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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1974

Page

16

12-Game Prep Card On Tap In Three Area Leagues

A 12 game weekend slate features SECAL co leaders Waverly and Gallipolis and TWC leader Vinton County on the road. Hannan Trace leads SVAC in non league play. Key SECAL matchup has Logan hosting Waverly as the Tigers chase more loop titles. Other top games include Vinton County vs Federal Hocking and Nelsonville York vs Belpre with multiple league titles in play.

Waverly Gallipolis Southeastern Ohio Athletic League Vinton County Southern Valley Athletic Conference Hannan Trace SECAL Logan Tigers Chieftains Coleaders Chiefs Meigs Athens Jackson Wellston Ironton Federal Hocking Vikings Nelsonville-York Buckeyes Warren Bucks Belpre SWAC North Gallia Southern Tornadoes Pirates Southern Eastern Kgger Creek Hannan W. Va Wahama Southwestern Miller Trimble Point Pleasant Winfield Big Blacks TVC Nelsonville- York SVAC Symmes Valley Oak Hill Alexander Ross Southeastern Parkersburg Catholic Fairland Waterford

Buckeye standouts loom in NFL draft picks

Ohio State stars hear their names as eight Buckeyes were drafted, led by Greg Hare taken by the Buffalo Bills in the eighth round. Others include John Hicks to the Giants and Reggie Harrison to the St. Louis Cardinals, with players from Cincinnati and Bowling Green also heard from in later rounds.

Columbus Ohio Greg Hare Buffalo Bills Ohio State Hare Buckeyes Cornelius Greene Bills Dan Scott Amityville N.Y Cleveland Browns Jim Kregel Toledo Pittsburgh Steelers Vic Kregel Atlanta John Hicks New York Giants Rick Middleton New Orleans Saints Randy Gradishaw Denver Broncos Morris Bradshaw Oakland Raiders Baltimore Colts Paul Miles Bowling Green Philadelphia Eagles Phil Polak Giants Eastern Michigan Jim Petrzak Minnesota Vikings Northern Illinois Mark Kellar Cincinnati Bearcats Tom Forrest San Diego Chargers Reggie Harrison St. Louis Cardinals Roger Wallace St. Louis Greg Meczka San Diego Myron Wilson Detroit Bob Hunt Heidelberg Buffalo Sal Casola Cincinnati

Ex Bobcat Gridder Named Miami Aide

John Roush former Ohio University Bobcats grid star has been named an assistant coach at Miami University completing a seven member staff for new head coach Dick Crum. Roush a Miami graduate assistant completes military duty and was a three time Academic All American choice and Fellowship of Christian Athletes leader.

John Roush Ohio University Bobcats Miami University Dick Crum Richard Shrider Ernie Hornung Riverside High School Painesville Ohio Jim Tressler Mount Union College Mickey Jackson Marshall Roush Miami Ohio University Fellowship of Christian Crum Bill Mallory University of Colorado Mallory Denny Marcin Lakewood St. Edward High School Joe Novak Warren Western Reserve High Tom Stillwagon Eastern Kentucky

Hall of Fame inductions highlight Bowing Green and Denison honors

Bowling Green State University honors Ralph G. Harshman deceased acting president 1961 63 Bob Reynolds former St Louis Cardinals tackle and Charles Buckenmeyer Napoleon High School coach with 25 year tenure. Denison University plans Hall of Fame charter members Woody Hayes joining six others including Dr David E Reese Tom Rogers Sidney Jenkins Walter Livingston and Mike Gregory. Cincinnati Reds sign Cesar Geronimo and Andy Kosco boosting 1974 roster with Kosco hitting .280 and Geronimo at .210 after injury.

BG Hall of Bowling Green Ohio Ralph G. Harshman Bob Reynolds Charles Buckenmeyer Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame Harshman Reynolds St. Louis Cardinals Buckenmeyer Napoleon Red Cincinnati Cincinnati Reds Cesar Geronimo Andy Kosco Kosco Reds Geronimo Hayes Reese Granville Ohio State University Woody Hayes Denison University Denison Big Red David E. Reese Tom Rogers Sidney Jenkins Walter J. Livingston Mike Gregory

OU Cagers Top Seeded In Meet

OU Chillicothe hosts the eighth annual Ohio Regional Campus Basketball Tournament Feb 14 16 with 15 teams. Top seed OU Chillicothe 20 1 bye in opening round. first round pairings include OU Belmont County vs Ohio State Lima and Kent Stark County vs Wright State Celina.

Chillicothe Ohio Ohio University- Chillicothe Ouchillicothe Belmont County Ohio State Lima Kent OSU Newark Miami Middletown Tuscarawas County Ashtabula Bowling Green Firelands Hamilton OU — Lancaster Kent — East Liverpool Kent Salem

Pro Basketball Thursday Matchups Across the NBA

Thursday’s schedule features Boston at Philadelphia Hershey Capital at Cleveland Milwaukee at Seattle Kansas City Omaha at Chicago New York at Detroit Phoenix at Los Angeles No games scheduled. East All-Stars beat West All-Stars 128 to 112 in ABA action Wednesday.

Boston Philadelphia Hershey Capital Cleveland Milwaukee Seattle Kansas City-Omaha Chicago New York Detroit Phoenix Los Angeles ABA Buffalo Atlanta Cleveland Houston K.C -Omaha Los Angeles Golden St Portland Golden State

Hawkeyes Saturday Games Set at Local High School

The city recreation schedule lists two 10:30 a.m. games at a high school gym: Supersonics versus Bulls and Hawks versus Pistons. Both matchups feature local teens and tip off in the same venue.

Supersonics Bulls Hawks Pistons Bruins Buckeyes Bearcats Wildcats Lakers Bulldogs Knicks Celtics Bobcats Lakers Knicks Bulldogs Celtics Bobcats Hawkeyes Hawks Bulls Supersonic

Bowling High Scores And Team Totals At Russell Home

L Russell 25 643 leads with high series while R Dunfee 235 614 and J Rosser 226 607 post strong two game scores. E Kincade 227 and J Rutter 221 add consistency as Russell Nursing Home posts 1088 3182 in team totals.

L. Russell R. Dunfee J. Rosser E. Kincade J. Rutter Russell Nursing Home

Two Day NFL Draft Ends With Trading Blitz

Washington coach George Allen traded away the final pick in the 1974 draft and other choices for veterans, finishing with 11 selections. The 22 hour marathon produced 442 players chosen, with 249 on offense and 193 on defense. quarterbacks were scarce and Tim Berra led colleges with 12 picks.

New York National Football League Washington George Allen George Jr Virginia Allen Baltimore George Nock Colts Corry Johnson San Diego Walt Sweeney Los Angeles Joe Sweet Ed Mooney World Football League WFL Kermit Johnson Southern California James McAlister Ucla Booker Brown USC NFL McAlister Oakland Brown Houston San Francisco 49Ers Johnson Art Johnson Lou Spadia Massachusetts Tim Berra Yogi Berra

Pro Hockey Results From Wednesday

New York Rangers defeated Pittsburgh 4 to 2 while Vancouver beat Detroit 7 to 3. St Louis won 6 to 4 against California. Minnesota visits Toronto, New York Islanders visit Los Angeles, Atlanta plays Boston, Buffalo hosts Philadelphia, and California faces Chicago.

New York Rangers Pittsburgh Vancouver Detroit St. Louis California Minnesota Toronto New York Islanders Los Angeles Atlanta Boston Buffalo Philadelphia Chicago Boston Montreal N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders

Point Pleasant Beats Nitro 72 66 Behind Free Throw Edge

Point Pleasant Big Blacks used 28 of 38 free throws to topple Nitro 72 to 66. Jim Tatterson led with 22 points, Matt Waldie and John Gerlach added 16 each, while Nitro’s Robin Arthur scored 19.

NITRO Point Pleasant Big Blacks Jim Tatterson Matt Waldie John Gerlach Robin Arthur Poim Piesi Hess Tatterson Waldie Gerlach Wilson Bardin Biffle Cottrill

Fulbright Honored as Arkansas Football Letterman

Fayetteville Arkansas AP Senate Foreign Relations chair J W Fulbright a four year football letterman at Arkansas in 1921 22 23 24 is noted in AP copy.

Fayetteville, Ark J. W. Fulbright D-Ark Senate Foreign Relations Committee Arkansas

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