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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1939
Page
7
The columnist notes football is ending for some programs while others in milder climates continue. The upcoming season promises lively competition with Rose Sugar Cotton and Orange Bowl contenders highlighted. Practice and the offseason chatter draw as much attention as the games themselves.
Ohio State crowned Big Ten champions hosted an appreciation dinner on campus as letters are awarded and a 1940 captain elected. Buckeyes, after a 21 to 14 loss to Michigan, finish with five wins and one conference loss, while Iowa ties Northwestern and Ohio State tops the standings.
New York United Press notes time remains to finish 1939 season with two games each. Tennessee and Southern California sit atop early rankings with Texas A and M Tulane Cornell Duquesne Georgetown and UCLA also in contention for bowls and national recognition. Kenny Washington of UCLA shines as Yale upsets Harvard. Best games include Tennessee Kentucky and Army Navy.
A collection of sports trivia and predictions includes 1907 World Series pitching, Isaac Murphy races, scout Joe Medwick discovery, and bowl game forecasts. It notes Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers four games to none with one tie, and lists various stakes won by Murphy.
South Canaan notes Thanksgiving dinner guests at Hoyt Hoskinson home were Floyd Hoskinson and family from Houston Pa. Branch Carsey hosted Betty Carsey’s 17th birthday party with candy making and games. Also reported are modest health updates and a move by Faye Eslocker to Canaanville.
Vernon Williams, blind since birth, pursues a career as a crime detective while a junior law student at the University of South Dakota. He travels unaided, uses a NYA reader for text and note taking, and takes exams with others in a separate room where he dictates answers to a stenographer.
Notre Dame closed another season as football’s top draw with 498000 in attendance over nine games, an all time high for the decade at Notre Dame Stadium. Knute Rockne’s enduring empire is cited as the key to sustained popularity, with Elmer Layden continuing the program’s high standard.
Eddie Mc Closky coached Babe Malonek to rush in for a knockout in Greensburg Pennsylvania. At the bell Malonek slipped and crashed face first onto the canvas and was counted out in the 12th second of the first round.
Mrs. Opal S. Hill, a leading woman golfer of the past decade, never played golf until age 35, challenging the idea that skill must be learned in one's teens. She rose to prominence despite late start.
In Chicago, Sid Luckman has memorized most of George Halas shelves of plays in under a season. Halas notes Luckman’s quick grasp of the system, while Luckman explains pivoting under center and new passing from the quarterback role, praising the offense and rival receivers.
A sequence of social notes reports a surprise shower for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman at their Sand Run home. Gatherings honor Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easterling with their families. Akron and Barberton visitors are noted among residents.
In Cleveland a record 30,960 watched the Rams lose 7 to 6 to the Packers. Parker Hall completed 14 of 27 passes, raising his season total to 90 for a new National League mark, while Bob Feller dominated baseball praise as the city’s other sports ace. Jim Benton caught an 18 yard TD pass, Vic Spadaccini’s kick failed, and Cecil Isbell connected to Joe Laws for the Packers’ late score.
Dr. J Arthur Herrick of Kent State studies a damaging oak fungus described as a world problem. He notes nearly a quarter of current oak stalks are hollow at the base and infected, causing millions in losses. The research spans four years and highlights basal decay significance. Minnesota coach feeds babies?
Brooklyn reports Sam Francis, former Nebraska all American, is the fastest rising NFL player. Drafted by Philadelphia, traded to Chicago, then to Pittsburgh, later sold to Brooklyn, marking a swift sequence across franchises.
NEA service: Rep Ambrose J Kennedy proposes a bill to place boxing under government control. The piece argues such regulation unlikely to pass, favoring skilled promoters and fighters over bureaucratic oversight, and cites past commissions as costly to small promoters while praising historic boxing figures and self-regulation.
Chicago dispatch reviews the 1939 Big Ten season, noting Ohio State’s collapse against Michigan cost them undisputed glory while Iowa rose as the lone bright spot. Northwestern, Purdue, Michigan, and Minnesota posted mixed results and several programs endured poor campaigns as Wisconsin, Illinois, and Chicago underperformed.
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