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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1950
Page
7
In Friday regional play Corning faces Manchester as Class A and Class B teams prepare for OU gym tournament action. Portsmouth Chillicothe selections vie for regional honors with standout players named on Class A and B all star lists.
The Ohio high school basketball tournament is down to 16 teams per class after 32 survivors from 1130 starters. Regional play this weekend will determine four Class A and four Class B state entrants for March 23 to 25. Contenders include Hamilton Public and Middletown with rich title histories, while Miller City rides a 25 game win streak into Toledo regionals.
Norman Oklahoma reports the Big Seven selection committee unanimously named Kansas for a playoff game with Bradley University. The winner earns the fifth district berth in the Western National collegiate playoffs.
Class A tournament results feature Springfield and multiple Ohio schools with wins over Xenia Ursuline Akron St. Vincent Garfield Cleve Latin Mansfield Fostoria Middletown Dunbar North and others. Class B results include Lowellville Rittman Manchester Wheelersburg Lockland Seven Mile Eaton Cedarville Philo Marysville and more with several close scores. Professional and college scores from Indianapolis to Boston and city leagues are listed with multiple OT and tight finishes.
Ohio High School basketball qualifiers list regional matchups with records. CLASS A teams include Toledo Columbus East 18-6, Mansfield 20-4, Toledo Woodward 17-7, Toledo Whitmer 15-3 in Toledo Columbus area. Cincinnati Hamilton Public 20-3, Portsmouth 15-4, Springfield Public 15-7, Middletown 14-8. Youngstown Dover 13-8, Raven 17-4, Youngstown South 16-6, Garfield Heights 17-4. Kent Cleveland Lincoln 18-5, Akron South 14-3, Akron Garfield 12-6, East Cleveland Show 15-3. CLASS B features Toledo Delphos St. John's 26-1, Troy Luckey 20-2, Leesville 25-38, Miller City 24-0. Athens Corning 23-4, Worthington 20-9, Philo 24-2, Manchester 21-2. Springfield Marysville 23-1, Zanesfield 24-1, Eaton 16-4, Lockland Wayne 21-4. Youngstown Norton 25-1, Geneva 21-2, Yorkville 24-4, Lowellville 23-1.
In Glouster Pin standings the MEN club shows Ogg Motors leading with 43 wins and 35 losses, followed by 251 Faires Appl and Hotel Bar tied at 41 37. This week’s schedule lists matches from Monday to Wednesday and notes top performers like Ogg Motors, R Steadman, and R Mingus with high triple and single scores. The Women standings show Wonder Bar leading with 45 30, and Colonial Bkry and Hartley’s contending with 35 40 and 36 39 records.
Tom Pastorius of Ohio Wesleyan University will be honored today by the national association of intercollegiate basketball for outstanding work in sports publicity. He was chosen among others in a nationwide poll of sports writers and sportscasters.
OSU coach Tippy Dye told Phi Delta Theta at Ohio University that advancing to the NCAA tournament marked his greatest thrill. He credited a strong, cohesive team and five veteran starters for the Buckeyes 20–3 win record and a District 4 NCAA bid. He noted Iowa Northwestern and Indiana as tough prospects and highlighted star Ralph Buckshot O'Brien.
In Cleveland Case Tech hosted its 13th annual wrestling meet with Waynesburg College winning four weight classes and placing in two others. OU had two first-round byes but failed to advance past the second round with Kuhar, Budnarsky, Saunders, and Leeseberg all losing. Kent State’s Klosterman defeated Kuhar 6-0 and Mullins pinned Burnarsky in 5 43.
A year ago today Bill Rigney of the New York Giants was hospitalized with a heart condition. The note records a medical event in the career of the second baseman.
The American Legion cancels its Ohio basketball tournament due to insufficient entries. Activities director W. L. De Weese said only 15 teams had entered, prompting the executive committee to call off the event.
Portsmouth Trojans edged Chillicothe 51 49 to reclaim the Class A district basketball crown. Bob Kimble led Portsmouth with 14 points as the victors advance to the Cincinnati regional and face Springfield Hamilton and Middletown. Chillicothe trailed most of the game despite a late rally led by Bryant and Long.
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