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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
29
Ames-Bern and Shade, winner and runner-up in the Athens County League, meet tonight at Athens High School for the county tournament title after narrow semifinal wins. Shade edged Buchtel 33 31 and Ames-Bern beat Troy 37 28, with both heading to the Logan sectional Class B next weekend.
Canton McKinley defeated Warren Harding 46 to 33 while Elyria beat Parma 65 to 39. Cleveland Cathedral Latin trailed Holy Name 30 to 28. Brecksville edged Solon 39 to 37 and Fairview topped North Olmsted 38 to 36. Akron East beat Hower 50 to 35 as Barnesville won 58 to 55 over Shadyside.
Ray Dumont forms a National Baseball Congress to revive small-town and sandlot baseball. He targets war plant and Army teams for summer leagues, aiming for about 200 leagues. The effort focuses on organizing sandlot squads where sponsors are scarce and includes other sports and naval service notes.
Athens High meets Logan Chieftains in the Southeast Leagues season finale then hosts Columbus West for a Townsend Memorial Fund doubleheader. Ames Bern and Shade add an encore in the county tournament final in a statewide memorial drive benefiting a new Winnington College PE building. Remington leads Columbus scoring as Eberst and Wilson officiate.
Chauncey Dover high school defeated Glouster 36 to 35 after two overtime periods Friday. Bowles scored 16 points for Chauncey, Morrison had 12 for Glouster. Glouster reserves won 21 to 18. Chauncey Dover Blue Devils travel to Union Furnace Tuesday.
Scores from Shawnee to Smith and Union Furnace pepper the roundup with varied results. Notable line shows Belmont and Gahanna games, plus regional tossups in Stark and Washington notes on travel cuts and a government sports travel policy.
Fritz Nagy of Akron University set a scoring mark with 42 points on 18 field goals and six free throws as Akron crushed Heidelberg College 95 to 28 in an Ohio Conference game. The performance boosted Nagy to second in the nation behind Vince Hansen of Washington State, with a historical scoring total of 451 points in the season.
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