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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
9
Fragmented lines mention McCarthy and others with brief notes on campaign roles and potential season actions. Several garbled phrases reference outfielders, leadership, and past teams, but details are obscured by OCR errors.
Ohio University basketball coach B T Grover resumes practice with the Bobcats after exams. The team faces a tougher second half of Buckeye Conference play starting with Marshall at home, then Xavier and Dayton on a two day road swing before returning home to host Cincinnati and Miami, weathering Burt’s possible absence as the main worry.
Columbus officials announce season tickets for Ohio State University football will go on sale around June 1, about two months earlier than in prior years due to strong off season demand.
Close to 150 young recruits were to be assembled in Stockton for three weeks of tryouts for spots on the Cincinnati National League club or farm outfits. Reds scout Mickey Shader expects 10% or 30 valuable athletes from the workouts.
Dr. C. W. Savage resigns as Oberlin College athletic director ending a 29 year tenure. A former player in the 1890s, he championed amateurism, opposed commercialized football, and pushed intramural programs while seeking faculty recognition for athletics. He was 64 and past retirement age.
The Big Four of tennis Tilden Vines Lott Stoefen said the United States will not reach the challenge round. They picked Australia to face England in the final round. In tour doubles Lott and Stoefen beat Tilden and Vines 7-5 6-1, while singles saw Tilden beat Lott 6-3 6-3 and Vines defeat Stoefen 7-5 11-9.
In Cincinnati Tiger Kid Walker, 133, won a points decision over Orville Drouillard, 130, from Windsor, Ont. A Columbus card saw Phil Bagozzing, Cleveland, outpoint Dave Albritton, also from Cleveland, while Bob Kavanaugh stopped James Gilbert in Columbus. Walter Seamon of West Jefferson won a points decision over Bob Sinclair from Huntington. Weights unavailable.
State liquor inspectors and Deputy Sheriff Don Lowery destroyed three stills and 34 barrels of mash in Eagle Township near Ross County. The raid raised Southern Ohio district confiscations to 52 this month across nine counties including Pike Scioto and Vinton. Evidence showed moonshiners fleeing with mash dumped and stills moved on sleds through snow.
Three Ohio Wesleyan track stars may compete in the Seventh Annual West Virginia University indoor meet at Morgantown February. Gauthier plans to send Howard White of Circleville Bob Ulrich of Columbus and Bob Becker of Lemoyne along with 45 Wesleyan representatives. Becker is viewed as a coming star.
The article reports growing contract disputes as stars from the Dodgers Giants Pirates Cubs Cardinals Reds White Sox and Tigers yearn for higher pay. Key cases include Van Mungo and Bartel with the Dodgers and Giants, while others like Klein Bonura and Hoyt spark negotiation tension across leagues.
Ohio State wrestling travels to Morgantown to face West Virginia this weekend while Indiana visits Columbus for a Feb 9 4 pm wrestling meet. The Pittsburgh Ohio State swimming meet has been rescheduled to Feb 9 at the Ohio Natatorium per Coach Peppe.
Dan O'Mahoney, the Irish wrestler newly brought to the United States, travels with his famed hold the Irish Whip. In Philadelphia he starts the move by gripping Ernie Dusek s wrist and flips him over in a flying mare to end the fall.
Detroit January 31 State Rep. Stanley J. Romanski a Detroit Democrat introduces a bill to ban wrestling contests by forbidding licenses. He says promoters defraud the public by touring shows claiming championship matches that are not genuine, naming the heavyweight division as an example.
In St Augustine Florida January 31 Tommy Whiteway of Cleveland meets Bob Servis of Dayton in the quarter finals of the eighth annual championship of golf club champions. Defending champion Tommy Goodwin of Mamaroneck faces C B Mitchell of St Petersburg while Celeste Durand of Garden City plays Robert Lansdell of Hackensack and Morton McCarthy of Norfolk takes on Charles Whitehead of South Rivers.
A historical article notes a law prohibiting kissing in public places except near railroad stations. The measure frames public decorum and restricts intimate acts outside designated transit hubs.
Leo Rodak, 21, of Chicago, seeks a title shot by stopping Tony Canzoneri in a 10 round bout at Chicago Stadium. Canzoneri, 29, a former featherweight champion now aiming at Bar ney Ross’s lightweight crown, is 8 to 5 favorite. Promoters expect at least 15 000 fans and about $30 000 in gate.
In Dallas Art Shires 195 pounds opens after the Texas heavyweight title in a six round bout with Sid Hunter 148 of Comanche Texas Shires hopes to win the Texas title Babe Hunt 195 Ponca City meets Ace Dodge 196 Minneapolis also on the card. A huge Buddhas image near Tokio rises 40 feet high built for 50000 dollars with space for 3000 spectators.
The Associated Press reports results from Holyoke Massachusetts Wilmington Delaware and Reading Pennsylvania. Len Maluso from East Aurora New York defeated Yvon Robert of Montreal at 220 vs 217. Jim Browning of Verona Missouri defeated Sandor Szabo of Hungary in 41 minutes 39 seconds. Kari Pojello of Cleveland defeated Boris Demetroff of Boston in 48 minutes 12 seconds.
In Glendale California on January 31 Jack Holbrook the Glendale amateur led the Oakmont 6500 tournament after the first round with 60 scoring 12 under par. Top challengers included Olin Dutra and Paul Runyan while Vic Ghezzi Harold McSpaden Horton Smith Gene Sarazen and Craig Wood stood among the favorites with varying scores.
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