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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1954
Page
12
Ohio University travels by air to Cambridge for the final meeting with Harvard in Boston on Saturday. Coach Carroll Widdoes aims at a comeback as the team fights to split the series and avenge earlier losses.
Ohio State heads for a trio of Mid American and conference games after planning a collision with Northwestern at Evanston. Ohio University eyes Harvard while Xavier meets Boston College and Miami tackles Western Michigan as Heidelberg invades Morris Harvey in a packed schedule.
In Camden New Jersey owners prepare for the Garden State Stakes the race offering about 154000 to the winner with total purses near 270000. Summer Tan leads a strong field including Flying Fury Roman Patrol and Cup Man with entry fees of 1000 required today and another 1000 tomorrow for a CBS televised 430 pm EST telecast.
Jackson's Ironmen ranked seventh in Ohio high school football defeated Nelsonville 33 to 0 on Thursday night. Greene and Exline each scored twice with Owens adding a TD. Exline kicked three extra points as Jackson improved to seven straight wins.
Ohio State Buckeyes flew to Evanston for a road game at Northwestern. The 38 man squad included Jerry Williams replacing the injured Jim Parker, while two Wildcats starters John Damore and Bob Norman may miss the game with knee injuries.
The Hill Billy club met at Ruth and Bud Boswell home with Peggy Blessing presiding. Miss Blessing was reelected president. Lola Jean Roush named vice president and Ruth Boswell secretary. A Halloween party was planned for Oct. 27 at the Wilbur Webb home. New member Clara Robinson joined. members present included Peggy Blessing, Lola Roush, Hattie McDermitt, Judy Webb, and others. Several recent visitors and guests from Columbus were noted, with various family visits and social calls across the region.
Mrs Helen Monier 52 formerly Helen Hall Warren of Sault Ste Marie Michigan a professor of law at the University of Paris died Wednesday after a short illness at a Paris hospital. The obituary notes her long academic career and ties to Michigan.
Ohio Division of Wildlife says raccoon season starts 6 p m November 1 and runs to midnight January 31 with a four critters per day and four in possession limit. Open hours are 6 p m to 6 a m. Opossum and skunk seasons run concurrently with no hour or limit restrictions. Farmers in northern Ohio are still harvesting soybeans after heavy rains. hunters should obtain farmer permission before hunting.
Carmen Bartolomeo and Tony Johnson earned decision and stoppage wins in Philadelphia and New York. Bartolomeo defeated Ike White on points in Philadelphia while Johnson stopped Billy Tisdale in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the same night of boxing action.
A compact roundup of high school football results across Ohio with scattered scores from Kentucky and West Virginia. Numerous games show final tallies including Dover over Marietta 18 7 and Cincinnati Withrow defeating Middle Town 19 15 along with many other regional matches and routs.
The Ohio High School Football Coaches Assn unveils a 16 district based method to choose 25 all senior players for the 1955 North-South All-Star game in Mansfield. District votes determine eight players, then a 100 point system assigns remaining spots including outside ballots and district support.
Eleanor White of Washington DC and Sherman White visit parents. Mrs. Roy Russell and Mrs. Walter H. Bulmer with children stay with the Biffles at Midway. Clyde Shamblin and Harvey Bishop families visit Ironton. H. W. Sowards spends two weeks with Leslie Deem at Holly Hill Florida. Mrs. Griffen and child travel to North Carolina to visit ill father. Ralph Walker goes to Charleston on business. Wheeler and son from Rodney visit Litchfields. Kenneth Black and Robert Shamblin couple spend a Charleston weekend with Litchfield family.
Cleveland, favored despite a mediocre record, faces the touchdown hungry New York Giants in a Sunday game seen as a defense test for Browns coach Paul Brown. Past meetings include a 62 point outburst by Cleveland last year, while New York has surged with high scoring this season.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife announces five new improved fishing maps printed and ready for distribution. Re issued maps for Indian Lake and Kelley’s Island use blue water ink. Other maps cover Clear Fork Reservoir Lake Milton and Bellevue Reservoirs numbered 1 2 3 4. Total maps rose to 67. First map free, each extra map ten cents, full set five dollars. Requests to Information and Education Section Ohio Division of Wildlife 1500 Dublin Road Columbus 12 Ohio.
George Mikan will miss active play as the Lakers open the NBA season Saturday against the New York Knicks with Mikan serving as general manager on the bench. Celtics vs Royals in Rochester headlines the curtain, with other openers including Syracuse at Baltimore and Fort Wayne at Milwaukee.
The American League blocked the Philadelphia group from buying the Athletics and keeping the team in Philadelphia. The Mack family plans to resume talks to sell stock to Arnold Johnson and move the franchise to Kansas City. Club owners blamed internal Mack disagreements for the failed bid.
Troy defeated Grand Rapids 4 to 1 and Cincinnati posted a 9 to 6 win over Toledo in Thursday action.
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