Ohio University’s Bob Wren: A Coach Shaping Potent Bobcat Pitchers
Side Lines profiles Ohio University baseball coach Bob Wren now in his fifth year, boasting a .708 winning percentage with 85 wins against 35 losses. The article highlights his skill in refining rough talent, developing a strong mound corps led by Don Kreis and Jack Mehi, and his innovation with a gym-made mound during bad weather. Wren’s background includes playing with the Cleveland sandlots, studying under Don Peden, and a 1946 season batting .320 for the Toledo Mud Hens before becoming OU’s coach in 1949.
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Ohio University
Bobcat
Bob Wren
Wren
Ohio University Flingers
Don Kreis
Jack Mehi
Midwest
John Bier
Ohio
Suds
Bier
Scotty Griesheimer
Griesheimer
Yours Truly
Cleveland
Don Peden
Peden
Toledo Mud Hens
St. Louis Browns
Toledo
Athens
Athens High School
United States
Derby Tipped For Crown In Royal Derby Plot
London rumors surge that Queen Elizabeth II will win this year’s Epsom Derby. The Daily Sketch calls the tip fantastic and harmful, while Aureole sharpens as favorite after a betting plunge. Owners trainers and jockeys condemn the gossip as dangerous and disloyal.
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London
Britain
Daily Sketch
Indians Option Dick Aylward To farm team
The Cleveland Indians optioned catcher Dick Aylward Thursday to their farm team in Indianapolis in the American Association.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Dick Aylward
Indianapolis
Logan Clouts Nelsonville Nine 11 5 in Season Finale
Logan Chieftains finish season with an 11-5 win over Nelsonville Greyhounds. Jack Lemon pitched seven innings for Logan with six strikeouts, while Neil Baker came on to close out the seventh. Nelsonville’s K Whitemore started and Gary Bodyer relieved, as the Hounds fell behind early and could not recover from a 10-run Logan rally in the second inning.
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Logan
Logan Chieftains
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Diamond
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Neil Baker
Larry Ketts
Nelsonville
K. Whitemore
Gary Bodyer
Lee
Williams
F. Whitemore
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Marion Allen
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Inboden
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Bumgardner
Karl Drews
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Pirates
Yankees
Senators
Athletics
Boston
Bobby Shantz
Shantz
College baseball and tennis results from Thursday
Mount Union defeated Hiram 14 to 2 in baseball while Ashland topped Wooster 12 to 2. Lockbourne Air Force Base beat Baldwin Wallace 7 to 6. Waynesburg Pennsylvania defeated Steubenville 14 to 2. In tennis Dayton beat Earlham 6 to 1.
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Ashland
Wooster
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Baldwin-Wallace
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Steubenville
Giants Blast Brooks for 5th in Row
The New York Giants extended their home division chase with a 7-2 win over Brooklyn, pulling within three games of first as they cling to fifth in the NL. Brooklyn's Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson supplied early fire, but Karl Drews faltered in Pittsburgh as the Pirates pulled away.
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New York Yankees
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston
Joe Black
Ben Wade
Bobby Thomson
Polo Grounds
Sal Maglie
Duke Snider
Pee Wee Reese
Jackie Robinson
al Corwin
Dave Koslo
Corwin
How To Play Par Golf Seventeenth of a ca
The guide explains club choices on par three holes and emphasizes the 3 wood as the workhorse. It notes brassie use only with a high lie, and describes stance, grip, knee flex, and weight transfer during the swing with the 3 wood.
Rio Grande to Meet Villanova Five in Philadelphia
Rio Grande College travels to Philadelphia December 4 to face Villanova in a major matchup. star Clarence Bevo Francis headlines the Ohioans, noted for high scoring and shifting national honors controversy. The game is sponsored by the Philadelphia Basketball Writers Association at the arena. Francis previously scored 1,954 points in 39 last season, but NCAA stripped honors due to a weak schedule. Brandeis University builds a new 500000 dollar gym with three full courts.
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Rio Grande College
Villanova
Ohioans
Clarence
Bevo" Francis
Lanova
Ambrose F. Dudley
Theiladelphia Basketball Writers Association
Francis
Nationalllegiate Athletic Association
Bolt Leads In Colonial National Invitation Golf Open
Bolt of Maplewood N J led the Colonial National Invitation on the first two rounds at Fort Worth Texas with a three under par 71 34 33 total four strokes ahead of Hawkins Harper Mangrum and others. Hogan posted 73 for a tie for ninth as the field pursued a $5000 payoff.
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Tex
Tommy Bolt
Bolt
Maplewood
N.J
Fred Hawkins
el Paso
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Lloyd Mangrum
Niles, Ill
Ben Hogan
Native Dancer and Arcaro Shape Preakness Talk
On the eve of the Preakness Native Dancer and jockey Eddie Arcaro dominate conversation in Baltimore. Dark Star leads Derby memories as five others threaten the mile and a sixteenth race with Jamie K as a rising outsider boosted by Arcaro's mount after a Derby win.
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Native Dancer
Eddie Arcaro
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Harry Guggenheim
CBS
Eugene Constantin Jr
Jim Norris
Jamie K
Arcaro
Dark Star
Royal Bay Gem
International Boxing Club
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