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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1922
Page
2
The Athens building boom continues with several new homes started weekly and others nearing completion. Most houses are smaller and affordable, though some larger homes are under construction. Realtors Robinson and Landis report two to three sizable homes transferred this week.
Chauncey residents visited Logan for a Fourth of July picnic at Old Man's Cave with families from Chauncey Columbus and Montgomery. Local hiring includes Bert Thompson as head of Chauncey school and a thirteen member teacher corps across Chauncey schools.
Columbus July 8 The state supreme court released the names of 299 individuals who passed the bar examination conducted June 6 and 7 from a class of 876.
The Gardner home near Chauncey hosted a large Fourth of July reunion with music readings and a picnicked dinner. Attendees included Edwards Lahugh family members, several out of town guests from Columbus Springfield Glouster and Cincinnati, and local residents. Also noted are visits by Anne Snowden to Murray and relatives in Chauncey and Buckeye Lake day trips by area residents.
State Auditor Tracy announced a final fiscal year distribution of 276,906.81 from the educational equalization fund to weak districts. It lists county shares including Gallia 28,894.68 and Meigs 20,261.61 with Holmes and Warren at 500 each and detailed township village allocations in Athens County.
British officials express fear that Germany’s financial collapse could trigger a continental crisis. Lloyd George oversees discussions as Berlin faces political turmoil and a possible counter revolution. A German loan and indemnity scaling are discussed with French intransigence noted. Timothy Russell visits county seat to discuss bean farming.
Henry W. Gee of Glouster files in Athens county common pleas to dissolve his furniture and musical instruments partnership with George L. and Leonard F. Richardson. Gee seeks appointment of a receiver to dispose of the firm’s property and goodwill after alleging Leonard Richardson controls finances and books and has refused an accounting.
Empire City Racing Association opens at Yonkers while Kentucky Jockey Club starts Latonia and Niagara Racing at Fort Erie. Grand Circuit winds up Cleveland trotting as Dominion tennis opens Toronto and Fairfield County tennis at Stamford. Iowa golf ends Des Moines, Wisconsin trapshoots at Waupaca, Central States rowing at Peoria, Islip horse show and Billy Williams faces Joe Mandel in Brooklyn boxing.
In a long night of action, George Kelly homered twice as the Giants beat the Pirates 9 to 8 in 18 innings. The Yankees edged the Indians 1 to 0 as Hoyt bested Morton in a pitching duel. Hornsby hit his league leading homer off Smith, Dodgers beat Vance 6 to 5, and multiple clubs posted wins including Athletics over White Sox 6 to 3 and Red Sox over Browns 5 to 4 in 13 innings. The Cubs defeated the Braves 7 to 2 behind Alexander as Nixon homered for the Braves.
Jack Dempsey states he is broke amid tax bills legal troubles and high living costs. He plans an exhibition tour with manager Jack Kearns to "keep the wolf from the door" after earning $300,000 for a prior bout. Teddy Hayes and Paula are noted, while traffic to European travel and parental care add to his financial strain.
Louisville defeated Columbus 4 to 2 while St. Paul beat Milwaukee 7 to 4. Kansas City won 9 to 4 against Minneapolis. Indianapolis Toledo rain caused a delay with no result reported.
St Louis beat Boston 1 to 0 while Boston won 6 4 in 13 innings. New York shut out Cleveland 1 0. Detroit defeated Washington 7 6 and again 11 9. Philadelphia topped Chicago 6 3.
National League games featured New York defeating Pittsburg 9 to 8 in a tense 1% inning effort. St Louis led Brooklyn 6 to 5 while Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 3 to 1 and Chicago outscored Boston 7 to 2.
Columbus travels to Louisville while Toledo visits Indianapolis and St. Paul faces Milwaukee. Minneapolis hosts Kansas City in a set of major Midwest showdowns this weekend.
AMERICAN LEAGUE games include St. Louis at Boston, Cleveland at New York, Detroit at Washington, and Chicago at Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE fixtures feature New York at Pittsburg, Brooklyn at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, and Boston at Chicago.
Gene Tunney of New York defeated Fay Kaiser of Cumberland Maryland in a 12 round decision. Pepper Martin of Brooklyn defeated Jack Hasuter of New York in a 12 round decision.
Wilfred Michaud an 18 year old high school graduate was killed when he and Bernard Casson 19 were trapped robbing a chain grocery store safe at 3058 Mount Pleasant street Casson surrendered and confessed a four month spree stealing cars and robbing more than twenty stores
Biography of Billy Sherdell of the St. Louis Cardinals tracing his rise from Hanover Pennsylvania, through the Han over Blue Ridge and Milwaukee to his breakout years with the Cardinals. Notes include season-by-season records, a left-handed thrower, and his August 5 1896 birth.
Yesterday's box shows 8 total homers by players including Hornsby of St Louis and Wheat of Brooklyn. Listed also are Kelly of New York, Ainsmith of St Louis, Nixon of Boston, with one homer each.
The Mohicans failed to appear for a scheduled game against the Young Men's Class of the Christian church. Each Mohican must call manager Jack Rhoades and only regular attendees may play. Forfeit or defeat may result if teams miss play. Girls may swim at the playground pool from 3 to 4 PM daily. It notes that 40 percent of the world’s developed water power is in the United States.
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