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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1929
Page
11
Ohio University hosts Miami University in a highly anticipated Buckeye conference homecoming clash at Ohio Stadium. Both teams drill for a low field risk with Miami stressing pass and run against a stout Bobcats defense led by George Vossler and a run stopping plan from Pittser.
Cincinnati, Nov. 1 U P Interest in the Buckeye Association race centers on the Ohio University Miami tilt at Athens Saturday The outcome should reveal which team will carry the championship Ohio U has improved since beating Indiana and tying Ohio State Miami has gained momentum after a 3 0 win over Wittenberg The two clubs meet strong defenses and potent backfields with hopes of a four way title if Cincinnati and Denison split Saturday results.
The Athens football team has a week of rest with no game this Saturday. The next scheduled game is November 9 at Athens against Zanesville, with Coach Pete guiding the squad.
Ohio State’s Battling Buckeyes travel to Pittsburgh to face the undefeated Panthers in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Chicago faces Princeton as Big Ten co-leaders Purdue Illinois Minnesota also play, with Purdue at Wisconsin, Illinois at Northwestern, and Minnesota at Indiana.
McKinley will bring his squad to watch the Ohio versus Miami game set for tomorrow. The matchup draws attention as the coach scouts for upcoming league play and evaluates players for the roster.
Scarcity of coxswains at Harvard prompted Bert Haines, fall crew coach, to issue an emergency call for tallermen after 125 prospective oarsmen reported to him.
The Buckeye Conference race tightens as six more players score 12 points joining Douglas Smith and Chick Young atop the table. Additional leaders remain separated by touchdowns with several others close behind, while Denison and Miami coaches weigh strong performances and a Carnegie Foundation study sparks debate on college athletics.
Nile Prep Leaders on the University of Pittsburgh freshman football team were mine athletes who captained their prep school eleven.
Nelsonville High Greyhounds prepare to face Gallipolis Friday noon in rain sodden practice. After a 25 0 loss to the Yellow Jackets last week they seek revenge for McArthur defeat and aim to contest a closer game. Next Friday they host Murray City at home.
Beta Chapter of Pi Theta announces a survey to determine the number and locations of kindergarten schools in Ohio. Ohio University reports recently elected officers Mildred Betts president Mabel Berieker vice president Emily Liddell secretary Ruhamah Hine treasurer and others. Honorary members named include Constance Macleod Marie Acomb Helen Evans Helen Mason Mabel Olson and Gladys Williamen. A convention in Cincinnati on November 16 is planned. Members are pledged in their junior year based on scholarship professional spirit loyalty campus activity and personality.
Western Reserve opens a four game stretch with two away and two at Dunn Field. They host undefeated St Xavier of Cincinnati in Cleveland after a strong showing against Wesleyan. The schedule then travels to Ithaca to play Cornell, then Oberlin, ending with Case at Dunn Field on Thanksgiving morning.
Glouster High fell 20 to 0 at McConnelsville in mud after facing a heavier foe. Glouster held firm on defense near their own goal line despite three successful forward passes and a stubborn stand on the six inch line. After six games this season Glouster is two wins two losses two ties.
Rain has fallen for 16 games in which Ohio State and Trinity college have played in the last 66 years.
Mr and Mrs John Bannen hosted a Sunday gathering at their Canaanville home to mark their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
Athens students and grade school children will be admitted to the Ohio University Miami game Saturday at a greatly reduced cost. Entry is through Gate S at the east end of the stadium.
Dinner was served at 11 20. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Will Coe Mr and Mrs Carleston Snyder Mis Elsie Pinsterwald John A Jacobs Mrs Prank Finsterwald daughters Della and Bianche Finsterwald Mrs Pethel Ayers all of Athens. Also Mr and Mrs Steve Buffalo Mrs Myrtie Baker Miss Velma Bakes Miss Rosa Darnell Mr and Mrs Hugh George Starkey John Almashy Sr and Alex Almashy all of Canaanville.
In Columbus on November 1, Roscoe A. C. McCulloch led state officials and civic groups to view a new neon crossing signal by the Hocking Valley railroad. The device flashes a red lightning stroke across a five foot wide panel sixty times a minute, boxed in weatherproof housing with a clear cover, aimed to be unmistakable from 500 to 1,000 feet away.
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