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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1933
Page
9
In Adena California Stanford is heavily favored to win the Rose Bowl on January 1. Odds are 2 1 2 to 1 against New York City's first Rose Bowl representative. Little betting interest is seen and a crowd near 50 000 is considered the maximum.
In Philadelphia on December 29 William Tilden second seed and seven time national champion easily defeated Emmett Pare of Chicago to advance to the semi finals of the National Indoor Professional Tennis championships. He will play Francis T Hunter Bruce Barnes of Austin Texas who defeated Russell Harned of Newark North Carolina. Vincent Richatsyguk of New York the defending champion was slated to meet Tilden.
Four new American records highlighted day two of the Miami-Biltmore Olympic stars aquatic meet. Lenore Kight led with records in 300 meter and 300 yard freestyle while Anne Govednick set a long course American mark in 100 yard breast stroke. Alice Brid lowered the regional backstroke record as others target further marks including Brid and Kight in upcoming events.
Buffalo will host Yankees manager Joe McCarthy who plans three rookies to form the infield with Lou Gehrig at first. Red Rolfe should win the shortstop job, Jack Saltzsgauer and Don Heffner compete at third and second bases respectively. He denies interest in Luke Appling and expects a spring training battle in St. Petersburg. The club seeks one pitcher or outfielder, aiming to improve pitching and field a strong 1934 roster.
Virginia Hollinger of Dayton Ohio upset Hel en Grawn of Detroit the defending champion 64 1 6 8 6 in a quarter final of the national girls indoor tennis championships. Hollinger advances to meet Larilee Harding and Millicent Hirsch faces Sylvia Hatch in semis.
New York December 29 Henry McLemore. Ray Impellittiere trained by Harry Lenny battles Walter Neuse at Madison Square Garden. Impellittiere once a 850 pound 17-year-old now 6 ft 7 in and 240 pounds. Lenny promotes the bout with talk of a killer Imp unproven in ring action. Neuse focuses on the belly to test the Imp.
In New York on December 29 the national junior singles indoor tennis championship quarter finals began. Top seed Frankie Parker faced Robert Madden from Pittsburgh as six of eight seeds remained, with other key matchups including Joseph Abrams of New York versus Lester Steifberg of N Y A and George Ball of Northwestern against Jack Behr of Roxbury.
The University of Cincinnati basketball team, a Buckeye Conference power, lost to Wilmington College 25 to 22 in overtime. Cincinnati tied at 22 late in regulation as Irvin scored a late free throw and field goal in the extra period. Irvin led Wilmington with 12 points while Austing had seven for Cincinnati.
The 28th annual NCAA convention opened in Chicago with Major John L. Griffith as president. The association oversees championships in track and field swimming and wrestling and appoints rules committees but does not govern college athletics. The track championships move to Los Angeles June 22 and 23. Round-table discussions featured Romeyn Berry of Cornell on budgets and Tug Wilson of Northwestern on recruiting and athlete subsidies.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association announces its annual elections with three new state board of control members A B Weiser Canal Winchester R F Cain St Claireville and A F Roush Brookville Elected district board members include E L Mahaffey Columbus Carl J Patterson Cadiz Floyd A Rowe Cleveland I F Matteson Findlay and Charlee Harkness Cygnet C H Jones Welliston Wilbur C Neff Miamisburg and Kathleen Weber Zanesville named a women’s advisory council member for the eastern district A central district council member was not elected due to no nominations.
Johnny Westrope, the top jockey from Baker Montana, rode Outbound to win in the third race at Epson Downs for his 300th victory since January 1. Returning from a five day suspension, he becomes the first rider to reach 300 since Vincent Powers in 1908, with W Miller holding the all time 388. Westrope postponed plans to leave Houston for Tropical Park Miami to chase the milestone.
King Levinsky, favored at 6 to 5, meets Don McCorkindale in a 10 round heavyweight showdown at Chicago Stadium before an estimated 14 000 crowd and 20000 in gate. Both boxers have losses to Primo Carnera, with Levinsky weighing about 206 1 2 pounds and McCorkindale around 198.
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