Hurley’s 371 Points Highlight Ohio University Cagers Season
Glen Hursey led the Bobcats with 371 points in 24 games, pacing the Ohio University cagers. Jim Betts scored 279, Elwood Sparks 272, and Dick Murphy led assists with 52 as the team totaled 1742 points while opponents posted 1704.
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Continental Press
Glen Hursey
Ohio University
Glenford Flash
Bobcats
Hursey
Jim Betts
Elwood Sparks
Dick Murphy
Cincinnati
Bobcat
PETP
Sparks
Murphy -Aeeeee
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Leightenheimer
Griesheimer
Benich
Neee
Wee Ene
Sawchik
Lechner
Daugherty
Haswell
Crabtree
UC Coach Praises Athletics Standards At Dinner
Cincinnati head coach John Wiethe stated UC avoids games with colleges lacking strong academics. He affirmed no double standard in scholastic standing and pledged UC will keep athletics and academics aligned with other schools.
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Cincinnati
John Wiethe
University of Cincinnati
Wiethe
UC Boosters Club
Vuacher
Cindermen Start Drills At Point Pleasant High
Point Pleasant track coach Jack Morton opened a training camp for his squad. The former West Virginia University standout plans a two week conditioning phase before individual event work. Contact 2216 Mount Vernon Avenue for opponents.
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Point Pleasant High
Point Pleasant
Jack Morten
Point Pleasant T School
West Virginia University
Morton
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Fights Last Night and Ohio Races Update
In Chicago Larry Watson defeated Walter Hafer in eight rounds by outpoint. In Columbus a 25 day meeting for Fort Miami Track races in Toledo was approved by the Ohio Racing Commission running April 19 to May 17. Cpl. Robert Hayes returns home from Korea on leave before reporting to Camp Atterbury for reassignment.
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Western Union
Cooney
Continental
Kefauver Senate Crime Committee
Columbus
Robert L. Moulton
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Moulton
Continental and
Western Union Telegraph Co
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Michigan
Congress
Kefauver Committee
Fort Miami
Toledo
Ohio Racing Commission
Cpl
Robert Hayes
James Hayes
Korea
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Giants Pick Williams At Second In Camp Plans
NEA reports Phoenix spring drills focus on Davey Williams securing second base for the Giants. Leo Durocher shifts Whitey Lockman to leadoff, Bobby Thomson moves to third, Willie Mays may return to center field and Henry Thompson is expected to reclaim third if Mays serves in the Army.
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Nea
Davey Williams
Giants
Leo Durocher
Dallas
Williams
Eddie Stanky
Hand
Whitey Lockman
Young Williams
Lockman
Muggsy Stanky
Cardinals
Durocher
Bobby Thomson
Henry Thompson
Willie Mays
Thomson
Thompson
Harlem
Ohio Valley Association Officials Meet in Gallipolis
Donald C. Wolfe secretary treasurer announces a meeting of Ohio Valley Association officials at the Queen Bee Hotel Gallipolis on Thursday evening March 13 at 7 30 to formulate definite plans for the coming season.
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Ohio Valley Association
Queen Bee
Gallipolis
Donald C. Wolfe
Association
Deaths and local notes from Zaleski area
Mrs. Etta Freeman 85 formerly of Zaleski died in Columbus March 1 at her son Harry's home. Survived by son, sister Addie Canney, Knox Two, 5 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, 3 nieces and 3 nephews. Funeral at A. K. Graumlich Chapel Columbus with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Mrs. Joseph Staley Audrey Hewitt bedfast in Dayton from heart ailment worsened by influenza. Capt. George Goodman and family recently arrived in Columbus from Germany for the death of Mrs. Goodman's mother Minnie Jayjohn. Goodman to be stationed in Missouri. Ill include Richard Thomas and Raymond Chesser with influenza. Mrs. James McKibben.
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Columbus
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Joseph Staley
Audrey Hewitt
Dayton
Staley
Sam Baughman
Zaleski
Gladys Jayjohn
Goodmans
Missouri
Capt. Goodman
Pirates Turn To Merson At Second Base Infield Woes
SAN BERNARDINO CALIF Pirates face severe infield issues as Bill Meyer hopes Jack Merson can steady second base while Lee Walls touches third. The piece notes Walls and Merson as top hopes amid Rickey bonus bonanza and a large farm system.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Bill Meyer
Jack Merson
Lee Walls
Merson
Indianapolis
OSU Student Panel Penalizes SAE Fraternity
The Ohio State University Student Commission fined the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for liquor on premises. The fraternity is closed for 14 days starting March 14, with a $100 fine and spring quarter social probation. SAE becomes the second OSU fraternity penalized for no drinking in living units.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
OSU
Washington Park Bear May Be the Biggest
Milwaukee reports Ottie the Washington Park Zoo bear could become the world’s largest. Zoo officials George Speidel and Charles Stanke measured him in his cage as he stood to swipe an apple, noting he weighs about 1000 pounds and has about three years left to grow.
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Milwaukee
Ottie
Washington Park Zoo
George Speidel
Charles Stanke
St Johns 51 45 Victim As LaSalle Posts 2nd
In New York Eddie Hickey and Dudley Moore watch from the Madison Square Garden press box as St Louis University and Duquesne open their first National Invitation Tournament appearances.
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St. Johns
LaSalle
New York
Eddie Hickey
Dudley Moore
St. Louis University
Duquesne
Madison Square Garden
St Bonaventure, LaSalle, Holy Cross Reach NIT Semis
St Bonaventure edged Western Kentucky 70 69 as LaSalle upset St John s of Brooklyn 51 45 and Holy Cross defeated Seattle 77 72. LaSalle s Norm Grekin set a foul shooting record with 13 in a game later matched by Seattle s Johnny O Brien with 15. Duquesne and St Louis earned byes with Dayton beating NYU 81 66 to end Saturday action.
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St. Bonaventure
LaSalle
Holy Cross
Western Kentucky
St. John's
Brooklyn
Seattle University
Bowling Green
Hickey
St.Louis
Duquesne
St. Louis
Dayton
New York University
Cousins Lead Capital In Ohio Conference Scoring
Capital University cousins Bob and Paul Bernlohr led the Ohio Conference scoring in the season. Bob totaled 334 points in 17 games for 19.65 ppg while Paul had 333 points for 19.59 ppg. Akron’s Jim Fenton led the conference with 410 points in 24 games averaging 17.1 ppg.
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Delaware
Bob
Paul Bernlohr
Capital University
Ohio
League
Paul
Jim Fenton
Akron
Children Pay Dividends For Used Car Buyer
Breckenridge Minnesota dealer Hugh Wing offered to deduct 10 dollars for each child of a car buyer. Mike Leinen from North Dakota saw the ad and brought his large family to pick a 1936 car priced at 95 dollars. Total with license and title transfer reached 103 dollars. The Leinen family paid 3 dollars and left with two cars.
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Minn
Hugh Wing
Mike Leinen
Fairmount
N. D
Leinen
Wing
Levien
Gale
Gerald
Virginia
Ronald
James
Mitchell
Cletus
Carro Ann
Paul
Mary
Levnen
Freeman's No 24 Retired at Hughes High School
Cincinnati Hughes High School retired the No 24 jersey of Robin Freeman at a special athletic assembly. Freeman left a legendary Ohio basketball record with 79 percent shooting and a final season average of 39.5 points over 20 games.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Hughes
Robin Freeman
Freeman
Ohio
Lottridge Community News Recap and Church Visits
The Lottridge area hosts a flurry of visitors and church activity. Rev Edmund Life and family from Parkersburg and Rexel Boggs plus Bert Boggs and Dottie Lou from Guysville are guests, with Mrs George Bernard visiting her son Arnold Bernard. The Lottridge EUB Church welcomed Armor Hart as a new member and heard a message from Hart. Otis Wade Allen and Mary Lois Dixon visited, Walter Frost and family were referenced, and several local residents recovered from influenza. A birthday gathering honored Mr Albert Warner with multiple local attendees.
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Edmund Life
Paul
Parkersburg
W. Va
Carson Boggs
Vanderhoof
Rexel Boggs
Bert Boggs
Dottie Lou
Guysville
George Bernard
Arnold Bernard
Walter A. Frost
Robert
Walter, Jr
Lottridge Eub
Armor Hart
Hart
Francis Coen
Stave Mill
Otis Wade Allen
Mary Lois Dixon
Air Force
Tilford Dennison
John Archer
Archer
Ronnie Vandal
Russell Archer
Albert Warner
Alfred
C. M. Warner
Milford
Cheryle Warner
Naomi Archer
Athens
Mayford Henderson
Tovee
Jimmie Archer
Snottridge
Silver Ridge Eub Church
Walter Frost
Paul Robinson
Harry Cokenougher
Marshell Hoselton
J. H. Allen
Winter Sports Banquet Honors Bobcat Athletes
Ohio University honored sixty winter sport athletes and managers at a banquet in Howard Hall last night. Varsity O blankets go to six seniors, white sweaters to nine second-letter men, and green sweaters to sixteen first-letter recipients, plus twenty nine numerals and sweaters for JV basketball, wrestling, and swimming crews. President John C. Baker spoke as Athletic Director Carroll Widdoes acted as toastmaster.
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Ers
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Tommy) Thomas Jr
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University Athletic Board
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Bobcat
Jim Snyder
Jim Betts
East Liverpool
Scotty Griesheimer
Chillicothe
Dick Murphy
Cinccinnati
Joe Benich
Lou Sawchik
Cleveland
Ralph Readout
Columbus
Jack Betts
Glen Hursey
Glenford
Dave Leightenheimer
Elwood Sparks
Portsmouth
Tommy” Thomas
Charles Topper
Ashtabula
Larry Long
Lakewood
Don Rice
John Kristoff
Homer Hunt
Canton
Ron Hagquist
Medina
James Pittinger
Tom Hartley
Don Gross
Akeron
Dick Olstein
New York City
Sandy Wilson
Jerry Wooley
Laporte
Ind
Bill Comley
Cincinnati
Norm
Bay Village
Mike McCann
John Carmody
Springfield
Nate Reynard
Mingo Junction
John Kornick
John Dunnette
Glouster
al Short
Hillsboro
Bob Strawser
Rocco Ferruccio
Paul Wanstreet
Clarksburg
W. Va
John
Baseball Trivia Q&A Highlights Historic World Series Streaks
Ty Cobb’s World Series average was .231 in three Series. Bobby Thomson began pro baseball with Rocky Mount in 1942, played in Jersey City in 1946, then joined the New York Giants late in the season. Mickey Mantle batted .267 in 96 games with 18 homers and 65 RBIs. Jackie Jensen hit .298 in 56 games with 8 homers and 25 RBIs.
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Ty Cobb
A. Cobb
Bobby Thomson
Giants
A. Thomson
Rocky Mount
Jersey City
New York
Mickey Mantle
Jackie Jensen
Yankees
Mantle
Jensen
Ciney Hurler Enjoys Relief
Frank Smith of Cincinnati is on relief in Tampa but appreciates a salary increase from last season. He appeared in 50 games in 1951, proving effective most of the time. The tall right hander, who will turn 24 next month, knows a reliever who can stop rallies is vital in modern baseball.
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TAMPA
Frank Smith
Cincinnati
Smitty
Chalk May Replace Resin in DC Boxing Gloves
The DC Boxing Commission considers chalk as a substitute for resin to wipe gloves after knockdowns. Chalk, calcium carbonate, prevents slipping better than resin and is milder, with some doctors even prescribing it internally for stomach ailments.
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Washington
The
Boxing Commission
District of Columbia Boxing Commission
Commission
Heinie Miller
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