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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1934
Page
9
The Minnesota team struggles as 0 touchdowns are scored in a key game. Pug Lund and Rennebohm push drives while Prine and a lineman shine. the coach notes a rough but decisive finish. Western gridhops loom as the season ends with reflections on practice and upcoming travel to Wisconsin.
June 27 1934 Amens area notes from Ashens Ohio highlight Grayson Reynolds and Monk Moscrip named on coast eleven. The roundup mentions Stanford 1933 team stars, end Grayson fullback Moscrip and others as top selections with Associated Press coverage of college football news and standout players like Londos Dusek Shikat Szabo Browning in a broad national context.
Ohio University men's basketball under coach Butch Grover opens the schedule December 5 with Bliss College. The 17 man squad features Bernard Berens, Perk Reichley, Don Fogelsong and George Doll, with eight returning players and 11 non conference tilts on the slate. The Bobcats play eight Buckeye Conference games and a January 1 trip to Coshocton starts a road-heavy stretch through February 20.
New York notes 66 year old Walter Cox, famed trainer of trotters and pacers, attends the Old Glory Auction for a three day run hoping to discover another champion like Walter Dear. It recalls 1929 Hambletonian winners swept by horses he trained and sold, including Walter Dear for $20,000 to Charlie Mills and Hazleton to Mills for $15,000. Volemite and Sir Guy Mac also sold to Lexington and Boston bidders respectively.
A raccoon coat spectator in Yale Bowl wandered into Yale Harvard action thinking he was at Palmer Stadium. He bragged about Princeton and Dartmouth then realized he was at Yale, later continuing to root for Princeton as Yale led Harvard. He had ridden a Harvard Yale football special by mistake.
Ohio State area college football scoring race shows John Turley of Ohio Wesleyan at 92 points after touchdowns field goals and conversions. Harper of Wooster trails with 60. Other top scorers include Monahan Ohio State and Taliaferro Wooster, with several players from Denison and Western Reserve among the leaders.
AP reports results from tonight’s bouts: Mickey Walker of Rumson outpoints Taitt Littman of Wisconsin in Pittsburgh. Tony Gentio defeats Bob Tow in Newark. Leonard Del Genio beats Roger Bernard in New York. Jimmy Leto defeats Bat Battalino in Hartford. Buck Everett over Lew Poster in Asheville.
Bearcats face Miami in a Thanksgiving clash that could decide the Buckeye Conference title as Ohio Wesleyan also eyes the crown after a 20 to 0 win over Ohio University. Cincinnati leads with two wins and a tie. Miami and Ohio Wesleyan sit near the top with three and one losses respectively.
The Westinghouse Ten Pin League in Pittsburgh begins its 33rd season, the oldest in Tri-State bowling. Five charter members remain active, and the league prides itself on uninterrupted play since 1902.
Albany High School basketball teams extended perfect runs last Friday night. The boys beat Union Furnace 33 to 8 for a second straight win, with Ennis scoring 10 points. The girls defeated Union Furnace 34 to 6, led by Zimmerman and Goodwin with 10 points each.
Canton McKinley defeated Massillon 21 to 6 to remain on the undefeated list, reaching 11 straight wins and a 487 to 18 scoring margin. Ohio high schools still without an official state title after the week’s results include Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights tied, Withrow, Logan, Middletown, and Kent Roosevelt also among leaders. Logan meets Nelsonville on Thanksgiving Day.
West Point cadets prepare early for the Army vs Navy game at Franklin Field Philadelphia. They decorate barracks with Sink the Navy signs, revive old Navy game songs, and expect a tough contest as Gar Davidson emphasizes improving aerial defense after losses to Notre Dame.
Left handed hurler Frank Lamansaki was 216 strikeouts high last summer after being picked up by the Dodgers from Davenport Indiana. Labrot will ride Stainforth in the Florida Derby at Hiales Park and they with Tred Avon and one other horse will soon be shipped. Stainforth had shin trouble before Aberdeen but still led to a surprise upset making his owner claim the chestnut juvenile is his fastest horse.
Army Navy game this Saturday at Franklin Field is the 35th in the series dating to 1890. Navy and Army meet with high hopes and a near capacity crowd expected for a clash that could decide bragging rights and mark Navy's first win over Army since 1921.
A new national scoring leader emerges as Paul Miller of South Dakota State’s Jackrabbits posts 116 points over 10 games to hold an eight point edge on Art Strutt of Duquesne. Miller leads in total points across major conferences with 10 touchdowns 19 field goals and 2 PATs while Strutt sits second with 10 games 18 touchdowns and 0 PATs for 108.
Tecumseh at the Naval Academy is shown in war paint as Midshipmen ready for the Army clash. A large roof sign proclaims We can, we will with lights under the Bancroft Hall entrance reading Beat Army as the team seeks victory.
English actress Binnie Barnes makes American debut in There’s Always Tomorrow at the Ohio Theater. The article traces Barnes’s career from a London milk maid to stage roles with Charles Laughton, Una O’Conner, and later screen work including The Private Life of Henry VIII. It contrasts her with Garbo in The Painted Veil and notes her rising prominence in early 1930s cinema.
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