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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1931
Page
11
A columnist lists about 26 college games and picks winners between Creighton Washington and others. Names include Washington, Notre Dame, Yale, Purdue Illinois, Michigan Chicago, Princeton, Carnegie Georgia Tech, and USC. Predictions span Big Ten and other conferences with notes on injuries and lineups.
Athens High footballers prepare for a Buckeye Conference opener at Granville against Denison University. The squad, led by coach McKinley, faces Wellston in a long-awaited matchup while key backs Kepler and Sadosky are sidelined with injuries.
In Thomasville Georgia the Rev Robb White rector of St Thomas Episcopal Church aided Pepper Martin then rookie outfielder by funding a jail fine and a Bradenton training camp trip. White funded the jail fine after Martin rode freight, later repaying the loan. The gesture helped Martin join the St Louis Cardinals camp in Bradenton Florida.
Ged Brown, a senior at the University of Cincinnati, may start at guard against Depauw this Saturday. He never played high school football and only began college football in his senior year, but his strong practice showings make him a top challenger among linemen.
Ohio State hosts Vanderbilt at Ohio Stadium in a pivotal intersectional clash seen as crucial in the Midwest. About 40,000 fans expected. OSU aims to win both intersectionals, with Navy upcoming. Key players listed. injuries loom with three first-stringers out. Forward pass and aerial threats anticipated from both teams. Officials named: Lane, Towne, Weygandt, Strickling.
Rochester Red Wings swept the series after winning four straight following St Paul’s early victory. The Saints then nosed ahead briefly before collapsing in sixth game. St Paul won game five nine three and five, aided by four Red Wing errors in each game and by eight Wings pitchers allowing 31 hits across two contests.
About 100000 fans will watch Notre Dame and Northwestern at Soldiers Field in the 10th football feud. Notre Dame seeks 21 straight wins while Northwestern aims for its first upset since 1901, with key injuries and weekend contests across the Midwest noted.
Sun Beau runs last race yesterday winning the $25,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup for the third straight year. The horse will retire to Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Virginia farm with career earnings of $376,744 as 18,000 spectators watch him lead from start to finish over Mate.
Annapolis Md Oct 9 Navy will be at full strength for Saturdays game with Maryland as Lou Kirn returns to the lineup after insisting to play. Coach Rip Miller granted his request ensuring Kirn's participation.
Pepper Martin, a minor leaguer turned St Louis Cardinals center fielder, becomes the World Series standout. He earns a tiny salary but delivers heroic play, plans to improve his bunting, and quips with Commissioner Landis about salaries.
Joe Sekyra, favored to repeat his 1928 light heavyweight victory, meets James J. Braddock in a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Sekyra has gained momentum while Braddock's form has slipped.
A group of current and former Ohio State track and field athletes vie for places on the 1932 Olympic team to defend the world title in California next August. Buckeye standout George Simpson leads as an Olympic candidate along with Dick Rockaway and Pete Rasmus among others from Ohio State practicing for the tryouts.
Pittsburgh announces Jewel Ens is released as Pirates manager after a fifth place finish. President Barney Dreyfuss disclosed the change as the club begins search for a successor possibly to be George Gibson, a former Pirates skipper.
The Ohio Wesleyan football team left Delaware on Thursday night with 25 players bound for Syracuse New York for a Saturday intersectional game against Syracuse University. Students and townsfolk gave parting cheers as the party departed.
Thomas A. Edison aged 84, long seriously ill, slipped into a deep sleep after a day that exhausted his fading strength. Observers feared the end neared as he remained in a critical condition at West Orange.
The Bush-Biddle annual golf dinner at Athens Country Club will be held Tuesday night Oct. 13. Club officials announce a membership meeting will follow the dinner. Dinner matches must be completed by Tuesday noon.
George Flint son of Chancellor Charles W. Flint of Syracuse University will captain Ohio Wesleyan University football in its game at Syracuse on Saturday. A senior and honor student he weighs 190 pounds and plays guard. He plans to become a minister and will preach on Sunday at University Methodist Episcopal Church Syracuse on the topic Why I Intend To Be A Minister.
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