Middies Set to Open Spring Sports Program at Middletown High
Middletown High School prepares spring schedules as athletic director Elmo Lingrel releases lineups for boys and girls tennis, baseball, and track and field. Baseball debuts March 30 at Lebanon with Wendell Dieh as coach. track opens April 4 at Troy. tennis begins April 12 here against Dayton Fairmont with girls hosting Dayton Oakwood April 11.
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Teams Sought To Round Out Skeet Circuit
Middletown Skeet League seeks three more teams to join seven current entrants. Isle Hastings and Bob Wood organize annual shoots with five players and two alternates per team. The Holstein Skeet Trophy funds the champion with a retire-after-three-win rule. Contact Lyle Hastings or Robert Wood to join.
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Browns to Battle Detroit in Akron Rubber Bowl Tilt
The Cleveland Browns meet the Detroit Lions in the Akron Rubber Bowl on Friday night August 24. Ohio debut of Leon Hart and Doak Walker highlighted Lions signings. Browns train at Bowling Green. Lions at Ypsilanti Michigan as both teams prepare for the 1949 season.
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Hiram Conibear Aid Seen In Moving Regatta To Marietta
Hiram Conibear credited with helping shift the Poughkeepsie Regatta to Marietta Ohio. Ed M Hawes, UW executive, pushed Marietta College eight onto the water in 1931 and lauded Conibear for building the Conibear stroke and the method of training with the old Nero scow. Hawes, now Marietta Rowing Committee vice president, cites Ohio River location and rail link as key factors.
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Staffs Picked For Annual UC Grid Contest
Cincinnati UC head coach Sid Gillman announced coaching staffs for the intra-squad football game set Friday night April 28 with rain date Saturday the 29th. Bears coaches: George Blackburn, Paul Dietzel. Cats coaches: Joe Madro, Bill Schwarberg. Last year Nippert Stadium hosted a 26 25 Bear win.
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Favorite Horse Freebooter Wins Grand National at Aintree
Freebooter, a half brother to hh plow hearse, dominated the Grand National at Aintree. He led 49 starters to finish 15 lengths ahead of Wot No Sun, with Acthon Major third. The crowd of 300,000 included the King and Queen, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and the Duchess of Kent.
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McNeill Captures Second National Indoor Tennis Title
Don McNeill, an Oklahoma native based in New York, won the National Indoor Tennis title by defeating Fred Kovaleski of Hamtramck, Michigan, 11 9, 4 6, 6 2, 6 3. This marks McNeill’s second indoor win, his first being 1938, and he previously won the 1940 outdoor crown.
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Industrial Loop Title Tilt Thursday To End Local Cage Campaign
The Armco Ingots meet Gardner Board at 7 p.m. Thursday at the YMCA gym for the Industrial League title game. It will be the fourth meeting this season with Ingots holding an edge, as Gardner seeks revenge after earlier upsets. Key scorers include Omer Blevins for the Ingots and Ed Gunderson for Gardner's as both teams vie for the league crown.
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Chicago Bears Sign Campana of Youngstown
Chicago Bears sign Campana of Youngstown Ohio a Little All America standout. In four seasons at Youngstown he averaged six yards per carry and scored 29 touchdowns. George Halas called Campana an exceptional runner blocker and defense back.
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Jud Milhon Named New Bishop Captain
Delaware Ohio AP Ohio Wesleyan Bishops elected Jud Milhon an all Ohio center to captain the 1950 51 basketball team Milhon succeeds Jack Smith who was named the team's most valuable player Milhon formerly played for Upper Arlington and Smith at Columbus North.
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Calumbus North
Pedro Upset Spurs Gallagher From Ironton To Santa Clara
Ironton High School topples the Tronton Tigers 8 6 in 1932 setting the stage for Dick Gallagher to launch a coaching career ending as head mentor at Santa Clara. The Ironton lad later mentored NFL stars Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie and influenced the Browns and 49ers. Gallagher’s early Pedro win and Tronton triumphs shaped a lifelong coaching arc across Ohio and California.
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Izaak Walton League Sets 1950 National Convention
Des Moines AP reports the Izaak Walton League of America voted to hold its 1950 National Convention in Cincinnati Ohio. The decision places the gathering in a major city inviting members from across the nation to participate in league programs and activities.
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Seven Buckeyes Named to All American Trapshoot Squad
COLUMBUS AP Seven Buckeye gunners gain spots on the 1949 Sports Afield All America Trapshooting Team led by co captain Joey Hiestand of Hillsboro the Grand American high over all champion. Hiestand posted 977 of 1000 and 200 straight openings with a 3 750 registered targets season. Other honorees include Joe Devers Dayton and Nellie Barger Dayton on women’s team along with Vogel Morrow and Waitman Brookville on junior squad.
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Dayton
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Raymond Vogel
Morrow
Jimmy Waitman
Brookville
Clit Doughman
Youth Movement Overruns UD in Spring Football Drills
Dayton Ohio special report notes a youth movement among 62 University of Dayton football players as 36 of the 1949 freshman squad bid for first and second teams. Coach Joe Gavin cites a tough schedule featuring Kentucky Toledo and Xavier. New staffer Ralph McGehee arrives after Notre Dame graduation. co-captains Franny Quinn and Johnny Callahan lead returning lettermen.
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Wuloughby
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Emery Cxizman
Four junior high track meets planned for Roosevelt and McKinley
Four track meets scheduled for Roosevelt and McKinley junior highs. The Big Red open against Monroe on April 2 with a May 5 test against Middie sophomores and a May 19 triangular with Hamilton Roosevelt. The season ends May 26 with intra city championships.
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