Perry County teams cap off district semis with big wins
New Lexington Panth ers led by Bill Wollenberg with 39 points powered Perry County to a 79-55 victory over Racine as Junction City edged Jacksonville Trimble 74-? in a separate semi. Wollenberg set a tourney record and Penn rod paced Racine late. Roman led JT with 24 in a tight clash.
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New Lexington Panthers
Junction City Jaycees
Bill Wollenberg
Racine
Meigs County
Wollenberg
Junction City
Trimble
Bill Roman
Chuck Grandy
Cardinals
Ohio
Lexington
New Lexington
Athens
Meigs
Penrod
Perry Quint
George Sayre
Powell
Aaron Wolfe
Wolfe
Jacksonville
Ralph Henry
Junction
Henry
Trimbles
Cardinal
Jt’s
Jexington
Shiplett
Dusenberry
Snider
Hensler
Vicnunuws
Marr
Hill
Tomnne
Roman
C. Grandy
Stotz
V. Grandy
So Sips
Murdock
Thomas Fes
Ashbaugh
Poling
Zgi
Bush
Sprague
Trotting Group Opens Four-Day Spring Meeting
The United States Trotting Association board begins its four day annual spring meeting Saturday in Chicago. Don Miller of Columbus Ohio, assistant to the president, will preside as Henry J Knauf is in Albany New York hospital with a heart ailment.
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Chicago
United States Trotting Association
Don Miller
Columbus
Ohio
USTA
Henry J. Knauf, Ladd, C
Albany, N. Y
Doyle Quits Auburn For Boston Red Sox
Auburn Alabama April 1 coach Danny Doyle resigns from Auburn varsity basketball and baseball to join the Boston Red Sox as a scout. A former Red Sox catcher and Boston farm club player, he joined Auburn in February 1947 after graduating Oklahoma A and M.
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Ala
Danny Doyle
Boston Red Sox
Doyle
Oklahoma A. & M
Red Sox
Boston
Tourney Lineup This Week Thursday
Athens plays Lancaster and Hillsboro faces Portsmouth in Class A tournament action set for Thursday with subsequent Saturday games. The matchups feature high seed Lancaster at 20-2 and Portsmouth at 16-4, shaping the bracket.
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P.m. Athens
Lancaster
P.m. Hillsboro
Portsmouth
Frosh Quint Hailed as Top Ohio U Team in History
Ohio University Bobkittens, touted as the best freshman squad in state history and a top nationwide unit, finished with 14 straight wins. They averaged 61.93 points per game and 867 total points while allowing 598, 42.7 per game, led by Vic Polosky with 147 points.
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Ohio University
Ohio U. Bob Kittens
Bobkittens
Polosky
Hursey
Sparks
Leighthei
Betts
Hupp
Benich
Mee
Winnans
Johnson
Swank
Haswell
Burson
Bibs
Bingham
Lepp
Hintz
Dunlap
Briggs
OVA To Meet Friday Night In Gallipolis
The Ohio Valley Baseball Association schedules its eighth season reorganization meeting for Friday at 8 p.m. in the Queen Bee Hotel, Gallipolis. Secretary-treasurer Donald C. Wolfe announced. Former champions Pomeroy Merchants won last season’s two halves but fell to Nelsonville in a playoff. The Gallians from Gallipolis may not field a team. Ravenswood, W.Va., could take their place. Other clubs include Racine, Reedsville, Gallipolis Queen Bees and Hartford, W.Va. Charles Shain is president and George Lerner vice president.
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Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Queen Bee
Gallipolis
Donald C. Wolfe
Pomeroy Merchants
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Wheel
Gallians
Ravenswood
W.va
Wolfe
Reedsville
Queen Bees
Hartford
Charles Shain
George Lerner
Riffle Named Warren Harding Head Coach
Chuck Riffle, former guard for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference, was signed yesterday as head football coach at Warren Harding High School on a one year contract worth 4275 dollars. J O Beck was promoted to athletic director of city schools.
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Warren
Chuck Riffle
Warren Harding High School
Riffle
New York Yankees
J. O. Beck
Akron guard Dick Oldfield sidelined by sprained ankle
Sophomore Dick Oldfield of Akron University will miss the Ohio Conference tournament at Wittenberg College fieldhouse in Springfield Friday and Saturday due to a sprained ankle. He had been moved into the starting lineup only last week.
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AKRON
Dick Oldfield
Akron University
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Bobkittens Strengthen Bobcats Next Season
Ohio Wesleyan Frosh team and strong independents form the bulk of the piece. The Bobkittens, coached by Jim Snyder from Ohio's famed 1941 national team, should bolster the varsity next season. Opponents rarely surpassed 50 points, with West Virginia Frosh at 62 the top mark and the Bobkittens held to 50 or fewer in only one game.
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Bobkittens
Ohio State
Marietta College Frosh
Dayton Kittyhawks
West Virginia Frosh
Little Mountaineers
The
Muskingum
Ohio Wesleyan Frosh
Bobcat
Jim Snyder
Ohio
Canton McKinley High
Canton Lehman High
Bobkitten
US Horses Listed For Grand National
Two United States entries remain eligible for the 103rd Grand National at Aintree on March 26. Caddie II, owned by Paul Mellon of Washington DC, and Replica, owned by Richard Mellon of Ligonier PA, are among 53 final acceptors and both are longshots. Cromwell, owned by Lord Mildmay, is the favorite at 100-7.
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United States
Aintree
Paul Mellon
Washington, D. C
Richard K. Mellon
Ligonier
Cromwell
Lord Mildmay
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