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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1959

Page

10

Pomeroy and Jackson Triumphs on Turkey Day Gridiron

Pomeroy beats Middleport 14 to 8 at home in muddy Thanksgiving clash with Hyden scoring three ironmen touchdowns for Jackson, who also defeated Oak Hill 26 to 12 in the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League finale. Hartinger and Harris contributed for Middleport. Slavens and Wright connected for multiple Jackson TD passes to Hyden.

Pomeroy and Jackson Hyden Ironmen Pomeroy Middleport Pomeroy High Southeastern Ohio Athletics Oak Hill Jim Dudding Greenfield Gallipolis Oaks Bill Slavens Barry Wright Jackson County Slavens Roger Hyden Wright Norm Wiley Big Ironmen Wiley Marty McCorkle McCorkle

Texas Tops A&M to Meet Syracuse on New Year’s Day

Texas rallied from a 10-0 deficit to defeat Texas A&M 20-17, sealing a tie for the Southwest Conference title with Arkansas and earning a Cotton Bowl berth. Syracuse, leading in offense and defense, awaits on New Year’s Day after accepting the Cotton Bowl bid. Other Thanksgiving results included VMI over Virginia Tech and Penn claiming the Ivy title.

Jack Clary Associated Press Texas Texas A&m Longhorns Syracuse

Trojans defeat The Plains 77-60 in ACL showdown

Carthage Troy, led by Larry Fore with 40 points, overcame a two point halftime deficit to beat The Plains 77-60 in Athens County League play. Clarence Tinkham scored 20 for The Plains as Carthage Troy improves to 2-0 in league action while The Plains drops to 1-1.

Coolville Carthage Troy Trojans Danny Hail Bob Burson Carthage Troy the Plains Larry Fore Clarence Tinkham Dodd Fore Lockhart Stephenson R. Sayre L. Say

Trimble Triumphs Over Waterloo In 97-45 win

Trimble Cardinals under Ken Neville dominate Waterloo 97 to 45 in Athens County League play. Mickey Wright leads with 24 points for Trimble. Bob Allbaugh adds 13. Reserve team also wins 32-20. Officials O Neal and Pratt.

Trimble Cardinals Ken Neville Waterloo Mickey Wright Buchtel York Bob Allbaugh Raymond Brooks Little Rockets O’neal Pratt

Buchtel York Edges Ames In County League Tilt

Buchtel York defeated Ames Bern 44 to 38 on Amesville floor as Dupler led with 22 points and Cunningham 10 for Ames Bern. Buchtel York improves to 1 0 in league play while Ames Bern drops to 1 1 in two games.

Buchtel-York Ames Ames- Bern Amesville Bucentel Dupler Dean Cunningham Buchtel Ames-Bern Buchtel York Rise McClelland Ball Squibb and Edwards

Murray City Nips Bulldogs in close basketball clash

Murray City edged Harrisonville 56 to 47 as Bob Loper and John Kruger each hit 22 points to spark the Miners in a strong fourth quarter. Harrisonville led after three, with Jerry Cline scoring 17 and the top scorers for Murray City 22 apiece from Loper and Kruger.

Harrisonville Murray City Roy Byers Miners Bob Loper John Kruger Jerry Cline

Wilt Chamberlain Nets 49 as Warriors Top Celtics at Convention Hall

Wilt Chamberlain set a Convention Hall scoring record with 49 points as the Philadelphia Warriors beat Boston 143 130 to close the Celtics Eastern lead to one game. He added a club single game mark and 12 343 fans watched the show despite Bill Russell sidelined by an ankle injury. Conley led Boston with 24.

Philadelphia Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors Boston Celtics Warriors St. Louis Hawks Syracuse Detroit Cincinnati Minneapolis Chamberlain New York Bob Pettit St. Louis Bill Russell Russell Conley

College Football Scores From Various Matches

The day featured numerous results across conferences with Penn over Cornell 28 13 Colgate over Brown 33 14 Hofstra over Scranton 35 0 East over West 17 16 North Carolina over Duke 50 0 Richmond over Wake Forest 20 12 Virginia over Maryland 37 12 Virginia Tech over Presbyterian 20 0 Newberry over Memphis State 6 15 Chattanooga over Tenn Tech 21 21 Virginia State over Morgan 12 7 Morris Brown over Clark Atlanta 38 0 Texas A and M State over Jackson 26 0 Mississippi College over Lenoir Rhyne 50 6 South Carolina State over Benedict 18 20 Fort Campbell over Austin Peay 25 14 Albany Georgia over Claflin 22 0 North Carolina AT over North Carolina College 3 0 Bethune Cookman over Allen 28 0 Cincinnati over Miami Ohio 14 7 Wichita over Tulsa 26 21 Texas AM over Texas Tech 20 17 Washington State over Houston 32 18 McMurry over Abilene Christian 14 7 Delta State over Mississippi State 21 0 Ouachita Texas College over Wiley 32 20 Northeastern Oklahoma AM over Texarkana JC 10 7

Tory Arkansas Longhorns Texas Christian Texas Virginia Military Virginia Tech Penn Cornell Wichita Tulsa North Carolina Duke Associated Press Syracuse Orange UCLA Aggies Randy Sims Charley Milstead A&m Quakers Steve Sebo Ted Dean Dick Young Young Don Klochak Scrubs Colgate Brown Richmond William & Mary Cincinnati Miami Ohio Wyoming Denver Washington State Houston Philadelphia Nbc-Tv Hofstra Scranton East West Gem Bow Wi-Mary Presbyterian Newberry Memphis State Chattanooga Lenoir Rhyne Catawba South Carolina State Benedict Fort Campbell Austin Peay Texas AM McMurry Abilene Christian Delta Miss State Quachita

Albany Wins Third Game in Non-League Victory

Albany Red Devils beat Zaleski 75 to 41 led by Don Hawk with 23 points. Zaleski reserves won 35 30 over Albany in the preliminary.

AuwanY—awany Red Devils Zaleski Don Hawk Bob Peters MeKibben Little Red Devils Hawk Pratt Morris Thomas Tenney Tewksbury Hudwell Ice Albany

Two Buckeye golfers shoot 71 in West Palm Beach invitational

Don Finsterwald of Tequesta and Gordon Jones of Alliance tied for second with 71 in the opening round of the $15,000 West Palm Beach invitational open in Florida. They trailed leaders by three strokes as the event began.

Dow West Palm Beach Fila Don Finsterwald Tequesta Fla Athens Ohio Gordon Jones Alliance Buckeye

Bearcats hold off Miami in Thanksgiving clash

Cincinnati beats Miami 14-7 to end the Ohio college season with a 5-4-1 record. Miami finishes 5-4 as Cincinnati capitalizes on two Miami miscues and a late stand inside the Bearcats’ five. Fred Oblak scored on a six play drive after a wild center snap, while Tom Kilmurray’s 78-yard march set up Miami’s lone touchdown. The series record stands 28-30-6 in Cincinnati’s favor.

Cincinnati University of Cincinnati George Blackburn Bearcats Miami Ohio U.C Houston Marquette Redskins Tom Kilmurray Jerry Nowell Jack Lee Ed Kovac Kovac Joe Griffith Griffith Fred Oblak

Seagle VOT IGE bowling results and standings report

A collage of league standings high scores and top bowlers across multiple leagues. Key names include KR Barber J Taylor D French and B Whitlatch with standout marks such as 646 719 and 228 in actual and handicapped events. Regional teams like Kasler's Grocery Athens Doctors and Oakley High appear with highs 2534 946 and 4028 1082.

Sylvania B. Whitlatch DP. Taylor B. Mechem D. Shafer D. Ray KR. Mender B. Butts B. Whitlateh FP. Taylor Athens Parl Davis Maura Chock Fulks Rene Leffler Wenew Larry Hughes Kenneth Quinn Wickline Glen Chadwell Buzzy Gibbs Easler Kasler

Color Feature of Army Navy Annual Game

Philadelphia eyes the Army Navy clash for pageantry and a possible great game. Both teams enter with 4 4 1 records but injuries cloud the Middies and Cadets. A large crowd may see a thrilling contest despite modest standings.

Army-Navy Philadelphia Philadelphia Stadium Army Navy Earl Blaik South Philadelphia

Packers Top Lions 24 17 On Thanksgiving Day

Detroit fumbled away three Packers scores as Green Bay built a 24 3 lead and held on to defeat the Lions 24 17 before 49221 fans and a national TV audience. Jerry Perry opened with a 22 yard field goal for Detroit.

Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers Jerry Perry

Cage Slate Proceeds With Friday and Saturday Games

The schedule lists Friday night games Rio Grande at Oakland City Tournament and Union Furnace at Somerset Holy Trinity McArthur at Nelsonville Chesterhill at Trimble. Saturday night features Blackfork at Hannan Trace.

Oakland City Union Furnace Somerset Holy Trinity McArthur Nelsonville Chesterhill Trimble Blackfork Hannan-Trace

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