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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
8
Monroe Swartz powered the Charlotte Hornets as they toppled the Macon Hubs 11 to 3 at Central City Park in Macon. The home club’s first appearance at its diamond since a storied series with Greenville featured strong hitting and steady defense.
Yesterday's results show Macon 3 Charlotte 11, Spartanburg 12 Augusta 4, and Columbia 9 Greenville. The brief scores highlight a busy day in the league with Charlotte and Greenville posting notable run totals.
Eddie Rommel held the Browns hitless through six innings as Washington hammered Detroit to win 16 to 4. Pillette and Collins were battered while Russell kept Detroit from scoring after Yarmouth tired. Peckinpaugh stood out with strong fielding and batting. Score by innings shows a heavy Washington lead early and late runs.
The stymie was brought back after more than a year because critics argued the modern play strayed from the sport’s founding rules and abroad standards. Advocates treated it as essential to the science of golf and warned that diverging from the game as played overseas would be a grave error. Miss Alexa Stirling is thrice national champion, with titles in 1916 1919 and 1920. 1917 and 1918 not staged due to war. In a stroke dispute, Smith faced two balls. after a five minute search for the first ball, the second ball’s stroke brought it into play, and the first ball remained lost.
An advertisement asserts a potion heals malaria fever dengue bilious fever and chills by killing the disease germs. It touts the product as a universal cure and lists symptoms it treats, urging readers to purchase for relief.
Today's slate features Charlotte visiting Macon, Augusta traveling to Spartanburg, and Greenville at Columbia as teams vie for early season results and regional bragging rights.
A series of city matchups features Chicago facing New York and St. Louis meeting Philadelphia as part of a regional basketball schedule. Rivalries heat up with early-season tests for both clubs across venues in major metro areas.
Chicago 9 New York 7 Cincinnati 3 Boston 1 St Louis 1 Philadelphia 0 Pittsburg Brooklyn rain Philadelphia St Louis Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburg New York Chicago.
Birmingham faces Atlanta while Mobile meets Little Rock and Nashville plays Chattanooga. New Orleans travels to Memphis for the remaining matchup.
Pineview farmer J.T. Gammage drove 75 miles to bring a large yard of Leggorn broilers to the Moultrie sale. He earned a check just under $200 for his eight to nine week old roosters. The Ford-trucked birds weighed under a pound on average.
Hack Miller starred as Chicago defeated New York 9 to 7 to claim the series two games to one. Cy Williams, once the home run king, left the game in the fifth with back pain. Reds sweep Boston 3-1 as Rixey limits opponents to one run. Williams again exits with back pain as St Louis beats Philadelphia 1-0 in ten innings.
Hawkinsville has been selected as the district Bread contest center for July 16 and 17 six counties will send a three girl team with their county home demonstration agent to compete for entry to the state contest in Atlanta in October.
Hawkinsville June 8 J B Lawley assistant organizer of the Georgia Peanut Growers association is here to form a county organization and launch a vigorous campaign He will appoint a county chairman and they will name district chairmen for each school district.
City Attorney D M Parker delivered a written opinion read to the City Commission stating there is no basis for reproof of Recorder Veronie Crawley. The opinion notes no proof of fraud or corruption in judgments tied to the charges and underscores complete vindication. The matter has consumed much time and consideration by the Mayor and Commissioners.
Boston pitchers and flawless defense powered a 7 to 1 win over Cleveland as Ehntke starred on the mound. Collins and Fewster contributed sharp fielding while Cleveland collected ten hits and six errors. Summa also performed well for Cleveland in a rough scoring game at Boston.
Ed Rommel returned to form for the Phillies, pitching six hitless innings against the St. Louis Browns. Philadelphia won 8 to 5 as Browns rely on two homers in the third inning for their runs. The Phillies tied it in the fourth and pulled ahead, with Rommel backing the offense.
Hawkinsville June 8 The June term of Pulaski Superior Court will convene next Monday morning. No grand jury and farmers behind with work mean the court likely won’t sit more than a day. All civil and criminal cases are set for trial Monday morning.
A carload of 18 Jersey cows fresh in milk arrived in Hawkinsville last week and were promptly purchased by county farmers. The venture was organized through the county demonstration agent O. D. Hall with financial help from the Georgia State Bank.
A modern medicine touts Calotabs as a de-nauseated calomel tablet. One tablet at bedtime promises a night of rest and a clean liver with no taste or griping. Sold only in sealed packages, thirty five cents for family size and ten cents for trial. Drugstore guarantee offers a refund if not delighted.
Hawkinsville reports W. N. Parsins shipped two carloads of sweet potatoes to Florida points, earning about $800. The produce was cured to be marketable for the season.
Miss Louise Goodson and Miss Ruth Chappell teachers at Thalean academy will attend summer school at the G N S C Milledgeville. Miss Frances Bridges will also attend from this community. Trustees have urged teachers to take summer courses in normal colleges and others may join.
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