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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1953
Page
8
New York AP reports only one position remaining in both basketball tournaments as Dayton Flyers prepare for reunions. Teams eye vacancies and seedings while the rest of the field awaits final decisions.
Dayton Flyers toppled Seton Hall from the unbeaten ranks 71-65 at Dayton. Seton Hall, No 1 ranked and 27 straight wins, saw its streak end as Dayton led most of the game and earned an NCAA bracket spot discussion alongside NIT updates.
National New York defeated Toronto 4 to 2 while Boston tied Chicago 2 to 2. American apemme topped Buffalo 4 to 2, Hershey beat St. Louis 4 to 3, and Providence upset Pittsburgh 5 to 1.
Syracuse beat New York 79 to 64 in a Sunday NBA game. Fort Wayne topped Milwaukee 76 to 74. Minneapolis earned a 102 80 win over Philadelphia in another matchup.
ST. PETERSBURG Fla Phil Rizzuto veteran shortstop of the New York Yankees signed his 1953 contract today for a reported 40000 the same amount he received last year when he helped the Bombers to their fourth straight pennant.
Major league clubs began spring drills with Grapefruit League games set to start soon. Cubs manager Rogers Hornsby urged players to win every exhibition, while Boston's Charlie Grimm lined up key infielders for practice. Ralph Kiner dominates holdout talk as Branch Rickey sticks to a hard line, with Phillies rumored to pursue a costly Kiner deal. Indians note holdouts Early Wynn and Larry Doby have been quiet.
Indiana University students declare an unofficial holiday as the Hoosiers, champions of the Big Ten, rally after a 91-79 win over Illinois. Don Schlundt stars with 33 points to reach 479 in 19 games, boosting a 25.2 ppg season average and 26.7 in 15 conference outings as Indiana preps for Northwestern and NCAA play.
Miami of Ohio defeated Western Michigan College 74 63 to seal the Mid America Conference crown at 10 1 in league play. Cincinnati and Toledo trailed with 8 3 records while Miami remaining schedule includes a showdown with Cincinnati. Western Michigan led briefly but the margin narrowed late in the final period. The other game saw Wesleyan University rally past Wittenberg 67 58 in Ohio Conference play with McKaig and Surbrock each scoring 14 for their teams.
Middletown School, defending state champions, survived a close scare to beat Dayton Wilbur Wright 58 to 51 in the Class A tournament. With two minutes left Wilbur Wright closed to within a point before Owen Lawson scored three straight field goals to seal the win. It marked Middletown’s first sub sixty-point game all season.
Kenyon College defeats Denison University 78 to 77 in a tighter Ohio Conference basketball game. Ron Fraley hit a long shot with five seconds left to lift Kenyon to a comeback win as Denison falls to 7 8 in conference play while Kenyon improves to 2 11 in the standings.
Shirley Fry of Akron Ohio stunned top seed Doris Hart of Coral Gables Florida to capture the women's singles title at the International Tennis Tournament in Kingston Jamaica.
In Arcadia California Calumet Farm's Mark-Ye-Well narrowly nosed out Mrs to win the $100000 Santa Anita Handicap in a photo finish.
Muskingum College defeated Mount Union College 71 to 60 in an Ohio Conference men’s basketball game at New Concord. Mount Union entered tied for second place with a 6-2 league mark, while Muskingum improved to four victories in nine conference games.
John Carroll University defeated Western Reserve 86 to 74 to win the Cleveland district college basketball title. Carroll led 20 to 9 early and stayed in front as George Dalton poured in 34 points to raise his season total to 567.
A roundup of basketball scores features St. Louis 78 over Drake 66 and Kansas State 88 to Colorado 69. Findlay 119 beat Central State 112. Oklahoma 74 defeated Nebraska 70. John Carroll 86 topped Western Reserve 74. Bradley 59 over Oklahoma 53. NC State 100 beat Cincinnati 64. Michigan State 77 over Purdue 72. Marietta 113 over Hiram 97. Mississippi 54 fell to Florida 61. Georgetown 74 defeated Fordham 63. Niagara 57 beat Cornell 47. Case Tech 96 over Akron 94. Ohio Wesleyan 67 defeated Wittenberg 58. Iowa 98 beat Northwestern 73. Heidelberg 83 defeated Capital 73. LaSalle 94 over Youngstown 41. Navy 84 beat Army 60. Minnesota 83 over Michigan 69. Wisconsin 69 over Ohio State 63. Penn 76 defeated Harvard 59. Temple 62 beat Manhattan 57. Indiana 91 over Illinois 79. Wooster 88 defeated Oberlin 67.
Lansing State Journal sports editor George S. Alderton predicts Michigan State will be suspended from the Big Ten within a year. He cites a one year probation for allowing Spartan Foundation funding to MSC athletes without college channels. He says the move could lead to dismissal if the pattern continues.
A substitute bowler with a 196 average took the singles lead in the American Bowling Congress golden jubilee tournament with 711. Joseph Calabrese of Lodi New Jersey rolled 12 straight strikes though split between games. He toppled Oscar Severson of Cambridge Wisconsin who had led with 692, and posted all events total 1833 with 539 in doubles and 583 in team.
Gayle Fielder of the St. Louis Flyers tops the AHBL scoring race with 70 points after contributing a goal and two assists in a 4-3 loss to Hershey. Eddie Olson remains idle with 69 while Providence’s Al Bacarri nets a hat trick in a 5-1 win over Pittsburgh. Syracuse edges Buffalo 4-2 to stay in the race.
The New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Madison Square Garden. Scout reports veteran Max Bentley could return soon despite the distance from his team as Conn Smythe dismissed retirement chatter.
Athens Bulldogs 75 Portsmouth West 60 as Larry Williams and Bill McInturf combine for 42 points to propel Athens into a district Class A quarterfinal against Portsmouth Trojans. Hillsboro steamrolls Belpre 68 47 and Greenfield McClain rallies to top Wheelersburg 53 47.
Local brief notes a clash between Gibson's and Kasler's Dairy in a Nelsonville event. Details are fragmentary but indicate a team or group named Nye Chev rolet facing Kasler's Dairy with eight or more participants involved.
A compact tournament slate lists Class B games at New Lexington Ames Bern Middleport New Lex St Aloysius Somerset Holy Trinity Tuppers Plains Glenford Chauncey Dover with times 6 7 15 8 9 45. Class A shows Athens Portsmouth Marietta Minford Hillsboro Portsmouth East Chillicothe Greenfield and finals slated for Friday and Saturday with winners advancing to Athens Cincinnati regions.
The Falcons beat Ravenswood 55 to 49 in the Ravenswood sectional tournament. Paul Roush scored 22 points to pace the Falcons. They will face Hurricane in the Region Seven event at Hurricane on Friday night.
Eight hopefuls from three counties resume action in the Class B District tournament as the quarter-finals begin. Glenford’s unbeaten Golden Horde faces Chauncey-Dover Blue Devils, while New Lexington St. Aloysius meets Ames-Bern’s Greenies in the opener. Meigs County teams Middleport and Tuppers Plains play in the middle games, with Somerset Holy Trinity tangling with Tuppers Plains in the night’s third contest.
Ohio high school basketball heads into district meets with 81 of 270 Class A clubs and 83 of about 900 Class B clubs remaining. The field narrows to 32 then regional play March 13-14 with 1 team from each regional advancing to the state finals March 20-21 in Cincinnati.
In Tucson Arizona Hank Greenberg plans to phone Larry Doby and Early Wynn to press salary talks as Indians spring training begins. Avila, 2,000 miles away in Vera Cruz, plans to report soon. Luke Easter hit his first home run in a Sunday intra squad game off Lou Brissie.
In a dramatic finish the Houston Open ended in a five way tie at 283 for 72 holes. Cary Middlecoff failed to convert a 3 foot putt sealing himself from the championship. Teammates Jim Ferrier and three newcomers Shelley Mayfield Bill Nary and Earl Stewart Jr shared the lead as the final group battled for the $4 prize on the $20 000 event.
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