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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1934
Page
7
The article notes new IU coach uses a five man backfield concept and echoes past coaches like Colgate and Rockne. It mentions Bo McMillin and Andy Kerr in discussions of offensive systems and a shift toward a flexible line of attackers. It also briefly references Cy Perkins and catcher duties for Mickey.
MITCH Ohio University's 1934 football squad of 45 reports for Don Peden's first practice. The coach stresses hard, early work with heavy drill in blocking, tackling, kicking, and passing. Key task is building ends as seven wingmen report, with some players gaining or shedding weight through the summer training.
Cincinnati defeated Brooklyn 6 5 Pittsburgh 9 7 Detroit and Boston roles noted. Columbus 3 Indianapolis 8 rain affected. Tomorrow games listed: Chicago at Boston Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at New York St Louis at Philadelphia Washington at Chicago New York at St Louis Boston at Detroit Cleveland games Columbus at Indianapolis Minneapolis at City Milwaukee at St Paul Toledo at Louisville.
A Dayton pitcher, Lucas, starved Youngstown St Stanislaus with six hits allowed and a home run in the first inning as Dayton defeated Youngstown 3-2 in the National Amateur Baseball Federation tournament third round. Other results included Birmingham 6 Cleveland 3 and Elyria 9 Newcomerstown 2.
Radcliff clinched the Vinton County championship by defeating McArthur in two straight games of the three game series. Friday’s opener ended 8 to 1 and Saturday’s game 12 to 7 with Radcliff again prevailing. A slugging second game saw Radcliff win 14 to 9.
The New York Giants lose 9-7 to the Pittsburgh Pirates, dropping another game in a seven game NL lead shrink as Dizzy Dean powers St Louis to a 4-1 win over the Phillies. Cincinnati beats Brooklyn 6-5 while Detroit extends its AL edge with a 2-1 win over Boston. Athletics rally for a 9-6 win over Cleveland and Washington tops Chicago 7-4 with Bolton's seventh inning homer.
In Wilmington Delaware the two pairings Yvon Robert and Len Macaluso and Ernie Dusek and Scotty McDougall fought to draws. Each team claimed one fall apiece.
At Westside Club Perry defeats Sutler 6 3 60 6 2 as he nears another national singles title. Kirby upsets Frank Shields 4 6 6 4 6 3 while Wood Parker and Allison contend in the other matches as the USTA event nears final.
Ted Yarosz and Vince Dundee meet at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh for a 15 round world middleweight title bout. Dundee, from Monaco, fights the champion who has twice beaten him in non title matches, as both expect to make weight and no fiddling in the ring.
Logan Maytags beat Chester 4-3 as 14-year-old Johnny Murray pitched four hits allowed. Leadbetter hit two home runs for Logan, while Nesselrode homered for Chester in the reaction-filled game played Sunday in Logan.
ARKY VAUGHAN and PIE TRAYNOR drove in tying and winning runs for the Pirates against the Giants in the ninth. DIZZY DEAN earned his 25th win for the Cardinals by limiting the Phillies to five hits with seven strikeouts. CLIFF BOLTON hit a pinch homer with the bases loaded in the seventh to beat the White Sox. HANK GREENBERG powered the Tigers with two homers to defeat the Red Sox.
Conservation officials dispatched 3,000 fingerling rock bass to Hocking County for propagation. The fish were planted in Clear Creek with the cooperation of Edward Eberst, deputy protector.
Ohio colleges opened practices under variable weather as coaches fielded hopefuls for the new season. Muskingum and Ashland reported early workouts, Ohio University faced its toughest schedule, Capital and Wittenberg welcomed returning players, and Ohio Wesleyan saw a strong start led by Ralf Coleman and Henry Mohler.
BROOKLINE Mass Sept 11 AP The National Amateur Championship moved into its second day with 64 matches in the all match play format. Notables like George T Dunlap Jr W Law son Little Jr Johnny Goodman Johnny Fischer Jack Westland Albert Scotty Campbell and Tony Torrance along with Jess Sweetser advanced after first round byes. Bobby Jones the Detroit teen who defeated Francis Ouimet drew attention as he faced seasoned former champions H Chandler Egan and Charles Chick Evans among others.
Radcliffe, set to join the Chicago White Sox as an outfielder after a trial as a first baseman, starred for Louisville by driving the Cologels to an 8 to 5 win over Toledo with two triples and a double and four RBIs. Indianapolis and Columbus battled to a 3–3 nine-inning tie in the Eastern lead race. Milwaukee beat St Paul 14–2, shrinking Minneapolis' Western lead margin to four games as Lou Fette was knocked from the mound in the sixth.
Stuart Erwin stars in The Party's Over at the Ohio Theater as a successful big brother burdened by a clan of parasitic relatives. Ann Sothern, Arline Judge, William Bakewell, and others support a zany, high‑cost family farce praised by critics as among Hollywood's funnier displays of domestic chaos.
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