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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1934
Page
9
Dr. Pin Scott outlines required coach traits including ball technique leadership and morals as key while mentioning possible candidates such as Harry Stuhldreher and Bob Higgins and hints at broader team goals and training standards.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. A code on recruiting and subsidizing college athletes, especially football players, may be adopted by the National Collegiate A. A. at its annual sessions this week. A special committee chair, Prof Z G Clevenger of Indiana, will lead a round table discussion Thursday to push elimination of these evils. The NC AA meets with the American Football Coaches Association, the College Physical Education Association and the American Student Health Association, marking first merged deliberations among these groups.
Stanford University players split for the Rose Bowl trip to Pasadena to meet Alabama on New Year’s Day. Seventeen men head south tonight, others depart Wednesday. Returns from injury bring optimism as fullback Bobby Grayson and ends Jim Moscrip and Keith Topping show gradual recovery from rib and knee injuries.
Max Baer defends his heavyweight title in a four round feature against King Levinsky at Chicago Stadium on Friday night. The card also includes Buddy Baer in a four rounder with Gene Stanton and a heavyweight bout between Johnny Risko and Charley Reitzlaff in Minneapolis.
Ev erett Parker, longtime tree seller behind Parker Brothers music store, announced a free tree giveaway at 6 pm for any trees left. The sale site is accessible from West Washington Street. Logan divorce case against Harry Burton Gesaells decided by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft with costs assessed to Catherine Gessells.
Wooster coach L C Boles, en route to Florida for three weeks, urges no rule changes yet while admitting some codes bother him. He dislikes the lateral after tackle, fumble rules, and favors reinstating goal posts at the goal line to boost field goals and curb cheap touchdowns. He notes many tie games could be avoided with more field goals.
Holiday week for Ohio college basketball with Ohio State preparing for Temple in Philadelphia and Loyola of Chicago at Cincinnati. Drake visits Western Reserve while Cincinnati hosts Xavier and Vanderbilt. Ohio University barnstorming tour includes Zaneville Coshocton and Ohio School of Chiropody. Fenn College beat John Carroll and Case defeated Hiram. Ohio Wesleyan beat Baldwin Wallace. Cleveland scenes note.
The first four grades of Chester schools presented the operetta When Toys Come to Life on Thursday night to a large crowd. The production showcased pupil talent and instructor perseverance amid a busy community week with family visits and a new baby announced for Ralph Parker.
Princeton again shapes as the East’s strongest football foe next year. The Tigers will lose only four regulars to graduation: Kadlic Kalbaugh Chamberlain and DeLaney.
Harold McSpaden, 26, of Kaneas City Kansas, captured the Pasadena Open title with a 281 total after rounds of 70 67 71 73. He earned $1 000 top prize, five strokes ahead of Dick Metz and Ted Longworth who tied for second with 286.
Kelly Petillo led the 200 mile dirt track race at Mines Field with Takio Hiroshima as his mechanic before fog halted the event with two laps remaining. Wilbur Shaw protested credit for a lap, prompting the A A A to pause $10,000 prize awards while it reviews the laps. Petillo's 198 mile time was 2 hours 24 minutes at an average speed of 77.79 mph.
Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion held their Christmas party at the hall Friday night. A good attendance enjoyed an entertaining program as Santa Claus from the North Pole visited and gave candy to all the children. Members exchanged gifts and light refreshments were served after.
The Paramount film adaptation of Little Miss Marker opens at the Majestic Theater featuring Adolphe Menjou Dorothy Dell Charlie Bickford and Shirley Temple with a supporting cast of Lynne Overman Frank McGlynn Sr Sam Hardy Warren Hymer and Tammany Young. It follows a hardened gambler who teaches tenderness to a little girl while risking a fortune to save her. Also reviewed Marie Galante starring Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy at the Ohio Theater with praise for Gallian's screen debut and Tracy's romance. A lively King Kelly of the U S A musical at the Court Theater stars Guy Robertson with Irene Ware and Edgar Kennedy among others.
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