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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
3
The Kent Stater invites summer term students and faculty to predict the American League standings as of August 26 1949. Prizes include free tickets to KSU home football games with two top prizes a pair of season tickets. Entry deadline is 4:00 pm August 13 with official standings from August 25 as judges.
Don McCafferty is named end coach succeeding George Lynn who resigned to coach at Oklahoma. A former Ohio State end and tackle, he played pro football with the New York Giants and served as a Field Artillery instructor at Fort Bragg before earning his degree. Athletic Director Trevor Rees welcomes the hire predicting a strong addition to the line coaching staff.
The Flash cagers announce a rugged 22 game slate for 1949 50 highlighted by Cleveland Arena clashes with top opponents. Kent State meets New Mexico for the first time December 16 at Cleveland Arena and hosts St Francis of Brooklyn February 1 and Baldwin Wallace February 24. The lineup adds eight new opponents and trims six games from last season’s 28. The team finished 20 8 last year with only two players graduating. The complete schedule lists December 3 Miami Ohio, December 16 New Mexico, January 6 Central Michigan, January 27 Dayton, February 1 St Francis, among others at Kent State venues.
Ellis Kinder struck out 14 against the St Louis Browns last Wednesday to establish a 1949 high. Jackie Robinson leads the majors with 25 stolen bases while Bob Dillinger trails at 10. Indians boast 83 home wins versus 13 losses. road record stands at 24 and 22. Dwight Follin trains with the Browns competing for a center spot. The U S Weather Bureau logged over 10 million local observations in 1948. Baseball notes include Follin, Robinson, and Dillinger standings.
Kent graduate student Frank Spechalske blanked the McGowan-Reid nine to win the Cuyahoga Falls softball title for Chipa chio Grocery. He fanned five and walked one, driving in the opening run with a single as his defense turned in errorless support. He had pitched a near perfect game last Sunday against Akron German American.
The Stater reports on sports writers Tom Elshaw Art Andreoli and Les Clark covering local games and events.
The university pool will be open to students from 4 30 to 6 00 p m on weekdays and from 7 00 to 9 00 p m on Monday and Wednesday.
According to Frank Ballenger head of the physical education department students wishing to use the pool during these hours must obtain a health certificate from the student health service and present it to the physical education department.
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