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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1947

Page

6

Glouster Edges Marshfielders 8 7 in extra innings

Glouster defeats New Marshfield 8 7 in ten innings to stay atop the Hocking Valley league. Stephenson, Toth and Border led the winners with two hits each while Doolittle and Lowery contributed for Marshfield. Witham saved the win for Glouster as Roman allowed late ink.

NEW Marshfield Glouster Vets Witham Jim Roman Stephenson Toth Jack Border Doolittle Lowery Bill Brooks Gorman Marshfield Glouster Abr HOA Stephenson Nacacacante Brooks Lowry Liright Stright SB — Toth Kollister Border R. Brooks B. Brooks SAC Winn BB — Gorman Roman SB — Gorman SO — Gorman Hallem McFadden Smith Clark

How They Stand First Game and Second Game Scores

Baseball scores and lineups from multiple games show New York, Detroit, Boston, St Louis, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, and others. Key pitchers and batters named include Newsom Houk Berra Page Raschi Overmire Musial and more as games wrap with final tallies. Regular season results listed with run totals and substitutions.

New York Detroit Page Raschi Gumpert Reynolds Berra Overmire Trucks Benton White Gorsica Hout Swift Wagner Boston St. Louis Hughson Dorish Tebbetts Kramer Moulder Moss Gatehouse Ferriss Murphy Partee Muncrief Brown Zoldak Sanford Philadelphia Chicago Marchildon McCahan Rosar Ruffing Grove Harrist Tresh Lade Borowy Scheffing Givehes Lakeman Seminick Pittsburgh Ostermueller Kluttz Spahn Lanfranconi Shoun Karl Camelli Mass Brooklyn Hearn Brazie Pollet Garagiola Taylor Casey Edwards Cincinnati Blackwell Lammano Koslo Beggs Iott Cooper Cleveland Washington American Kansas City Louisville Milwaukee Indianapolis Columbus Minneapolis Toledo St. Paul

Boxing Roundup From AP With Ring Results

Eddie Giosa from Philadelphia outpointed Charley Fusari of Irvington New Jersey while Talmadge Bussey of Detroit stopped Bill Eddy of Flint Michigan. Erminio Bonetti of Milan Italy outpointed Willie Roach of Wilmington.

Associated Press New York Eddie Giosa Philadelphia Charley Fusari Irvington N. J Detroit Talmadge Bussey Bill Eddy Flint Mich Long Beach N. Y Erminio Bonetti Milan Italy Willie Roach Wilmington

Cincinnati at Brooklyn scheduled doubleheader

Only games listed for the day include Cincinnati at Brooklyn with a nightcap Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. No American League games scheduled.

Cincinnati Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Baseball season leaders and stats summary

Walker leads in batting with .346 while Mize tops runs with 79 and 27 homers. Gustine and Baumholtz share hits at 106, Jorgensen and Slaughter lead doubles with 20, Robinson swipes 15 bases, and Blackwell posts 119 strikeouts.

Walker Philadelphia Mize New York Marshall Gustine Pittsburgh Baumholtz Cincinnati Jorgensen Brooklyn Slaughter St. Louis Robinson Blackwell

All-American Professional Basketball League Formed

The eight team circuit includes Coshocton Newark Youngstown Zanesville Wheeling Cumberland Pittsburgh and Columbus with plans to begin operation next December. League president William DeMuth of Wheeling says a meeting in Pittsburgh next month will draft the schedules.

Zanesville Coshocton Newark Youngstown Columbus Wheeling W. Va Cumberland

Ex Manager Sylvester P. Williams Dies in Wilkes-Barre

Sylvester P. Speed Williams former baseball manager circus performer and newspaperman died yesterday of a heart ailment in Mercy Hospital Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania He managed the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League for four years until his 1940 retirement from baseball.

Wilkes-Barre Sylvester P Speed) Williams Mercy Hospital Williams Wilkes- Barre Barons

Three Duos Tie At Zanesville Pro Am

Three pairs tied for the 1200 top prize in Zanesville Country Club’s third annual pro am best ball. Winners at 68 included Paul Derringer with Art Smith, Bob Kepler with Pete Soh in Columbus, and Dick Tank with Ock Willowell of Dayton.

Zanesville Country Club Paul Derringer Art Smith Cincinnati Bob Kepler Pete Soh Columbus Dick Tank Ock Willowell Dayton Athens Bob Littler Don Finsterwald Littler Smith Derringer Cincinnati Reds Finsterwald

Browns sweep Red Sox as Lehner inside-the-park homer seals 4-3 win

Paul Lehner and Wally Judnich lead the Browns with a bases loaded inside-the-park homer and Judnich’s sixth inning two run shot as Browns beat the Red Sox 4-3. In the late game, Hal Newhouser wins his 10th, while Ewell Blackwell pins a 4-1 defeat on the Giants.

Paul Lehner Wally Judnich Browns Lehner Red Sox Judnich Hal Newhouser Tigers Ewell Blackwell Reds Newhouser Yankees Blackwell Giants

VETS BLANK McARTHUR 2 0 BEHIND Engall Vets

Athens Vets defeated McArthur Merchants 2 0 as Jay Engall fired a five hit shutout in a strong pitching effort. Engall benefited from solid defense and two double plays while striking out 10 and earning his second straight win to help the Vets stay in second place in the Hocking Valley League.

Jay Engall Athens Vets McArthur Merchants Vets Mike Olasin Radcliff Engall

Shoppers Triumph In Twin Bill Over Berdines

Shoppers Sport Shop won a doubleheader against the Berdines after a tight first game. Lanning pitched four hits in the 11–0 nightcap as the Berdines fell behind early and never recovered.

Berdines Sport Shop Southers Guinn Hayes and Evans Armour Lanning and Evans

Snyder Named Head Football Coach at Portsmouth High

Vincent “Rocky” Snyder, former All-Ohio standout at Massillon and a Struthers coach last year, was hired by Portsmouth High School for two years at 3200 dollars annually. He succeeds Augie Morningstar who left for Mansfield High. Snyder led Massillon to an undefeated season in 1939 and later played quarterback and fullback at Purdue University.

Mike Bycofski Glouster American Legion Tommy Oldfield Athens Bycofski Lancaster Jocal Hocking Valley Middleport Legionnaires Mickey Miller Parkersburg Berdines Parkersburg Portsmouth Vincent Rocky) Snyder Massillon Portsmouth High School Augie Morningstar Lawrence Daniels Snyder Struthers High Purdue University Morningstar Mansfield High

Stars Edge Legion in Twilight League Softball Thriller

The All Stars defeated Middleport Legion 1 to 0 at PHS field. Stanley pitched five innings, struck out five, and scored on Hennessey’s fifth inning single. Rupe fanned four, walked one, and yielded four hits in a sharp pitching duel.

Gallipolis Bees rally to defeat Pomeroy Merchants at Wahama Field

POMEROY Prose homered in the fifth to spark a six run inning as the Gallipolis Bees beat the Pomeroy Merchants 6 to 3. Hager Gothard and Prose drove in runs while Lee earned the win with 10 strikeouts. Houdashelt relieved Searles and fanned seven.

Pomeroy Prose Pomeroy Merchants Gallipolis Bees Wahama Field Bees Hager and Gothard

Buicks Split Doubleheader With Cheshire

Buicks and Cheshire split a softball doubleheader Sunday. In the first game the Buicks trailed 6-5 entering the seventh before a six run rally gave an 11-10 win for the Buicks. Mar tins bases loaded hit sparked Cheshire’s late rally. In the nightcap Cheshire piled up eight runs in the second to take a 16-0 lead before the Buicks broke through in the fifth. Sayre contributed a key RBI single in the big second inning.

Pomeroy Blaetmar Buicks Cheshire Martin Arnold Stivers Buick Sayre

State Highway Patrol Traffic Check Near Marietta

A Gallipolis traffic check by the State Highway Patrol from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday near Marietta inspected 608 vehicles. Two arrests were made and 150 warnings issued. Sgt. C. F. Strayer led the operation with eight area patrolmen aiding. P. D. McCreedy Carl Freemen and A. P. Kinney were among the inspectors.

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Marietta Sgt C. F. Strayer Athens P. D. McCreedy Carl Freemen A. P. Kinney

College hosts rural living experiment with students and minister

Rio Grande College sponsors a cooperative living project at the college farm near Gallipolis. Rev. Harold E. Hammer and families join professor Alton Kurtz and four students to grow food, process milk, and study while living self sufficiently. They plan fall enrollment linking farm work to college study.

Gallipolis Rio Grande College F. W. McDermott Harold E. Hammer Rio Grande College Farm Wood Homestead Alton Kurtz June Ring Conneaut Warren Lautzenheiser Dalton Betty Fulton Near Gallipolis Harold DesAutels Detroit

Hog Prices Marked at 28 Dollars at Ohio Valley Sale

Hog prices soared at the Ohio Valley Livestock Co sale in Gallipolis. 175 to 250 pound hogs sold from 27 to 28 dollars, lights 24 to 27.50, fat sows 16 to 22, stags 15 to 20, boars 12 to 18, sows and pigs 60 to 150, shoats 5 to 25. Top veal calves 25.10, seconds 24 to 24.50, mediums 20 to 23, commons 18 to 22, culls 12 to 18. Top lambs 22.50, seconds 18 to 22, light weights 15 to 20, commons 10 to 15.

Gallipolis Ohio Valley Livestock Co

Dayton man charged with driving while intoxicated

Gallia County reports Carl Willis twenty year old of Dayton was arrested Saturday evening by state highway patrol for driving while intoxicated. He was fined seventy five dollars and costs in municipal court and his license suspended six months after a Route 7 Silver Bridge crash with property damage only.

Gallipolis Carl Willis Dayton Willis Silver Bridge

River Traffic Reports From Gallipolis Locks Ohio River

Gauges at Gallipolis Locks showed 18.3 and 14.2 feet with 15 feet on rollers Sunday afternoon. Dams from Huntington to Eureka mostly down, Millwood dam in W Va remained. Several river passages listed with times and vessels including Seniet Calvin Verity William L. Jones and others.

Gallipolis Ohio River Eureka Huntington Millwood W. Va Seniet Calvin Verity William L. Jones William Penn Ohio The Patriot Dorothy Benwood Atlas Marietta Parkersburg Dilly Peterson Ravenswood Sohio State Gordon Green Maysville Kanawha Falls Kanawha River Marmet

Gallipolis Man Fined For Unsafe Car Condition

Clifford Wood 50 of Gallipolis was arrested Friday by the State Highway Patrol on a charge of driving a car in unsafe mechanical condition and fined $5 plus costs in municipal court Sunday.

Gallipolis Clifford Wood State Highway Patrol

Property Partition Ordered by Court

In Gallipolis a partition of property was ordered in the suit of Viola Jenkins against Oakley Brooks and others by a journal entry signed by Common Pleas Judge Lewis C. Warden. Defendants named include Oakley Brooks Lona B. Brooks and both Lona B. Brooks and Viola Jenkins as executors of Annie Brooks deceased. The will left equal shares to the four. Commissioners Hadway Brooks Floyd Carpenter and David Evans were appointed to make the partition.

Gallipolis Viola Jenkins Oakley Brooks Common Pleas Lewis C. Warden Lona B. Brooks Annie Brooks Hadway Brooks Floyd Carpenter David Evans

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