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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1934
Page
7
Fans routinely boo referees and yet the officials rarely adjust signals or rule usage to reduce confusion. A Wesleyan Xavier game shows writers and broadcasters echo pleas for clarity while Knoxville writers note the South’s emerging football power scene.
Coach Don Peden weighs fixes as Ohio prepares for Dad's Day game against Marshall College. The team struggles to connect passes, ends show slow coverage, and the offense stalls with nine-man lines and tentative timing. Changes include Priode stepping in at guard if DeStefano remains injured. Halleck expected to start at full back.
Ohio State University lines up winter squads with 30 pool candidates under Coach Mike Peppe, including six lettermen and a standout all-American freshman team. Coach Bernard F Mooney lists six wrestling veterans as the core of his squad.
Battles for sectional and conference titles spread across the nation with major matchups in the Big Ten SEC and Pacific Coast. Minnesota faces Iowa in a Big Ten clash while Alabama meets Georgia and Tulane faces Georgia Tech in the SEC. Stanford meets Southern California as Washington tests California. Army plays Yale and Penn State faces Columbia in the East as undefeated teams seek to preserve leads.
PRAISE FOR PUNTER PULLMAN Washington State sophomore quarterback Ed Goddard is hailed by coach Howard Jones of USC as the best punter since Elmer Layden. MEXICO CITY The Mexican amateur golf championship will be decided at the Country Club course from Oct 30 to Nov 4. PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh athletes posted a higher scholastic average than the student body last year with twenty on the honor roll. LEXINGTON Kentucky and Georgia sign a five year football contract for a home and home series starting next year. OLANDER LEAVES Illinois Milton M. Olander will leave football for business after this season. CLEVELAND The national American League all star game may be played at Cleveland Stadium next summer.
Gene Mako, once amateur king and now pro, poised to overtake George Lott of Chicago as the top doubles player in the United States, per Ellsworth Vines.
John Zontini, named the Buckeye Conference's most elusive back and last year's all American honorable mention, will play for the first time on Ohio University's gridiron this Saturday.
Chicago and baseball circles react as William Murray Walker resigns the Cubs presidency. Philip K. Wrigley buys Walker’s stock and plans to implement his own ideas with manager Charlie Grimm under closer business-office cooperation. Walker returns to his fish business amid talk of changes at Wrigley Field.
In Newark Szabo 218 defeated Graber 210 in 27 28 as Graber could not return for the second fall. In Reading Blackstock 220 threw Marshall 225 in 16 22. In Spokane Muir 212 defeated Maloney 210 in straight falls. In San Francisco Maicewicz 215 beat Mannagoff 210 in straight falls. Fraley 225 defeated Wright 225 in 14 00 in Boston. In San Diego Stein 205 defeated Cantondine 236 on a foul.
The 25 000 handicap at Narragansett Park reduced from a hoped lineup of Cavalcade Discovery and Equipoise to a smaller field including Faireno Indian Runner Time Supply Top Row and Little Reigh. Cavalcade and Equipoise missed mid summer injuries, Discovery is retired, and Nellie Flag leads money winners after Selima Stakes with 847 420. Aqueduct fall meeting attendance rose to 54 929 over 12 days while receipts reached 152 502.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd announced a tractor party discovered an extensive ice covered plateau about 420 miles east of Little America. The party completed a three weeks expedition into the untraveled area and returned to base last Thursday.
Five Ohio colleges remain undefeated through mid season with Baldwin Wallace Denison Ohio Northern Western Reserve and Muskingum each holding clean records or limited ties. Centre beat Xavier 7 to 6 to deny Xavier perfection while Oberlin Kenyon Otterbein Holbrook and Rio Grande remain winless. Ohio Northern has not allowed a point in three games. Rio Grande has 167 points against. Xavier leads in points scored with 122, Dayton 107, Baldwin Wallace 101. Upcoming games include Baldwin Wallace at Western Reserve and Case at Denison.
Reports from multiple venues show Ray Keitz outpointing Custer Perry in Newport while Louis Carpentero knocks out Charley Kennedy in the same card. Henry Hook outpoints Midget Azteca in San Antonio and Joey Alcanter stops Jackie Stewart in Kansas City. Sonny Buxton outpoints Ford Smith in Bellingham.
The new CCC camp on Peach Ridge near Athens is taking shape as the administration building and mess hall relocate from the former Cutler site. With three of five barracks likely up by week’s end, the complex will house Forestry Department and First Aid Station in the administration building, under Lt. Gabel and Captain Clemens. About 210 CCC workers now in Dover will move in once construction finishes.
Reedsville schools will dismiss Friday so teachers may attend the Southeast ern Ohio Educational Association meeting.
Constance Bennett stars in Outcast Lady at the Majestic, Iris March’s fall from grace and pursuit of self respect drive a drama of scandal and family wreckage set against European backgrounds. Also at Ohio Theatre As the Earth Turns portrays rural New England life with a simple cast and strong characterizations. Name the Woman screens at Court Theatre in a political thriller involving a reporter and a reform bid.
Rev. BP Smith of Glouster will address the Concord Church Friday night at 7:30 o clock in the kickoff talk of a series by the M. K. F. minister. The talks will be held at Concord Church with future addresses at The Con coord Church.
University of Georgia coach contends Notre Dame’s system remains viable and adaptable. He argues Rockne’s leadership and imagination would suit modern play and that shifts in defense and formations keep the system relevant despite aging tactics and newer schemes.
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