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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1934
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple college teams including Michigan Chicago Portsmouth Georgetown Notre Dame California Mississippi Kansas Creighton Iowa State Villanova Wesleyan Columbia Bucknell and Washington State. Mentions points totals and wins with unclear dates and outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR text references a schedule and football season notes mentioning W. Barker and Jimmy M2 Winclear SM. The readable parts indicate an unfinished update or placeholder terms rather than a complete event or result.
Complete list of players for NEA squad POL first, second and third teams with members from Stanford Oklahoma North Carolina Utah State Ohio State Navy Minnesota Stanford Alabama Pittsburgh West Virginia Navy Minnesota Stanford Alabama Tulane Fordham Washington State Tulane Tulane etc. Includes many schools and a long roster of guards centers and forwards with mentions of Purvis Duquesne and Notre Dame among others.
NBA Service reveals its 1934 All-America football team chosen from 224 players by a board of coaches. The first eleven include Frank Larson Minnesota and George Barclay North Carolina as unanimous selections, with stars from Stanford, Alabama, Pitt, and Navy also on the roster.
The list of coaches contributing to NEA All America picks includes Jock Sutherland Pitt Lewie Hardage Oklahoma Harry Mehre Georgia BU Spaulding C L A Percy Lecey Denver Ray Morrison SMU Earl Bisik Dartmouth Low Little Columbia Claude Thornhill Stanford Hil Ingram California Lieut Tom Hamilton Navy Francis Schmidt Ohio State Dick Hanley Northwestern Dr Clarence W Spears Wisconsin Elmer Henderson Tulsa Slip Madigan Saint Marys Jim Crowley Fordham Chick Meehan Manhattan Benny Friedman CCN and Red Grange the star player still active
Columbus reports Adj. Gen. Frank D. Henderson chairing the State Relief Commission issued an order directing county relief directors to cooperate with the National Re-employment service. It requires counseling families on small earnings and suspending relief if a client refuses suitable employment, without endorsing intolerable or subminimum jobs.
7T. H. Justus 35 of Memphis Tennessee was fined 25 dollars plus costs in Rushville justice court for hunting without a non resident license. He was hunting with Frank Buzz Love of Rushville when state game protectors arrested them in the bottoms north of Rushville.
Chuck Cheshire of the U S scored one touchdown and another and set up a 40 yard run as the team faced Oregon.
Harvard football coach Eddie Casey plans resignation after a disastrous season. Rumored successors include Kipke Kerr Little Adam Walsh Arnold Horween, as Harvard suffered four straight losses to Holy Cross Dartmouth Army and Princeton, with Yale the last defeat.
Ohio teams close the season with Cincinnati facing Miami at Bear cat Field in a key Buckeye Conference finale. Cincinnati leads the race but a Miami win could topple them, while Ohio Wesleyan's upset of Ohio University moved Wesleyan to the runner-up spot.
William H. Reinhart Conservation Commissioner announced the open season on pheasants and Hungarian partridges in Ohio ran from November 15 to November 25 with no exception when November 25 fell on a Sunday.
Pasadena reports voter pick favors Alabama to face Stanford in the Rose Bowl bid race with eastern powerhouses Colgate Pittsburgh and Columbia also mentioned. The piece notes past Rose Bowl outcomes and hints at western preference amid conference voting.
Detroit Lions lose 7 to 0 to Green Bay Packers at Detroit after Clark Hinkle kicks a 47 yard field goal. Bears and Lions set playoff path with remaining games against the Cardinals and Bears while Giants clinch division hopes with Ken Strong field goal in New York. Philadelphia defeats Brooklyn 13 to 6 as Brooklyn and Boston meet in Boston.
Larry Kelley of Yale excelled on defense and added a scoring catch. Harold Rowe sparked Florida's late drive for a 13-12 win over Georgia Tech. Don Weller of Indiana ran 82 yards for a score against Purdue. Wilbur White scored three TDs including two long runs for Colorado Aggies. Earl Wray of Baylor made a leaping catch for a TD and blocked punt in a 13-6 win. Carl Schott of Stanford blocked a punt and kicked the winning field goal in a 9-7 victory over California. Andy Pilney and Dan Hanley of Notre Dame connected two long passes in the final period for the win over Army.
Minnesota claims the 1934 Big Ten football championship after beating Wisconsin 4 0 and Indiana’s 17 6 upset over Purdue. Ohio State, Illinois and Purdue follow in rankings as all star selections crown Lund, Larson, Widseth, Bengston, Bevan on the AP coach panel.
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