Athens High Football Captain Shafer Elected
At a meeting of Athens High athletes Shafer, captain of the basketball squad, was chosen to lead the 1923 football eleven. He graduates with the class of 1924 and is noted as an all around athlete and strong guard on the line. A pep rally at the high school preceded the Shawnee and Athens game, featuring talks by Gullum and Thor Olson on conditioning and team spirit. Letters were awarded to seventeen football players for the high school A team, including Sweeney Shafer Clark Maple Kennedy Starkey Wilcox Miller Guthrie Swyers Moler Davis McKinley Baker Algeo Watkins and Kennedy.
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Athens
Shreno Shafter
Shafer
Gullum
Ohio University
Thor Olson
Ohio
Olsen
Sweeney
Clark
Maple
Kennedy
Starkey
Wilcox
Miller
Guthrie
Swyers
Moler
Davis
McKinley
Baker
Algeo
Watkins
Champions Barred from New York by Edict
New York reports that William Muldoon, as NY state athletic commission chair, bars Johnny Kilbane, Johnny Wilson, and Jess Willard from defending or appearing in bouts in the state. The move shadows Kilbane Criqui title talks and Willard’s bid for a return bout, though seen as temporary until a new commissioner takes over around January 1.
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New York
William Muldoon
New York State Athletic Commission
Johnny Kilbane
Johnny Wilson
Jess Willard
Permitte
Kilbane
Eugene Criqui
Willard
Jack
Muldoon
Youngstown Child Dies From Burns In Home Fire
YOUNGSTOWN OH Dec 21 Morris Harshman four son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Harshman died this morning from burns received yesterday when his clothing caught fire from an open gas grate. CALMLY GIVES HIMSELF UP CHICAGO Dec 21 Robert Resch twenty walked into a police station early today and announced he had killed his father Joseph during a quarrel in which the elder beat him and tried to throw him out of their home.
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Youngstown, CO
Morris Harshman
Benjamin Harshman
Chicago
Robert Resch
Joseph
Port fans in New York suffer fistic famine
Davis Wallis reports a boxing slump in New York as indoor fights at Madison Square Garden struggle to attract buyers. Top prices reach 15 dollars while many seats sell for seven fifty. The piece cites Kilbane, Leonard, White, and Tendler as examples of waning purses and declining interest in heavy indoor bouts.
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New York
Davis Wallit
Tex Rickard
Jack Britton
Mickey Walker
Madison Square Garden
Pepper Martin
Babe Herman
Johnny Kilbane
Kilbane
Boyle
Polo Grounds
Benny Leonard
Charley ,White
Lew Tendler
Size Not Essential To Be Great Athlete
Egbert R. Isbell of Michigan proves size not needed for success as he dominates this season. Weighing 115 pounds, the cross country champion wins every race he enters, sets home and Western Conference marks, and helps Michigan capture the Western Conference championship with five teammates.
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Egbert R. Isbell
University of Michigan
Isbell
Michigan
Lare
Purdue
Farrell
Guards Protesting Body Contact as Personal Foul Rule
Some guards argue that keeping hands on an opponent’s body is not permissible. They contend it is contact and should be ruled as holding or blocking by the referee.
Player may switch dribbling hands to execute play
A dribbling player may alternate hands after starting the dribble if it helps better execution. The rules do not force continuation with the initial hand. a player may switch hands during the dribble to improve play.
Delaying the Game Penalty Rules in Sports Referee Ruling
The referee views any act believed to unnecessarily interfere with game progress as delaying the game. Delaying is penalized by a free trial for goal, with the offending team penalized for interfering actions.
Clarification on ball handling: stationary player with a pass then shot
The count of running with the ball starts if the player advances with the ball in control beyond a pivot or dribble. If the passer remains stationary and simply receives a pass then shoots without moving, he is not considered to be running with the ball. If another player stays in position and the ball is passed without the ball carrier moving, the play remains in bounds of standard rules.
Circle size for center facing: two foot radius circle
The centers stand facing in a circle with a defined center circle. The center circle shall have a radius of two feet and be marked at the floor’s exact center.
Poor Glove Sends Player 10 Minors to Detroit Team
In 1921 Tyrus Cobb cited in San Antonio that Sammy Hale failed at Detroit due to a too small glove. Hale clung to a small brown glove, fielding poorly, and was released. Portland later acquired him for five players in a $40,000 deal, and Hale improved after moving west. Hale eventually backed a large mitt and became a better fielder and slugger.
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Detroit
Mich
Dee
Tyrus Cobb
San Antonio
Tex
Sammy Hale
Cobb
Hale
Herman Pillette
Sylvester Johnson
Portland
Connie Mack
From suspended list to major manager in a year
Veteran shortstop Owen Donie Bush of the Washington club rises from suspension to major league manager within a year. Griffin Owen Clark Griffith suspends Bush for insubordination before the 1922 season, citing missed spring training due to eye surgery. a clash with Griffith follows as Bush’s leadership potential is praised.
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Owen
Donie” Bush
Washington
Bush
Owen Clark Griffith
Griffith
Fortune and Everything Else Drops for Student Eccentric
Hamilton Peugnet, 21, former University of Missouri electrical student from Kansas City, inherited 10000 from grandfather Pierre Peugnet. He pursued a movie career in Los Angeles, spent lavishly, became engaged to actress Charlotte Stevens, then went broke. After a tiff in Chicago and a San Francisco voyage, he returned penniless aboard the Sonoma and marveled at his swift rise and fall. He described life as a glittering bubble burst on concrete.
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San Francisco
Hamilton Peugnet
University of Missouri
Peugnet
Kansas City
Pierre Peugnet
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Charlotte Stevens
Fanay
Sonoma
Small Steamer Tourist Freezes in Lake Erie Ice
The steel-hulled steamer Tourist from Sandusky, carrying coal and ten passengers plus six crew, left Sandusky at 3 PM yesterday for Put-in-Bay and was overdue at midnight. Found today fast in the ice of Ballast Island near Pal in Bay, passengers walking ashore over the ice.
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Sandusky
Dee
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
Ballast Island
Palin Bay
Ohio Quintet Faces Two Early Losses On Tour
The Ohio university basketball team, on a barnstorming holiday tour, has two defeats to its name. At Lancaster Tuesday, Petty Shoes beat them 24 to 16, and at Akron Wednesday, Firestones won 22 to 12. Next they meet American Legion at Geneva Thursday and finish Friday in Canton versus Pure Oils.
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Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
Petty Shoes
Lancaster
Akron
Firestones
American Legion
Geneva
Canton
Pure Oils
Heart Beats Of Man May Cause His Downfall
New York dispatch reports the Bertillon system and stethoscope identified Harry Sinclair in a burglary at Dr Henry Moeller’s office. Dr Moeller was attacked and robbed last Sunday night under pretense of heart disease. His son compared heartbeats at the police station and found them identical to the robber’s.
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New York
Harry Sinclair
Henry Moeller
Moeller
Sinclair
Arbuckle Films May Be Shown in Pennsylvania
Harry L. Knapp president of the state board of motion picture censors announced that Fatty Arbuckle films may be shown in Pennsylvania as of today reflecting a ruling by the board.
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Philadelphia
Harry L. Knapp
State Board of Motion Picture Censors
Fatty” Arbuckle
Pennsylvania
Morrey Receives OSU Varsity Letter After 38 Years
In Columbus Ohio Dr Charles B Morrey the doctor from the department of bacteriology finally earned his Ohio State varsity letter after 28 years. He played on the first OSU baseball team in 1888 and 1889 and was on the first Scarlet and Gray football eleven in 1890. He later served as manager and assistant coach and was elected to the first athletic board in 1890. Word signals were used in the Buckeyes early grid games and rugby preceded intercollegiate matches.
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Columbus
Charles B. Morrey
Ohio State University
Ohio State Athletic Board
Morrey
Department of Bacteriology
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Nick Altrock’s road to baseball and vaudevillian act
Billy Evans recalls Nick Altrock the baseball clown who built his act from real life. He borrowed ideas from a slack wire neighbor, Johnny Kilbane’s shadow boxing, and Zbyszko’s wrestling to craft routines. A mishap during wrestling left Altrock with a damaged shoulder but he pressed on with his stage persona.
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Nick Altrock
Nick
Altrock
Johnny Kilbane
Johnny Shadow Box
Kilbane
Zbyszko
Washington
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Parker Bros
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