The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-01-08
Harlem Globe Satellites Will Be Featured
AT Southern NobIe> Saturday, January 10
Zane Pioneers
To Be Opposition
For Touted Team

The GAINESVILLE Pioneers will
furnish the opposition for the
Harlem Globe Satellites which
appear at the Dexter City high
school gym Saturday night at
300 p. m, January 10.
The GAINESVILLE Pioneers are
sponsored by the Muskingum
Valley Oldtimers Assn. which is
a non-profit organization which
sponsors three baseball teams
and the one basketball team. All
money which is raised from
games of this type go to help
pay for expenses on the four
teams.
The GAINESVILLE Pioneers have
one OF the finest young ball
teams ever assembled in this
area. They have terrific outside
shooting long with slick ball
handling. They go along with
the show which the Satellites
put on even some times it means
defeat. The Pioneers lead the city
league of GAINESVILLE and the
South GAINESVILLE semi pro league
and are undefeated in eighteen
ball games against amateur COM
petition.
The Pioneers squad is as fol-
lows: Larry Crist, played with
Zanesville's state championship
team and also played at Miami
University; Ed Burkhammer,
played college ball at Salem
college of West Virginia and is
the most deadly shot, in one
game made 16 of 19 shots all
from the back court; Gene Hell
mick, 6'8", center, who played
college ball at Western Ken
lucky, and played with Newark
high state champs; Steve Nc
Glade, played with last years
Zanesville's high team which
went to state finals; Tom Young,
| played last year at MaysviIle
| high school and also played pro-
fession baseball last year; Ed
Yarzab, who played his college
ball at Marietta college and is
now coach at Hopewell high
school; Jerry Brannon, played
his college ball at Muskingum
college and is now coach at Philc
high school; Merv. Mccoy, play.
ed last year with Zanesville's
high state finalists and also owns
St. Louis Cardinal baseball con
tract; Bill Joseph, who starred
with Maysville high school ane
also Muskingum college before
signing a professional baseball
contract with the Los Angelo.
, Dodgers; Dale Young playec
with GAINESVILLE state champion
ship ball club; Vern Lemmo,
, who played last year with Hope
well high school and was choser
: all Southeastern Ohio and Dor
Smith who played college bal
at Muskingum college. The team
is coached by Bob Wolfe, vel
known sportsman of GAINESVILLE
The New York Satellites, f.;
group of outstanding professional
and collegiate basketball player,
are starting their second year or
the nationwide barn stornins
circuit.
In the 1888 season, the
Satellites set basketball history
by winning 113 games in III
appearances against some of the
leading semi-pro and college all.
star teams in the country. In the
3lstate jaunt, the Satellite:
played before more than 10000
fans and the Well-rounded com
edy and basketball routines were
we'll received by fans, writer:
and players all over the country
The eight-man "Sputnicks o.
Basketball" squad, joins the
world-famous Kansas City Mon,
archs and the Detroit Clowns o.
the Negro American baseball lea.
que in providing the finest Negro
talent in the professional rand:
as offered by Ted Rasberry''
Enterprises.
At the start of the 1957-5t
7 season, Owner Raspberry anc
) Rookie (Hollywood) Brown, for.