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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1940
Page
7
Xavier University Musketeers edged Ohio University 6-0 before 8,500 fans as Chet Mutryn broke free on a kickoff run to set up the lone score. Ohio struggled offensively with Risaliti under pressure and a reinvigorated Xavier defense sealing the shutout.
A post season game at Athens high school stadium Saturday features Malta-McConnelsville Big Reds fullback John Fisher and Jacksonville-Trimble Carolinals left half Keith Nelson in a high scoring shootout. Nelson tops the state with 104 points as the primary threat, backed by a skilled Malta backfield and a strong coaching lineup including Mayor Anderson and Joe Rich. The event benefits the Athens County children's health fund with kickoff at 2 p.m.
Herb Barker ranks college football games with selections like Minnesota over Wisconsin, Cornell over Penn, Harvard over Yale, and Michigan over Ohio State. He favors Northwestern, Georgetown, Pitt, and Michigan State in several closer matchups while cautioning bets on Illinois and Tulsa as noted in his ballot.
Sports gossip and previews from Eddie Brietz recount Cubs manager speculation on Hugh Mulcahy from the Phillies and Auburn favored to upset unbeaten Boston College. The column skims coaches, players, and trends with notes on Frank Grayson, Vernon Pritchard, and other sports figures.
The post season Toledo Waite Portsmouth high school game is off after five Portsmouth players were injured in a Thanksgiving Day game with Hammond Indiana. Coach Paul Jenkins cancelled the charity contest to avoid unfairly disadvantaging Toledo fans and his squad.
In Tampa Florida fighter Marty N Clark aged 194 stops Julia Ortensio aged 195 from New York in six rounds to claim a victory.
A collection of results from games nationwide shows Xavier 6 over Ohio U with C Wittenberg 35 to 13, Cincinnati U 44 over Miami 0, Akron 47 over John Carroll 0, and many more. Notable upsets and dominant wins include Marshall 67 over W. Va. Wesleyan and Maryland 14 over Rutgers 7.
Ohio State hosts Michigan in the 23rd annual Wolver ine Buckeye clash as Tom Harmon closes his college career. The Wolverines lead series 12–10 and won last year 21–14, despite OSU’s 14–0 halftime edge.
Steve Crusher Casey of Ireland defeated Leo Numa of Seattle two falls to one in Hartford. The match concluded after three falls with Casey securing the win.
Piqua defeated Troy 20 to 9 Findlay beat Fostoria 18 to 13 Toledo Waite won 21 to 7 over Scott and DeVilbiss routed Lib bey 40 to 0 New Castle Pennsylvania triumphed 33 to 0 over Warren Dover over New Philadelphia 19 to 0 Ashtabula topped Har 26 to 0 Wellsville beat East Liverpool 16 to 7 Bryan defeated Napoleon 21 to 6 Lockland shutout Reading 6 to 0 North Columbus Hill defeated Hartwell 6 to 0.
The Lutherans of Wittenberg College closed a perfect season by defeating Heidelberg 35 to 13 to finish undefeated in Ohio Conference play. Senior John Kostyo led with nine passing attempts and three touchdowns as one of the nation’s few remaining unbeaten teams. In other Ohio action Xavier shut out Ohio University 6–0, and Cincinnati’s UC hammered Miami 44–0. Cleveland’s case fell 15–14 to Western Reserve, while John Carroll lost 47–0 to Akron in Akron. Wayne beat Bowling Green 19–0 in Detroit. Dayton hosted Ohio Wesleyan for a 27–0 setback.
The Columbus Bulls win the American professional football league title 17 to 16 over the New York Yankees. Trailing 3 to 16 entering the final period, Nelson Peterson’s 65 yard run and Ray Johnson’s one yard plunge sparked a decisive comeback.
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