This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
8
Chillicothe Cavaliers defeated Wellston 67 to 62 to advance to the Class A district final in Athens. The Cavaliers used height and sharp inside play to counter Wellston’s scrappy effort in a tense semifinal showdown.
Wellston Rockets fall to Chillicothe ending their Class A run while Nelsonville suffers a key ankle injury. Middleport improves, Portsmouth defeats Lancaster in a tense Class B matchup as Gales grab rebounds and England nets a late clincher. Com ing leads to tonight’s Class B final.
Chillicothe Cavaliers defeated Wellston Rockets 63 to 57 after a close game that featured foul trouble for Wellston as Ronnie Bellamy fouled out. Elwood Lucas led Wellston with 26 points while Tom Long and Long Bryant paced Chillicothe with 18 and 17 respectively.
Rome Canaan of Stewart and Albany advanced to the Athens County Junior High final after semifinal wins Thursday. Rome beat Waterloo 20 14 with Elmo Coen scoring 10. Albany defeated Buchtel 39 28 led by Tewksbury and Henthorne. The championship game is Friday at 9 p.m.
Matty Bell, renowned SMU coach, will lecture on the single wing and T formation at the University of Cincinnati football clinic April 28 29. He joins the UC staff to share for more than a third of a century in football roles and leads a panel of 500 coaches from multiple states. Also notes Vic Lombardi led majors with a .347 batting average in 1949.
Butler University in Indianapolis releases a 12 match spring tennis schedule. Key dates include home Apr 15 vs Valparaiso and Apr 22 Franklin and away Apr 20 Ball State and May 8 Franklin. Local rivalries against Wabash DePauw and Valparaiso appear across April to May with a May 27 Mid-American match at Miami.
In Indianapolis Butler University released an eight week spring sports schedule featuring a 117 game baseball card opening April 18 and ending May 26. The schedule includes regular Mid American competition and two Big Ten opponents Purdue and Indiana along with Wabash and DePauw.
Pepsi Cola surged to a two game lead in the Thursday Bowling League by sweeping Banks Sport Shop. Maywood Smith led the winners with a 214 game and 566 series, Ivan Haddox added 520, while Hubert Eddy led Sport Shop with 492. McBee Co moved to fourth with a clean sweep over Athens Lumber, as Gene Underwood posted 518 for the Lumbermen and Pat White 536 for the winners. Mathews Oil won two of three from Brown's Pure Oil with Ziggy Godlewski posting 202 and 576.
Alfred plays Buffalo State, Scranton visits Albright, Providence travels to Brown, Colorado faces Missouri, Dartmouth at Cornell, Grove City visits Thiel, Harvard against Yale, Nebraska takes on Kansas State, Kansas plays Oklahoma, Muhlenberg hosts LaSalle, Princeton meets Pennsylvania.
In OU gym Portsmouth edged Lancaster 49 48 on Don Ellis’s late goal and free throw after a 37 second drama. Lancaster led 48 46 before Ellis and Bob Doll sparked a scoring flurry as Portsmouth claimed the Class A state tourney thriller and earned a shot at Chillicothe in Saturday’s final.
Ohio high school basketball district action leaves 86 teams alive from 1130 entries with 16 of last year’s 32 regional qualifiers still in contention. Dover joins Youngstown berth with a 66 65 win. Delphos St. John eyes Toledo regional after 25 1 mark. Middletown edges Dayton Silver, Portsmouth tops Lancaster. upsets ripple across Class A and B as winners push toward Saturday’s regional selections.
Five Ohio University wrestlers from Athens travel to Case Institute of Technology for the Interstate Intercollegiate Individual Invitational. John Suchadowski 136 pounds Howie Saunders 145 Scott Leeseburg 155 Mark Kuhar 165 Walter Bednarsky heavyweight, all Cleveland natives. Competition begins Friday afternoon with finals Saturday night. entrants include Wheaton Michigan State Lock Haven Waynesburg Case Western Reserve and Kent State.
Miami University announces a ten match golf schedule led by manager James A. Gordon. The Mid-American Conference meets close the slate on May 26-27 at Oxford Country Club with Western Michigan, Ohio University, Cincinnati, Butler, and Western Reserve joining Miami. Regular duals include Apr 18 Western Michigan here and May 19 Xavier here with other dates at Lexington Bloomington Cincinnati Athens and Columbus.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.