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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
9
The university football team, one week from their opener, grapples with inexperience and practice faults. Coach Don Reed plans scrimmages to rectify blocking, tackling and fumbles as sophomores fill key spots and starters nurse injuries.
Crowder and Y Northors? Freddie Bach lead Pirates with four hits in a high scoring game. Crowder powered the Senators to five hits as both sides produced strong offense.
Athens High prepares to host Zanesville Shaw in the season opener at 2 30 pm on the practice field at Ohio University due to campus gridiron improvements. Coach Pete McKinley relies on a young squad around Lou Speiser and Dick Whipple with limited football experience and several position changes.
Buffalo Bisons thrashed Rochester 16 to 4 to deadlock the International League playoff series at two games apiece. The decisive contest sets the stage for a final clash as both teams chase the pennant.
Babe Ruth plans a return to pitching on closing day against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The former star says he will start and work nine innings in the major league finale, aiming to resume his pitching role after twenty years.
Annapolis Sept 21 Navy coach Rip Miller frames this year as stronger than 1932, with depth in key positions and several core players like captain Hugh Murray, center Butch Harbold, guard Dick Burns, tackle Brookes, backs Baumberger and Rankin. He notes Chung-Hoon's injury, uncertain QB lineup, and a likely hard billet against Army.
In yesterday’s results the National league saw Pittsburgh defeat Philadelphia 3 to 0 in the only game. American league tallies included New York 5 over Chicago 3 and Washington 13 over St. Louis 6 with Philadelphia 2 and Detroit 1 as other scores. Friday’s schedule lists Pittsburgh at St. Louis and Boston at Philadelphia.
Ray Hart, a 1931 Ohio University graduate, is appointed freshman football coach at Marietta College. He succeeds J. Bilis MacDonald who shifts to full time fall practice for the Marietta College crew. Hart starred in football and basketball at Ohio, playing three years at full back for the Green and White.
Sept 21 Heidelberg College gains backfield veteran Robert Rupprecht from Marysville to bolster the team while Bob Johnson, Heidelberg quarterback, can report for practice after a duty revision at the Junior O. U. A. M. Home.
The description outlines walkup as a swee blocker and Borries as a fine runner and pass receiver. Borries appears emaciated yet Miller calls him the toughest on the squad. Navy schedules nine games including Pittsburgh Virginia Penn Notre Dame Columbia Princeton and Army.
Ohio prep to begin 1983 football season with four games involving seven teams. Xavier meets Transylvania in Cincinnati Friday night while Ashland faces Arthur Holbrook at home. Ohio Conference opens with Marietta vs Mount Union in Alliance and Baldwin Wallace visits Bluffton at Berea on Saturday.
Former Michigan star Harry Newman dazzled in his pro debut for the New York Giants as they routed Pittsburgh 23 to 2. He scored a four yard rushing TD, kicked a field goal, threw a TD pass, and added extra points while guiding the offense and returning a punt, thrilling about 20 000 fans.
Washington seeks to clinch the American League pennant by beating St. Louis after a 13 5 win behind Alvin Crowder. New York clings to a mathematical shot with an 8 5 win over Chicago as Philadelphia edges Detroit 2 1. Pittsburgh strengthens second in the NL with a 3 0 victory over Brooklyn led by Pie Traynor’s four singles.
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