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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
2
The table shows teams Lewisville Minneapolis Kansas City Milwaukee Indianapolis Toledo Columbus and others with wins losses and percentage figures. Key leaders include Milwaukee at 68 43 and Minneapolis at 59 48 while Columbus trails with 45 65.
Indianapolis defeated Columbus 8 to 1 while Columbus won 9 to 6 against Indianapolis. Louisville edged Toledo 7 to 6. St. Paul Kansas City and Minneapolis Milwaukee games were affected by rain.
National League results show Brooklyn 1 Pittsburg 0 and St. Louis 6 Cincinnati 4. Cincinnati 6 St. Louis 3. American League scores list Philadelphia 9 Cleveland 5 and New York 14 Chicago 8. Detroit 8 Boston 4 and St. Louis 5 Washington 2.
In New York Charley White and Johnny Dundee battled to a ten round draw. Also on the card Midget Smith defeated Young Montreal and Johnny Buff outpointed Charley Ledoux over ten rounds.
This time last year Williams of Philadelphia hit his thirteenth homer, Wright of Flint blasted three homers against Saginaw with a single and sacrifice. The Giants swept a Pirates doubleheader 5 to 1 and 6 to 8, and Babe Ruth sustained an injury in a Cleveland game.
Yesterday the Brooklyn pitcher Leon Cadore delivered a key fifth inning single and drove in the decisive run for a second win over Pittsburgh in the series. The Yankees moved atop the standings with a 14 to 8 win over the White Sox as Ruth homered twice and Baker hit two more. The Athletics rallied for seven runs, seven hits and four errors in the seventh to beat the Indians 9 to 5. The Tigers ended a ten game skid with a 4 to 1 victory over the Red Sox. The Browns swept the Senators 5 to 2, and the Reds and Cards split a doubleheader with Combe guiding the Reds to a 6 to 3 win in the second game.
Congressman I M Foster reports he investigated claims that confectionaries must buy a 3800 machine to track sales and tax. He found no federal law requiring such devices and instructed officials to question any orders. Local storeowners in Athens had raised the issue, and inquiries were sent to Columbus after contacts in Washington.
Aug 11 London report says Eamon De Valera’s answer to Britain’s peace proposal was handed to Austen Chamberlain at Downing Street today by Sinn Fein representatives O’Brien and Barten.
C O Bryson president of the Rome Township Board of Education in Athens outlines why a bond vote to complete the Stewart school building is essential. He argues the project will create a first grade high school, reduce future tuition and transport costs, and frames tax impact by comparing current spending to the education mandate. He urges voters to say yes next Saturday and mocks critics as unfounded in their fears.
Delayed results from New Jersey Experiment Station revise earlier advice on paradichlorbenzene use around peach trees. Extension entomologist T H Parks of Ohio State University advises peach growers to wait until September or early October for borer control measures.
The Dayton Tax Payers League will file suit for mandamus in the supreme court or state court of appeals to compel the city commission to call a special election. The vote would decide whether Dayton adopts the federal or old form of city government. The commission yesterday rejected the petition signed by more than eight thousand voters and property owners.
Chicago Aug. 11 The United States railroad labor board granted Samuel Rea president of the Pennsylvania Railroad a 15 day extension of the time limit for election of committees to draw up working agreements with the men.
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