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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1962

Page

8

Bobcats at Western Michigan Seen as Another Close MAC Clash

Ohio University faces Western Michigan in a tense Mid-American contest at Grover Center. Bowing Green coach Harold Anderson praises his Falcons as the conference class, while Ohio U relies on guard talent Manny Newsome and Tom Woodruff against Bob Bolton and Nate Thurmond-led BG.

Grover Center Ohio University Western Michigan Bowling Green Harold Anderson Anderson Falcons Western Ohio U Andy Ohio Bob Bolton Manny Newsome Tom Woodruff Kent State Toledo Miami Broncos Howard Komives Nate Thurmond Bobcats Ohio State Bobcat Dave Katz Elijah Chatman Stacy Bunton Messenger Sportsphoto

Bobcats Top Miami In MAC Wrestling Clash At Home

Ohio University wrestlers topped defending MAC champion Miami 21-10 as sophomores filled five wins and a draw. The Bobcats downed Miami freshmen 17-9 with Harry Houska scoring the only pin.

Oxford Ohio University Miami Redskins Fred Schleicher

State and Ohio State Stay Undefeated in Major College Hoops

Ohio State remains 11-0 after routing Northwestern as Mississippi State holds a 10-0 mark with a tight win over Auburn. Vanderbilt eyes an upset of Mississippi State while Cincinnati faces Bradley in a pivotal Missouri Valley showdown. Upsets also hit Villanova, Kansas State, Duke, Colorado, NC State, and USC in a day of shifting brackets.

Ohio State Mississippi State Bulldogs Michigan Alabama State Vanderbilt Commodores Babe McCarthy Vandy Auburn Rupp Wildcats Georgia Tech Villanova West Virginia Rod Thorn Kansas State Duke Colorado K-State North Carolina State Blue Devils John Punger Southern California West Coast California Duquesne St. Bonaventure Bowling Green Ohio University

Evening TV lineup with classic shows and movie notes

The page lists a dense, era style slate of TV programs with times and episodes. Highlights include Dick Powell, Laramie, Paar, Sea Hawk, Bonanza era programs, and a featured film. It notes errors may occur when schedules aren’t corrected.

Evening TV Schedule Listing

Monday lineup includes 210:00 Ben Casey 11:00 News 11:10 Weather 10:15 Sports 11:20 Movie.

Asket Dick Powell Jim Thacker Cain M Squad Alecoa O W. Va Hugs Bunny Bach Father Hiway Patrol Eres Patrol Bugs Bunny New Breed Alcoa News Movile Danny Thoms Andy Griffitt Hiway Patro Hennesey CBS News Coronado Pete Gladys Thacker NBC News Mr. Magoo Dack Paar Dr Majone Hollywood Steamboat Truth Theater Andy Griffith Weather Municipal Co Tell Truth Ovie Window Crossroads Danny Thom Cp. Kangare Groucho Dee Bride Luci Ann Reider Sreh Tomor Flippo Red Skelton Death Valley Gary Moore S Rts Dobie Gillis L Young Dr_ Malone Jack Denton Daddy Paar Hitchcock Depie Gillis Ichabod Masterson Vanessa Singapore

Sea Hunt and Space Men Highlight TV Previews Tonight

TV previews list 7 p.m. Sea Hunt with Mike Nelson recovering a rocket part from deep water, 7:30 p.m. Men Into Space on a Moon incident, 8 p.m. National Velvet Stablemates with Velvet facing a race dilemma, 9 p.m. 87th Precinct Man in a Jam about a murderer's legal loophole, 10 p.m. Thriller Waxworks with Boris Karloff hosting, 8 p.m. Third Man Experiment With Money. Lime finds

NBC News Teen Paar Mike Nelson National Velvet Velvet King Lin McCarthy Waxworks Boris Karloff

Widdoes Sets Women’s Bowling Record at Athens Rollerbowl

Sunday night at Athens Rollerbowl Vi Widdoes rolled a new house record for women with games of 182 246 and 215 for a 643 series. The effort highlighted a strong showing by local bowlers in a busy schedule.

Vi Widdoes Athens

Hall Paces Draftees In First U S Bowl

Hall, a 5 9 Penn State senior, threw three TD passes as the Western Conference draftees beat the Eastern Conference in the U S bowl. John Hadl and Bob Ferguson starred for the East in a 7-7 tie, while Cotton Davidson and Abner Haynes led the AFL West to a 47-27 win.

Galen Hall Hall Penn State Kansas John Hadl Ohio State Bob Ferguson Hadl Honolulu Ferguson Cotton Davidson Dallas Cowboys Abner Haynes

High School Box Scores from Shade and Stockport Games

Shade 55 Frye 55-54? Wait reading shows Shade 55 Frye 55 totals 55 for Shade. Stockport 55 Hanson 16 for Stockport. Carthage Troy 52 final with officials Sayre and Tucker. Reserves listed for each team.

Stockport Rene Procens Carthage-Troy Sayre Tucker Stockport

Trimble Glouster overtime thriller tops 69 62

Ginnan 2-1-5 McDonald 4-7-15 Brunton 12-8-32 Harrison 3-0-6 Byers 1-2-4. Totals 22-18-62. TRIMBLE 3-5 69 Miller 6-1-13 Erdy 3-1-7 Bol in 9-3-21 Russell 12-0-24 Sny der 1-1-3 Mingus 0-1-1. Totals 31-7-69. Trimble Glouster 17 31 49 62 16 36 54 69 Officials: Jones Eskey. Reserves Trimble 27 Glouster 25 ot.

B. Green Ls Chatman Thurmond Komives, & Este Dawson Haley Ce Carbaugnio Chapman Storey Jackson Bunton Whaley G Ginnan McDonald Brunton Harrison Byers Totals Trimble Miller Erdy Bolin Russell Snyder Mingus Jones and Eskey Glouster

Southeastern and Southwestern Teams Post Scoring Totals

Southeastern 34 points with players Nitten Higgins Jordan Oney and Stockman contributing. Southwestern 61 led by Foglesong Shriver Dillon Lewis Barker and Brown. Final reserve totals show Southeastern 23 Southwestern 43.

Left Nitten Stockman Higgins Jordan Oney Southwestern Foglesong Shriver Dillon Lewis Barker Brown

Black team hands Point Pleasant first defeat 79 66

Prince ton led the Black squad to a 79 66 win over Point Pleasant, their first loss of the season. Lester Martisko led Point Pleasant with 19 points while Howard Lee Miller scored 17 and Donald Prince 12 for Princeton. The Little Blacks extended their streak to five with a 37 31 victory over the Redskins.

Falcons Bobcats Ohio U Point Pleasant Princeton Big Blacks Lester Martisko Howard Lee Miller Donald Prince Little Blacks Redskins Princeton Ee

Scoring Totals and Officials From Local Game

Cole Graham Parsons Wolfe Rees Salser Bai ley Price Beegle Wickline led a 38 to 19 first team scoring total with 81 points. McDaniel Alkire Butcher Chambers Barnhart helped as the second unit with 46 points. Officials were Kiger and Huff. reserves listed Racine Rome Canaan with 19.

Cole Graham Parsons Wolfe Rees Salser Bailey Price Beegle Wickline McDaniel Alkire Butcher Chambers Barnhart Rsciing Soto Oes Rome-Canaan Kiger and Huff Racine Rome- Canaan

Chauncey-Dover nips in slim win as box scores highlight players

Mace 5-2-12, McKibben 2-0-4, Shutts 1-2-4, Allman 2-2-6, Pinney 4-1-9 totaling 14-7-35 for CHAUNCEY-DOVER 2-5 with 30. Childress 5-1-11, Merriman 2-0-4, Matheny 1-4-6, Lindner 0-0-0, Evener 4-9 totaling 12-6-30. Zaleski pens Seley Gudbert Chauncey-Dover. Officials Riley and Ross. Reserves Zaleski 26 Chauncey-Dover 20.

Mace McKibben Shutts Allman Pinney

Laurelville Edges Shawnee NS In Score Tight Varsity Bout

Laurelville 62 Shawnee New Straitsville 52 as Laurelville led 15 27 44 at 62. M Young 9 2 20 and J Young 6 1 13 top scoring for Laurelville while Arkley 6 2 14 paced Shawnee New Straitsville. Officials Williams and Klobus.

Spencer Roberts Jenks Arkley Johnson Laurelville Shawnee-Ns Williams and Klobus Shawnee-New Straitsville

Snyder earns praise as Ohio U coach of the year

Jim Snyder, in his 13th season, is praised by rival Newell Breyfogle for getting the most from his Ohio University Bobcats. Former Toledo standouts Bunk Adams and Larry Kruger were in town to watch, reminding of past rivalries and Ohio U’s recent title quests. A bowling entry deadline is announced for the Ohio State Bowling Association tournament on Feb 24 in Zanesville and Maysville.

Jim Snyder Ohio University Newell Breyfogle University of Toledo Snyder Ohio Bobcats Grover Center Falcons Bunk Adams Toledo Larry Kruger Allensville Adams U.S. Army Fort Knox Kruger Cincinnati Royals Wellston Larry Ohio U Ohio State Bowling Association Zanesville Military Maysville Jim Wolf Oakwood Ave

Saturday college basketball scores roundup

Duquesne defeated St Bonaventure 73 to 32 and Kentucky beat Georgia Tech 89 to 70. Penn triumphed over Princeton 64 to 36 while St Vincent Pa edged Carnegie Tech 86 to 71. A wide slate followed across numerous teams with final scores listed.

Duquesne St. Bonaventure Kentucky Georgia Tech Penn Princeton St. Vincent Carnegie Tech Marietta Otterbein Ohio Northern Bluffton Western Michigan Kent State Mount Union Ashland Wittenberg Capital Cincinnati Tulsa Tennessee Vanderbilt West Virginia Villanova Ohio State Northwestern North Carolina St Duke Virginia Tech VMI Richmond Wm & Mary St. John’s Syracuse Holy Cross Connecticut Nebraska Kansas Miami Toledo Baldwin-Wallace Muskingum Colorado State Denver UCLA Washington Arizona Texas State Arizona State Hardin-Simmons Oregon State Wash. State Seattle US of Portland Stanford U On Santa Clara U of San Francisco

Hawkins Rodger Share Lead at Los Angeles Open

After the third round the leaders are Phil Rodgers and Fred Hawkins at 206. Jack Nicklaus of Columbus is at 216 with Don Finsterwald of Athens two strokes back at 214 ahead of final round.

Ers Jack Nicklaus Columbus Don Finsterwald Athens

Xavier Official Quits After Five Years as Manager

Robert J. Massnan resigned Saturday from Xavier University three athletics business manager role after five years to take a financial adviser job in Hawaii.

Cincinnati Robert J. Mass Nan Xavier University Hawaii

Freshman Bobcats Edge Greens In Overtime Shootout

Ohio University freshmen played a close intra-squad game routing the Greens 83 to 81 in overtime. Key performers included Buck Haley Langhurst Weirich Davis and Thie as the Greens fell short against their own top players.

Ohio University Bobcat Bowling Green Bobbitten Lloyd Buck Mike Haley Tom Davis Buck Haley Langhurst Barry Weirich Davis Thie Bunton

Bobcats blank Dayton 17-0 for 2-0 hockey league lead

Ernie LeRoy scored four goals as Ohio University overwhelmed Dayton 17-0 at Bird Arena. The win puts OU atop the Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey Association with a 2-0 league mark and the strongest showing of the season.

Ernie LeRoy Ohio University Dayton Bird Arena Bobcats Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey Association

Weekend Fights New York Scott Outpoints Ortega

Charlie Scott from New York defeats Gaspar Ortega of Mexico by decision in a weekend boxing card. Ortega lands few scoring blows as Scott dominates rounds in Philadelphia.

New York Charlie Scott Philadelphia Gaspar Ortega Mexico

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