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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1932
Page
5
The Ohio Bobcats lost to Miami the only touch down pass near the goal line could have given Ohio a lead. Ohio showed grit yet struggled with a weak pass defense and missed connections that shifted the game.
Michigan leads the Big Ten after week three with an undefeated conference record of three wins. Chicago Purdue and Michigan share the top standings while Northwestern and Minnesota posted notable results and Ohio State held a 0 0 tie with Pittsburgh.
Miami leads Buckeye Conference with a 16 to 0 win over Ohio University and challenges for the title as Ohio teams stumble. Cincinnati and Ohio Wesleyan pick up wins while Case and Baldwin Wallace loom as key rivals. Buckeye standings show Miami 2 0, Cincinnati 1 0, Ohio Wesleyan 1 1, Ohio U 0 1.
A partial record shows 21 games with 10 correct doped results 7 misses and 4 ties. Noted wins include Army over Yale Marquette over Boston College Brown over Tufts Bucknell over Lafayette California over Washington Case over Wooster Harvard over Dartmouth Oklahoma over Kansas Aggies Vanderbilt over Georgia Washington State over Orgeon State with several incorrect or tied results including Ohio over Miami Stanford over Southern Cal Indiana over Chicago and matchups involving Fordham Muskingum Tulane and others.
West Virginia football saw two upsets among three unbeatens last week. Bluefield College stayed clean while West Virginia Wesleyan edged Duquesne 7-6 and Potomac State routed Shepherd 32-0. Marshall fell to Dayton 13-7 and WVU lost 26-13 to Detroit, ending their perfect slate. Salem and West Liberty won, Davis Elkins lost, and several ties and other results filled the weekend slate.
USC coach Howard Jones led the Trojans to an 18 to 4 victory over Stanford in Palo Alto. Jones pressed his team from the sideline, denying bench masterminds, and used two second quarter TDs from McNeish and Griffith to secure the win and boost USC’s coast conference title hopes.
On Saturday October 22 several undefeated teams suffered upsets or ties nationwide. Notre Dame impressed by beating Carnegie Tech 42 to 0 while N Y U fell to Colgate. Indiana and Pittsburgh lost in the Midwest, Tulane and Florida toppled in the South, Stanford and Washington failed in the West. Auburn claimed the Southern title race by defeating Tulane.
Gallia Academy football staff halted practice after a win over Middleport with only minor bruises reported. Bas tiana returned to strengthen the backfield and is set to play the rest of the season while Kelton’s return remains uncertain ahead of the Athens clash on November 12.
The American Association adopts a monthly salary limit of 6500 and cuts the season to 164 games for 1933. Training begins March 12, with a spring session lasting four weeks. A committee led by T J Hickey and including Norman A Perry Louise Nahin and L G MacPhail will study close AA matters and retain current membership. A separate Centre Baseball League meeting plans an eight club circuit for 1933 with six cities represented.
Theodore Trempie twenty four of Fort Wayne Ind died after a second quarter injury in a Sunday game between the Fort Wayne Independents and Coldwater Independents. Trempie was unmarried and worked for the City Light and Power Company. He played center for Fort Wayne Independents.
The Big Ten rivalry renews as Ohio State and Wisconsin meet in Columbus next Saturday. Ohio State leads 5 wins to 4 with one tie in ten games, dating back to 1913 including notable 1918 and 1919 thrillers. Other Friday and Saturday grid clashes involve Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, Miami, and multiple Buckeye Conference and Ohio Conference games.
Ohio State’s football squad trained for the key Big Ten game with Wisconsin after a tie with Pitt. Regulars Monahan and Ferrall may miss the matchup, with Roncequist and Salvaterra possible replacements. The line’s strong defense buoyed by Conrad Geus Smith Warner Rosequist Gilla and Salvaterra was pivotal, as OSU stifled Pitt in the closing moments.
In a tough coming game at Sing Sing prison the Black Sheep football team lost to the Kingston Yellow Jackets. Morans absence left the Sheep short on offense as Kingston relied on a strong aerial attack and three successful down plays to push ahead. A pass from Mayes reached Jones for a touchdown as Kingston stretched the lead and kicked the extra point.
Hollis North of Gallipolis Boy Scout Troop 2 won the Robert and Harold Mackenzie Miniature Yacht Racing Cup after final heat victory. Donald Saunders placed second and Raymond Sheline third as the trio led the nine-heat event. Edward Keeler, last year’s winner, finished fourth in a nine-boys field.
Sherman Eagle, Gallipolis banker, rode the president's special train on the Washington to Detroit trip. He joined at Huntington West Virginia and left the train at Irenton during the West Virginia and Ohio transit.
Gallia high court will hear two criminal cases this week as Benner Jones of Jackson sits on the Gallia Canis bench. Judge W R White in Jackson County handles several civil suits. Cleil Shoemaker of Poplar Ridge faces trial Wednesday for carrying concealed weapons and cattle poisoning valued around 60 dollars. Kenneth Wise of Clay Township, indicted in July for forgery, will be tried Thursday in common pleas court.
Mrs Mary Ewing travels to her former home in Franklin Texas. In Dayton she meets her son Van Ewing of Chicago who accompanies Ber Om on the trip.
The Kanawha River steamer Otto Marmet sprang a leak in one of four boilers near Gallipolis after coal from Raymond City mines was en route to Cincinnati. The Joe Cook halted, fires were drawn, and inspectors ordered a new sheet installed. Captain William C. Curry and chief engineer Charles Atkinson led the Marmet, while the Joe Cook carried steel coal barges to Kanawha River operations, marking a shift from wood to steel in regional coal transport. The Marmet Company, expanding for winter, notes this is the first use of steel barges in over 50 years on the routes to North Bend and Cincinnati.
Clarence Miller of Huntington, son of Isaac Miller, escaped uninjured when his roadster crashed into a guard rail on Route 160 near Vinton around 2 am Sunday. He was en route to Vinton to buy gasoline when he was crowded off the road.
Major J. Mallory dredge completes work at the crossing between the lower entrance of Ohio River Dam 32 and the government light 282 at Rome. The navigable channel will be marked with red buoys on the Kentucky side and black buoys on the Ohio side for piloting.
The Mallory will continue rescue below Dam 2 near Brush Coast Island, a former shoal hindering tow navigation before lock installation creates navigable pool. Gallipolis reports a golden wedding anniversary for Mr. Andrew Berrige of Cray I Sunday with guests from Mpolis including Mr. and Mrs. Reese.
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