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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1969

Page

8

Bobcats Open NCAA District Four Play In Minneapolis

Ohio University enters the NCAA District Four baseball tournament as MAC champions facing Minnesota at Bierman Field in Minneapolis. The Bobcats own an 18 10 overall mark and 13 3 MAC record while Minnesota is 35 10 overall and 15 3 in the conference.

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UCLA and Texas Clinch Early Spots in NCAA Playoffs

Ohio University among five Division I teams named for the NCAA playoffs shaping the final College World Series field in Omaha. Texas already beat Trinity and UCLA defeated Santa Clara to seal their districts, with other sites listing Rhode Island and various matches across Amherst Copley Gastonia Minneapolis Tulsa Tempe and Tempe venues.

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Alexander Hires 2 New Coaches

Alexander High School announces two new coaches for the next school year. David R. Snipes will coach football and Doug Lattimer becomes head basketball coach. Snipes hails from Otway Ohio and Lattimer from Glenford. Both are Ohio University alumni.

Marc Lohr David R. Snipes Doug Lattimer Ohio University Snipes Otway Ohio Latimer Bill Whaley Glenford Fort Frye

Lancaster to vote again on 6.5-mill athletics levy

Lancaster Ohio plans a June 16 special election to decide reimposing a 6.5 mill operating levy to fund Lancaster High School sports and activities after the May vote failed. Rex Kern, OSU quarterback and honorary youth committee chair, leads the campaign to keep athletics alive for a community of 35 000.

Associated Press Lancaster Ohio Lancaster High School The Board of Education Rich L. Sheely Sheely Ohio State Rex Kern Kern Lancaster Fenwick

Braves Edge Cardinals as Nok-A-Homa Loses Tepee in Smoke

Braves pitcher Phil Niekro blanked St Louis 3-0 while Rod Carew powered Minnesota past Washington 7-1 with two homers and a fifth of the year. Nok-A-Homa Walker saw his tepee burn after a sabotaged smoke bomb, but recovered with a broom to douse the flames.

Associated Press St. Louis Phil Niekro Washington Rod Carew Atlanta Nok-A-Homa Niekro Braves Carew Minnesota Senators Nok-A-Homa Cardinals Felipe Alou Felix Millan Alou Orlando Cepeda Cardinal Boyer Twins Paul Casanova Frank Howard Jim Perry

Russian U S Track Meet To Be Revived

The dual track series between the United States and the Soviet Union is to be revived in Los Angeles at the Coliseum on July 18 19. A British Commonwealth team will also compete as television coverage is planned nationwide. The meet avoids clashing with the Apollo moon landing set for July 20.

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Coon Named Coach for Nelsonville York Bucks

Larry Coon, former Athens High School star and Ohio University athlete, is hired as cage coach at Nelsonville York High School replacing Bob Sheskey who resigns after 11 years with the program. Coon, 1965 Athens graduate, plans June graduation from Ohio University. He excelled in football basketball and baseball at Athens and led the Bulldogs to a 60 6 record over three years. He is married to Karen Stright of Albany, with a year old daughter Ellen.

Ohio Bob Wren Minneapolis Toledo St. Paul Wren Nelsonville Larry Coon Athens Ohio University Nelsonville-York Coon Athens High School Bob Sheskey Cage Nelsonville York Nelsonville High School Sheskey Columbus South Hle Leslie Coon, Jr Karen Stright Albany Ellen

ABC To Televise 13 NFL Regular Season Games In 1970

New York ABC and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle announced a three year deal to broadcast 13 regular season NFL games weekly on Monday nights starting the first Monday of 1970 in color. The package, priced realistically, will see income shared equally among 26 teams with negotiations for remaining games to follow. CBS and NBC had first shot but declined.

New York American Broadcasting Co Pete Rozelle Roone Arledge ABC Sports Park Avenue Arledge ABC Rozelle NBC CBS NFL AFL

Prep Nines To Decide State Titles

Ohio State University hosts eight prep baseball teams next weekend for Class AA and Class A state titles. Semifinals Friday pit Fairfield Union against New Riegel and Southeastern Clark versus Bridgeport. Cleveland East plays Cleveland St Joseph in Class AA while Miamisburg meets East Liverpool. Finals Saturday determine state champions.

Columbus Ohio Phigh Ohio State University Fairfield Union New Riegel Southeastern Clark Bridgeport Cleveland East Cleveland St. Joseph Miamisburg East Liverpool

Benvenuti Falls To Tiger After Hand Injury

Dick Tiger upset middleweight champion Nino Benvenuti by unanimous decision in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Benvenuti suffered a complete break of the right hand, delaying his title defense and fueling talk of lucrative rematches with Tiger and others.

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