Gazette News-Current from Xenia, Ohio • Page 6

THE XENIA DAILY GAZETTE Wednesday, February 6,1934 JIM KIRBY: into the outdoors 1 OPENED the door to the little weather- beaten shed and walked in. After lifting the lid off of a large wooden barrel that holds the chicken feed and filling a small container with it, I stepped back out the door. "Chick, chick, chick," 1 hollered as I crossed the small stream that runs through the barnyard. When I reached the old open shed, the grain was spread over the ground inside. The chickens had responded to my call and some came running, while others were in such a hurry they flew in.

I know this is not the most modern way in the world to take care of chickens but some of these old hens are 15' years old proving this feeding method does work. After throwing i hay down from the loft into the feeding racks for the cattle, a few bales were scattered in the barn lot, Leaving the barnlot I picked up a bucket of already mixed dog feed and fed the always hungry dogs, completing my late afternoon feeding chores. And now it was time for my late evening walk. As I walked back through the barnyard a rabbit scampered up the hill to my left. He had come out from underneath one the old sheds for his nightly feeding spree.

Leaving the barnlot I continued to follow the small stream up through the bottom and when I came upon two squirrels hunting nuts on the ground they scampered up a nearby tree and disappeared through the tops of the trees that line the creek. After cross-ing the bottom and climbing a small hill I saw fresh fox tracks in the mud. The old bushtail had already started out on his night's hunt for rabbits and quail. Walking through a grass field a cottontail jumped out of his hiding spot ahead of me and he bounced over the hill. -ft I WALKED down this same hill and entered a marsh covered with cattails.

After walking about 25 yards through the marsh a covey of quail came zooming out from one of the few dry spots in this wet area. Walking on through the marsh and climbing back up the hill I came upon a long lane and followed it back to the barnyard. The last light of- day was almost- gone now. Already the chickens had gone to their roost high in the barn and away from the reach of a fox. Across the creek the cattle outside of' the barn had quit their feeding on hay and were slowly chewing their cud.

The trees on the hill in back of the barn stood still like gray ghosts on this windless late winter evening. And, the only sound I could hear was the sound of water as it trickled over a shallow-riffle. Standing there in the fading light, I enjoyed this barnyard scene very much. A scene that is fast'disappearing from our local area. I RECEIVED a letter from Fred Marshall of Xenia, asking me to identify some tracks he had seen in the snow.

Fred who lives on Indian Riffle southwest of Xenia, and is a noted Greene County historian, sent along a sketch of the tracks with his letter. According to Fred, Marc Stewart of Alpha, a veteran outdoorsman and hunter, and Tom Ferguson, also versed on game animals, examined the a and couldn't come up with an answer, bui guessed the animals weight at about 80 to 100 pounds. These (wo men also said they thought the animal was out of the cat family. The sketch Fred sent me was actual size and showed the tracks had four pads in front and one pad in rear, and no tocnail markings and Fred said the tracks were almost in a straight line in the snow and were about inches across. If this was cougar country, Fred's tracks would be that of a cougar.

However, not being this type of cat country--let's drop down to a Bobcat (racks and bobcats have been seen recently here in southwestern Ohio by reliable hunters and a I know. I also know bobcats don't have the size tracks described by Fred but he said the tracks were in a soft or i snow. Tracks tend to enlarge in this type of snow as it melts. So, Fred, the next time you sec those tracks in the snow, let and 1 will come up and maybe you and I together can track a old bobcat down. UC bags OU's By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The only person who couldn't see the winning shot in jam- packed Cincinnati Armory Field House Tuesday night was sophomore guard Gary Ward.

But the crowd of 5,842 soon let Ward know he'd fired the winner to down Ohio University 82-80 following a two-minute by the University of Cin- dnnali. Tennessee keeps lead in AP poll By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga took the off bul managed lo maintain a comfortable lead in this week's Associated college, division poll anyway. Chattanooga, with 15 victories in 16 outings, pfcked up 28 firsl- placa voles and a total of 68G points from a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Fairmont Slate, which shared second place a- week ago, had he runnerup sp ot, al, to the poll released today. State, I which collected six first-place voles anrl fiOP.

i r-nr, "If he gets a straight shot ai il," groaned Ohio Coach Jim Snyder afterward, "he doesn't make the shot. Denny Rusch, 6- foot-8, has his hands up There's no way he can see. He has to throw it in the air. Anc that's (he only way he gets those two bounces on the rim." Cincinnati Coach Gale Called rapped his team for "playing lousy. Hut a win is a win." Ohio University had hoped for revenge against 'the Bearcats, who sneaked out of Athens last year with a one point victory.

"Maybe something's wrong with what I'm doing," said Sny. der, 11-8. Maybe I've been in this too long," said the 25-year i University veteran. "When you're not supposed to win, you're not going to win." Cincinnati is 15-5. Across town, Xavier University held off liny Wheeling College 75-72 for its third victory 'n a row.

"I'm happier about lonighl Wisconsin loses by a second By KEN RAPPOPORT than I was about the Air Force game Saturday night," said Xavier Coach Tay Baker, 7-11, "This is the type of game you can Jose, but we didn't. It could have been disaster al this stage of the season--losing to Wheeling. "We really played a good game, except we didn't handle the ball well. "Of course, Wheeling was out there hustling and playing pretty good defense." Xavier led all through (he firsf half and hit five unanswered buckets in the second after relinquishing the lead twice. 'Wilmington's Quakers were beaten 84-83 by hosl Manchester when Geoff Pehrod came off the bench to hit' 12 second half points in a Hoosier-Bucke Collegiate Conference game.

Al Wilberforce, Central Slate upended Detroit Tech 95-84 and Harold Young and Barry King combined for 62 points to dump Youngslown Stale 105-89. In other action, Ohio Northern beat Denison 59-56, Akron defeated Baldwin-Wallace 85-67 Muskingum won a 62-61 squeaker over Otlerbein, il was Capi- lal 64-61 over Ohio Wesleyan and Bethany beal Case Western Reserve 70-64 in West Virginia. pages 6-7 Groza, Lane make Canton CANTON, Ohto (AP) Tony "anadeo, Bill George, Dick 'Night. Train" Lane and Lou 'The Toe" Groza are Ihe newest, members of the Pro Fool-l ball Hall of Fame The selec- Groza, who never played college football, spent his enlir career (1946-1967) with Ihe Cleveland Browns. Groza, although more known for his placekfcking ability, won atl-NFL honors as an offensive tackle six times.

MOC title at stake A I College dominates the Mid Ohio Conference basketball statistics but Urbana College and Malone battle tonight in Urbana for the MOC championship. averaging 55 per cent from the field followed by Malone's Phil Marzick al 52 per cent and Martin Book of Ccdarville had 52 per cent prior to the Walsh game. The 11 10 Blue Knights are) 1 in conference play while! CEDAHVILLE'S 6 4 Young 14-6 Malone is 5-1. leads the MOC in rebounding al 12 per game and RJo Grande's freshman center Jim Pioneers' lone loss was to Cedarville. Cedarville is 34 in the MOCJNoc is at 10.C per game, with two narrow losses to 4-2 Injury plagued Ric Watson Rio Grande the MOC andjof Cedarville has 83 per cent a close loss lo Urhana.

Theifrom the free throw line for Yellow Jackets also have a loss league honors while teammate from 1-8 Tiffin. Dave Burtner his hit 76,5, Sports i Got a second? it points, ran its record to 19-0 with victories over West Virginia Wesleyan, West Virginia Tech and Concord. Kentucky Wesleyan, 13-3, beat Northern Kentucky Stale and Georgetown, In move up one spot lo No. 3 with 424 points. Alcorn AM ran its record lo 17-2 with a pair ot wins over Prairie View but fell from a We for second (o No.

4 with one first-place vote and 421 points. Old Dominion, 14-4 after beating Madison, East Carolina and Georgia Soulhern, moved up one spot lo No. 5 with one first- place ballot and 369 pofnls. Evansville also picked up a first-place while advancing one step to No. S.

The Aces-are 12-5 beating Valparaiso and Southern Illinois. Tennessee Stale, 13-3, is down two places to No.7 despite wfns over Morris Brown and Warehouse. 14-2. jumped from llth to No. 8 with victories over Ohio Wesleyan and Mount Union.

MMweilern, remained No, 9 with an 18-1 mark after topping Lubbock Christian and a I and Baptist, Jackson Stale, 16-2, was up three places to No. 10 by virtue of an easy win over Mississippi Valley Stale. The Top Fifteen i lirsl- plaee votes in parentheses, season records and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 20- lH.16-l4-12-IO.g-B 7-6-5-4-3-2-1: 1. 15-1 6as 1..

Falrmnt St. 6 10-0 53R 3. Wcslyn 13.3 4. Alcorn A i 17-5 421 5. Old 14-4 6.

a lz-5 7. Trim. St. 13-3 3't 8. Willcnbprp advantage, scoring al the buzzer lo give Marquelte a pulsating, 59-58 basketball victory over Wisconsin.

"I looked at the clock anil saw how much time was left, so I took a jump shot," 3aid Marquette's shooting star. "II was a good shot. It was from a different angle and I could feel it, was going At first il seemed lhal he wasn't going to get'a shot off in! lime for the sixth-ranked i The sore-shouldered Lucas dropped a pass from Dave Delsman after the Warriors worked the ball downcourt for the crucial play. "It.was a good "pass lo me," said Lucas, "and I was going to lake it and drive, looking for a three-point play, but I fumbled the ball." There wasn't anything else for Lucas lo do but get, off his desperation shot. That touched off rejoicing from 1 the partisan Marquelte crowd and also started on" (he other He played in nine Pro Bowllthird place in Ihe MOC.

Cedarville plays 2 15 75.7, Bill Potter 75.7 and 1-4 Ohio Dominican Saturday atjMyers and Book 75.0. Cedarville hoping for a shot a i games and in a record 13 league championship games with the Browns. Groza collect- 1,608 points wfth ed a record his toe. end of the court. The Badgers touchdowns.

said they were robbed of an earlier shot, similar to Lucas', 'hat would have won the game for them. Gene Ford Oft DICK LANE lions were announced by director Dick Gallagher Tuesday. Canadeo, 5 feet 11, 195-pounds and known as the Gray Ghost, played various offensive back field positions for the Green Bay Packers from 1940 to 1952 He played as a running back a quarterback, a punter, a punt return man and also was oji the kickoff return team. Canadeo, who attended Gonzaga Univer sity, rushed for 4,197 yards caught 69 passes for 579 yards and scored 186 points on Formal induction for the four players will be al the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame game here on July 27, There are now 81 pro football players enshrined in the Hall of Fame, Dick (Night Train) Lane was assistant football coach al Central State University last fall under former head Coach Jim Walker. Laiie lived in Xenia i I coaching anil attenrtjng CSU as a student, He resigned last month to take a management position with famed a entertainer Redd Foxx.

Jon Myers, one of the better! scoring guards in history, went over the 300 point mark Monday night when he canned 22 against Walsh. He has 311 in 1ft games for 17.4 per game which tops the MOC in per game average. Pat Mack of Tiflin' ami Dale Crawford of Urbami were tied fnr total points lit 333 but that was prior last i Tiffin- Wilberforce game. Crawford could regain the tonight. Sieve Yoitnc of Ccdarville scored 13 un Monday and has SOS for the year and is moving close lo 1,000 for a career.

He now has 951. Rod Charlton of Tiffin Little-Y will nips Tiffin Wilberforce University rallied ifrom a 46 40 halftime deficit last night to defeat Tiffin i College 77 76 at Wilberforce. Gerald Hunter, 6 6 center, scored 16 points along with guard Bob Mitchell, The Bulldogs are 8 11 on the season. i Tiffin's top scorer was All (Mid Ohio Conference can- jdidale Rod Charlton with 17. iThe losers are 5 12.

Summaries: TIFFIN Harrison 4 0 8 a 1-0-2. Charllon 8-1-17, douse 3-0-10. Holmer 0 1 1 Mack 4.2-10. Smith 4-4-12. Ditt George spcnl his career as a middle linebacker with the Chf- cago Bears from 1952 lo 1065 He came (o the pros fromr Wake Foresl and was an all- National Football League selec-' tion eight times.

I George intercepted 18 passes and returned (hem 114 yards! and recovered 16 opposition! fumbles during his career. (AP)-; Lane was signed, by the Losj (JSU ROUND COLUMBUS, Ohio Gene Ford, S-foot-8 Muskingum Angeles Rams'as a free agent 1 jrixi meet Monday The Xenia YMCA will bold a a organizational meeting Monday al 7:30 p. m. for all summer Liltle- League coaches, umpires and interested fans. Rules, regulations a plans for the program will be discussed.

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oncs a defensive tack- (fiO.6 per cent). Photo). Wright State visits Marian in key tilt WRIGHT STATE University: 51.3 per cent from Ihe field could put itself back in outrebounding their op: NCAA Division II tournament' ponents by over eight per game. by Ihe NCAA have Wright State, ranked 13lh in team defense for irace this week with a win over 114-4 Marian College in In- dianapolis. sd ay a i a is starl has THE FRONT line size that a i ng with the latest College cage results Tuesd3j''s rollefip a a Results py THE ASSOCIATED EAST a 72, Md.

a Srtwe 70 Domlnlrfln. N.Y. 120, Manhat- tanvllle Mercy N.y. 116. Vassar 75 Scion Hall 77, Sfcnna 73 Coast Guard 73, Bahson 72 Del.

St. 131, York 89 XI. Joseph's, Pa. 70, tnwtl 64 Rhode Island 80, Corm. 70.

overtimes Tulls 03. Brandel! 70 Assumption 79, Northeastern tl SOUTH St. 65, OM Dominion 83. Catholic 72 Fairmont SO, W. Liberty 45 McNeese IdO.

La. Tech 04 Fla. 92 MIDWEST Cincinnati Ohio U. 80 Columbus B2. Oaletriorpe 7fl Ml.

Unron 105, YounfstouTi 89 n. St. IM. Moorhead. i 64 a i 59, Wisconsin 5ft Neiv 91.

Iowa Si. 88. 3 over- irmps Cincinnati Itr 7.V Wheel- In 72 Ketljsn.v 70. Case-Western Jir- ci-vv -Xavicr 93. HouMon-TlHolscHi 51 Wm.

Pcnr, 71. Cornell. Iowa ill Oiln. Ceil. 82, nockmont 51 RoFe-Hulmar, B2, Concordla, Mo.

SS SOUTHWEST Force 73. Colo. 73 ilapttsl f8 t-ubuock Christian 1 Texas 93. Ba.vlor 79 MIdWslcrn Wesley. an 50 Texas AA-M A a a SO.

overtime nice 7.1. Texas Chrlstlcn 67 Itauitnn 79, Alhletet In A 74, oviVllme Southwestern 80, Sam Houston SI. 81. FAH WEST BIOLA 68, Cal. Lutheran 67 I.

A. Baptist 88, a i i Christ i a i a 51, Chapman VI udur. iium a luss iu VJL-j terbein against Franklin College! concerned. They start 6-9 Jim last Saturday afternoon with a Apke (15.1) and 6-6 Brian Wallace (13.8) at the forwards, either 6-7 Rick Ebingcr (4.5) all Division II Raiders fhould schools, improve The lhat performance against Franklin College that tied a school record record for one season. Thei others with excellent shooting eyes are Bob Grole Minch (52.0), and Martin (50.3).

Grote has the best free throw percentage at 74.1 per cent! while Minch leads the team in! set only two games before as rebounding with 7.8 per game WSU allowed Franklin only 45 points. That makes Ihe Raidersi NO ONE MAY be more happy defensive average 64.8 That is for the relurn visit to Marian's 46-15 win over Ihe Grizzlies. Franklin is in a race for an N'AIA bid with Marian. 6-6 Joe Wade (17.6) The Raiders have an I I and 5 1 0 Slan Benge tensive scoring average, record and almost a i 3 and 6-0 Mark Gayer ils remaining seven games to; (15.8) at the guards. Wade I.VLE FALKNOR was exciting receive consideration for an a missed the last few games with out for the first lime in poured in 42 points for large bid in the Great I-akes; mononuclcosis.

The lop reserve; WSU career to drop his season! the game on 16 field Roals and' Region. One big plus in Wright, has been Mel Arnold, averaging average to Still leading! to free throws WSU bcil State's favor is a 10-3 points per game. Wright Stale in scorine Is senior Mari.TM exactly eight points less gym than Tim game than the Raiders 71.8 of-iThc 6-2 senior guard led Wright I Slate lo ils first win over the i two years ago in an against small college opponenls. The Raiders arc 1-4 against Division I schools. The combined record college (earns of the small defeated the Raiders is 31 17.

The game against Marian will present WSU with several prob which a State and Franklin. The Raiders the top scoring oulfils in the nation, averaging 99 points a game. They also are shooting A i points per game. WRIGHT STATE and Marian have played two common opponents Northern Kentucky demolished home, 92 the 59, Norsemen at while Marian lost al NKSC in overtime, 10298. Bolh teams, beat Franklin (cms.

The. Knights are one of on the road by one point Wright State, 46 45, and Marian, 83-82. The latest statistics released Wright Slate in scoring is senionMarian al home last year, 91- Bill Fogt wilh a 12.9 to take a 2-1 lead in the followed by sophomores Bob! scries. Grole al 12.4 and Rick Martin Following Thursday night's at 11.2. Seniors Jirii Minch (8.5) and Tim Walker (7.7) have been improving Iheir i averages over the past few games.

Four WSU slarlcrs are still shooting better than 50 per cenl from the fie'd. Leading the list is Fogt wilh a 58.3 per cenl mark, well above Ihe school game at Marian, Ihe Raiders take a full week off before returning home to meet Tiffin February 13 in a i University on Ihe Physical Building. The Raiders finish the season by playing five of their last six. games at home where Ihey have an 11 game winning streak. IT YOU DISCOVERS THE ORIGINAL STEEL-BELTED RADIAL vr sell you s.l far jon're a 5 the i JM; np 1 UP TO GAS SAVINGS a mile warranty, Come in today and we'll iell you You'll he Elad'you did.

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