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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
8
Western Reserve Wooster Ohio Wesleyan and Denison lead the standings as they face important tests in a pivotal Ohio conference Saturday. St Xavier meets John Carroll in a non conference tilt while Wittenberg and Springfield clash in a stadium dedication game.
Columbus Oct 19 Ohio State football team plans to leave for Ann Arbor with all regulars fit except Ollie Klee who is sidelined by a dislocated shoulder. The final drill will sharpen defense against Michigan's end running and forward passing as the Buckeyes prepare for their Big Ten opener.
The boundary fence marks a prohibited area and a ball partly inside and partly outside is judged by the greater part of the ball. Players must agree on location. a referee decides if present. Hairline cases may arise in determining whether the ball is out of bounds.
A guide advises wiping door fingerprints with a kerosene dipped cloth then a hot water wrung cloth. A statement claims air forcat at maturity contains a percent of all the trees that started life there.
At Belmont Park Zev is galloped five furlongs while trainer Sam Hildreth weighs sending the 3-year-old to race or pulling him from the Papyrus match. My Own is discussed as a possible substitute, but Jockey Club aims to avoid late changes. Belmont official C. J. FitzGerald cites precautionary moves amid speculation.
At 12 45 Saturday the annual intramural cross country run takes place under Trainer Thor Olson and Assistant Coach Grover. The event, open to all contestants, features fraternal organization entrants and a course looping from the men's gym to the Armory and back, finishing before the Ohio Cincinnati game.
McArthur prepares for Sunday game against Chauncey with New York era names in lineup. Pat Duncan of the Cincinnati Reds will join McArthur at Wellston. George Grimm or Pomeroy, a former league player, to bat for Vinton countians. Chauncey eyes revenge after last week's defeat. Daugherty will pitch and Dad Earich of Jacksonville will play short.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Oct. 19 Former Wolverine stars Heston and Herrnstein return to Michigan as sophomores in the backfield. Leroy Heston and Bill Herrnstein, related to Willie and Al, are gaining early praise for notable plays in the season. With Kipke and Steger in the Yost backfield, neither may win regular berths this year but could become key players next season.
Albany writer O D Dailey recalls the 1898 Ohio University football squad led by Pete McClaren and Ned Gibson. Players Clyde Edmundson Teedie Dalton Charlie Bryson Frank Lowery from Athens and Albany origin gathered for a 25th anniversary kickoff while others, including Ned Gibson, were elsewhere. The article notes no coach in 1898 and Cincinnati’s earlier loss to OU in 1898 following a Cincinnati win in 1897.
A determined young man named W. T. McElwain appears to be the Northwestern University football captain. He is described as a big figure on campus and possibly known as Bill.
Tomorrow’s Ohio Conference schedule features Ohio University at Athens against Cincinnati, Ohio Wesleyan visiting Springfield to meet Wittenberg, Denison hosting Akron in Graville, Miami facing Oberlin at Oxford, Otterbein meeting Hiram at Otterbein, Wooster playing Case at Wooster, Western Reserve hosting Ohio Northern in Cleveland, and Kenyon vs Mt Union in Alliance.
Western Conference slate lists Ohio State at Michigan in Ann Arbor. Iowa visits Illinois in Iowa City. Chicago hosts Northwestern in Chicago. Wisconsin noted and Indiana plays at Bloomington with confirmed venue.
The Athletic department will publish a large twenty eight page program for the home coming football game with Cincinnati tomorrow. It will include team statistics scores captains and coaches of Ohio University since 1900 rules of football and many features. More than twenty squad and coach photos will appear, edited by Charley Bonner.
The source notes that the first written calendars were created by the Greeks in Alexandria around 150 A.D. This marks an early example of organized timekeeping by Hellenic scholars in Egypt.
Athens High School football team leaves at 5:50 AM Saturday for Columbus to face Aquinas High at Neil Park at 2 PM. Coach Rockhill takes 16 players hoping to avenge last fall's loss to Catholic. Starting lineup includes Cowan Kennedy Tribe Smith Maple Miller Sawyers Carmichael McKinley Shafer E Carmichael. Algeo Rhodes Baker Clarke travel as reserves with injuries prompting cautious use.
Oil and troubled waters are noted with Yale rower Rockefeller. A roundup of playful quips on boxing, baseball, film, wrestling and sports figures follows with humorous takes on managers pitchers and performers.
The interpretation holds that a runner from third may score on a squeeze. A balk and interference should be called if the catcher leaves his position to catch the ball. This allows the runner to score and the batsman to be awarded first base.
A historical note on the screened pass from 1906 showing how blocking evolved. The piece traces Oak Park high school use from 1910 to 1912, describes linemen’s nonblocking screen lines, and details the receiver timing and signal. It mentions the platter play as Play No. 8.
Princeton coach Roper sets a hard fall schedule starting with Georgetown Notre Dame and Navy on successive Saturdays. The plan aims to toughen the Tigers by regular heavy testing, with Harvard and Yale looming later. If the squad survives the early tests, November could bring excitement from New Jersey.
Washington reports Admiral Cary T. Grayson's 3-year-old My Own left Vaurel track at 8 30 this morning on a special train for Belmont Park. Grayson said he did not know if My Own would be substituted for Zev at the last moment to race the English horse Papyrus.
Ohio University prepares for the annual homecoming clash against Cincinnati with coaches Heldt and Peden demanding peak effort. Cincinnati trains actively in Cincinnati and en route, while Ohio introduces lineup tweaks and a new gridiron as kickoff at 2 30 pm draws fans to the stands.
In Fort Thomas Kentucky Raptia Waters defeated Young Jack Dillon in ten rounds while Oklahoma Smith defeated Joe Jiurst. Berlin Miller stopped Henry S woth in the fifth round.
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