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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1949
Page
8
The NCAA bowl games committee will draft a report in Chicago for the January convention in New York, signaling more New Year post season games. Dixie Bowl sponsors have abandoned the Birmingham game, Alabama.
The Athens County Junior Olympics team held their first meeting at Ohio University stadium and will send 13 youths to the National Junior Olympic meet August 19-20 at Baldwin Wallace College Berea. Local winners and standouts from Athens include Frank Hooper Frank Hartley Ivan Creeger with others joining relays and events across 12 18 year divisions. Community groups raise support and two drivers are still needed to transport the team to Cleveland with practices scheduled next week on campus.
Athena Legionnaires beat Middleport junior team 4 1 with a fifth inning rally sparked by Burnfield's two run triple. Roger Allen earned the win as Nuzum tired in the fifth. Middleport outhit 8-5 but left runners stranded. two returns are set for next week against Point Pleasant and Nelsonville.
In the Ohio Valley Association standings Syracuse and Gallipolis pursue first place after Thursday wins. Guinther anchored Syracuse with 10th win and two doubles while Gallipolis edged Twin Cities in nine innings. Racine snapped a skid with a 6-3 win over Reedsville as Grimm earned the victory.
POMEROY Blaetmar Buicks edged Cheshire 6 to 2 on the losers’ diamond Tuesday night. Bob Stivers pitched well limiting Cheshire to four hits until the seventh frame. In the Buicks’ five-run seventh Hendricks P Kloes R Kloes C Kapteina Seidenable delivered key hits with Seidenable stealing home for the final run. Cheshire battery was C Searles and Gilmore.
Three Athens women figured in prizes at the Marietta invitational golf tourney. Mrs Carroll Widdoes topped with second low net in the championship flight. Mrs Alice Roberts of Logan and the West Virginia champion tied for honors. Mrs John Algeo won low gross in the second flight and Mrs Ed mond Efaw took low net in the third flight.
Recreation Director Harry Lackey announced the Shopper-Upholster softball game in the City Softball League was postponed to a later date due to a Shopper game in the Bremen Invitational tournament that started this week.
The United States Golf Association schedules its inaugural girls junior championship from August 15 to 20 at Philadelphia Country Club. Local players may compete for national junior title and early 20th century golf recognition.
Entries from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania arrive for the Lancaster Lions Club charity event at Lancaster Fairgrounds. Trophies and 3000 dollars in cash prizes will be awarded across 32 events starting Saturday night, with Sunday activities and radio broadcasts. Judges include Miss Nola Menton and C W Middleton. Don M Clump of the Columbus Production Credit Association is secretary and manager.
Marietta hosts the Mid East Regatta August 20 and 21 drawing top outboard drivers. The Dawes Trophy Race, donated by former VP Charles G. Dawes, is the highlight with past winners James E. Wallace and Harry S. Vogts among contenders. Open events for all speed boat classes run alongside the Dawes race sanctioned by the Mid East Outboard Association and the American Powerboat Association.
Recaps show National and American League games with key pitchers Branca Spahn and Newhouser among winners. Scores include Brooklyn 7 Chicago 1 and Detroit 13 Washington 7, plus multiple late innings outcomes across cities Columbus St Paul Minneapolis and more.
Gene Hermanski turned on a grand slam and added a double as Brooklyn defeated Chicago 7 to 1. Allie Reynolds and Joe Page teamed for a 3-2 Yankees win over Cleveland to restore a four game lead, with Page closing out in relief in the ninth.
National League action features Brooklyn at St Louis with Roe facing Pollet, New York at Cincinnati with Koslo meeting Wehmeier, and Boston at Pittsburgh with Sain opposing Werle. Philadelphia visits Chicago while Chicago plays New York. Cleveland meets Boston in a day night double, Detroit travels to Philadelphia, St. Louis goes to Washington, and Columbus visits Toledo along with Indianapolis at Louisville.
Highlights from major league leaders show Williams and DiMaggio of Boston tied on hits with 117 each while Williams also leads home runs with 26 and runs scored. Reynolds of New York posts a 111 win with a .917 ERA, and Trucks of Detroit tops in strikeouts with 106.
In an Ohio Indiana League game at Muncie Indiana last night Lima fell 6 to 2. Mike Bycofski pitched six innings allowing only four hits while Rexroad and Slusser provided early offense for Muncie. Stewart and Fleming closed the game for the Reds.
Harry Gumbert veteran Reds relief pitcher was sent to the Pirates via waivers. He had been the Reds game saver for years but this season he appeared to lose his effectiveness and could not hold off opposing teams in recent games.
Nelsonville Eagles and Albany Panthers seek sole possession of first place in the Hocking Valley League as they face weaker opponents on Sunday August 7. Eagles host intra-city rivals the Vets after a 28 to 1 win, while Albany eyes a 9-4 win over Glouster Miners at Albany.
A George Bernard Shaw style note praises Danny Kaye as a cheerful ambassador of goodwill while suggesting laughs could ease world tensions. The piece moves to a bakery plug for Frank Rauch sugar cookies and a joke about a lobster in a Baltimore tenant dispute. It ends with an NYE Chevrolet Company maintenance reminder and contact.
Bucky Walters and Johnny Vander Meer are the only remaining members of the Cincinnati Reds from the 1940 world championship team.
Torreson Hawkins sweep two matches to reach the City tournament final. Keller Sakmar and Ruffing Malloy fell 6 0 6 0 and 6 2 7 5 while Doody Dubois lost 6 2 6 3. Upper bracket games push toward finals as Recreation Director Lackey warns forfeit risks.
The youngest ever Walker Cup selection is Roland MacKenzie a 17 year old who made the squad in 1926 marking a historic debut for the event.
Murray City extended its Hocking Valley softball lead by routing The Plains 15 to 2. The Plainsmen had previously crushed VFW 10 to 0. Sebring Coal defeated VFW 10 to 1 and Poston Station edged Valley Farm 5 to 4. Friday matchups feature CSOE versus VFW and Western Auto against Valley Farm.
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