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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1936
Page
11
Fragments describe high school and college basketball recollections, coaching remarks, and a scattered auction notice. The text evokes a veteran coach, players with varied heights, and a chaotic mix of sports and legal notices in Athens County.
Ohio University travels to Oxford to meet Miami in a pivotal Buckeye Conference game. The Bobcats, seeking their first league win, face a veteran Redskin squad led by Coach John Maurer with Knowlton Henry Taylor Weiland and White. Grover tightens shooting rotation after Wednesday's rough display. Probate Notices follow on page with multiple guardian and executor accounts and deadlines for January 28 1986.
New York report shows Wilmer Allison leading the United States Davis Cup prospects for a second straight year after a major revision of the first ten. Donald Budge of Oakland rises to second, Bryan M Grant up to third, with Frank X Shields Sidney Wood Gregory S Mangin Frank Parker J Gilbert Hall Wilmer Hines and Berkeley Bell rounding out the elite list.
Willie Hoppe of New York, 48, dominates Welker Cochran of San Francisco in the world three cushion billiards title challenge. Hoppe won 60 to 41 in 57 innings and 60 to 51 in 69 innings, taking a 120 to 92 lead as the series moves into the third and fourth blocks ahead of the finals.
Ray Watts, named Baldwin Wallace football coach in 1928, will stay with the Yellow Jackets after conferring with president Dr. L. C. Wright. He had been offered a five year or longer contract and a higher salary, but chose to remain at BW. Watts helped BW claim major Ohio Conference titles and plans a tougher schedule including Syracuse.
Athens High School basketball sends fourteen players on the first road trip of the season to face ayrey High School in two varsity games. Coach Pete McKinley names starters for both teams and notes improved foul shooting after Thursday’s drills. The Bulldogs expect a tough challenge against a larger Marietta squad with a 7:30 opener and 8:20 main game.
Danno O Mahoney 222 Ireland defeated Count George Zarynoff 206 Grafton MA in two straight falls in Hartford. Joe Savoldi 202 Three Oaks MI threw Tom Alley 225 Australia in 40 33 in Toronto. Ernie Dusek 228 Omaha defeated Alphonse Bisignano 215 Italy in two straight falls in Camden. Strangler Lewis 250 Glendale CA defeated Leo Nima 225 Seattle WA in 24 25 in St Louis. George Zaharias 285 Pueblo CO 45 seconds Ray Steele 216 defeated Cy Williams 225 Tallahassee FL 21 10 Gus Sonneberg 210 Boston defeated Ernie Zeller 235 Terre Haute IN.
Los Angeles USC lists seven players from Indiana and four from Iowa on its basketball roster.
New Haven reports Mose King, Yale University boxing coach, has led the school's ring team for three decades. He often serves as seconds for his boxers in Amateur Athletic Union competitions.
Georges Bothner now 69 and Tom Riley aged 47 continue to appear as referees after competing in the 1999 lightweight championship in New York.
In Chicago Stadium bouts 20 hopefuls contest the elimination series to find a white challenger for Joe Louis. The event matches rising heavies like Beaupre vs Anderson and includes pairs such as Treestudf Batayi4 against Ahigrim, with Billy Androff and White, plus Kranz Edgren and Thomas, Edwards and Erjavec, Peeveler and Singer among others in five round clashes.
Ohio State University track coach Larry Snyder announced a heavy winter and spring slate with 14 meets including six indoors and eight outdoors. The Buckeyes open at Millrose Games on February 1 in New York and may send one or two runners to the event.
The NFHS rules committee in Chicago discussed added safety for high school football players. Proposed changes include extending intermission to two or three minutes and halves to 15 minutes, plus a three-minute warmup period. Strong emphasis on enforcing the anti roughing rule after players go out of bounds.
In Meigs County the Middleport Yellow Jackets host the Pomeroy Panthers at the local gym tonight about 8:30 after a preliminary contest. The Panthers hold the edge in current form but an upset could delight local fans.
A dozen pro stars head the field for the ith Los Angeles Open with 129 qualifiers. The 18 hole rounds begin today and Saturday, with a 38 hole final Sunday. Top contenders include Mac Donald Smith Horton Smith Harold McSpaden Vic Ghezai Sam Parke Jimmy Hines Paul Runyan Walter Hagen Craig Wood Harry Cooper Leo Diegel Olin Dutra Willie Hunter Willie Goggin Ky Laffoon and more.
Greeley, Colo. Greeley State College ended last season in a tie for the Rocky Mountain conference title with Colorado University and Colorado State. This year the team played only three conference games due to scheduling limits and would need at least five to qualify for the championship. They won two and lost one, yielding a .647 standings rating.
In Baltimore Jackson 164 from Salt Lake City outpointed Turner 161 from Richmond Virginia over twelve rounds. Litt 148 from Baltimore stopped Cohen 144 from Richmond in four rounds.
Youngstown College basketballfell 46 to 48 at home as Westberry’s five赢 edged them in a tight Thursday night contest.
Muskingum topped Ashland 44 to 28 to earn its second Ohio Conference basketball win this season. The victory occurred Thursday night at home as the Muskingum attack held Ashland to limited scoring.
St. Louis reports Pepper Martin, the third baseman, will move to the outfield in the coming season. The change aims to strengthen Cardinal defense and lineup depth as spring plans unfold.
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