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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1922
Page
6
Ty Cobb of the Detroit club posted a .400 batting average in 1922, the third season he hit .400 or better. The disputed hit in a May New York game was officially allowed after review, tying Cobb to the major league record once held by Jesse Burkett.
The Roberts Tigers of Murray City defeated the Columbus Olympic A A club 16 to 0 before 900 fans. Stellar work by Roberts and Murray halfbacks Mudrie kicked a 40 yard field goal, then a second quarter touchdown and extra point, with a third quarter score sealing the win. The Tigers meet the Athens Independents in Glouster on Armistice Day. Interested teams can contact Gen Roberts or Robert Tipton, managers.
Boston, Mass. Pat Moran, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, says Louis Fonseca may challenge Rogers Hornsby as the league’s premier batter. Moran praised the Reds’ second-place finish and the late doubleheader win over the Pirates. He expects stronger infield play and a more improved Fonseca next season.
Berkeley California November 6 Coach Andy Smith denies rumors that Brick Muller star end and former All America has faltered this fall. Muller injured his knee last year and still favors it but Smith asserts Muller will be fit when called upon for the game with Stanford.
The Meyer twins, swift and sturdy, hold end positions at Union College and are praised by Elmer Oliphant, the former Purdue and West Point star now coaching there, for their exceptional tackling and speed.
California coach Smith kept the great end out of the lineup for the big post season games after Muller pulled a tendon about three weeks ago. The injury plus the coach’s plan to have him ready for the Eastern eleven clash explains his absence from the California lineup.
Yuma Arizona posted a record low annual rainfall of 3.13 inches, the smallest total ever recorded at a United States government weather station.
A motion was filed in the District of Columbia supreme court asking the government to show cause why the indictment against Charles W. Morse, New York shipbuilder and financier, should not be immediately tried before a jury or dismissed for lack of prosecution.
Lyddite is the high explosive named for Lydd in Kent, the site of its first manufacture.
East judges that interregional matchups distort true strength and attract spectacle over rivalry. Nebraska’s loss to Syracuse sparks debate as critics note weak turnout in major intersectionals while Yale Iowa and Harvard Princeton Chicago tests loom as proof of shifting balance.
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