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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1934
Page
5
Minnesota tops Chicago 96 to 18 to tie Indiana for fifth in the Big Ten standings. Orman and Minnesota’s center each score nine points as the Maroons lead at half time 9 9 but fade in the second period. Haakon of Chicago injures toe and retires after a minute.
Athens Bulldogs coach Pete McKinley readies his squad for a Friday trip to Marietta to face the undefeated Tigers. Marietta has 10 straight wins and a recent finals pedigree. Athens seeks consistency as Hardman leads scoring while Tribe and Haskins share honors.
Logan high basketball coaches prepare the Chief tains for a rematch with New Boston after a 31 to 2 defeat two weeks earlier. Coach Longley may start the same five jada as vs East High with Bob Terre at center ahead of Brandt to counter a taller New Boston big man.
Three Heidelberg College basketball players George Fischer Herman Fischer and Perry Swihart were ill with intestinal influenza. The forwards from Akron Massillon will miss Friday’s Baldwin Wallace and Saturday’s Akron games while recovering.
Ashland nosed ahead with a second half run to beat Ohio Northern 48 to 38 in an Ohio Conference basketball game. Center Lanky Clelan scored 20 and forward Earl Berry 18 for Ashland, outpacing the Polar Bears who were led by Hedderly with 11. The Mustangs trailed 21 to 16 at halftime.
In Columbus on January 30, Ohio pastors convened for their 15th annual convention. The four day gathering centers on the theme our ministry in the new era with leaders outlining plans and goals for the ministry ahead.
Pepper Martin of the Cardinals and Carl Hubbell of the Giants tutor rival court teams in Oklahoma. They are pictured above, Martin on the left, as they coach against each other in a continuing baseball tradition.
In Los Angeles Eleworth Vines outlasted Bill Tilden in a marathon match lasting nearly four hours. Vines won the first set 6-0, Tilden captured the second 23-21 after a 44-game rally, Vines took the third 7-4, Tilden fought back to win the fourth 6-3, and Vines secured the final set 6-2 to claim victory.
Berl Tatheim rolled a 790 series in Columbus All-Star League action with games of 290, 255 and 245. In Cleveland a woman topped a high series with a 289 second-game score in a local women’s league match.
Greentree today was appointed secretary and business manager of the Cincinnati club of the National Football League. He previously worked with sporting enterprises in New York Philadelphia and Miami Florida.
Golfdom’s top winter event, the Agua Caliente Open at Lower California, kicks off a four day run with 87 500 in prizes. Dark horse pros challenge veterans led by MacDonald Smith and Leo Diegel as money leaders, with Runyan, Creavy and Nelson among notables. First round pairings place Denny Shute, Diegel and Bobby Cruickshank teeing off, followed by Smith Espinosa and Runyan, then Wood and Kirkwood.
Henry McLemore writes from New York about enrolling in a bartender’s school located in the King’s Tower Building at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue. He joins the “Jitters” fraternity with hope of earning “Bottled in Bond” honors, while preparing for cocktails under Professor Jack Fitzgerald and praising campus elevator service.
Nelsonville High School adds two centers this week as Coach Yantis reshapes the Greyhounds for five remaining games. Judson Morrison, sidelined last year, and Bake Rosser join the squad with Morrison likely to start. Rosser needs to beat out guards Bob White and Joe Spray for a regular spot.
The sheet lists numerous score fragments such as Alabama 37, Mississippi State a4, Ashland and Ohio Northern, De Paul, North Central 2% Grinnell 34, Oklahoma Aggies, Louisville, Hanover, North Carolina 4 Virginia 2, NC State 30, Tulsa 2%, Arkansas 24 Union Kentucky, Kirksville Teachers War, Emporia Teachers, Pittsburg Teachers 17, Tarkio 32, Westminster 2.
Carl Austing, Cincinnati center, closes in on Ohio University star Bernard Berens for Buckeye Conference scoring lead. Berens has 140 points in 1933, 66 in five league games this year at 18.2 ppg. Austing has 49 in four games at 12.25 ppg. Roy James, Olen Grandie, and Lawrence Gill follow with 46, 41, and 41 points.
Maurie White of Columbus was elected president. Harry Boyer of Cincinnati became vice president, Jim Noble of Dayton secretary treasurer. The group, now including Cincinnati, restricted the Central Ohio tournament to National Professional Golfers' Association members. A tournament committee names Bill Campbell, Art Smith, Alex Campbell, and Francis Marsell. The next meeting is in Dayton on February 26.
A twelve in one tron devised by Chicago inventor Gunnar Rusing introduces an adjustable club for loft and shaft length. The device locks the head at chosen angle to vary ton, enabling conversion to different clubs. A table shows adjustment points.
The report lists wrestling outcomes in New York Detroit Minneapolis Kansas City with fighters from Hartford Boston Evanston Renfrew Renfrew Ontario Netherlands and Utah. Notable results show passes and dusette throwing opponents while several bouts end in draws and time limits with ages and weights cited.
District finals for the American Legion Golden Gloves will run Thursday at the Armory as part of District Night. Winners from Gallipolis Pomeroy and Athens face off to advance to next week's regional show with eight divisions represented. The survivors move on to a three way and two other districts Logan Lancaster and Portsmouth for state tournament qualification in Columbus.
In New York at Central Sports Arena Danny Levine won a decision over Bobby Bruno while George Riley defeated Frank Marchesa. In Chicago Levy Lubansky beat Lou Terry and John Pacek beat Frank Ketter, with Geno drawing Paul Dazzo in a Chicago bout.
In a chaotic scene the famed wrestlers Lewis of Los Angeles defeats Matron Kirilenko of Leningrad and Charlie Pratt of Denver while facing opponents including Pat Mahoney of Philadelphia Hang Steinka of Germany and Mile Steinborn.
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