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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1934
Page
6
The Tigers hold a 3-2 edge as fielding and pitching edge over the Cardinals shapes a tense finish in Detroit. Cardinals errors remain scarce while Tigers pitchers yield few bases on balls. In college football, top teams falter as Notre Dame Texas and Washington State upset hailed by Rice Penn and Cornell victims.
Detroit lopsided 10 to 8 win highlighted by Greenberg and Delancey driving runs. Bridges and Martin contributed key hits while Fulton, Fox, and DeLancey anchored the defense. Dean relieved on the mound with 7 strikeouts in a late-inning rally.
Pittsburg Panthers defeated West Virginia 27 to 6 in Morgantown as WVU piled up 17 first downs to 8? The large crowd witnessed a hard fought football game with assorted power plays and passes.
Detroit opens back at home as Dizzy Dean faces Bill Hallahan in Game Six with the World Series on the line. Frankie Frisch and the Cardinals rely on their veteran staff while Mickey Cochrane and the Tigers seek a decisive win.
Detroit led by 2 to 1 and look to even the series as the Cardinals suffer fielding jitters and blame the umpire Brick Owens for questionable calls. Frisch berates Dizzy Dean after a 3 to 1 loss as Tigers surge with clutch hitting and a renewed batting order.
Ohio University faces Georgetown at home after a week of scouting Buckeye foes. Coach Don Peden plans rest for regulars to recover from injuries while reserves see action. Georgetown employs a Notre Dame style attack, with Bobcats preparing to defend and tune up this midweek.
The article argues single barrel guns are quicker to aim and more accurate than double barrels, but cautions that a shooter should not overfocus on the gun. It advocates universal focus with both eyes open, targeting about 60 percent on the target and 10 percent across the surroundings, outlining a snap shot for thick brush situations.
By William Weekes Chicago Oct 8 AP Michigan suffers its first loss since 1915 16 0 to Michigan State Purdue falls 4 0 to Rice Institute Notre Dame loses 7 6 to Texas Ohio State beats Indiana 33 0 and meets Illinois Michigan visits Chicago Saturday three Big Ten squads hit the road Northwestern Iowa Nebraska and Temple trips loom Wisconsin edges Marquette 3 0 Minnesota dominates Nebrask a 20 0 with Pug Land and Stan Kostka scoring twice
Claude Westfall of the Athens Rifle Club won the aggregate trophy at Chillicothe in the Sixth Annual Shoot of the Legion Pistol and Rifle Club. He scored 493 of 500 with 190 at 50 yards, 198 at 100 yards, and 97 at 200 yards. Charles Woodworth earned a trophy with 220 of 240 at 50 yards. other Athens scores included Goldsberry 199 and Bush 198. Woodworth and Bush posted 198 in the 100-yard match, with Westfall also at 198 and Goldsberry 195.
New York golf pro Craig Wood, known for training Paul Bunyan Dick Metz and Charley Lacey, now coaches Bobby Jacobsen who eliminated Johnny Goodman in the 1934 National Amateur.
South Bend Indiana reports Notre Dame tackle Ken Stilley attended every day for three years of grade school and four years of high school because his father served as a truant officer in Clairtown Pennsylvania.
University of Pittsburgh coach Jock Sutherland previews Oct. 15 college football games across the nation. He predicts Penn over Yale, Harvard over Brown, and Southern California to defeat Pitt, with emphasis on Ohio State-Illinois and Purdue-Notre Dame showdowns and Louisiana State facing Auburn.
Shirley Temple stars in Now and Forever at the Majestic with Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard a tale of a young thief and a child who changes his life. Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres star in Servants Entrance at the Ohio blending comedy and romance with a chauffeur and a rich girl in hot water.
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