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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1960
Page
17
Athens American Legion team combined solid hitting and pitching to reach the District tournament final in Lancaster. The K. T. Crossen Post defeated Jackson 8 to 1 at the county field on Wednesday, leaving Athens two wins from the title.
In Athens the Fairfield Post team earned a spot in the state tournament August 8-13 in Athens by beating Lancaster and earning a tough 8-4 victory. Pitchers Kenny Harvey and Boyd Cornwell allowed only five hits as Harvey started and Cornwell finished. Athens scored in every opportunity, led by Charles Douglas and Russ Wickerham with key hits, while Roger Hyden took the loss for Fairfield Post.
Scores show Cleveland defeated New York 8 to 6 while Chicago beat Boston 7 to 1 Kansas City defeated Baltimore 4 to 3 and Washington routed Detroit 8 to 6 Thursday lists Washington at Detroit as only scheduled game Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Baltimore and Kansas City at Washington
Matchups include Montreal facing Buffalo and Toronto meeting Rochester. Also listed are Columbus versus Miami, Richmond versus Jersey City, and Richmond against Columbus with Montreal and Toronto pairing Rochester and Buffalo.
Co leaders Chauncey and Cutler both hold 2-0 records in the Summer League after two weeks. Cutler beat Amesville 6-5 as Chauncey edged Toppers Plains 8-5. Stew art beat Broadwell 9-8 in the other game, with Sunday's schedule sending Tup is Plains to Cutler Chauncey to Stewart and Amesville to Broadwell.
In Chicago at River Forest, Miguel Olvera from Ecuador defeated Earl Buchholz Jr. of St. Louis 6 2 6 4 in the third round, wrecking U S Davis Cup hopes for semis. Barry Mackay Bernard Bartzen and Charles McKinley advanced to the quarterfinals along with Rod Laver who beat Whitney Reed after a slow start.
Head Coach Otto Graham will greet 44 top college players with the aim of beating the Baltimore Colts in the 27th annual All-Star Game at Soldier Field on Aug 12. Notable names include Jim Houston Ted Aucreman Max Messner Ed Kovac Jim Lee Gene Gossage and George Izo.
Baseball results from the Pacific Coast League show Vancouver 4 Seattle 3, Portland 7 Spokane 5, Tacoma 8 San Diego 6, Salt Lake 5, Sacramento 4. International League games include Montreal 9 Buffalo 0, Toronto 5 Rochester 2, Richmond 5 Jersey City 3, Columbus 5 Miami 0. American Association notes Indianapolis 7 Dallas Fort Worth 2-2. St Paul 5 Minneapolis 4 in 13 innings. Louisville 3 Charleston 2, Houston 5 Denver 0.
The Athens Invitation al Softball Tourney resumes with four games tonight featuring Athens Swearingen and Pomeroy M and M Jets at 7 and Bridgewater Machine of Athens vs Logan Local 290 at 9. Opening night saw Robert's Clothing beat Logan Clay Products 10 and Logan VFW edged West Columbia 43 as Harold Sams and Millard Chesser led Robert's with a homer and strong pitching ahead of a tight late jam. Logan VFW’s Monahan homered in the seventh to seal the win. Semifinals are set for Monday with finals Tuesday and trophies awarded to the champions.
The article lists top AL performers with Cleve land’s Aspromonte batting .323 and Mantle leading runs with 77. Maris drives in 76 and 31 homers, while Banks and Aaron pace RBI among others. Pitchers Coates and Turley lead decisions. Bunning and Bell top strikeouts.
In Athens Sandlot play Rodney King leads a 6-5 victory for Nye over the Lions with a fifth inning RBI. The lineups feature Steve Trout, Billy Collins, Bruce Aukland, and Dick Smith with multiple hits and a late decisive run.
Summary of bowling league results lists individual and team scores. R Snider achieves high single game 264 and high three game series 674 for Athens Typewriter. Teams Wiedemann s and Mahaffey Maytag show varying wins and losses in the week.
Arnold Palmer declared he is ready for the PGA Championship at Firestone Country Club. He praised his form, noted competitors such as Don Finsterwald, Ken Venturi, and Mike Souchak, and cited getting used to the larger American ball after Britain. He aims to play aggressively and win.
Southeastern Ohio rivals Bobby Littler of Athens and Jerry McGee of New Lexington reach round two at Columbus Scioto Country Club in the District Junior Golf Championship. Littler edged Bob Schmitz 3-2 while McGee defeated Kurt Hanaway 6-4. Steve Johns of Logan faces Bill Snyder in another second round match.
Mary Hope led the Class A division with the fewest putts during Wednesday play at the Athens Country Club. Millie Hall followed in second. In Class B, four golfers tied for first Bernadine Allen Stella Studer Betty Repp and Bernadine Main. Class C was led by Mary Stone and Polly Boles.
The Vinton County Board of Education urged residents to express views on county school district reorganization and consolidation. It notes Allensville met a levy and bonds for a new building, Eagle School will operate with three teachers next year, and Swan Central adds a one room to four teachers. The Dundas Elementary exemption lasts one year and the board will survey Dundas and report solutions before September.
Hamden 4-H Junior Gardeners face flower garden evaluations today led by club advisors D M Bryson, Betty Cottrill, Genevieve Atkinson, and Leona Calvin. The day opens a busy week of planned visits to several clubs across July 22 to July 27, with multiple groups scheduled for afternoon and morning sessions at various locations.
McArthur Presbyterian Church to host Vacation Bible School from August 1 to August 12, daily 9 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 5 to junior high. Registration July 30. staff includes Ruth Griffith Sara Harzog and Miss Barbara Benedict with publicity by Gerry Frye Dorothy Wells.
Thirteen boys and twenty girls from Vinton County joined the Tar Hollow 4-H Camp from July 11 to 19. Camp counselors included Juanita Brooks Connie Staneart Paula Staneart and Bob Pinney for the Junior group. County leaders Bill Rannells and Mrs Genevieve Atkinson led the Vinton junior division with participants from Dundas Zaleski Allensville and McArthur.
Registration for the Women’s Camp at Tar Hollow opens at 3 p.m. Sunday July 24 and the camp closes before noon Tuesday July 26.
Vera L Reynolds of 207 East Mill Street McArthur was named to the Ohio State University honor roll for the Spring Quarter for high academic averages.
McARTHUR The June settlement of taxes collected in Vinton county was made by Treasurer John Crow with $35,861.24 distributed. The total is slightly higher than the previous June settlement with $31,598.63 in general taxes $4,027.76 in classified taxes and $234.85 in delinquent taxes. Listed breakdown includes multiple townships and districts such as Brown Swan Clinton Hamden Eagle Elk McArthur Harrison Jackson Knox Madison Zaleski Richland Swan Vinton Wilkesville and others totaling 35 861.25.
State park officials report about 18 000 visitors over a sun soaked weekend at Lake Hope near McArthur. Park manager Dick McDaniel said 1900 paid beach swimmers and 60 camping units were recorded as campers visited the area.
Mr and Mrs James Haffey and children visited Ashville for the weekend to stay with Mrs Haffey’s parents Mr and Mrs J M Conkle and the Robert and James Conkle families. Nearby visits included Kenneth Ralph with the Fife family and Squire Taylor’s group at Leon with Gandee and Sargent families.
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