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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
9
Chicago report says coaches urged six small rule changes for football at the NCAA meeting in Colorado Springs. Changes include ineligible receivers remaining on the line until the forward pass is touched or completed, with details to be discussed January 2.
Lou Little of Columbia will become president of the National Football Coaches Association at the four day session. Officers elected include Alvin McMillan Indiana 1st vice president Fritz Crisler Michigan 2nd vice president Elmer Layden Notre Dame 4th vice president and the Pacific Coast Football Coaches Association president will be chosen later.
Lefty Grove of the Red Sox tops the American League in ERA at 3.07 and in winning percentage at .778 with 14 victories and four losses. Red Sox veteran at 38 years, he set two all time major league marks while remaining the AL leader despite a late-season arm trouble. Other notes include Charley Ruffing second at 3.32, Lefty Gomez third at 3.35, Feller leading in strikeouts with 240 and walks with 208, Newsom pitching 31 complete games, and Pearson posting the league’s only no hitter. Allen stringing 12 straight wins.
Greenfield Mac Clain High School built a fast break lead to defeat Pomeroy Panthers 44 to 30 on Wednesday night. Panthers struggled to find the basket and suffer their second loss of the season, with a upcoming game against Middleport Yellow Jackets on Friday January 6.
The column lists quiz questions and answers about boxing figures Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney and Big Ed Morris. It reports Dempsey’s two daughters Tunney’s three sons and details Morris death from knife wounds at a 1932 Florida fish fry. It also recounts preliminary bout results from Schmeling’s card and invites readers to send sports questions to The Athens Messenger Sports Service Bureau.
Wooster defeated Rider College 83 to 57 while Detroit beat Santa Clara 25 to 23. Michigan State topped Penn State 85 to 21. Pittsburgh 50, Cornell 39. Purdue 57, Arkansas 51. Other scores include Grinnell 34 over Carleton 25 and Grand Rapids 46, Bowling Green 86. Local scholastic and city matchups listed.
Western Reserve faces Indiana with both teams riding five game win streaks as Public Hall hosts a big double header. Baldwin Wallace meets Cornell as coach Eddie Finnigan earns praise for close defeats. Joe Scott of Elyria stars for Cornell while Indiana’s Ernest Andrews holds a Big Ten scoring record.
Celestia Walburn of Albany joins Mr and Mrs E W Warner and daughter Walter Andrews with Mr and Mrs J E Warner and two daughters and Charles Good of Columbus as Christmas guests of Mr and Mrs R S Blackwood and son Cecil in Rutland.
Cincinnati will face only major league opponents in 1939 spring training, compiling 34 games against American and National league teams. The Reds meet Boston and Detroit 22 times, travel with the Red Sox to the north, then play four games vs Detroit in April. McKechnie begins drills Feb 26 in Tampa with pitchers and catchers, main group reporting March 4, first exhibition March 11 vs Brooklyn.
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