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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1949

Page

10

Miners Edge Chauncey In Wild Last-Second Finish

Murray City keeps alive with a 42 41 victory over Chauncey Blue Devils after Don Swyers pounces on a out of bounds miscue in the final seconds. Bob Martin scores for the Miners and Chauncey misses a late bunny as free throws decide the outcome.

Murray City Don Swyers Miners Chauncey Blue Devils Blue Devils Bob Martin Swyers Chauncey Tom Cline Wid Canter Milt Cooksey Cone Asnonaccen Ee Shuttleworth Bwyvois Foidicesidcinan Ae Ero Toca Kwainne Wolfe Garner Sorrell Kowalczyk Sheskey

Hard Luck Ballplayer Ronnie Bellamy Faces Series of Setbacks

A detailed account of Ronnie Bellamy of Wellston enduring a string of misfortunes from a broken dressing room theft to burns from hot grease and a head injury from a falling vent, yet he still played through pain. The piece also notes NC State's downslide, Reds Ladies Day, and更新 minor college basketball notes.

Ronnie Bellamy Wellston Jackson Rockets Bellamy Nelsonville Athens

Aggies Stop Billikens In Overtime Thriller

In Stillwater Oklahoma A&M edged No. 1 Saint Louis 29 to 27 in a one period overtime, before a 9,600 crowd. Norman Pilgrim tied it, Vernon Yates put A&M ahead, J L Parks and Jack Shelton scored, Ed Macauley answered, and Bob Harris fouled out trying to cover Macauley as A&M kept the national leaders from an unbeaten run.

Stillwater Okla Oklahoma A&m Aggies St. Louis University Billikens Aggies Bills Associated Press DePaul A&m Oklahomans Norman Pilgrim Vernon Yates J. L. Parks Jack Shelton Ed Macauley St. Louis’ Mighty Is Ramrod Bob Harris Billikens Macauley

Ohio Tankers To Show At Oberlin Saturday

Ohio University swimmers start a five meet road schedule with a Saturday meet at Oberlin against the Oberlin tank squad. The Bobcats opened with a 42 33 win over Wittenberg then lost 48 27 to Detroit. Coach Frank Richey expects experience over victories this season as eight of 13 members are sophomores and plans a stronger next year with a new Olympic size pool.

Ohio University Oberlin Bobcats Wittenberg University of Detroit Bill Whipple Santa Barbara Calif Frank Richey Bowling Green Kent State Baldwin Wallace Cincinnati Richey

McBee Keglers Scramble For First Division Spots

McBee bowling league tightens as two wins lift Pricing Planning to five games and narrow the gap to second. Planners topple Keysort with 509 by Paul Tribe, 190 high game. Fleming 459 for the losers. Finishers and Composers stay even in second at 33-24. Frank Calvin 510 and Charley Tribe 200 lead the Finishers. Russ Hall 592 tops the Composers while General Plant stays sixth. Earl Dailey leads Machinists with strong 193/223. Howard Eschenbacher paces Offset 540 set.

McBee Keysort Paul Tribe Fleming Plant No Frank Calvin Charley Tribe General Plant Russ Hall Hall Don Moore Machine Shop Earl Dailey Dailey Office Offset Howard Eschenbacher

Carbon Hill Bulldogs rout South Bloomingville 69 to 21

Carbon Hill bulldogs opened with a 24-4 burst and rolled to a 69 21 win in Hocking County League action. Eleven players scored for Carbon Hill led by center Bob Dane with 17 points while Culp and Lindsey totaled 17 for South Bloomingville.

South Bloomingville Carbon Hill Bulldogs Bob Dane Culp Lindsey Carbon Hill G Campbell FS Ueisegeeeanie Whitman Dawley Hardy T. Dane Williams B. Dane Steinbrink Hince Lehman Matheney Blake Bloomingville G McCloud Ee Ae Wes iJustice HOR Ons Us Shaw Liehman Wee Tren Wiant

Weekend cage card bolds key college games

A dense schedule lists weekend basketball matches including Rice at Arkansas Baylor at Texas Aggies Utah State at Brigham Young South Carolina at Clemson Denver at Valparaiso Georgia at Florida Western Ky at Miami Fla Oregon at Washington St Louis at Tulsa San Francisco at Stanford Wyoming at Utah Temple vs Boston U St Josephs vs Rhode Island State Chicago Canisius LaSalle St Bonaventure Loyola Chicago Memorial Buffalo DePaul vs Kentucky Northwestern vs Iowa Chicago Stadium Indiana vs Minnesota Purdue vs Ohio State Alabama Tulane Lehigh Army Vanderbilt Auburn Pittsburgh Bradley Holy Cross Brown Dartmouth Cornell Denver Notre Dame Eastern Ky Louisville Tennessee Georgia Tech Wash State Idaho Iowa State Missouri Kansas State Oklahoma Lafayette Pennsylvania Long Island Muhlenberg Maryland Navy Western Ky Miami Fla Mich State Wayne Morehead Murray N Carolina at N Car State Oregon at Washington Santa Clara Stanford Texas Wesleyan Seton Hall Clarkson Colgate Fordham Williams Providence Yale Wichita Drake

Rice Arkansas Baylor Texas Aggies Utah State Brigham Young South Carolina Clemson Denver Valparaiso Georgia Florida Western Ky Miami Fla Oregon Washington St. Louis Tulsa San Francisco Stanford Wyoming Utah Temple Boston U St. Joseph’s Rhode Island State Convention Hall Philadelphia Canisius LaSalle St. Bonaventure Loyola Chicago Memorial Auditorium Buffalo DePaul Kentucky Northwestern Iowa Chicago Stadium Indiana Minnesota Purdue Ohio State Alabama Tulane Lehigh Army Vanderbilt Auburn Pittsburgh Bradley Holy Cross Brown Dartmouth Cornell Notre Dame Eastern Ky Louisville Tennessee Georgia Tech Wash State Idaho Iowa State Missouri Kansas State Oklahoma Lafayette Pennsylvania Long Island Muhlenburg Maryland Navy Mich Wayne Morehead Murray N. Carolina N. Car Santa Clara Texas Wesleyan Seton Hall Clarkson Colgate Fordham Williams Providence Yale Wichita Drake

Reds Count on Blackwell for Form Reversal in 1949

Cincinnati analyzes how Ewell Blackwell's arm recovery could lift the Reds in 1949. The piece notes his 1947 success, the unusual tendon issue, and the potential impact on Cincinnati's pitching staff if Blackwell and rookies deliver.

Cincinnati Blackwell Cincinnati Reds Ewell Blackwell Reds Johnny Sain Boston Braves Harry “Brecheen Cardinals

Saxton Hikes SEC Lead in Scoring Race

Big Bill Saxton of Logan widened his SEC lead to 11 points over Forest Borden of Gallipolis after a 35 point outing against Athens. Saxton now has 118 points on 43 goals and 27 fouls, with Borden facing a reduced second.

Athens Messenger Athens Cho Nathan Npg Ec A Tao Gallipolis Logan Nelsonville Middleport Wellston Jackson Pomeroy Saxton Logan Borden Galipolis Sprinkles Staneart Tyo Wood Gallipolis Cope Soliday Walters Middleport A Lucas Flowers Johnson Joachim Bellamy Stebbins BI Stiles Bill Saxton Forest Borden Borden Bill Sprinkles Bob Staneart Don Flowers Bill Wood Clarence ‘Whitey Tye Jim Cope Ronnie Soliday Dick Walters Ray Lucas Bill Joachim George Dallas Bill Joe Johnson

Boxing results from Rochester Philadelphia Newark

In Rochester Lee Oma outpointed Angel Sotillo in a 10 round bout. In Philadelphia Otis Graham outpointed Chico Pacheco in an eight round battle. In Newark Tommy Yarosz defeated Roy Snead by decision over eight rounds.

Rochester N. Y Lee Oma Detroit Angel Sotillo Argentina Philadelphia Otis Graham Chico Pacheco Brazil Newark N. J Tommy Yarosz Monaca Roy Snead New York

Basketball Scores From Various Leagues and Colleges

The update lists results across leagues and colleges with teams such as Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Providence, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, Rochester, St. Louis, and others. Standouts include American All Stars over W Barree and several college matchups including Pennsylvania defeating Dartmouth in two overtimes and Indiana State defeating Indiana Central.

Roanoke N. Carolina William Marry Okla Aggies St. Louis Bradley Wayne Indiana State Indiana Cen Evansville Ball State Anderson Hanover Centre Toledo Bald-Wallace Muskingum Mt. Union Heidelberg Ashland

Montreal Edges New York 2 1 in Hockey Exh

In a hockey exhibition Montreal defeated New York 2 to 1. Detroit beat Hamilton 9 to 4 in an Ontario match. Indianapolis routed Springfield 8 to 1 in another exhibition.

Montreal New York Indianapolis Springfield Detroit Hamilton Tigers

Willoughby Merchants Set To Face Nelsonville Robins

Nelsonville hosts Willoughby Merchants in the high school gym Saturday night after Willoughby’s 12-2 record in 14 Cleveland games. Len Sadaskey coaches a lineup featuring Jim Morgan from John Carroll University and other former college and high school stars. Robins aim to rebound after a loss to Bliss College Bookkeepers with Hutchins Forbes Westfall Blimes and Whyte at key positions. A preliminary Eagles game with an unknown opponent starts at 8 p.m.

Nelsonville Willoughby Merchants Cleveland Nelsonville Western Auto Robins Merchants Len Sadaskey Cleveland Rams Ohio University Jim Morgan John Carroll University Robins Bliss College Hutchins Forbes Westfall Blimes Whyte Nelsonville Eagles

Guerre named assistant alumni director at MSU

East Lansing Michigan George Guerre Michigan State University graduate backfield star has been named assistant alumni director effective after the current term.

East Lansing Mich George Guerre Michigan State

Prisoner of War Zamperini Forced to Run Japanese Race

Lou Zamperini, former Olympic miler, testifies in the Toyoda war crimes trial that he, underfed from his POW camp, was compelled to race a Japanese champion and won while being an air force bombardier who survived 47 days at sea.

Tokyo Lou Zamperini California Marshall Islands

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