Nelsonville Greyhounds Visit Wellston In SEC Title Bid
Nelsonville seeks its first SEC basketball title since 1928 as they travel to face Wellston and coach Vic Nash. A Nelsonville win, plus other results, could force a title deadlock, with Jackson and Athens teams also in the chase. Corning Perry Muskingum Valley Belpre county and area winners noted with several league crowns decided.
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Nelsonville
Greyhounds
Wellston
Rockets
Vic Nash
Logan
Golden Rockets
Jackson
Ironmen
Hounds
Athens
Meigs County
Allensville
Denvertown
Stockport
Albany
Rome-Canaan
Stewart Gym
Rome
Red Devils
Buchtel
Stewart
Pitt Snaps Ohio String In Close Meet
Pittsburgh defeated Ohio University 49 to 34 as the Panthers handed the unbeaten Bobcats their first loss in seven starts. Bill Comley won his seventh event of the season while captains Dave Koester and Glen Romanek each suffered their first defeats. Comley is a 150 pound sophomore from Cincinnati Hughes. Koester and Romanek competed in multiple freestyle events.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio University
Panthers
Bill Comley
Dave Koester
Glen Romanek
Comley
Cincinnati Hughes
Koester
Romanek
Rocky Marciano Stops Lee Savold in Sixth Round Bout
In Philadelphia at Convention Hall, Rocky Marciano defeated veteran Lee Savold in six rounds of a nationally televised 10 round bout. Savold, 35, absorbed brutal hooks and was halted by referee Pete Tomasso as his manager urged retirement. State athletic commissioner John Cagrosa planned an indefinite suspension and retirement push.
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Philadelphia
Rocky Marciano
Lee Savold
Marciano
Savold
Englewood
N.J
Bill Daly
Pete Tomasso
Daly
Lee
John (Ox) Cagrosa
Pennsylvania
Marciana
Convention Hall
Veeck Plans Browns Pitch in Japanese Baseball Tie
St Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck seeks a working agreement with a Japanese club as part of a Madama Butterfly style plot with an American naval officer theme. Abe Saperstein proposes a cross league tie as legal questions loom. Veeck previously pursued Atsushi Aramaki of the Mainichi Orions last summer.
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ST. Louis
Bill Veeck
Abe Saperstein
Globetrotters
Browns
Atsushi Aramaki
Mainichi Orions
Veeck
Kieran Sides With Baseball in Salary Board Case
Former New York Times columnist John Kieran, expert on the Information Please Almanac, sided with baseball in arguing that signing bonuses should not count as regular payroll. He urged flexibility in baseball finances, noting the sport’s inherent risks and volatile pennant races. He issued recommendations after a February hearing in New York as a member of the salary board panel on professional sports.
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Washington
John Kieran
The
New York Times
Almanac
Kieran
New York
Nomel Lini Returns to Wrestling After Niners Stint
Modesto report states Leo Nomel Lini, All-Pro tackle on the AP Team, has resumed wrestling after two football campaigns with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Modesto
Calif
Leo Nomellini
Associated Press
San Francisco 49Ers
Point Pleasant Prepares For Wahama Showdown
Point Pleasant High School basketball plans a trip to Wahama after a high scoring win. Coach Jack Morton recalls Wahama’s low season output and stresses offense and defense as the Big Blacks seek to snap a three game skid. Center Bill Dorsey leads with 179 points, while Earl Foglesong and Johnny Withers add 164 and 132 respectively.
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Point Pleasant
Wahama
Charleston Reds
Frank Polk
Mason
Falcons
Jack Morton
Huntington Vinson
Barboursville
Pirates
Big Blacks
Bill Dorsey
Earl Foglesong
Johnny Withers
Jack Fowler
Don Waldie
Dorsey
Withers
Foglesong
Female Olympic Swim Team To Be Selected
In Indianapolis tryouts July 4 weekend a new U.S. Women's Olympic swimming team will be chosen. The 1948 champions have retired led by Ann Curtis who set the 400 meter freestyle Olympic record. Purdue's Dick Papenguth will coach, with funding from public subscriptions and gate receipts.
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Indianapolis
U.S
Ann Curtis
Dick Papenguth
Purdue University
Carlo Newark Named Head Coach at Newark High
Joe Carlo former all around athlete at Bald win Wallace College is named head football coach at Newark High School. He previously served as line coach for five years.
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Carlo Newark
Newark
Joe Carlo
Baldwin-Wallace College
Newark High School
United States Wins First Gold In Women's Slalom
Andrea Head Lawrence of Rutland Virginia won the women's giant slalom in Oslo earning the opening gold of the sixth Winter Games. Jannette Burr of Seattle placed second as 44 competitors from 15 nations raced on a sleet packed 1500 meter course.
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United States
Andrea Head Lawrence
Rutland
New Englander, An Olympian At 15, Streaked Down the Sleet-Packed Norefjel
Lawrence
David
Jannette Burr
Seattle
Wash
America
Miss Burr
Empire State Building
New York
Germany
Anders Ostler
Lorenz Nieberl
Switzerland
Bislett
Oslo
Kent Grid Card Lists Nine Games
Kent State announces a nine game 1952 football schedule with three MAC foes and two new opponents. Ohio University Western Michigan Western Reserve appear in conference play, Marshall College and Baldwin Wallace add variety. Bucknell and Morris Harvey drop. games with Bowling Green Akron New Hampshire Mount Union listed. Kurt Krieger born in Traisen Austria.
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Kent
Homer Edington
Kent State University
Ohio U
Western Michigan
Western Reserve
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Baldwin-Wallace
Yellow Jackets
Golden Flashes
Bucknell
Morris Harvey
Bowling Green
Akron
New Hampshire
Mount Union
Bonaventure gridmen may seek football futures in Detroit Pitt
A group of St Bonaventure football players led by quarterback Ted dy Marchibroda may depart next week to try out for football at Detroit and Pittsburgh after the university dropped intercollegiate football last week per the athletic director.
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Detroit
Pitt
OLEAN
N.Y
St. Bonaventure
Teddy Marchibroda
University of Detroit
Pittsburgh
Nuzum Extends SEC Scoring Lead In Narrow Margin
Athens's Ralph Nuzum widened his SEC scoring edge to 274 points by week’s end while Bob Ashley of Middleport remained second with 261. Nelsonville’s Dick Hubbard moved to fourth as Jerry Collins of Wellston held third. new entry Sonny Keplar of Nelsonville entered the top ten at tenth with 132 points.
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Ralph Nuzum
Middleport
Bob Ashley
Athens
Nelsonville
Askey
Pomeroy
Ronnie Smith
Smith
Ashley
Dick Hubbard
Scarlet Guard
Jerry Collins
Hubbard
Collins
Wellston
Jim Bowers
Bowers
Jackson
Fisher
Swingle
McKean
Gallipolis
Cssses
Keplar
Boxing Bout Results Across Cities Reported
The city by city boxing notes show fighters Bruce Savold and Ralph Schneider clashing as Roland Lastarza defeats an Englewood rival while Brockton and Miami Beach host bouts. The terse report lists weights and locations without full bout details.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Roland Lastarza
New York
Ralph Schneider
Chicago
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Beckley
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Kurt Krieger
St. Louis Cardinals
Traisen
Austria
Tures
NUZUM
U. Natatorium
Muskingum
Ohio State
Ohto U
Brockton
Mass
Eric
Tim Cou
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