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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
6
The piece highlights South Meriden Connecticut pitcher Walsh son of the famed spitter Ed Walsh. He struck out fourteen Mohawk batters without a walk, drawing praise for control and whiff power. Baseball fans hope to see more of the young talent for sentimental reasons.
Elland June 24 J M Weiss of West Liverpool and Eddie Hasmann of Cleveland former caddie champions tee off at Mayfield rinks to decide the Ohio amateur title. Hasmann considered dangerous, Wells must play his best for top honors.
A field of top hitters is listed with National and American League leaders. Notable names include SIOPOLDY Oly and TORUSTON Boonen with high batting averages around .368 to .682, along with other players such as FAGAN and GelMIGs OBICAROG. Includes players with at bats near 150.
Eight of the nation’s best thoroughbreds race in the $50,000 Latonia Special at Latonia Kentucky this afternoon. A heart breaking race is forecast as horses trainers and jockeys chase prestige and prize money in front of the largest crowd ever at the historic track.
A season preview tone shows the Yankees underperforming without their star hitters Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel. New additions Joe Bush Sam Jones and Everett Scott failed to steady the club as Ruth's return sparked low morale and suspensions.
A collage of late inning drama across leagues. Phillies beat Braves 10 9 in ten innings with home runs at the park fences. Yankees squander late lead as Mays struggles, Red Sox win 5 4. Tigers 6 Browns 1. Pirates 2 Reds 6. White Sox 6 Indians 5 with Hooper homer.Johnson 3 Oakland? Giants 9 Dodgers 1. Hornsby four for four but Cards lose. Cubs 5 Doak Barfoot off to win 5 2.
The Afghan envoy to Great Britain Sir Abdul Hadi Khan is only thirty, the youngest in the diplomatic corps. Mme Pauline Bessarabo is held by Paris police on a charge of killing her husband and shipping his body to Nancy in a trunk two years ago. Attorney Morogiafferi, who defended Landru, represents her.
Charlie Paddock, once regarded as the world’s greatest runner, trains Stanford star Eddie Sudden to beat the records Paddock set. Paddock believes Sudden will surpass his marks and move into racing supremacy.
The National Motorists' Association outlines aims for relief from auto taxes and highway construction speed ups. Walter D. Mears serves as president with Richard H. Lee as vice president and Fred H. Caley as executive secretary.
Two army fliers died in a refit air circus in Louisville Kentucky after their plane fell from a low altitude of about 200 feet and burst into flames. Lieut. Robert K. O'Haney age twenty six commanded the Seventh photographic Section at Camp Knox and Sergt. Arthur Opperman noted air photographer. cause of the crash is not known.
During Pacific practice the American destroyer Selfridge, hidden by smoke, technically destroyed two battleships. Torpedoes launched by the Selfridge traveled eight miles through the sea before "hitting" the battleship.
The American schooner Puritan sank off Sable Island, Halifax, leaving fifteen crew missing. Captain Jeffrey Thomas led a 22-man crew on the trip toward the fishing banks, following a rapid start of 90 miles in six and a half hours. The wrecked fate echoes the earlier Esperanto’s demise near the same waters.
In the Roehampton tennis singles final Mrs Beamish of England defeated American champion Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory in three sets 1-6 6-5 6-8. Beamish had also beaten Mallory earlier this season on her first appearance in England.
In Buffalo on June 24 Frankie Schoell of Buffalo won a twelve round decision over Jimmy Jones of Alliance Ohio despite Jones leading on points early and appearing to control much of the bout.
The fragment shows a standings table with team names like Purdue and Cincinnati and records such as 3 22 633 and 24 33. It lists games played and win percentages, but many tokens are garbled, hindering full reconstruction of the standings.
In Kansas City 6 Columbus 4 while Indianapolis 2 beat Minneapolis 1. St Paul won over Louisville 2 to 0 and Milwaukee 7 defeated Toledo 3.
Detroit beats St Louis 10 to 6 in ten innings as Boston 5, New York 4, Chicago 6, Cleveland 5, Washington 3 and Philadelphia 0 appear in the box along the score sheet.
Fragmented score list shows matches between New York Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburg Chicago St Louis Philadelphia Boston with varying point totals. No full game context or dates provided.
Kansas City meets Columbus in a basketball clash while Minneapolis travels to Indianapolis. St Paul faces Louisville and Milwaukee contests Toledo in separate matchups.
In the American League a set of matchups features St Louis at Detroit New York at Boston Cleveland at Chicago and Philadelphia at Washington with all games listed as upcoming fixtures.
National League schedule lists Brooklyn at New York Chicago at St. Louis Cincinnati at Pittsburg Boston at Philadelphia with key city rivalries highlighted for upcoming games.
In Martins Ferry on June 24 Elsie Gossett an 11 year old sustained a broken leg when a playmate toppled the chair she was using to recuperate from a prior fracture The leg fractured four times and the earlier injury involved three breaks in the bone
The calendar lists racing at Aqueduct Latonia and Montreal, a Chicago track meet, Newark bench show, golf Opens at Sandwich and Hamilton, Southern Amateur at Atlanta, Montana trapshooting at Butte, Western Canada tennis at Vancouver, Travers Island cup by NYAC, boxing matches in New Orleans and Long Island City.
Stanislaus Zbyszko and George Calza battled to a draw in Boston last night with each wrestler taking one fall in the bout.
Ambiguous list of players from Philadelphia Brooklyn New York Boston Chicago Washington St. Louis and Detroit appears with scattered counts. The text shows league totals for American and National Leagues, listing players such as Williams Fletcher Lee Wheat Smith Stengel Hooper Collins Goebel Sheely with incomplete figures.
In Columbus at Memorial Hall two hundred sixty five applicants sat state nursing certificate examinations on June 24.
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