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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1948
Page
11
Ohio University baseball enters a home series against Western Michigan and Michigan as it rebuilds with rookies and former Broncos in the pipeline. Western Michigan aims to extend a five game win streak against OU while hoping to maintain a flawless record against the Sooners.
The 1948 edition lists 261 players from 36 states two Canadian provinces and three foreign countries. California leads with 34 players while Ohio sends four and Tommy Henrich is the Yankees satellite. The breakdown shows 101 pitchers 74 righties and 27 lefties with 41 right-handed batters who throw left. Frank Baumholtz is noted as a former OU athlete now with the Reds.
William G. Houghton 36-year-old Massillon High School coach says he has signed a two-year contract as head football coach at Akron University. He follows Paul Baldacci who recently quit the post and remains as professor. Houghton previously led Massillon to 21 wins, 3 ties, 6 losses in three seasons.
Pricing and Planning moved from fifth to sixth as Kenny Begg of P and P rolled five straight strikes but dropped nine pins in the final two balls. Howard Mills led Machine No 1 with a 570 three game series while Ermel Chesser topped Research with 545. Roy Graves paced Factory with 907 in a 2-1 win over Machine Shop No 2. The Researchers still posted a league high 2868 total.
In Indianapolis Tuesday night both Eastern and Western division games ended with home losses. Anderson's Packers fell 71-66 to the Rochester Royals at Anderson, while the Minneapolis Lakers crushed the Tri City Blackhawks 98-79 at Moline Illinois. Second games of the best two of three series set for Wednesday in Minneapolis and Friday in Rochester. Stags seek second straight ABA playoff win in Boston Wednesday and would reach the semi finals. a loss sends them to Boston again Friday. St. Louis beat Philadelphia 56-51 in the only action Tuesday as St. Louis and Philadelphia sit 2-2 in their series, with New York Baltimore tied 1-1 in their contest.
Akron plans a new downtown arena with 9,200 seats, funded by three local sportsmen. The proposed $1,000,000 facility would be ready by next winter, representing a major downtown sports development.
CLEARWATER Fla The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Phillies 11 to 0 in Grapefruit League action as Herman Wehmeier and Johnny Hetki limited Philadelphia to five hits. Rookie Red Stallcup hit his second spring homer with a run produced by a sequence of singles, and Eddie Miller praised Stallcup as a promising ballplayer.
Wallace Smith of Cincinnati, National AAU light weight champion, will lead Ohio’s eight man team to the national meet in Boston next month after defending his state title with a first round knockout of Bill Brazil. Cincinnati fighters Holliday and Vinegar won titles, giving Queen City the team championship. Springfield’s Jarman and Moore also claimed titles. Ladd Tate Cotton and Moore also earned titles in other finals.
The All-American Pro Basketball League playoff champions Springfield Colum Bus defeated Youngstown Cubs 65 to 48 in a 3-1 series win after routing them Tuesday night. Youngstown had won game two of the series.
From now until May 15 managers and owners grapple with the bonus rule that limits moving bonus recipients to the minors without waivers. Critics say it punishes promising players and may lead clubs to hide bonuses. Clark Griffith suspects clubs are concealing bonus players and calls for repeal. Also Olympic sport notes mention fencing exhibition with lighted dueling swords and a doubled buzzer touch.
Pro Bob Littler announced a large turnout expected for Athens Country Club's official opening on Thursday. The course features renovated locker rooms pro shop rugs and refreshed greens. Greenskeeper Harry Jacoby said fairways greens are rolled and mowed with sand traps reconditioned and drainage improved. Don Finsterwald, club champion, toured the layout in 36-40-76 and praised conditions for preseason.
In Globe-Miami, the St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians’ subs 11 to 5. Browns, with regulars mostly in Tucson, handed Cleveland its first loss in five tries and ended the Tribe’s seven-game win streak. Allie Clark and Avila led a nine-hit Cleveland attack with two hits each.
Murry Dickson of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a no run, no hit nine inning spring exhibition, striking out six while walking five against the World Champion New York Yankees in St Petersburg. DiMaggio lined a ball straight at Glavino for the Yankees best scoring chance.
John Yesso former Conneaut Junior High coach and Mount Union football alumnus named head grid coach at Conneaut High succeeding Elmer C Peaspanen who resigned to return to farming officials announced today
The 12th annual American and Canadian Sportsmen's show opened in Cleveland Public Hall for a 10 day run featuring 14 acts and 200 exhibits. Stars include penguins beavers and a vacationing Eskimo family.
Ohio high school basketball fans await the state finals at the Coliseum with four Class B hopefuls Lima St. Rose Eaton Glenford and North Canton preparing for semi finals. Canton South Coshocton Findlay and Hamilton Catholic also set for Class A games with coaches predicting surprises.
Kramer defeated Bobby Riggs 6-2 6-4 in Columbus to extend his cross country tour win streak to nine and reach 41 victories in 58 matches. About 3,400 fans attended as Dennis Pails beat Pancho Segura 9-7 6-3 in the opener, then teamed with Segura to beat Riggs and Pails 6-1 6-4 in doubles.
Ohio University baseball eked out a 5-4 victory over Clemson on a two game trip through the South. Don Poling started and earned the win despite seven hits allowed including a Frank Gillespie home run. Mike Olasin hit a two run homer and Charley Horn delivered a three run outburst in the fourth to seal the lead.
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