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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
8
Coach Torrence trains his high school basketball team with two days of practice after vacation. Canal Winchester shows a different roster from last year, with Muir at center and Watkins emerging as a promising guard. Algeo and Moler debut and, with more work, could become key players.
Pittsburg announces Iter Schmidt, the Pirates first-string catcher, is available for trade. Manager McKechnie seeks a reasonable return and may rely on Gooch and Mattox if Schmidt moves. Schmidt’s past clashes with managers and spring reporting issues shaped the market outlook.
Maurice Archdeacon, noted for speed, is expected to join the Detroit baseball team next season under an agreement with Rochester of the International League. George Stallings and Ty Cobb vouch for Archdeacon, who starred for Rochester last year with 202 hits and 171 runs.
Gonzaga College and Houston Stockton rise to national fame after a near upset of West Virginia. Coach Charles Dorais from Notre Dame praises Stockton as a top coast halfback, while California's Andy Smith hails him as one of the northwest's greatest.
The recruit pitcher Charley Robertson of the Chicago White Sox threw a no hitter against Detroit in spring 1922. Detroit claimed doctoring the ball and foreign substances but Robertson held the Tigers hitless in a dramatic rookie debut. Addie Joss and Cy Young are the only others to achieve similar feats in the American League. Tomorrow: the most unique play I ever saw.
Willie Kamm, infielder for the Chicago White Sox who cost $190,900 to acquire, hopes Eddie Collins stays with the White Sox. He cites Collins as a great fellow who assists young players in the Coast League and says Collins would help him on the road to success.
Slattery, Harvard baseball coach, says few college players can step into the majors and succeed. He cites Sisler and Frisch as rare exceptions who starred from college to the major leagues. He notes college hitters struggle with stronger majors pitching and praises Joe Wood's move to Yale as likely to produce a strong pitching staff.
The article remembers Willie Keeler who died recently and compares him to Ty Cobb. It notes his streak of 44 consecutive safe hits, later surpassed by Ty Cobb and George Sisler, and his single season hit record of 243 before 1922, along with eight years of over 16 runs and 200 hits.
In a letter, Keeler says his top achievement is going 706 consecutive plate appearances in the National League across parts of three seasons without a strikeout. He notes starting late in 1845 and extending through 3896, praising the feat amid mentions of Cy Young and other notable pitchers.
The home team is held responsible for the conduct of spectators at a basketball game, as in all other sports.
Blocking can occur without direct contact but referees enforce limits. A player may not dance or feint in front of the defender to obstruct progress, and such actions are penalized as illegal blocking.
The defender has no right to place a hand on the opponent to better monitor the play. Such contact is a foul.
Clarence Rosen of Bay City defeats Battling Chink of Cincinnati in ten rounds last night in Detroit.
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