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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
14
Ohio sports page covers Joe Begala at Ohio University guiding Kent State to a 111th victory, plus Ohio U and Ohio State wrestling notes, golf revival plans, Lou Groza records, Graziano Zale boxing talks, and Louis Godoy exhibition critiques.
Athens and Middleport clash on the Jackets' floor as they chase the league leaders. Don Ferguson leads Athens while Harry Surface aims to rebound for Middleport after recent losses.
In a diagrammed lesson from Villanova, the screen offense uses a four corner layout and mid floor playmaker to keep ball movement, draw defenders, and open layups. Michigan State's Ben F. Van Alstyne later explains slip block effectiveness.
McArthur High School releases 1947 football schedule under Superintendent H M Potts. New team Hebron appears Sept 19 at home. The Generals join the Southern Buckeye League with Coalton The Plains Rutland Chauncey Dover Oak Hill and Liberty Union.
Memphis area golf figure Sherwood, a 50 year pro who served at Canton Ohio and helped found Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, will retire in March after 30 years at the Memphis Country Club.
Providence welterweight Ralph Zanmelli seeks revenge against Los Angeles' Jim Doyle in a 10 and 12 bout at the Cleveland Arena on December 24.
The 20th annual state scholastic championships will be decided Feb 28 and March 1 at Ohio State University. Mike Peppe of Ohio State is meet manager. Preliminaries in the 50 yard free style are Feb 28 at 7:30 p.m. Diving prelims are March 1 at 10 a.m. Only district qualifiers finish fifth or better can advance. District meets are Feb 22 at Northwestern Bowling Green Central Cincinnati Northeastern.
The Logan Riding and Driving Club discussed plans for a June 1 horse show to be presented by the Southeastern Ohio Saddle Horse Association. A dinner precedes the quarterly meeting in Blosser's Restaurant banquet room with proceeds benefiting the Hocking County Society for Crippled Children and adults. Members from Lancaster Athens Jackson Wellston Chillicothe McArthur Circleville Kingston and Marietta are expected to attend.
Jumpin Joe Fulks of the Philadelphia Warriors, at 6 foot 5, seeks his 1,000th point as he enters a game versus the Cleveland Rebels. He has 985 points in 41 games and averages 24 per contest, needing 15 more to reach the milestone tonight.
NYU faces Canisius and Toronto meets Buffalo while Arizona plays Hard-Sim and Wooster visits Ashland. Bethany at Davis Elkins and Virginia at Bradley headline the card with Central Michigan at Western Michigan. Missouri at Drake and Louisville at Evansville wrap.
The Class D Ohio State Baseball League announced a 56 game season starting April 27 with 70 home and 70 away games. Indiana teams include Richmond and newcomer Muncie replacing Middletown Reds. Ohio clubs are Springfield Zanesville Lima Marion Newark and Dayton. Opening day slate features Muncie at Richmond and others. Playoffs begin September 9 with Shaughnessy slate two days after season ends.
Wahama sophomore Chuck Grimm and Willis Dudding combined for 27 points to guide the Falcons past Racine 47 36 at Wahama High School. The hosts broke an 11 11 first quarter tie, led 22 13 at halftime and built a 37 19 advantage before Racine rallied late. Tom Wolf led Racine with 10 points. Wahama also won the reserve game 22 18.
Ernie Lombardi veteran catcher for the New York Giants travels to Mesa Arizona for early conditioning drills after signing his 1947 contract. He becomes the 28th Giant to sign for the upcoming season.
Regu lar basketball postseason begins next week as Hocking Athens Gallia and Vinton County events start. Drawings set for Murray City Laurelville and Meigs County with double elimination formats and finals Saturday night.
By the Associated Press Pat Comiskey knocked out Lee Oma in Jersey City. Harold Dade outpointed Speedy Cabanella in Oakland. Tony Zale knocked out Lin Wadsworth in Wichita. Non title bouts noted in brief reports with city, promoters, and weights.
Glouster Tomcats end the season with a home game Friday against the McConnelsville Malta quintets. Reserve contest starts at 7 30 p m followed by the varsity at 8 30 p m.
In the Southeastern Ohio Conference race, Middleport’s Harry Surface extended his lead to 11 points over Logan’s John McBroom with three games left. Ellmer Houdashelt moved into 11th, while Bill Lehew sits third with 187 points and Joe Bailey climbed to fourth.
Cleveland pitcher Red Em bree, who was expected to be a first line starter after going 8 and 12 last season, returned his contract unsigned yesterday.
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