MITCH S MUSINGS ON TRACK STARS AND COLLEGE SPORTS
Rideout twins put North Texas Teachers on the map with track fame and new enrollees like Bob Rodenkirchen. Centenary College not among top football leaders but held TCU to a season low 13 points. Penn star Charles W Diven weighs 132 pounds and has been twice elected baseball captain. Sonja Henie remains injury free for two seasons. Syracuse used 21 players in beating Fordham as big squads dominate basketball. Temple’s wrestling coach Dr J Lloyd Bohn is a PhD and art detective. Toronto pitcher Philip John Marchildon struck out 375 in 25 Canadian independent games last year.
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North Texas
Bob Rodenkirchen
New York
Centenary College
TCU
Charles W. Diven
Penn
Sonja Henie
Syracuse
Fordham
Temple
J. Lloyd Bohn
Philip John Marchildon
Toronto
Question and Answer Sports Quiz From The Athens Messenger
The item lists boxing results and a boxing query about Canzoneri and Schmeling Louis, noting Canzoneri beat Jimmy Murray in Ridgewood Grove on December 10, 1938 and that Schmeling and Louis fought after the bell in rounds four to six. It also names Frank L. Chance as The Peerless Leader and invites readers to submit similar questions to The Athens Messenger Sports Service Bureau.
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Tony Canzoneri
New York
A. Canzoneri
Jimmy Murray
Ridgewood Grove
N. Y
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Schmeling
Louis
Frank L. Chance
Sports Service Bureau
The
Athens Messenger
18Th St
Washington, D. C
Multisport Figures Highlight Early 20th Century Collegiate Athletics
Notre Dame fielding football men in key track roles Ed Reiner throws the discus Ben Sheridan vaults Rog Saggan sprints Loyola Chicago star Mike Novak towers above six feet Robin Lee St Paul skating veteran wins fifth figure title Tommy Farr earns only 16 after expenses Gene Venzke NYAC miler in tenth major season Minor leagues to meet in Cincinnati next December Duquesne varsity has 13 players with two shared nationalities Columbia leading Eastern League scorer five times Joe Scott Western Reserve star and former national decathlon champion overcoming infantile paralysis as a child
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Notre Dame
Ed Reiner
Ben Sheridan
Rog Saggan
Loyola of Chicago
Mid-West
Mike Novak
Robin Lee
St. Paul
Tommy Farr
Lou Nova
Gene Venzke
Miler
New York
Chicago
Nora Hamilton
Carroll Hohman
Baltimore
Sonja Henie
Duquesne
Columbia University
Joe Scott
Western Reserve
Pitt Athletics Placed Under Big Ten Supervision
University of Pittsburgh places its athletics under the Western Conference supervision in a cooperative agreement not making Pitt a member. Commissioner John L Griffith will make final eligibility decisions while Pitt chief James Hagen says the aim is to prove athletic purity and ensure coordinated oversight.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
John L. Griffith
James Hagen
Chicago
Griffith
Panthers
University of Chicago
Hagan
Bowman
Simon-Pure Athletics
John G. Bowman
High School Co age Quintets Enter Home Stretch as February Opens
Ohio high school basketball heads into February with top teams in Class A and B moving toward tournaments. Notable showdowns include Akron North vs Buchtel, Elyria facing Cleveland Heights and Bellevue, and Cincinnati Hughes against Middletown. Standouts include Hiram Clay, Bill Stevenson, LeRoy Ellison, Jackie Shiff, Eddie Kubuski, and Harold Gerkey who proved clutch at the free throw line for Brown-North Hampton.
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Jim Emerson
Columbus
Ohio
Akron North
Akron
Akron Buchtel
Akron Garfield
Elyria
Cleveland Heights
Bellevue
Lora
Cincinnati Hughes
Middletown
Harold Gerkey
Brown Township
Miami County
Hampton
Brown
Gerkey
Brows
Bulldogs Hold Third Spot in SECAA Race
Athens High Bulldogs sit third at the halfway mark of the SECAA season as coach Harry Lackey leads a pivotal stretch from Feb 3 to Feb 14. They host Jackson Gallipolis and Middleport after an away series with Nelsonville, aiming to defend their home floor against tough rivals.
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Howard Kahn
Athens High Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Harry Lackey
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Nelsonville
Athens
Jackson
Gallipolis
Middleport
SECAA
Lackey
Ironmen
Pomeroy
Chillicothe
Red Devils
Marietta
Reserve Miami to resume 1940 grid rivalry in Cleveland
Western Reserve and Miami will renew their football rivalry in 1940 with a game in Cleveland on October 26 and a return contest at Oxford the following year, announced coach Bill Edwards.
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Cleveland
U.R
Western Reserve
Miami
Bill Edwards
Oxford
Dizzy Dean Honored as Most Courageous Athlete
Philadelphia Sporting Writers Association named Jerome Dean of the Chicago Cubs the most courageous athlete of the year at the 35th annual dinner. The award cited his pitching through an ailing arm to lead the Cubs to the National League Pennant.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Jerome
Dizzy) Dean
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Sporting Writers Association
Dizzy
Association
Jimmy Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Paul Dean Signs One Year Contract with Cardinals
Paul Dean brother of Cubs ace Dizzy Dean, signed a one year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals today in St. Louis Missouri.
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ST. Louis
Paul Dean
Chicago Cubs
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
International star class regatta resumes Cuba trophy heat
In Havana the Cuba trophy series resumes today with the second heat of the international star class regatta if weather permits.
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Havana
U.P
Castor Bean Plant Reaches Nine Feet in Cleveland Yard
A castor oil bean plant in Cleveland grows to 9 feet and still rising. It is believed to be the only one of its kind in northern Ohio, featuring yellow blossoms, green leaves, and an odorless scent.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kern Signs New One Year Contract With Tech
Carnegie Tech coach William Kern announced he will sign a new one year contract today. He was rated the No. 1 football coach of 1938 and the details were not released.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
William
Bill) Kern
Carnegie Tech
Arm strong to fight in Cuba March 5 announced
Henry Armstrong the welterweight and light champion has agreed to a Cuba bout on March 5. The Cuban National Sports Commission says terms and opponent are not disclosed.
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Havana
U.P
Henry Armstrong
Cuban National Sports Commission
Gopher Coach Predicts Three Losses for Big Ten Champ
Minnesota coach McMillan foresees the Big Ten champion losing three conference games. He notes Illinois as the top foe with height and speed, while Notre Dame impressed after a 55 to 83 setback. Indiana Northwestern and Ohio State appear strong as the Gophers brace for a grueling campaign. The piece concludes with a line about the first automobile license issued to Elwood Haynes.
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Dave MclMillan
Minnesota
Gophers
McMillan
Maroons
Pick Dehner
Bill Hapac
Illinois
Jim Hull
Ohio State
Ben Stephens
Iowa
Notre Dame
Yater
Indiana
Northwestern
Defense Department
Hall
Toledo Star Chuckovitz Sets Ohio Scoring Record In Loss
Toledo tipoff ace Chuckovitz scored 18 points as George Washington beat Toledo 46 to 29. He set single season Ohio college scoring at 251 and career total at 991, surpassing Nick Frascella’s 983. Frascella graduated last year and Chuckovitz has 12 games remaining.
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Frascella
Chuckovitz
Albany and Shade Set Friday Girls Basketball Clash
Athens County basketball fans will see Albany and Shade face off Friday night at Shade. The Shade girls host Albany in a preliminary game. Tipoff for the girls is at 7 30 p m.
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Athens County
Albany
Shade
Albany Girls
Farmers near South Perry discuss rural electrification
Logan area residents met Monday to discuss the rural electrification program but not enough subscribers signed wiring contracts to move the plan forward.
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Logan
South Perry
Murray City Personal Mentions Brighten Weekend Guests
A parade of visitors and relatives from Columbus Nelsonville Zanesville Athens Crooksville Blaine and other Ohio cities spent weekends with residents including Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beougher and family Mrs. Samantha Shelton Rev. Catherine Kinsey and many others. Guests came for family occasions and support during illness and funerals.
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Murray City
Howard Beougher
Lois
J, Howard
Columbus
Dorothy Barber
Nelsonville
Samantha Shelton
Frank
Edward Driggs
Matt
James Smart
Bess Frazee
Catherine Kinsey
Oak Grove
Carl Candel
Bucyrus
John Currens
J. Smith
Carbon Hill
Pearl Williams
Lewis Decker
Nard Crooks
Virginia Jonas
Zanesfield
Josephine Starcher
Joe Williams
Joe
New Straitsville
Ray Dixon
Ralph Carpenter
Charlotte
Sadie Shelton
M. R. Lewis
Lawrence
Claude Summers
Shawnee
William Thomas
Mary Thomas
Mary Donoghue
Ruth Brooker
Nellie Hamer
Howard Bush
Dennis Babbs
George Tedrow
Crooksville
Velma Popoczy
Donald Martin
Dwight Martin
John Fick
Ralph
Jean
Barney Penn
Penn
Howard Brooker
Hog Wild Power Snippet Sparks Wildcat Diet Claim
In Goldendale Washington trapper Andrew Schmeider says hogs go wild when fed skinned wildcat meat. He traps wildcats for pelts and feeds the meat to his pigs. Separately seven radio engineers developed an automatic SOS transmitter for three days after a plane crash to aid survivor searches.
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Goldendale
Wash
Andrew Schmeider
Schmeider
Straitsville Social Notes highlights local gatherings
A busy week in Straitsville features a Feb 1 euchre party for Swastika Council, lodging of Queen Vasti Lodge Officers in Logan, and numerous visits among residents. Socials include birthday celebrations, euchre clubs, and a February 3 Pythian Sisters event in K of P Hall with lunch.
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New Straitsville
Elizabeth Nye
Swastika Council
Woodbine Rebekah Lodge
Laura Miller
Morning Star Lodge
Shawnee, O
Logan
Queen Vasti Lodge
Mildred Todd
New Lexington
Beatrice Bailey
Edgar Todd
Huff
Preston Oil Co
Columbus
William Shuttleworth
Margy Stafford
Cleveland
Ohio University
Paul Hazelton
Athens
Leonard White
Minnie Faine
Alice
Phil Faine
Robert O'Donnell
Robert O'Donnell, Jr
Indiana
Thomas O'Donnell
Claude Osborne
Catherine Kellerman
Alice Dreese
Charles Hazelton
John Bailey
E. M. Rush
Ralph
Sam Rush
Cincinnati
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Willard Keiffer
Murray City
James Campbell
Clarence M. Grandy
Lula Lloyd
Lancaster
Grace Leake
Euchre Club
Cheshire Ladies Aid Meeting and Community Notices
Cheshire The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church met at the parsonage for an all day session with dinner for 23. The Baptist Missionary Society plans an all day meeting February 9 at the parsonage with potluck. Several local folks visit relatives and return from trips, including Misses Wilma Musgrave and Grace Weatherston at Ohio University and friends from Huntington. A European transport plane motor swap reportedly takes 20 minutes.
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Cheshire
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Ed Rothgeb
Edna Guinn
Cora Rowley
Wilma Musgrave
Grace Weatherston
Ohio University
Marguerite
Dorris Leonard
Huntington
Lincoln Butcher
Local notes and community updates from Coolville and Troy
Coolville and Troy report social events at Farm Bureau hosts 32 guests. Several residents travel to Athens Parkersburg Columbus and Marietta for family visits meetings and sporting events. Local IOOF lodge confers Oriental Degree as area teams compete in Ohio college scores.
Gift neckties hide a $5 bill in 1937 model
Amarillo Texas. H G Hamrick found beneath one of his Christmas neckties from 1937 a five dollar bill. He had received five neckties that year and kept three. A year later he examined the ties and discovered the hidden bill.
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Amarillo
Tex
H. G. Hamrick
Hamrick
Building razed over silk history roots in Ohio
In Mount Pleasant Ohio a historic 1842 building by John W. Gill used to develop silk worm cocoons has been ordered razed by the state fire marshal. The structure carried early efforts to cultivate silk in the United States.
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MT. Pleasant
John W. Gill
New Plymouth Social Notes Highlights in Local Life
New Plymouth reports Wes Hardesty visits to Logan and Nelsonville on Monday and Tuesday, Mrs. Harry Harris injures her arm in an steam kettle accident, Captain Byers shows navy moving pictures at the Presbyterian Church, Miss Jennie Finney sends Florida oranges to the local Grange, Treadley and Elizabeth Heinbeig return to Athens for university, Route 56 detour due to high water near Coonville, Louise Heinlein wed Kenneth Bright in Logan, revival set at M E Church led by Rev. Sam Elsen and Rev. Cecil Rice, Ladies Aid Society gathers at Grace Harris home, Cecil Weed and family host sister-in-law Viola Graham, Charles A. Lapman, 69, builds his own coffin in Brockton Massachusetts.
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Conrad Martin
Effie Jonas
Harry Jonas
Lancaster
Henry Spencer
Malta
Tom Spencer
Shorty Lowery
Bob
Columbus
William Cunliffe
Blaine
Herbert Cunliffe
James Madden
Emma Tippie
Nelsonville
Ben Bailey
Carbon Hill
Edith Mahoney
Everett
Williams
Dickie Lee
New Straitsville
John Ihem
Junior Shrieves
Frank Willams
Charles Walters
Frankafter
Logan
Cora Walters
James Spencer
Mabel Poling
Daugh‘ter Gloria
Philip Fisher
Willis Syx
Charles Shuttleworth
Columbe
Charles Dugan
Crooksville
Mary Dugan
Vaughn Collins
Hs James Easterling
Jennie Finney
Treadley
Elizabeth Heinbeig
Énite
Coonville
McArthur
Louise Heinlein
Kenneth Bright
Warren Bright
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Cecil Rice
Ladies Aid Society
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Ruth Hawk
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Minnie Chevery
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Ruth Loomis
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Stanley Miller
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Elsen
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