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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1950
Page
12
Columbus report analyzes area based brackets in Ohio high school basketball. Springfield Wildcats and Geneva North Eastern club emerge as favored in Class A and B under the regional approach with finals set across two days.
Corning editor notes Miller City Corning’s 27 0 record and history of close games. He praises Corning’s balance with Jerry Root Bill Theisen and Dick Garrison while cautioning about stage fright and Eaton's returning star Gene Neff who powered a 1948 title run.
Ohio high school basketball fans see top players in AP 1950 All-Ohio Class A selections. Mansfield’s Ken McCally and Garfield Heights center Frank Petrancek headline first team with Columbus South’s Paul Ebert, Hamilton’s Joe Okruhlica, and Portsmouth’s Bert Barney. Second and third teams list notable guards and forwards from multiple schools, reflecting a crowded All-State field.
Brooklyn Dodgers may drop pitcher Mal Mallette after training camp due to a sore throwing arm and calcium deposits in the shoulder. Branch Rickey acknowledged uncertainty over keeping the rookie from Sacramento if he does not show improvement after costing $10,000 at the draft last fall.
Bob Porterfield of the New York Yankees pulls a muscle in practice and is expected to miss a week with a sore leg after a recurring arm trouble. Tigers undefeated in AL as they beat the Red Sox 11 to 5 in Lakeland, improving to four wins, zero losses against AL opponents. They face the Phillies next.
George King of Morris-Harvey West Virginia topped the 1950 collegiate scoring race with 967 points in 31 games to set a one year mark. Nate DeLong of River Falls finished career scoring champion with 2592 points, while DeLong's 861 this season trailed King's 967 by 106. King, playing with Dayton All-Stars in the AAU tourney, totaled 42 points in Cincinnati last weekend.
WM Net Squad Looms Strong Kansas Kalamazoo Mich Coach Ray Sorensen of Western Michigan College tennis trains a dozen candidates indoors for the spring trip in April. Co Captains James Jankowski Don Constant lead four lettermen Williams Saginaw John Bailey. newcomers Fletcher Ivan Elovich Charles Walker Robert Ball James Emmons Yale Brandt Don Morley Norman Dellers. The southern tour begins April 11 with a Southwestern university contest. Last season WM finished fourth in the Mid American infer ence tourney.
In Clearwater Del Ennis and Richie Ashburn pace Philadelphia hitters at camp with Ashburn batting .340 and Ennis driving balls to all fields. In St Petersburg the Cardinals’ veterans see limited action as 15 Florida games remain before opening day while Gerald Staley leads with 11 innings, allowing seven hits and two walks.
West Palm Beach entryway story notes Harry Byrd a 25 year old righthander not on the roster has impressed Athletics trainers During conditioning he remained beyond his Buffalo farm assignment to train with the parent club Coaches Cochrane Miller and Dykes urged Connie Mack to view more of Byrd before final roster decision
Cedarville College announced John L. Longfellow, basketball mentor from Indiana State College, will lead the basketball phase of the annual athletic clinic starting August 1. Longfellow’s team won the NAIB tournament championship in Kansas City Saturday. Coach D. C. Peahead Walker of Wake Forest will direct the football phase of the week long clinic.
NBA style playoffs with Minneapolis 78 Rochester 176, Sheboygan 385 as Indianapolis leads 1-0, Anderson 89 TriCity 77, New York 90 Washington 87. AAU Peoria Diesels 68 Toledo Cliff Nelson 57. Ice hockey Chicago 6 New York 8. Providence 6 Springfield 4, Indianapolis 7 St Louis 1 in playoffs. New York Atlantic City 5 New York wins Eastern Division. Boxing and exhibition baseball results across cities.
Mansfield High School prepared for the Ohio Class A semi finals in Columbus by fielding a seasoned Tyger squad led by Ken McCally Jimmy Anderson and Ed Schmitt. Springfield Wildcats pose a tough test after their 44 42 upset of Hamilton and a prior 59 52 win over Mansfield earlier this season.
Jacksonville report predicts Johnny Palmer will win the 1950 Masters at Augusta Georgia next month. The 31 year old Badin North Carolina veteran tops the winter circuit in voting by leading professionals, with Sam Snead a close second as a possible repeat of his 1949 Masters victory.
A barn fire at the Washington County Fair Grounds killed 14 horses owned by Allen Scott of Cadiz Ohio. The loss was estimated at 100000 dollars with individual horse values ranging from 300 to 10000 dollars.
Cincinnati Reds pursue an experienced relief pitcher as President Warren Giles returns from New Orleans with no acquisition. In exhibition play they lost 14 to 4 to Philadelphia, with Phils connecting for six homers. Johnny Hetki and Harry Perkowski to start vs St. Louis. Peanuts Lowrey seeing keystone work. Joe Adcock impresses in left field while remaining in lineup due to option limits.
A look back at notable sports events from the archives includes Kentucky beating Illinois 76 to 47 in an NCAA Eastern Regional, Ohio State reaching the finals by defeating Kentucky 45 to 37, the Phillips 66 Oilers winning the National AAU title 39 to 36 over the Denver Nuggets, and Primo Carnera vs Joe Louis a 15 round heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium on June 19.
In Philadelphia Convention Hall Ray Sugar Robinson meets George Sugar Costner in a 10 round non title bout. Expected crowd nears 15 000 with gate around 70000 dollars as the two famed punchers finally collide after postponements.
In Burbank, Lou Boudreau hints that the Cleveland Indians will hold special school sessions during their March 29 return to Tucson for spring training. The skipper notes multiple missteps in a 9-6 exhibition loss to the St. Louis Browns, with Sherman Lollar delivering the decisive ninth inning homer as St. Louis rallied from a 6-1 deficit.
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