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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1949
Page
6
A forecast lists dozens of college games with verdicts and favored teams including Ohio, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Northwestern, and more. It projects a bruising finale for Carroll Widdoes’s first season and notes several upsets and likely outcomes across conferences.
This week lists Friday night high school matchups including Industrial at Chauncey Ripley at Point Pleasant Lakin at Mt Hope and Saturday night Glouster at Rutland. It covers non conference Ohio U against Buffalo OU at West Reserve Marshall at Vanderbilt and numerous Ohio colleges and other national games. In half of last season's 10 football games the Washington Huskies failed to score a point.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Columbus will address Athens High School's Kiwanis Club banquet on Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Athens Country Club. Rhodes will discuss Freedom of Athletics as the featured topic.
Eight of nine teams start Friday night in the Athens County League basketball card with Shade idle. Ames Bern hosts Albany after a 37 31 opener loss to Rome while Amesville and Albany show active schedules. Rome Canaan meets Jacksonville Trimble in a game at Jacksonville as Trimble seeks rebound after a 38 36 loss to Pennsville.
Rio Grande College halfback Eddie Clark earns a first team berth on Marietta College's all opponent list after scoring Rio's lone touchdown against Marietta. Clark is noted as the second most outstanding foe and the only Rio Grande player honored this year. Marietta defeated Rio 14 to 7 in the season.
Big Leon Hart of Notre Dame, 265 pounds, was named college player of the year by the Maxwell Memorial Football Club. President Bert Bell said Hart was the board’s unanimous choice and the first end honored since the club started in 1937.
The roster lists for both teams include players such as Wentz 40 Scheider 41 Fabis 42 Englefield 43 Marco 44 Barrows 45 Bedosky 46 McDonald 47 Van Horn 48 Polosky 49 Horvath 50 Taylor 51 D Boyer 52 Jones 34 Finnen and others. Officials are Paul Cain as referee Harold Rolph as umpire Jerry Baker as head linesman Ed Heldman as field judge. The game is set for 2 pm at OU Stadium.
Four more scholastic football teams close 1949 campaigns this weekend. Chauncey hosts Boys Industrial School after a 5 3 season and two losses to SEC rivals. Point Pleasant meets Ripley in a West Virginia clash as the Big Blacks seek late improvement. Lakin visits Mt Hope, Rutland eyes a finish against Glouster, and Meigs County aims for a ninth straight win after last year’s 21 0 victory over the Tomcats.
Cleveland based Reserve college names Alexander J. Darbes as wrestling coach for the winter season. He previously coached Army wrestling and judo, is a Reserve instructor, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology. Returning lettermen include Smeltz, Patrick, Gagliardo, Gilbert, and Swinehart.
A look back at historical sports notes: Joe Louis pressed on with an exhibition tour after an eye cut by Jimmy Bivins. Also cited are Rip Collins becoming San Diego manager in the PCL, Army's 62 7 win over Penn State, and Cornell's 35 6 victory over Dartmouth.
Buffalo's 202 pound rushing attack faces Ohio U in a first ever Athens visit. The Bulls, 5-3, rely on a strong ground game and 12 passing touchdowns while Ohio U, 4-3-1, leans on aerials slowed by injuries to quarterback Pete Norman. Key seniors march out for Buffalo as several Ohioans seek wins in front of about 7000 fans at 2 p.m. with multiple bands and senior day notes.
Evansville Jaycees seek a replacement opponent for the Refrigerator Bowl on December 3. Candidates include Hanover, Ball State, John Carroll, Heidelberg, McMurray, Texas A&M, Wisconsin's Lawrence, and Gannon. Marshall decides not to travel, ending Evansville’s scheduled game.
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