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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1947
Page
7
The SEC title picture tightens as Pomeroy’s Panthers remain the team to beat despite a near slip by Athens High. Bend’s Jackets show fragility after an Athens loss, while officials face scrutiny from fans. Athens and Logan chase leaders with return games in two to three weeks.
Ohio's court crew aims to extend its three game win streak as they travel to Cincinnati for a doubleheader against the Bearcats. Coach Dutch Trautwein drills a rounded attack after a 57-46 win over Morris Harvey. Kenny Walters Bob Dickey and Dick Shriderbore lead the scoring with 45 points. Bob Johnson returns to the lineup providing defense and timely scoring.
Ohio University grapplers under Coach Thor Olson aim for first win as they host Akron tonight at 8 o clock. The contest follows three straight reversals by Ohio against top programs, with fans predicting a packed Athens High gym and a strong turnout despite the basketball team being away.
SEC Loop returns with Middleport and Pomeroy leading the upper bracket against Wellston and Jackson. Athens travels to Nelsonville as Dick Coury sits with a sprained wrist and Don Finsterwald hobbles with an ankle. Charley Gall could replace Coury and Tom Flowers may start for Finsterwald while Logan's Chieftains visit Gallipolis in what looks like the easiest game of the night.
Syracuse defeats Manhattan 65 to 53 while St John s beats Temple 64 to 50 Connecticut sweeps Massachusetts State 73 to 37 Salem tops Shepherd 50 40 Concord over Potomac State 60 44 Bradley surpasses Marquette 69 59 Toledo upsets Valparaiso 69 45 Otterbein over Denison 60 38 Capital over Wilmington 67 53 Findlay beats Ashland 65 50 Duke loses to George Washington 52 46 Wake Forest defeats Clemson 67 51 Maryland edges Washington and Lee 65 60 Virginia over William and Mary 52 46 Louisville bests Havana 73 55
Buffalo High Bisons defeated Wahama High 32 to 22 at home as Jack Davis scored 14 points including an early field goal to set the tone. Willis Dudding added nine for Wahama in the setback.
Ohio Bobkittens travel to Chillicothe for a Saturday game with the Branch School quint at 8 p.m. They seek a fourth win in five starts, after beating Marietta Jayvees Portsmouth Branch and Blue Devils and losing to the Corn Cribbers and Ohio State Jayvees. Walters leads with 122 points, Dickey 93, and Johnson 55.
In Washington D C Jimmy Bivins from Cleveland defeated Johnny Flynn of Rochester on points. Frankie Ross of Boston and Cowboy Billy Petersen of Miami drew in Tampa. Irish Mickey Doyle of Cleveland beat Charley Padalino of Detroit on points in Youngstown. Willie Jenkins of Homestead Pa knocked out Milton Besso of Indianapolis in Pittsburgh. Billy Parsons of Chicago won on points over Cliff Beckett of Sudbury Ont in Dayton. Jimmy Callura of Hamilton Ont stopped Martin Taber of East Providence in Providence.
Greenwo on Two. 32 beat Portsmouth Catholic 26. Lebanon 63 defeated Mason 45 in high school basketball action.
Major college football and basketball matchups listed for Friday in Miami Florida and Akron Wooster Alabama Georgia Tech Arkansas TCU Auburn Florida Bowling Green Baldwin War Duquesne John Carroll Brigham Young Colorado California Stanford Central Michigan N Michigan Furman Citadel Denver Colorado Aggies Colorado Col Colorado Mines Creighton St. Louis Drake Washington Oberlin Earlham West Virginia Wesleyan Fairmont George Pepperdine Nevada Heidelberg Mt. Union Villanova Kings Point Gannon Findlay LSU Tulane Marshall Xavier Maryland VPI Montana State Colorado State Navy Columbia North Dakota South Dakota Oklahoma Aggies Wichita Oregon State Oregon Virginia Richmond Santa Clara St. Marys San Francisco San Jose California UCLA Utah State Washington Washington State Western Reserve Wayne Saturday W Kentucky Canisius DePaul Temple Rhode Island St Josephs Miami Morehead Davis Elkins FE Kentucky Georgia LaSalle Albright Arkansas TCU Colgate Army Auburn Florida Baldwin Wallace Otterbein Baylor SMU Bowling Green Havana Bowling Green Gannon Bowling Green South Dakota St Bradley Brigham Young Denver Providence California Ohio Wesleyan Capital Penn State Carnegie Tech Mt Union Case Chattanooga Mississippi State Cornell Yale Creighton Washington Pennsylvania Dartmouth Marshall Dayton Wooster Denison Oberlin DePauw Notre Dame Detroit Drake St Louis NC State Duke Evansville Louisville Bluffton Findlay Pittsburgh Geneva George Pepperdine Nevada Broadus Glenville Oklahoma Kansas State Kent State Muskingum Kentucky Tennessee Ashland Hiram Kenyon Fenn Loyola Western Michigan Maine Bowdoin Villanova Manhattan Maryland VMI Michigan State Minnesota Purdue Michigan Nebraska Missouri Northwestern Ohio State Texas Rice Richmond William Mary Seton Hall Rutgers Youngstown St Bonaventure Salem St Francis co California UCLA Wyoming Utah State Washington Lee VPI Waynesburg Wash Jeff Ohio Northern Wittenberg Navy Princeton Iowa Indiana South Carolina Furman
Ohio U swimmers under Coach Frank Szalay travel to Kent State for a 4 p.m. dual in the Golden Flash pool. The 8-event meet omits diving due to no board. Ohio aims to rebound after a 68 7 loss to Bowling Green and will debut its home season next Friday hosting Wittenberg or Case.
The Point Pleasant Moose vs Glouster Moose game at Glouster High School was postponed to a later date. Glouster will host Athens Corn Cribbers from Ohio University at 8 p.m.
Portland Independent basketball team beat Rutland Independents 58 to 44. Neigler scored 18 points and Hubert Price added 17 for Portland, while the Kennedy brothers led Rutland with 13 each.
Corning Rail roading beat Golden Horde 52 to 35 to pull a three way tie with Glenford and Junction City. Jerry Jones scored 27 points to lead the Rail rodders while Hursey and Hupp had eight for Glenford. Corning raced to a 30-16 halftime edge.
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League list seven players from last season’s Eastern Hockey League champion Boston Olympics in their lineup.
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