7-Foot Palmer Sparks Debate On Modern Cagers
Reading on Max Palmer and the era of tall players in basketball, the piece notes growing crowding of skyscraper types like Palmer in colleges such as Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein, mentions Joe Fulks scoring records with the Philadelphia Warriors, and references changes proposed to goaltending and the three second zone as the game evolves.
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Max Palmer
Vance, Miss
Ohio
Lexington
Wildcats
Joe Fulks
Philadelphia Warriors
BBA
Murray Teachers
Fulks
Toronto
Notable public figures tangled in sports and romance rumors
Mrs Frank Filchock, wife of the suspended Giants star, ends romance with ex teammate Steve Bagarus amid scandal from the attempted fix. The boxing commission targets punch drunk fighters including Buddy Walker and Fritzie Zivic while Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays dies, noted for power hitting.
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Frank Filchock
Giants
Washington
Steve Bagarus
Filchock
Frank
New York Boxing Commission
Columbus
Buddy Walker
Walker
Jimmy Bivins
Lee Q. Murray
Harry Bobo
Pittsburgh
Fritzie Zivie
Josh Gibson
Homestead Grays
Independents to Tangle in McArthur High School Basketball
McArthur and Wellston independent boys meet in McArthur with a 7:30 p.m. opener at the high school gym. McArthur faces Frick Gallagher. the McArthur girls play Wellston Frick-Gallagher girls.
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McArthur
Wellston
Frick Gallagher
Wellston Frick-Gallagher
Pomeroy Merchants Fall to Parkersburg VFW 60 47
Parkersburg VFW routs Pomeroy Merchants 60 to 47 in an independent basketball game led by Flynn Dunham with 29 points on 14 field goals and a free throw. Pomeroy’s Moore and Klees paced the Merchants with limited scoring as Parkersburg pulled away in the second half.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Merchants
Norman Rousey
Charles Murray
Edward Hysell
Parkersburg
VFW
Flynn Dunham
Campbell
Weaver
Merchants
Bucky Walters
Jake Shiveler
Walters
Cottrill
Fred Crow
Ray Klees
Vets
Moore
Ray Kloes
Kloes
Point Pleasant Moore
Middleport Legion
Gibbs
Jamison
Clatworthy
Legion
Vericors
Concenenn
Asaasnene
Griese
CEOW
Seseanaane
Iog
S. Enmnabanea
Il Spicata
Grimm
Merchants to Host Owens-Illinois in Charleston Showdown
Owens-Illinois Glass Corp from Charleston W Va shares first place in the Charleston City league as it faces Merchants at the local gym Saturday at 9 15 p m The card also features Syracuse Independents versus Letart Rangers in the preliminary with Claude Grimm officiating the main game planned after an 8 p m start.
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Pomeroy
Owens-Illinois Glass Corporation
Charleston
W. Va
Owens-Illinois
Morris Harvey
West Virginia
Pat Gallagher
Middleport
Pat
Yellow Jackets
Capitol City
Meigs
Claude Grimm
New Haven
Corning Five Romps Over Straitsville
Corning High led by forward Jerry Jones who scored 23 points routed New Straitsville 57 to 27. The Railroaders built a 12-5 first quarter advantage and extended it to 20-12 and 37-18 through the next two periods. reserves also won 27-13.
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Corning
Jerry Jones
Corning High
New Straitsville
Railroaders
Little Railroaders
Straitsville
Easur
Kemper
Brown
Waldie
Coakley
Ss Tones
Ewe Ewe
Kantors
Bobanich
Garrison
Meee Eee
Wilson
O. Ak
Harrison
Shelly
Neff
Industrial League Schedule Released for Gallipolis
Commissioner Rev J Edward Hakes announced the Industrial Loop schedule. Results show Oscar s defeated Empire Furniture 31 21 and Gallipolis Department Store beat Haskins Tanner 44 25. Upcoming games span January to March with matchups including Oscar s Eight Balls VFW Empire Haskins Tanner and Department Store.
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Gallipolis
J. Edward Hakes
Oscar's
Empire Furniture
Gallipolis Department Store
Haskins-Tanner
Department Store
VFW
WEFW
Empire
Haskins- Tanner
Oscar’s
Bobcats set to snap skid against Bowling Green Falcons
Ohio Universitys Bobcats return home for a single game at 8 p m to face the Bowling Green Falcons in a bid to end a three game road slide. The Falcons visit Dayton tomorrow after facing turnover heavy road losses.
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Bobcats
Falcons
Ohio
Bowling Green Falcons
Dayton
Dayton Flyers
Screen Offense by Nat Holman at Madison Square Garden
Nat Holman CCNY coach describes a screen based offense with option passes and cuts. The diagram shows passes to player 3, 4 cuts, 1 and 3 exchanges, 4 screens, and a return pass to 1 with shots or feeds to 5. Player 2 falls back as safety.
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Nat Holman
CCNY
Madison Square Garden
Multiple college basketball games on Saturday schedule
A long list of college basketball matchups across many schools is provided, including Akron at Baldwin Wallace Vanderbilt at Auburn Western Michigan at Bradley and Oregon State at Washington plus numerous others. The text also lists several final scores such as Tufts 89 Bates 61 and Ithaca 47 St Bonaventure 46.
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Akron
Baldwin-Wallace
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Western Michigan
Bradley
USLA
California
Denison
Marietta
Fenn
Edinboro
Wyoming
Brigham Young
Colorado
Aggies
Denver
Iowa State
Kansas
Otterbein
Kenyon
Marshall
Morehead
North Carolina
Maryland
Arkansas
Okio
Hawaii Stars
Ohio Wesleyan
Oregon State
Washington
Oregon
Washington State
Iowa
Northwestern
Michigan State
DePaul
Long Island
Canisius
Georgetown
Niagara
LaSalle
Temple West
Kentucky
St. Joseph's
John Carroll
Alabama
Dartmouth
Army
Ashland
Wooster
Georgia
Bethany
West Virginia
Bowling Green
Dayton
Tulsa
Holy Cross
Brown
Valparaiso
Butler
UCLA
Case
Western Reserve Great Lakes
Central Midh
Cincinnati
Louisville
Clemson
South Carolina
Penn State
Colgate
Utah State
Toledo
Detroit
Fairmont
Broaddus
Clarion
Findlay
Heidelberg
Tampa
Florida
Thiel
Hiram
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Xavier
Lehigh
Lafayette
Havana
Loyola
Massachusetts State
Tufts
Missouri
Oklahoma
Montana
Gonzaga
Bates
Davis-Elkins
Ithaca
St. Bonaventure
Central Mich
Michigan Normal
Sheridan
Great Lakes
Beloit
Carroll
Depauw
Earlham
Murray
Evansville
Hope
Albion
Charleston
Globe Trotters
Tiffin
Concordia
Western Ky
Kentucky Wesleyan
Virginia Tech
Roanoke
Bobcat Tankers Open Season With Wittenberg Meet
Ohio swimming fans can watch the Bobcats compete today at 3:30 p.m. against Wittenberg College in the local pool. Coach Frank Szalay leads a 1-1 squad after a 45-19 win over Kent State and 68-7 loss to Bowling Green. The program features the Cook brothers Phil and Desmond and includes nine events with free admission.
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Leo Kubiak
Tom Inman
Mac Otten
Don
Jim Knierim
Joe Siegferth
Harold Anderson
Howard Martin
Stan Weber
Charlie Share
Ed Speicher
John Payak
OU Jayvees
Ohio
Frank Szalay
Wittenberg College
Kent State
Bowling Green
Cook Brothers
Phil
Desmond
McArthur High and Engineering tied leaders in Vinton League
McArthur High and Engineering tied for top spot in the Vinton County High School League with McArthur playing three fewer games than Engineering. Standings reflect results through Friday January 17 with Richland having led before a McArthur loss. In the Reserve League Vinton Rural holds five straight wins as standings list teams such as Wilkesville and Brown-Zaleski among others.
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McArthur
Hamden
McArthur High Quints
Vinton County
Generals
Engineers
D. M. Bryson
Richland
Vinton Rural
Vvarsity School
W. L. Pet
Xavier appoints Feldhaus as assistant football coach
Cincinnati report states Xavier University named Bill Feldhaus a former Detroit Lions player and Cincinnati grid star as assistant coach. He leaves the Cincinnati Hughes High School PE department, to be replaced by Morgan Jones from Springfield who previously coached at Tiltonsville Lima Central and Canton Lincoln high schools.
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Cincinnati
Bill Feldhaus
Detroit Lions
University of Cincinnati
Xavier University
Feldhaus
Cincinnati Hughes High School
Morgan Jones
Springfield
O. Jones
Tiltonsville
O. High School
Lima Central
Canton Lincoln
Second Round SEC Play Gets Under Way Tonight
Middleport’s Yellow Jackets push for CHW honors as SEC second round opens. Pomeroy and Athens fight for top spots after Tuesday’s results left Middleport and Nelsonville atop, with Gallipolis, Jackson, Wellston, and Logan also in play.
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SEO
OPP
Bmiddleport
Ceseveeseses
Nelsonville Visias Sve
Athens
Gallipolis
Jackson
Middleport
Pomeroy
Logan
Wellston
Nelsonville
Yellow Jackets
Chia Hip
Cluch
T Ncan
Jackets
Panthers
Charley Slack
Chieftains
Chiefs
Ironmen
Harry Lackey
Athens High Club
Gallia
Bulldogs
Greyhounds
Boxing results and high school hoops schedule
In Minneapolis Jackie Graves won by knockout over Lefty Lachance after weighing 128 percent to 130 percent listed for Lachance. In Philadelphia Holman Williams defeated Wyline Burns on points. Framingham Ike Stevenson outpointed Al Pinell. Tomcats host Caldwell Glouster in two games with reserves at 7 30 and varsity at 8 30.
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Minneapolis
Jackie Graves
Austin
Minn
Lefty Lachance
Lisbon
Philadelphia
Holman Williams
Chicago
Wylie Burns
Framingham
Mass
Ike Stevenson
al Pinell
New Bedford
Tomcats
Caldwell Glouster
Glouster High
Caldwell Quintets
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Rohrering
Charley Buttermore
Ernie Andres
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phillies
Indianapolis Kautskys
Capital University of Columbus
Athens Pharmacy
S. Court St
State St
Burnett-Smith
Merchants Book
Dutch Trautwein
Dick Shrider
Harry Gordon
Bob Brandle
Russ Gregg
Bob Johnson
Kenny Walters
Bob Dickey
Walters Alsw
Dickey
Shrider
Rt Johnson
Gregg
Gordon
Gyurko
Brandle
Lamb
Aeee
Sayre O'Brien
Mayer
Dutch Landberg
Court St
Pt. Pleasant
Point Pleasant
Ceredo- Kenova High
Point Pleasant Big Blacks
Bardin
Pete Miller
Wonders
Ceredo-Ken
Ward
Mondy
Enwee
Napier
Ewe
Holland
Laws
Hager
Pleasant G
Miller
Fee
Gardner
Chambers
Roush
Geen
Bateson
Henderson
Eads
Cewieetionet
CORRS
Easnint
Greenlee
Teenee
Wilkesville
Brown-Zaleski
Schuster & Sons
Lancaster St
Sinclair
Opaline
George L. Smith
Sinclair Refining Co
West Washington St
Tire & Accessory Co
Athens, Ohio
Beaco
THE
F. J. Beasley CO
Automotive Service
Dwight Duncan
Athens Motor Sales
West State St
Kyle and
Clifford
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