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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1939

Page

12

Opening Week Gridiron Show Promises Close Scholastic Battles

Ohio schoolboy football opens with 470 teams and crowds up to 17000. Massillon meets Cathedral Latin in a top clash as Magsilion dedicates a new stadium. Akron South battles Lorain. Waite hosts Peabody. Libbey visits Aurora. Scott goes to South Bend. other regional games fill the weekend schedule.

Columbus Weatherman Massillon Buckeye Cleveland Cathedral Latin Magsilion Paul EB Brown Tigers Cleveland Champions Akron South Lorain South Akron Lake Erie Toledo Waite High Peabody Mass Toledo Libbey Aurora Til Scott South Bend Ind Cleveland Collinwood Sandusky Cleveland East Shaw Grandview Central Buckeye Columbus North Columbus East Middletown Akron West Mansfield Lincoln Canton McKinley Fremont Bellevue Dayton Fairview Mt. Vernon Norwalk Shelby Wapakoneta Sidney Youngstown Chaney Campbell Memorial Portsmouth Paul Jenkins

Record Jockeys Run 800 Races in One Year

The piece notes three jockeys who rode 800 races in a single year in American racing history. William Miller tops the list with 388 races in 1906 and 334 in 1907, followed by W Powers with 324 races in 1908 and Jack Westrope with 301 in 1933.

New York W. Miller W. Powers Jack Westrope

Ashworths and kin visit Middletown and area events

Charles Ashworth and Asa Hoskins with Augustus Ashworth visiting Middletown. A new baby named Charles Albert Windon. Kathryn Young spent weekend at home. Pearl L. Will and Olen Genheimer with families visited Akron and Grass Run. Ruth Morgan rode a boat excursion. Clyde Will ill with rheumatism. Fred Leifheit hauled cattle to Athens. Wilbur Bailey plans a new residence after buying land. Ball buys Fischer timber. Carl Heilman residence burned with loss of belongings. Roush hosts farm bureau council night. Frank Heilman’s horse died. Breeders develop odorless cabbage.

Pomeroy A. E. Donaldson Margaret Charles Albany Charles Ashworth Ruth Morgan Orville Will Huntington W. Clyde Will Clyde Will Fred Leifheit Athens Wilbur Bailey Edna Arnold

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