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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
12
Dick Metz, a weathered 50, shares the Open lead with Tommy Bolt and Julius Boros after an opening round where no one could match par on the rugged Southern Hills layout. Ratliff, Hogan, Snead and others posted 75s as the field narrows to 50 after 36 holes.
Rusty Reed of Parkersburg will perform a pistol and rifle drawing demonstration during the Beal Lake dedication by the Hocking Valley Sportsmen Association. Ceremonies open at 2 p.m. with remarks from lake chairman R. L. Amon and president C. W. Sherwood. Activities include fly fishing displays by Johnny Algeo and C. Martin at 3 15 p.m. and a fish fry at 5 p.m. Public invited to the Radford Road grounds off Route 50 or 56.
Meigs County Coon Hunters Association will meet Friday June 13 at the club house on Sand Ridge led by Roy Armes. The group lists 147 members and has stocked several hundred coon in Meigs County. They promote field trials shooting matches drag races and plan a yearly banquet with 1.50 annual dues.
The State Department of Natural Resources reports heavy rains have flooded most streams, leaving few waters fishable. Some catches occur in lakes across Columbiana, Huron, Mahoning, Stark and Summit. Burr Oak Reservoir in Morgan County and forks at Veto Washington Arboretum? At wood in Tuscarawas and Forked Run in Meigs offer the best chances.
In the Ohio University course season opener of the Royal McBee League eighteen teams faced handicap medal scoring. Larry McFadden led low gross with 41 while Don Cunningham posted 33 for low net. Matches pitted Palmers against Finsterwalds and Hogans against Harneys among others with weekly pairings listed.
Milwaukee bout Tony Anthony stopped Orville Pitts in Milwaukee while Sugar Hart drew with Gil Turner in Philadelphia. Mauro Vazquez outpointed Pete Kawala in Los Angeles as Billy Ryan stopped Gordon Farnsworth in Boston.
Ray Meyer has coached DePaul University basketball in Chicago for 16 seasons, guiding teams to 249 wins and 123 losses.
Cleveland star Herb Score, out six weeks with an ailing arm, may return as a reliever for the four game series with Washington. Narleski to face Stobbs in series opener as Carrasquel is traded for Billy Hunter to bolster infield defense.
Tim Tam, racing’s top money winner, will undergo removal of bone chips at the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school after injuring his right front ankle in the Belmont Stakes. Trainer Jimmy Jones said the colt is ruined and will be kept for stud. The operation follows a Belmont injury after Derby and Preakness wins.
Cincinnati Reds open a four game series with the Chicago Cubs as Bob Purkey eyes a sixth straight win. Brooks Lawrence earned a shutout win over St Louis with Ed Bailey Frank Robinson homering once each. Don Hoak Gus Bell and Pete Whisenant contributed as Cincinnati extended its recent success.
Glouster McGee's team wore blue Bermuda shorts red socks and white linen shirts in a new uniform style at the Athens Rollerbowl. The shirts bore the team name The Cool Five. Players Elton Swartz 169 Earl McGee 170 Fritz Craig 171 Harold Brown 153 Jim Dennison 155 Don Price 178 and their averages are listed.
The 37th annual NCAA track championships open at Berkeley with four meet record holders among 356 competitors. Indiana’s Greg Bell, Olympic champion in 1956, seeks to surpass Jesse Owens’ 26 ft 5 3⁄4 in mark after last year’s 26 ft 7 in NCAA record. Other record holders include Charley Jones of Iowa.
The field features Pacific Lutheran’s John Fromm with a 248 ft 1 in javelin and California’s Don Bowden taking the 880 in 1 47 2. Bowden debuts the mile facing Olympian Ron Delany of Villanova. Other defending champs include Al Oerter, Charlie Dumas, Glenn Davis, Bob McMurray, Eddie Southern, and Don Stewart amid a sprint and jumps program.
Athens Junior Legion nine edged McConnelsville 4 to 3 in five innings at the fairgrounds. Bob Nelson earned the win with four hits and four walks allowed while fanning four. Athens plate two in the first on a Wallace double Kyle walk and Bigger's hit.
Bobby Rascoe nails a go ahead 20 foot shot with six seconds left as Kentucky overcome a 99 95 deficit in 38 seconds to win 100 99. Jerry Lucas sets scoring record with 33 points while Eddie Schnurr adds 24 for Ohio and is named outstanding player.
Standings and results from multiple leagues include Pacific Coast League scores Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 San Diego 19 Sacramento 2 Phoenix 18 Salt Lake City 11 Spokane 4 Portland. International League Montreal 10 7 Havana Toronto 1 Miami 0 Columbus 4 Rochester 3 Buffalo Richmond. American Association Minneapolis 2 Wichita 0 Indianapolis 4 St Paul 1 Charleston 5 Omaha Denver 11 Louisville 9 National League Milwaukee 29 8 6 21 Ohio? San Francisco 30 25 545 1 Pittsburgh 27 26 508 Philadelphia Los Angeles 23 30 .432 Friday games Milwaukee at St Louis Philadelphia at San Francisco Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Cincinnati at Chicago Thursday results Cincinnati 5 St Louis 6 Milwaukee 5 Chicago 0 Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 0 Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco Saturday games Milwaukee at St Louis Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Philadelphia at San Francisco
Jim Romanowski used a seven iron to ace the 140 yard par three eighth at Logan's Hocking Hills Country Club on a Wednesday Night League round lone witness Al Bowman. He posted a par 35 but lost to Bowman who shot 34. Romanowski works at Athens Plant 2 of Royal McBee Corp and lives in The Plains.
Singles match features Herb Tucker and Mike Cargill while doubles include Riley with Steve Sammons and Dave Brown with Bob Wilson. Triples list Jim Williams and Dick Duncan. Michigan State brings NCAA champions Joe Dewland at 132 pounds and Dave Norton at 148 to the event.
A’s and Yankees split a day-night doubleheader with Murray Dickson losing in 12 innings as New York maintained an AL lead while Boston won to pull within nine games. The NL saw Curt Raydon fire a two-hitter in a 2-1 Giants defeat and other results shaping the pennant race.
Sunday sports calendar lists events at Athens County Fairgrounds and nearby venues. Jackson faces Athens Junior Legion at 2 p.m. along with HVA League games including Jacksonville versus Plantsville Racine versus Glouster and Deed's Dairy versus Amesville. Heart of Ohio and Chillicothe meet at Nelsonville while the Sportsmen Bear Lake Dedication and fish fry run through the afternoon.
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