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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
11
The article outlines promoter ideas to accelerate speed and spectacle including new uniforms and marketing moves to attract women and casual fans, staging major bouts in New York and neighboring cities, and coordinating with promoters and venues to maximize public interest and revenue.
Bobcats dominate Ohio Wesleyan 42 to 29 as Pete Shingleton steps up after Hood exits early. Lalich Rinta and Shingleton lead scoring as Bobcats seize control in the second half and hold Wesleyan scoreless for 10 minutes.
The Buckeye loop saw tight games as Otterbein edged Denison 93-41 and Cincinnati held a late lead before a decisive finish. Key players included Loucks, Greenstein, and Bink as teams battled for conference wins, with Northern and Lutherans also posting noted rallies.
Fragmentary text shows scattered names and places amid sports and local notes. Mentions of towns Merron New Jersey Yvon Rob Canada Lenal Pabrasies and Everet Marsarchall hint at matchups, teams, and players, but the passage is garbled with no clear event or outcome.
Frankfort Kentucky reports the Senate approved an amendment to a local option bill. The amendment would cap alcoholic strength in local option territory at one percent. The action centers on the proposal governing beverage strength limits in local jurisdictions.
Major harness racing program planned at least 76 Ohio fairs this summer with trotting and pacing events. United Trotting Association reports 76 approved dates and several tentative, including Cranwood plant Cleveland meetings in June and October, plus other June venues at Hamilton and Carthage. Colt racing adds six events in 1936 with stakes around 450 dollars across Xenia Urbana Hilards Marysville Sidney Marion.
Athens High School returns home Friday for a clash with New Boston after a 31 28 Tuesday win at Jackson. Carl Wilson likely to start again as Pete McKinley rests Fred Webb. Junior Littler paced the scoring with 17 points, joining Faulkner as the only starters who faced New Boston last year.
Dark Winter, a six year old horse owned by Fred M. Alger Jr’s stable, was barred from racing for the rest of the season at Santa Anita Park. Track stewards found his performances erratic and noted jockeys’ testimony that he is difficult to ride and sulks when bothered. The ban followed an investigation sparked by his prior six furlong win last Tuesday.
Chauncey Blue Devils, 6 1 record, travel to Racine for a Friday matchup. Racine, also with one loss, has home court advantage and a slight edge. Key players Beegie, Roush, Swan, Roberts, Nease for Racine. Dougherty, Border, Osborne, Ross, Bridgewater, Smith, Carter, Simpson for Chauncey. The outcome signals the top B team in the region.
The 1936 American League schedule shows opening and closing at the same parks for all clubs. The Tigers start April 14 at Cleveland with a three game set and finish September 26 and 27 at Cleveland. New York opens and closes at Washington, Philadelphia at Boston, and St. Louis at Chicago, with four interleague trips of three games each.
Secretary Morgenthau told a House appropriations subcommittee that business is improving in imperial lines and that the banking situation is excellent.
Madison Wisconsin Dr Clarence W Spears head football coach is invited to present his side at a regents committee hearing amid a controversy over UW athletic affairs. Affidavits allege he served coffee laced with whiskey to staff. players and others deny the charges.
Brooklyn manager Casey Stengel trades veteran pitcher Fred Frankhouse to the Boston Bees for two rookie hurlers Johnny Babich and Gene Moore and cash. The Dodgers also receive Freddy Lindstrom’s signed contract after his Cubs release.
Wooster College swimmers defeated Oberlin 47 to 48 in an Ohio Conference meet. A medley relay victory sparked the Scots triumph as Wooster took six of the 10 first places.
Coral Gables Fra Pi-Mise Jean Bauer defending champion from Providence R I faced Mrs Maureen Orcutt Crews of Miami in the second round headliner of the Miami Biltmore women's golf tournament. Patty Berg the 1 9 year old Minneapolis ace played Fran C ee Owen of Jacksonville as other first round survivors advanced. Berg defeated Blanche Fitzgibbon 7 6 in her opening test, Crews beat Mrs Guy Butler 7 8 and Bauer margin over Lawrence Schwab 7 6.
Kent State University wrestlers defeated the University of Miami Florida grapplers 24 to 8 on Wednesday night scoring three falls. The southerners managed only one fall.
Heinie Manush, a Red Sox outfielder, says his golf score of 367 for 72 holes in a Sarasota tournament forecasts a strong baseball season. He claims a .397 batting projection for Boston, suggesting a tough year for pitchers. Dizzy Dean reportedly shot 344.
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