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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1934
Page
7
The Bobcats, led by Butch Grover, prepare for a Wittenberg clash after a tight 45-28 victory over Ohio Wesleyan. Ed Byham, Bob Reichley, and Sam Schmidt anchor the lineup as Grover reshapes the rotation and targets a building run in the upcoming conference games.
Chicago reports a light Big Ten schedule with Minnesota meeting Chicago in Minneapolis and Minnesota visiting Ohio State in Columbus. Purdue leads with no action until Feb 10, while Iowa and Illinois trail. Northwestern’s Lyle Fisher leads scoring with 86 points in seven games.
Fragmentary report notes a person referred to as Ruth or Ruthie in cold weather at an apartment. Mentions a fever and golf playing. Text is damaged and lacks coherent context or identifiable events.
National boxing week features Maxie Rosenbloom defending his light heavyweight title against Joe Knight in Miami. Freddie Miller meets Frankie Covelli in non title action in New York. Tony Canzoneri resumes vs Cleto Locatelli at Madison Square Garden with winner to challenge Barney Ross.
New York report says Maxie Rosenbloom, training for the February 1 heavyweight title bout with Joe Knight in Daytona Beach, is doing roadwork and unusual workouts. He reportedly sleeps little, has three weekly bed-rest nights, and may enter the ring fatigued. Knight previously beat him in 1932, with Rosenbloom later defeating Godwin and Scozza among others.
Chauncey Blue Devils defeated Albany 40 19 at home to regain form and extend winning run to seven of nine. Rankin led with 15 points while McPherson added eight as substitutes dominated the second half. Chauncey girls also won 27 18 led by Locke with 18 points.
Gloucester High Tomcats rallied from a 16-2 deficit against Stockport High, tying 22-22 at regulation. In two 3 minute overtimes, Gloucester won 28-26 as Hoff man hit a long shot to force the extra periods and Strohmeyer added early foul shots.
Ohio State's baseball team enters training under coach Floyd Stahl to tackle a tough schedule. Fielding practice is at Ohio Stadium while pitchers and catchers train indoors. Returnee Marty Vidis strengthens the outfield. promising sophomores include Harrison Wicker Mike Cologa Lester Cook and Len Faurot. Colburn and Laybourne join after basketball season. Colburn and Steve Lewis serve as co-captains.
Logan Jan 29 Gibisonville defeated Union Furnace 34 to 30 to break a three way tie for first in the Hocking County Basketball League. Gibisonville and Laurenville each have five wins two losses and share top honors as the season nears a close with six teams having a shot at first next month.
Ohio University sits 3 2 6 00 163 150 with 6 0 0 0. Ohio Wesleyan shows 4 0 1 0 156 110 as Wittenberg posts 4 2 0 0 139 198. Week schedule lists Miami at Wittenberg in Springfield Tuesday and Denison at Delaware Thursday with non-conference games on Saturday Cincinnati at Oxford, Ohio Wesleyan at Huntington, Dayton at Springfield.
Logan Chieftains led from the start to a 31 21 victory over Columbus East High with Thrush scoring 10 and Krumiaus adding 18 points. In the prelim, Rockbridge fell 17 9 as Ralston and Swaim paced the winners while Logan guard play and defense limited East to a single field bucket in the first half.
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