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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1947

Page

18

Pomeroy Merchants Rally For Labor Day Doubleheader Sweep

Pomeroy Merchants beat Gallipolis Bees 10-3 to open a Labor Day twin bill and won 6-4 and 7-2 at Leon West Virginia. Houdashelt had three hits, Guinther two in a 12-hit Pomeroy attack. Fred Crow hit a grand slam in the five-run fifth of game two as Pomeroy pulled away after a 2-2 deadlock.

Pomeroy Merchants Ohio Valley Association Gallipolis Bees Leon W. Va Bees Houdashelt Guinther Merchant Fred Crow Duckworth Hendricks Sorden Gainther Searles Racine Gallipolis L. Lee Valentine Jeffers Hemsley Siders Hudwell Escue Stan Musial Cardinals St. Louis Bill McCahan Athletics Washington Ferris Fain

Athens district SEO officials elect officers for improved officiating

Bob Wren was elected president and plans to officiate mainly basketball while assisting football at Athens High. Fred Swearingen will pursue officiating as a sideline to his esport shop job. The meeting emphasized closer coach arbiter ties and uniform interpretation with rules sessions led by Jack Rhoades and Claude Christman.

Bob Wren Toledo Madden Harry Lackey Athens High Wren Fred Swearingen the Plains Swearingen Jack Rhoades Claude Christman Rhoades Yakked

State scholastic season opens amid incomplete schedules

The bureau lacks full schedules and personnel data for many SEC and SEC Buckeye Conference schools. Delinquent schools have not yet responded to letters, delaying publicity. Glouster High reports its opener with South Zanesville, not The Plains, as previously stated. West Virginia elevens start this weekend, while Point Pleasant and Mason City have not yet replied. Pennsylvania high schools begin play this weekend.

SEC SEC Buckeye Glouster High South Zanesville Plains West Virginia Point Pleasant Mason City Pennsylvania

Erosion Control On Hia Leah's Track Using Straw and Beans

Between race meetings Hia Leah's running strip is covered with straw and planted in cow peas and velvet beans to prevent erosion. The field encourages soil stabilization while maintaining access for training sessions.

Hialeah

Chiefs Show Better Form In Line Play

Logan High under Coach Dwight L. Diller held after school practices to fix offense and defense flaws from last week's scrimmage with Zanesville. Captain Jack Glick and halfback Bob Fisk led placekick drills while punting duties were shared by Mowery Kuhn and Glick. Marion Allen worked with the forward wall as Wayne Hamrick supervised the reserve squad, and the improved line play backs a tougher test for Lancaster in next week's opener.

LOGAN Logan High Dwight L. Diller Zanesville Diller Jack Glick Bob Fisk Dale Mowery Pete Kuhn Glick Kuhn Marion Allen Chieftain Wayne Hamrick Golden Gates of Lancaster Chiefs

Cobblers Reach Bremen Invitational Final After Epic Win

Cobbler Team Gains Finals. Logan Myers Cobblers, champions of the Hocking Softball League, beat Erikson Glass 9 to 5 in 12 innings on Les Sorrells bases loaded homer to break a 5 all tie. Cobblers face Deeds Dairy of Lancaster for the title tonight at 9.

Logan—Myers Cobblers Bremen Erikson Glass Les Sorrell Cobblers Deed's Dairy of Lancaster Sorrell Krumiaus Strawn Schultz Jonas Morris Paul Brown Logan Erik Glass

Baseball scores and box details from St Louis to Toledo

Scores and box lines across MLB and American Association games include St Louis 11 0 Chicago 19 3, Cincinnati 13 12 9 Pittsburgh 6 10 0, New York 11 18 0 Boston 28 1, plus Detroit Toursville and Milwaukee TOledo results. Notable pitchers and batters referenced include Scarborough Mancuso Newsom Houk Grove Dickey Kuzava Klieman Hogan.

Chicago Cecil Hudson Milwaukee Jake Lamotta New York ST. Louis Charley Riley Phil Terranova Pei Brooklyn Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit Cleveland Munger Brazie Rice Wilber Schmitz Rush Erickson Lade Meers Scheffing Blackwell Lamanno Highlee Lyons Singleton Sewell Howell Newsom Robinson Houk Hughson Murphy Dorish Zuber Partee Shea Page Smith Klinger Grove Dickey Black Stephens Lopez Gillespie Lee Tresh Kuzava Klieman Hogan American Association Toursville Columbus Minneapolis St. Paul Kansas City Toledo Indianapolis

National League and American League baseball schedule

Night games include Brooklyn at New York and St. Louis at Chicago in the National League and New York at Washington plus Chicago at Cleveland in the American League. Cincinnati meets Pittsburgh and Philadelphia faces Boston with daytime start in Boston.

Brooklyn New York St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Washington Cleveland Detroit

Horvath Aiding Rams Could Spark NFL Title Run

Los Angeles Rams seek a boost from former Ohio State All America star Les Horvath as they pursue another NFL title. His addition adds veteran experience to the roster with potential impact in key games.

LOS Angeles Les Horvath Ohio State

Marshfield Annexes Two Weekend Games

New Marshfield Veterans of Foreign Wars baseballers won twice over the weekend. They defeated Nelsonville Eagles 13-1 on Sunday and whitewashed Athens Vets 8-0. The club piled 10 runs in the eighth inning to break a 3-1 game.

Marshfield Annexes New Marshfield Veterans of Foreign Wars Nelsonville Eagles Athens Vets Gilham-Frank Post Eagles Bill Brooks Stright Vets

McArthur Falls to Wellston 6-4 on Labor Day

Wellston capitalized on miscues and 12 safeties to defeat McArthur 6-4. Ramsey stroked a third inning triple and drove in a run, while Frye added a two-base hit as Wellston moved ahead in the sixth and ninth inning.

McArthur Frick Gallagher Wellston Merchants Ramsey Frye

Marshfield Tops Nelsonville In Double Ballgame

In front of about 2 500 fans at the VFW Homecoming event Marshfield defeated Athens and New Marshfield in a split doubleheader. Lowry and B Brooks led Marshfield with multiple RBI while Wakefield and James starred for Nelsonville in the two games.

Marshfield Abrhor Crane Ecseeeniels Ee Knowlton Gg Lowes Acaueden Ad B. Brooks Liewellyn R. Brooks Ps. c Ceneldaaaaee Athens New Marshfield J. Wakefield Lowry McFadden RBI Clark Kennedy D. B. Lowry VFW

Red All Stars Wallop Blues in Labor Day Softball Rout

The Red nine managed by Ray George crushed the Blues 20 to 4 after jumping on pitcher Clarence Zeigler for 18 hits. Dickman pitched well, limiting the Blues to five hits and four runs as Pete Abele and Harry Swaim led with five and four hits respectively.

McArthur Labor Day Red Nine Ray George Blues Reds Clarence Zeigler Dickman Pete Abele Harry Swaim Swaim Abele

Hamilton Race Wagering Up in Ohio Meeting

Hamilton reported record betting and crowd figures for its latest race meeting. Officials cited a wagering handle of 1 182 319 and attendance of 58 142 over 19 days, topping last year’s totals. Akron promoters eye a Joe Louis vs Pat Comiskey non-title bout at the Rubber Bowl next month with a 25 000 guarantee and 35 percent of receipts.

Hamilton Ohio D. E. Cronin Akron Bob Heath Joe Louis Pat Comiskey Paterson N. J Comiskey Louis Akron Rubber Bowl

Tribe Get Rosen in Major League Move

The Cleveland Indians will acquire Al Rosen, the Texas League's most valuable player, welcomed into the Tribe after his Oklahoma City season ends Sunday.

Cleveland Cleveland Indians al Rosen Tribe Oklahoma City

McArthur Generals Open Fall Practice With 28 Candidates

Twenty eight players reported to coach Robert Kalish as McArthur Generals began fall drills. Health commissioner Dr H G Southard supervised a Tuesday physical. The squad joins the Ohio Athletic Injury Mutual Association with premiums of 3 50 per athlete. A Friday scrimmage is slated against Wellston at 4 p.m. at Wellston.

McArthur Robert Kalish McArthur Generals H. G. Southard Vinton County Generals Ohio Athletic Injury Mutual Association Ohio High School Athletic Association Jimmy Wortman Larry Hartley Bobby Howell Pete Partlow Carl Knox Jack Crow Frank Murphy Raymond Prater Paul Arnett Bob Hoy Bill Detty Gordon Noll Art Yates Lloyd McGee Wayne Remy Gene Chatfield Jack Noll John Pyke Jack Thompson Elmer Karns Bob Blake Cameron Clark Jerry George Bill Graves Ernest Wyckoff Richard Collins Bob Morrow Don Morgan Wellston

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