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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1935
Page
9
Fragmentary sports clipping discusses Babe Ruth and management questions within a baseball club. Mentions possible players Jimmy, Caster, Max, and others, with references to Athletics and Red Sox players and coaching.
The article notes Clifton from Beaumont, labeled as a rookie with a strong throwing arm. His hitting is described as lacking while his throwing and fielding are highlighted as assets. The piece mentions a previous season fact and references Cochrane’s infield situation as context.
Cincinnati Bearcats beat Ohio University 39 to 33 on Tuesday night in a hard fought home game. Carl Austing led Cincinnati with several under the hoop baskets while Beanie Berens and Clark Ballard stood out for Ohio in a contest noted for shifting leads and dramatic late-quarter effort.
Murray City girls beat Carbon Hill 2 14 with Martin scoring all 20 points to lead the team. In the boys game Murray City won 36 24 as Vollmer and Maness each hit 12 and 11 points. The wins lift the girls in the county race and put the boys tied for first with Gibisonville before about 500 fans.
Phillies manager Wilson predicts a rise in 1935 with 14 new faces and strong pitching depth. He cites Ca milli, Chiozza, Bucky Walters, Ethan Allen, Johnny Moore, Curt Davis, Euel Moore, Joe Bowman, Hansen, Orville Jorgens, Jim Biwin, Harry Gumbert, Pearce, Parks, and Pezzullo as key additions and minors now ready. He notes wild but potent Jorgens and praises Gumbert's 3.06 ERA from last season.
George Watkins and Brandy Ryan are hoped to regain their winning form as Giants in 1938. Wilson notes losses of Bartel and Davie but believes a club must give value to receive value. Watkins could like the Phillies park short right field, while Johnny Moore and Allen hit .330 in 1984. Philadelphia’s catching with Wilson and Todd is strong. Wilson prefers day games but backs night baseball if fans want it.
Jacksonville, Feb. 13. T. Warren Baker, chief steward for the American Automobile Association contest board, believes Sir Malcolm Campbell can push Bluebird past 300 mph on the Daytona Beach stretch. Baker says Campbell has the car and skill, predicting a new record around 306 mph.
LAKE PLACID N Y February 13 Four man bobsled title winner Billy Fiske leads a 15 man U S squad selected for the 1956Garmisch Partenkirchen competition. Other members include Donna Fox Ivan Brown Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence J Hubert Curtis Stevens James Bickford Robert Mert Crawford Merkle John Shene Francis Tyler Hugh Warne A Washbond and Max Bly with Fiske unable to try out due to European engagements.
A remark about girls being called flappers in the early 18th century sparked a court hearing in Hocking County. The proceeding examined language origins and social norms amid a local legal dispute.
Henry West of Sidney received a fine and costs after Athens State Highway Patrol halted him near Logan for driving with insufficient brakes. Patrolman Floyd Bolin also stopped twelve coal trucks near Logan and ordered their drivers off highways until their load clearance matched their axle boards.
Muskingum College upset Akron University 33 to 30 after a late 11-point surge. Ohio Wesleyan won 33 to 5 at Oberlin. Defiance remained undefeated as St. John's Toledo fell 85 to 25. Mount Union beat Western Reserve 51 to 45. Otterbein edged Capital 40 to 37. Baldwin Wallace edged Bowling Green 26 to 24 with Powell scoring 15. Ashland led Heidelberg 41 to 26. Austing led Cincinnati past Berens 17 to 12. Xavier defeated Wittenberg 48 to 29. Cincinnati won 39 to 33.
In Reading Pennsylvania Billy Ketchell 168 pounds from Millville New Jersey outpointed An son Green 163 pounds from Pittsburgh at the event. In New York a commentator urged Babe Ruth to retire and take a life annuity exceeding 15000 dollars annually from future employment prospects.
Former University of Georgia football player Phil Fahrney makes his movie debut as a cowboy in Hoot Gibson’s latest Western. He forgot to duck in an alley set and was swept from his horse by a tree limb.
The Chicago Cubs may open spring training with six holdouts awaiting contracts. Outfielders Chuck Klein and Frank Denmaree, infielders Billy Herman and Woody Englieh, and pitchers Bill Lee and Larry French have not replied to mailed deals. Owner Philip K. Wrigley plans next moves as talks loom before Catalina Island camp departure February 25.
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