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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
15
Athens High travels to Logan for a league showdown after a heavy loss, aiming to even the series with the Chieftains. Logan holds the top SEC record while Athens fights for a second win, relying on sharp shooters and key veterans to counter Logan’s height and balanced attack.
Former Ohio State teammates turned coaches Stu Holcomb and Wes Fesler faced off yesterday with Fesler’s Bulldogs winning as 24 point underdogs. Don Finsterwald led with 15 while Wis Tigers upset Army 31 to 48 points. The Bulldogs have scored 274 to opponents 235 with 121 free throws. If they curb the Chieftains scoring they could even the season, though the game is on the Chieftains floor giving them an early edge.
Otterbein's Cardinals widened their edge in the Ohio Conference basketball standings with a 52 to 37 win at Granville over Denison. Leroy Thomas led with 15 points as Otterbein built a 27-20 halftime margin and held on for the easy victory.
The column surveys Yankees naming Panama exposure, Rickey’s Dodgers camp in Sanford, Chick Meehan’s Rams training plans, and fan deduced attendances. It mentions Smiths in Portsmouth High hoops, De Groot and Flaherty football ties, Baugh and Bagarus contracts, Ohio night harness races, Cooperstown Hall of Fame election odds, and service men tournaments for the ABC tourney in Buffalo.
Spot bowling demands practice and concentration, offering home players high scores. A true spot bowler selects a set down spot, aligns body, and eyes the pins to stay in groove. But exact spots vary by alley, forcing re experimentation and potential score loss.
The Logan Travelers lost to Crooksville Keglers by 181 pins Sunday afternoon. Harper led Logan with 617 total and a 237 game. In Jackson, Logan Funeral Home defeated Ford Hack by 27 pins in the final game of a three match set. Fearnuts Armstrong led Ford Hack with 534. Next week the Travelers face Lancaster at Lancaster.
Ott selects a long list of all time NL players. Waner Slaughter Musial Roush Moore Medwick Hailey Moore Traynor Terry Marion Hornsby Frisch Hartnett O Farrell Cooper Hubbell Dean Vance Seuss for his all star lineup.
Ohio Otterbein 52 Denison 37 and Miami 74 Ohio Wesleyan 45 lead a list of fresh results. Other scores include Pittsburgh 43 Geneva 41, Syracuse 63 Cornell 45, Yale 50 Coast Guard Academy 27, St Johns 75 Rider 39, Western Kentucky Teachers 45 Vanderbilt 32, Michigan State 40 Detroit 38, and Indiana State 59 Evansville 37.
Ann Arbor Michigan Ernest B McCoy 39 named chief scout and assistant athletic director under Fritz Crisler. Crisler says the promotion does not fill Clarence Biggie Munn’s shoes who reportedly will become Syracuse head coach. Wilmington tournament dates set February 15 16 22 and 23 at Clinton County College gym.
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