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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1935
Page
9
A former football coach contemplates a reset after a stumble in Harvard’s season. He reflects on vacations, past victories, and the pressure of replacing a longtime figure, while players like Dick Han and Jim Connor are mentioned in a collage of game notes and campus chatter.
Ohio University faces Cincinnati in a men’s gym matchup as Berens aims to carry the Bobcats with support from May and Schmidt. Reeves struggles to score while Berens dominates, and Bearcats lose Summersville and Raidt to ineligibility.
Ohio College basketball action tonight will shape the Buckeye race. Akron meets Muskingum at New Concord while Cincinnati eyes a win over Ohio University at Athens. Wesleyan leads with six straight wins as Cincinnati and Ohio University battle for position.
Washington reports Sydney Cohen a brother of former Giants infielder Andy Cohen seeks a spring trial with the Senators after joining late last year and winning one of two decisions. A 25 year old forkhanded El Paso hurler, he has played for 11 clubs in nine leagues and initially signed as a first baseman with the San Francisco Seals before switching to pitching.
Athens High School negative debaters defeated Hamden High School in Hamden marking their fourth win without a loss. Judge H. L. Bates oversaw with debaters Leslie Fultz Stephen Fuller and Harry Entwistle.
New York reported Edward Lee, age seven, captured his fifth consecutive national amateur three cushion billiards title. He retained the crown last night in a playoff against Dearhorft of St. Louis, prevailing 50 to 35 in 61 innings.
In Glendale California on February 12 veteran MacDonald Smith won the Nassau end of the Oakmont Open by scoring 31 points in match play, defeating Jimmy Hines and John Revolta in a tense finish. Ky Laffoon and Henry Picard tied for second with 20 points, Smith earning $1,180 total.
Rutland hosts McArthur squads with the girls winning 26 to 11 and the boys trailing 25 to 6. Amos Chase Ledlie lead Rutland scorers while McArthur struggled to locate the basket through the fourth period.
Theoretical human limits fix top times for 100 yards and mile, with 9.13 seconds and 1 minute 66 seconds as ultimate marks. Finnish mathematicians and Brutus Hamilton publish findings in Amateur Athletes, noting nine seconds for 100 yards impossible and four minute miles unlikely, while pole vault and broad jump may improve to 15 and 27 feet respectively.
Jim Browning of Verona Missouri, weighing 230 pounds, defeated Car Porrelo of Lithuania after the referee stopped the bout at one hour, two minutes, and forty five seconds.
Ohio State defeated Northwestern 41 to 29 before 5 909 fans as the Buckeyes secured their sixth Big Ten win. Indiana matched Purdue atop the standings with a 34 to 30 victory over Town. Purdue also won 35 to 34 over Temple. Wisconsin beat Chicago 26 to 24. Michigan State notes mention Minnesota defeating Michigan 26 to 20.
The 28th national indoor tennis championship opens at the Seventh Regiment Armory with a strong field. Norma Taubele leads a cast that includes Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of Stamford and France s Silvia Henrotin, a rare overseas challenger. Henrotin and Andrus figure among favorites as the event begins Monday.
In Chicago George Black defeated Johnny Phagan on points at 163 pounds while in Tampa King Levinexy stopped Bob Savage at 256. Art Shires known as The Great Shires won by KO against Joe Daley in Fort Worth. Maurice Holltz er outpointed Freddie Miller in Paris Ce Cymeinnati.
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