Betas and Phi Beta Phi Clinch Playoff Berths
In season finale action Phi Beta Phi defeated Sigma Nu 7 to 6 to end Sigma Nu’s lead and push Phi Betas into a tie for first. The Betas overwhelmed the False Alarms 23 to 4 behind a 22 hit barrage led by Jack Beles and Tom Sheehan's three base hit. Thresholds for league I playoffs hinge on tonight's winners.
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Sigma Nu
Betas
al Kastetter
Jack Beles
Beles
Jack Little
Frame
Hellers
Kramar
Lawson
Kilroy
Tom Sheehan
Phi Betas
D. Ley
Gordon Kellogg
Bernie Rickleman
Tau Kappa
Delta Upsilon
Kappa Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu Phi Beta Phi
Ramblers
Sufowefmad
Six KSU Students Play Semi-Pro Ball With Akron Club
Six Kent State University players join the Akron Bulldogs in the Ohio-Penn circuit. Notables include Clarence Brown Andy Kuthan Hank Brown John Stierl Russ Smith and Andy Caderone with Jack Merzweiler, a former all Ohio end from Akron University. The Bulldogs opened the season Sunday night with a 6 0 win over Meadville Penn Bob Flint returned a punt 78 yards for the score. Other league teams listed include Erie Penn Sandusky Massillon Minerva Mansfield and Bucyrus in Ohio.
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KSU
Akron
Kent State University
Akron Bulldogs
Kent
Jack Merzweiler
Akron University
Bulldogs
Meadville
Penn
Bob Flint
Erie Penn
Sandusky, Massillon
Minerva
Mansfield
Bucyrus
Ohio
Argentina weighs tearing up rail line for highways
Faced with a daily loss of 376200 dollars from railroad operations the Argentine government considered removing 40 percent of the rail network and replacing it with highways as a cost cutting measure.
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Argentina
Rickelman Named New Atwater High Coach and Teacher
Bernard Rickelman age 23 and Kent State graduate will begin duties at Atwater High School Monday August 25. He earned the American Legion Citizenship trophy at Bedford High School and lettered eight times in track football and basketball. He will teach biology and coach football and basketball and has asked for football candidates to report Friday at 6 p.m.
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Bernard Rickelman
Kent State
Atwater High School
Rickelman
Bedford High School
American Legion
Bedford
Golden Flashes
Joe Begala
Navy
Substitution Rule Changes Favor Two Team System
The 1949 substitution rule allows a complete team to enter after each ball change. A timeout is now required to insert a player between plays, except for injuries. The changes shift play calling to the quarterback and hurt small schools lacking depth.
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Dave McDowell
Kent State University
Reserve Opens Training 26th Western Reserve Camp Roosevelt
Western Reserve at Camp Roosevelt Perry O begins Aug 26 with many last year’s squad returning including Bob Hughes Jack White Len Corbins and Ed Lewis. Kent State meets Reserve in Memorial Stadium Sept 23 to start the season after a 14 14 tie at League Park with coach Mike Scarry leading the squad.
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Western Reserve
Kent State
Camp Roosevelt
Perry O
Kent
Reserve
Memorial Stadium
Adams Defended British Soldiers After Boston Massacre
The Britannica notes John Adams, future president, served as counsel for the soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre case, reflecting his early legal career and involvement in a pivotal 1770 incident.
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John Adams
United States
Boston
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Old Well Spring Discharges Solids Carving Long Subterranean Channel
The Old Well Spring at Bath England has released in 150 years enough solids to form an excavation six feet wide three feet high and nine miles long, while the water remains clear.
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Bath
England
The Idler on Advertising Perfection in 1758
The Idler from 1758 notes that the trade of advertising is nearly perfected and hard to improve, as stated in the Encyclopaedia.
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Idler
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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