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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
10
Marietta Pioneers edged Ohio University Bobcats 66-59 after a late rally, securing a season sweep. The foul plagued game saw 32 calls on OU and 19 on Marietta with Marietta sinking 26 free throws.
Mihalov scored 17 for Pinneers including nine free throws while Sparks led Ohio with 15. Ohio shot 84 percent in the second half as Marietta dropped two top scorers, Young fouling out and Nemetz exiting with injury. Sparks and Sepp fouled out. Hursey Leightenheimer Betts and McKown had four fouls.
Wellston defeated Athens as Larry Walburn scored 19 points while teammates Dick Mantz and Jerry Collins added key baskets. Athens struggled with backcourt pressure and missed close shots as Gallipolis and Chillicothe also impressed in regional tourney action.
Tournament schedule lists Class B games Wednesday at 7 and 8 pm with Junction City Glouster Union Furnace Crooksville Rio Grande New Lexington. Class A Thursday and Friday feature Lancaster Pomeroy Marietta Nelsonville Portsmouth Portsmouth Hillsboro Jackson Gibisonville Chauncey Ames Bern Middleport Somerset winners. Saturday showcases Chillicothe Gallipolis Wellston Logan.
Possession of first place in the McBee Bowling League will be decided in final matches next Monday after Keysort and Machine Shop deadlocked last night. Machine Shop tied General Plant 2-1, Clarence Wycoff led winners with 502, John Dunlavy 464 for the Planters.
Carpenter Hardware widened its first place margin to four games by beating American Legion in a 2 1 3 game set as George Rutkoskie bowled a 501 series. In other matches Neil Thomas set a 279 single game and a 600 series for Athens Motors, while Motors posted a 964 high team score to top Poston Station by six pins. Roy Ewing had 478 for Trowel as Norm Engh led losers with 478.
Wellston shocks Athens 45-37 as Larry Walburn posts 19 points and tight defense pins Bulldogs. Gallipolis edges Washington 48-45 on late free throw. Logan tops Ironton 58-38. Chillicothe defeats Greenfield 66-49 in district action.
University of Cincinnati overwhelmed Miami University 82 to 46 on Miami’s court setting a high scoring mark against the Redskins. The Bearcats led 46 25 at halftime and ran their MAC record to nine straight wins while improving to 17 5 overall.
Crooksville women bowlers join a Zanesville tournament on March 5 led by Josephine Wilson Evelyn Swartz Elinor Madden Thelma Allard and Irene Williams. Syracuse star Jack Kiley aims for Bill Gabors school single season record of 409 points.
Ohio University freshmen edged Marietta 44 to 40 in the final game of the season to sweep the series. Dan Lechner and Jerry Barry led scoring with 14 and 13 points as Barry scored 12 in the first half and Lechner produced 10 after the break. Sewell topped Marietta with 11 points. Ohio improved to seven wins in 12 games.
Denison visits Kenyon and Toledo travels to Villanova in tonight’s Class B district tourney. Other matchups include Columbia at Pennsylvania Albright at Bucknell Arizona at West Texas Bethany at Wash Jeff Canisius at Cornell Carnegie Tech at Grove City Fordham at Yale La Salle at Gettysburg St Josephs at Lafayette Lehigh at Rutgers Okla Aggies at Oklahoma U Penn State at West Virginia Providence at Rhode Island Temple at Syracuse.
Two Junction City stars Murdock and Henry join Shawnee’s Toth, Corning’s Roof, and New Straitsville’s Hanning on the Perry County all star basketball squad named by coach es. The selections reflect top performers from the county’s basketball season.
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