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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1935
Page
9
A garbled report mentions Stanford players Howell Pepper and Davis, St. Louis Cardinals, and centerfield issues. It references howling by coaches, a weak fielding stretch, and races involving horses and swimmers, naming Anselme Dubois and Gene Gis among others in a scattered sports column.
Ohio University basketball team trounced the freshmen in a 30 minute scrimmage as they prepare for a Saturday night showdown with the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. The starting lineup featured George May, Bill Reeves, Beanie Berens, Myron Burt, and Perk Reichley who clicked from everywhere on the floor. Burt and May led scorers with Berens controlling the pivot while Reeves added fast breaks and tipped in shots. The Bearcats’ height posed a challenge in practice, but Ohio hopes to leverage rebounding and shooting against Cincinnati.
Henry Pylkowski known as Babe Risko faces Vincenzo Lazzaro who fights as Vince Dundee in a 10 round middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Risko rose to prominence after a New Year’s Day knockout spree against Teddy Yaross, while Dundee recently held the 160 pound title before facing Yarosz on the New Year. The winner is expected to challenge Yarosz for the title.
Philadelphia Athletics acquired righthander Charles Dutch Lieber from the San Francisco Missions. He posted the league's lowest earned run average last season, appeared in 58 games, and recorded 19 wins.
A new sports publication, the National Hockey Guide, debuts with comprehensive data on professional and amateur hockey. It covers players, teams, schedules, standings, and statistics, offering a complete reference for fans and officials.
Ohio and Buckeye basketball standings face revision after Saturday night games. Key matchups include Ohio University against Cincinnati for second place, Austing and Berens as top centers, and Marietta, Denison, Muskingum, Baldwin Wallace, Toledo, Mount Union, Kent State, Akron, Wooster, Kenyon, Capital, Bowling Green, Findlay, Franklin, Wesleyan, and Wittenberg in various non conference and conference games. Standings depend on results from Saturday and tonight contests across the Buckeye circuit.
East Lansing reports Buzz Bartling, noted MSU baseball standout, has attracted interest from Mickey Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers and Bill Terry of the New York Giants. They are pursuing his services though he still has two years of school remaining.
Announcement from Empire City race track states stake values for the 1985 summer meeting will be doubled. Total value of all stake races rises to 25000 dollars from 17500 dollars last season.
Mariet ta, Jan 25. Free and happy as schoolboys, seven top six day bike racers stay at Torchy Peden s farm nicknamed Victoria Inn. Guests include Al Crossley Jr Boston New England sprint champion Syd Cozens London twice winner of world amateur sprint title Tony Beckman Jules Audy Mike Defilippo and Ernest Debuhlere.
Bedford, Jan 26. Sickness hits local schools with attendance well below normal. Bearwa ion and Hemlock Grove report about 50 percent of pupils absent. Several residents listed as ill or recovering, including Ethelyn Spires visiting Beryl Day and Marl Whaley with tonsillitis. A heavy snowfall occurred Monday night. Gerald Violet and wife plan a Texas visit after Oklahoma stop to see relatives.
The San Francisco open 36 hole trials began at the Presidio Club Course with Johnny Revolta and Bob Pinnell sharing early lead at 70 as veterans and a Northwestern rookie chase two qualifying spots. Contenders include Hines Nelson Parks Picard and Sarazen with scores in the 74s and 75s as Hagen and others begin effort to reach the $4,000 prize.
The play starts with X-1 taking the ball at the sideline, X-2 cutting in to receive a side pass, then delivering an underhand pass to X-3 who cuts in behind. X-1 then moves around X-2 and X-3, catches a short pass from X-3 and dribbles toward the basket, while O- becomes legally screened by X-2 and X-3.
Athens High School Bulldogs host Nelsonville Greyhounds in a rematch of last week’s 26-21 win for Nelsonville at Athens High School gym. Reserve teams from both schools meet at 7:00 p.m. with the main game following at 7 p.m.
The Pittsburgh Pirates moved their 1935 spring training camp from Paso Robles California to San Bernardino. The shift affects location for workouts and team preparation ahead of the season.
A Cleveland Indians report itemizes spring training outlays totaling about 15000 annually. Groundkeeper 500, hotel and meals 19000, railroad 8000, club house equipment 500, baseballs and bats 1000, executives 1500, medical services 200, bus baggage and cabs 300, umpires 750. The note quips about rising costs.
Freddie Steele of Tacoma knocks out Baby Joe Gans of Los Angeles in a featured boxing match in Tacoma. The result highlights Steele's 156 percent capability for dominance as he stops Gans in the late rounds, signaling a decisive victory.
Chicago White Sox shortstop Luke Appling talks up his kid brother Horace as a fine outfielder. He plans to take Horace to Pasadena this spring for a Sox tryout.
Twenty Grand, the 1931 Kentucky Derby winner owned by Mrs. Payne Whitney, steps out after a long layoff in the $1,200 Bay City Handicap at seven furlongs. The race includes rival mate and High Glee, with Teralce also a strong contender as turf clashes build toward Santa Anita’s big upcoming handicap. Japan plans an airline link across the Pacific for mandating air routes.
The veteran actor, over eighty, headlines Walter Waenger Paramount’s The President Vanishes at the Majestic Theater with a 22 cast, chosen to keep the president’s kidnap plot intact without the lead’s fame intruding. Also notes Jean Muir’s rapid rise from curiosity to stardom in The White Cockatoo and Universal’s Rocky Rhodes starring Buck Jones at Court Theater.
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