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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
11
Denison and Ohio University football teams prepare for a 1928 showdown on Ohio field. Both squads, coming off tough seasons and a common Wesleyan loss, seek victory to secure standings and end the campaign on a high note.
Major league club owners meet December 13 at the Congress Hotel to discuss draft rules and minor league influence. Separate pre meetings in New York and Chicago precede the joint session. Landis says nothing definite is settled though trades and free agent moves loom. The AL plans a delayed season start due to a Massachusetts Sunday baseball law.
Sun Friar ridden by Leonard won the Old Dominion Handicap at Bowie by three lengths. Corporal and Twitter followed. The mile and a sixteenth time was 1 47 2 5. Oh Susanna won the Au Revoir Handicap at Lexington by a length and a half, paying 3.38. Cayuga, Will Charm er, and Procne were on the board.
Pat Freeman of Louisville and Tommy Sayers of Detroit headline a 10 round heavyweight bout at St. Hayes tonight both tipping the scales above 200 pounds. An exciting scrap is anticipated.
Milwaukee star Roy Gotfredson is highlighted as the best tennis player in Wisconsin. The NET STAR OF WISCONSIN designation marks him as the leading figure in the state's tennis scene.
A list of names including Crammer Stedman Griffith Wiley Farmer L.G Greggory Mowbray C. Lewis Begola R.G. Russell Hastings Kistimaker Brammer R.E. Rose Mason Owens Jeffrey Mason McKinley Stibbs Sheridan Peace appears as a team or club roster segment with initials and positions indicated.
Ohio State travels to Urbana for the last game of the season against Illinois. Dr. J. W. Wilce will retire after the contest, eight Buckeyes will play their final games, and a possible Big Ten title hinges on several simultaneous results including Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa Michigan outcomes.
Enthusiasm runs high for the Ohio University versus Denison University clash with a pep meeting at the Majestic Theatre between shows tonight. Mayor Alex M. Moore will deliver the main talk, dubbed the Will Rogers of Ohio for his wit. Lewis Terven will preside as Men's Union president. school songs and cheerleaders accompany the program. Both the Bobcats and Baptists squads are invited, with the Big Red yet to decide attendance.
Harlem middleweight Phil Kaplan, a Ring veteran, is favored to halt rising contender Harry Ebbetts in the feature bout at Madison Square Garden tonight. The winner could be matched with Mickey Walker, reigning champion of the division.
Sixteen teen henchmen tied to Morris Eller political boss of the Bloody Twentieth Ward were found guilty in Chicago of election violence during the April state primary.
Ottawa tops the NHL standings after last night games with Montreal and New York tied for second. New York Americans beat Toronto 3 to 0, Pittsburgh and Montreal’s Les Canadiens tied 0-0, Ottawa edged Montreal Maroons 1-0, Chicago lost again, Detroit beat Boston 2-0. Standings show Ottawa 6-3-6 with 30 points, Montreal Canadiens 2-1-1, New York Rangers 2-1-1, Pittsburgh 1-1-3, Boston 1-3-1.
Three Ohio Conference fixtures remain with Mount Union favored to beat Akron on their field while Dayton aims to top Muskingum. Western Reserve versus Case in the Turkey Day clash is billed as a clash of heavyweights despite last year’s upset. Reserve, Heidelberg, Marietta, Dayton and St Xavier vie for the mythical title as standings vary and teams prepare for decisive games.
Columbus November 23 Ohio motion picture theater owners plan to approach 60 state legislators before the next session to urge amending the law that bans Sunday theatrical or dramatic performances to permit showing moving pictures.
Ohio University Bobcats honor seven seniors in the 1928 season finale with captain Pete McKinley and five three year lettermen leading the Green and White. Dallas Farmer Joe Begola Lyle Mowbray Albert Jeffrey cap off storied careers while William Garrison and John Luce exit after four years without letters.
The U S Golf Association executive committee selected Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham Michigan to host the 1929 national women’s championship the event to be held the week of September 30 at the Detroit club. The open championship dates were set for June 27 to 29 with sectional qualifiers June 10 at Winged Foot Club. A January 10 annual meeting in New York will elect officers and discuss ball size and amatuer championship changes.
Charley Crowley a Harvard graduate and coach at Columbia may inherit Arnold Horween’s post in the next fall season. The move would place Crowley as head coach for the Columbia football program.
Veteran outfielder Leslie Mann was released unconditionally by the New York Giants to make room for Young Chick Fallis. Mann, a ten year man who previously played with the Cardinals Cubs and Braves, cannot be sent to the minors. He invented a motion picture machine used by colleges and may take a college coaching job.
Rogers Caldwell, a Memphis banker and newspaper publisher, now owns all stock in the Nashville Southern League club, consolidating ownership.
In Delaware Ohio the Wittenberg Lutherans meet Ohio Wesleyan's Battling Bishops in a headlining clash that could crown the Buckeye Athletic Association race. Wittenberg eyes a title by beating Wesleyan while Wesleyan seeks to offset recent tragedy with a strong start from its first string.
Minnesota sails to Madison with hopes to upset Wisconsin as 7000 fans plan to follow the Gophers. Iowa’s train to Michigan, Indiana to Purdue, Ohio State to Illinois, and Northwestern stays home facing Dartmouth’s Green Ghost.
Officials at Washington and Jefferson, who have arranged to play Wittenberg in 1929, hope to add two other Ohio teams to their 1929 schedule.
Carnegie Tech and New York University each name three All-American hopefuls for the Forbes Field clash. Harpster Rosenzweig Strong headline a strong list, with Lassman, Grant, Kareis as key linemen. Strong boasts 1689 rushing yards this season and can run pass and kick.
Belgrade reports that Macedonian revolutionary Vantcha Michaeloff warned he would march freebooters against Sofia unless Bulgarian authorities repeal repressive measures against Macedonians.
Nebraska's powerful 200 pounders arrive at West Point for the planned intersectional with Army. Notre Dame had stopped Cagle earlier, and Army seeks revenge after a season of hard schedule. The piece notes Cagle's impact and mid western backs in a showcase of college football matchups.
Admirers of Bill Fincher assistant coach at Georgia Tech presented him with an automobile as appreciation for his coaching work.
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