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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1922

Page

6

Bulldogs Open Cage Ball Season With Clemson Friday

The Georgia Bulldogs travel to Clemson Friday night to open the 1922 basketball season. Clarke, Joe Bennett, Paige Bennett, Rawson, and Murray are slated as the starting five with optimism that the team will rival or exceed last year’s strong quintet.

Bulldogs Clemson Tigers Cemsou Athens Southling Clemoon Tigers Clemson Georgia Clarke Joe Bennett Paige Bennett Rawson Murray

Lightweights Face Riverside Cadets in Gainesville Friday Night

The Y M C A Lightweights prepare to meet Riverside Academy on the Gainesville cage court Friday night. Riverside, coached by Clarence Rawson, brings a tough quintet that will test the locals who have shown flashes of brilliance but inconsistent passing this season.

Riverside Gainesville Rawson Riverside Academy Avery Clarence Rawson Athens

Cubs Aim to Outbid St Louis for Nine Players

Chicago Cubs plan a nine player swap with Los Angeles Coast League side to match St Louis 11 man deal for Dave Danforth. Arnold Statz from Los Angeles is the target, with LA reluctant to part. Statz, developed at Holy Cross, signed by John McGraw, shows flashes but struggles against majors. also noted as a weak golfer.

Chicago Cubs St. Louis Dave Danforth Cubs Los Angeles Arnold Statz Starz Killifer Jesse Burkett Holy Cross McGraw New York Giants Statz Nemo Seibold

Teeny Randall and the Florida prison guard tale

A raspy reminiscence threads a Florida convict camp guard tale with mischief, pickpocketing, and travel woes. The narrator recalls being pickpocketed in Jacksonville during a crowded train gate crush, losing a month's commissions, and escaping through a hot, chaotic exit as a large man toppled nearby.

There’s a Dixie Flyer Tale Of A Broke Braggart

A narrator recalls riding the Dixie Flyer on Track 10 and losing eighty five cents from his month’s earnings during a harrowing journey toward Atlanta. He squanders funds on feed and a failed check, blames luck and vanity, and ends noting a watch left with a palace of cats cashier amid lingering misfortune.

Twan Atlanta Johnny Kittenteck Palace of Cats Land

Children killed as bus struck by freight train in Ohio

A school bus carrying 33 pupils was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train east of Van Wert Ohio. Four children died and 17 were injured in the crash that occurred Tuesday morning as the vehicle carried students to the township school.

Vanwert Ohio Pennsylvania Here

Centre college football team eyes five week Danville visit

The Centre college football squad weighs a five week tour to Danville and a chance to preview the team. A boastful fighter claims he can clean up towns, but manager Bo the promoter shelves him as a fizzle. A star develops, then magnates swoop in. Middleweight boxing headlines linger while football plans shift from holidays to practice, and mentions Harvard Florida and Alaska hockey ideas spark playful speculation.

Centre College Danville

Dartmouths New Ski Jump Towers All in the East

Dartmouth Outing club nears completion of a large ski jump in Hanover New Hampshire meant to host intercollegiate winter carnival contests. The 85 foot high 165 foot long structure will enable Dartmouth jumpers to reach around 140 feet and features a mid ramp platform and 210 foot takeoff to flat distance. The piece notes a building boom with saw mills and rising construction activity nationwide as materials and labor costs decline and demand grows.

Hanover N. H Dartmouth Athens Han Witnesed

Death penalty urged in Kennedy murder case

Los Angeles Asa Keyes assistant district attorney is expected to continue the state's opening argument in the Arthur C. Burch case. Keyes demanded the death penalty for Burch who is charged with killing jeans broker J. Belton Kennedy.

Los Angeles Asa Keyes Arthur C. Burch J. Belton Kennedy Jeans Keyes Burch

Your Income Tax: A Q and A Primer by Conkey

This item previews five income tax articles by R Conkey of Central National Bank, explaining federal tax basics in a question and answer format. It covers what the tax is, basis, gross and net income, allowable deductions, filing thresholds for individuals and entities, timing, recipients, and payment options. The second article will appear in The Banner tomorrow.

the Banner-Herald R. Conkey Central National Bank Savings and Trust Company Cleveland United States Collector of Internal Revenue Baltimore Internal Revenue Conkey

Coolidge Speaks in Chicago After Washington Visit

Vice President Coolidge departed Washington for Chicago on Tuesday and is set to deliver a speech there on Wednesday. The trip underscores ongoing national political engagement as he prepares for remarks in Illinois.

Washington Coolidge Chicago

Pen Points By A. M. F.

A. M. F offers satirical musings on Uncle Sam’s foreign debts and private obligations, noting bankers foresee bright times and urging progress toward normalcy. The piece critiques pretentious diplomacy and social trends while lampooning flappers, floppers, and slothful conscience.

Sam

Fugitive Surrenders After Murder Confession

Frank H Gatherell a US Army private confessed to killing his wife in July 1919 in New York but learned she was alive four months after the supposed death. A New York cablegram said Mrs Gatherell was seen alive in November 1919, and no charge remained against him. He surrendered last Thursday, saying he believed she had been faithless while he was overseas.

Honolulu Frank H. Gatherell United States Army Catherell New York Perseas

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