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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1941
Page
10
A breezy week offers lean football and college bowl guesses as fans mock up a Garden tonight under the A A U tourney. Notable notes include Vern Miller tipping scales, Notre Dame optimism, Frank Leahy’s schedule doubts, and several Sioux Falls guesses for New Year’s games.
Texas A and M still has two major opponents to play after clinching the Southwest flag as Texas Christian was held 0-0 by Rice. The Aggies aim to avenge last year’s 7-0 loss to Texas on Thanksgiving Day in a pivotal finish to the season amid conference race shifts and national bowl speculation.
Mt. Union college trustees reviewed Harry M. Geltz resignation as football and track coach submitted Saturday. The matter was sent to the instruction committee for study of the physical education program while the contract would end in June if accepted. Injuries reduced the Mount squad to 18, and freshmen were barred per conference rules.
Bruce Smith of Minnesota stands as candidate for Player of the Week after his four touchdwn performance in a 41-6 win over Wisconsin. Upset of the week saw Penn State crush Pittsburgh 31-7 while bowl contenders piled up scores. Minnesota beat Wisconsin. Michigan tied Ohio State 20-20.
Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 3 0 to extend their winning streak to six games. The Hawks suffered their first loss in six games and fell three points behind the leaders.
Wooster High held an assembly to honor 21 football squad members from the 1941 season. Thirteen seniors received playing letters, four sophomores and three juniors earned letters, plus one manager’s letter. Senior awardees included Omer Calhoun and Robert Caccia among others.
DECORREVONT AGREES TO PLAY CHARITY TILT Hy International News Service. NEW YORK Steve Juzwik of Notre Dame and Bill DeCorre vont of Northwestern will be among the Yankee all star players who will collide with a Negro all star team next Sunday at the Polo grounds for benefit of Catholic, Jewish and Negro charities. The Yankees will line up with several members of the New York American league team and a number of recruited collegians. The Negro eleven will be com prised of an all colored roster gathered from throughout the nation. The Negro players will include Charley Anderson Ohio State Jim Walker Iowa Joe Lillard formerly of Oregon State and Lou Montgomery Boston college.
The eight teams Akron Canton Youngstown Dayton Zanesville Springfield Charleston and Erie are expected to remain in the Middle Atlantic loop for 1942 after a Zanesville meeting of club owners. Canton’s Oscar Barkey represented Canton, with Elmer Daily confirming the franchise stays in Zanesville. Owners chose to stay in Class C, avoiding higher costs, while Spalding balls are adopted for all league games and Kerby Farrell at Erie is the only manager named for 1942.
Pheasant hunting will close at 5 pm next Saturday along with grouse and Hungarian partridge in the protected list. Canton hunters report a satisfactory season with pheasants fairly plentiful though cock birds are harder to find as birds move to deeper cover. Several local parties logged long drives across Canton region and Ashland county, with modest bag totals. In other wildlife notes, coon hunters report success, and a WPA project plans to seal about 400 abandoned coal mines to reduce Susquehanna river pollution, preserving the bass stream legacy and shad in the river’s lower waters.
Toledo Libbey and Martins Ferry meet Saturday in a post-season charity game sponsored by the Old Newsboys Good Fellow association. Libbey and Martins Ferry are the state’s only major unbeaten squads. Martins Ferry closed with 27 0 over Alliance for their tenth straight win. Libbey finished undefeated after beating Devilbiss, tallying 149 points to 24 for opponents while Martins Ferry has 333 for and 19 against.
Jarrin Jawn Kimbrough, Texas A&M All American fullback, scored two touchdowns to spark the New York Americans to a 19-13 victory over the Columbus Bulls before 6,509 fans in an exhibition pro football game.
Representatives from 21 colleges gather for the national collegiate cross country championship at Michigan State. Favorite teams include Indiana defending the title, Purdue, Rhodes Island State, and Michigan State. Gilbert Dodds of Ashland College, last year’s individual champion, is not defending his title.
United Press dispatch from Providence shows the Cleveland Barons defeating the Providence Reds 6-4 to extend their unbeaten run to nine games. The Barons built a 6-1 lead by the second period and then coasted, maintaining an eight wins and one tie in the streak.
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