, with Pomeroy defeating Pt Pleasant Junior High 24 15.

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Stubborn Pioneers Hold Bobcats to 51-37 Score

Ohio U edged Marietta College 51 37 as a late 12 point burst in the final period broke a tight game. Wylie led Ohio with 12 points while Shrider and Kinsley added 11 each. Hall had 12 for Marietta.

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Boxing results from multiple bouts across cities

Detroit shows Eddie O Neil winning by knockout over Bill Brier in a 154 to 150 pound contest. In Trenton Al Mobley defeats Joey Peralta on points from Tamaqua. Jacksonville sees Buddy Knox beating Wade Chauncey on points. Marcel Cerdan stops Bert Gilroy in London.

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