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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1922
Page
8
Davis Walsh weighs betting lines for tomorrow's games with Yale favored over Princeton and Chicago rated near Illinois. He notes California over Nevada and Harvard-Brown caution, while Navy faces Army at Philadelphia with Folwell guiding the Middies.
Ohio anticipates a tough Otterbein game at 2 o’clock on Ohio Field with a bigger team, but Otterbein relies on speed and shiftiness. Dick Reinhold will miss the game due to injury, while Guy Fiber is expected to anchor the Ohio line and earn All Ohio honors.
Billy Evans argues that postgame reversals of football rulings are rare and problematic. He cites Columbia vs New York University where a touchdown was later ruled a safety, changing the final score, and another game where a touchdown was later deemed illegal. He urges that field decisions should be final to maintain order and avoid late protests.
Gene Sarazen, already leading 1922 golf honors, is described as a young, healthy champion who takes his sport seriously and plans to earn much more. The piece notes his disciplined lifestyle, post operative recovery, and belief he will remain at the top of golfing circles for years.
The Miami eleven of twenty players, led by Coach Ewing and Manager Blum, departed for Oberlin aiming to repeat a successful treatment used on Mount Union last week.
Cambridge Harvard athlete George Owen leads in football hockey and baseball duties. After Yale game on November 25 he becomes hockey captain two days later. His multi sport captaincy signals enduring Harvard athletic prominence and possible All American honors.
Cincinnati reports that Pat Moran has signed to manage the Reds for the coming season. The agreement was announced at club offices in Cincinnati.
CHICAGO July. Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey argues Carpentier misjudged Siki and preferred jaw blows. Chicago University tests on Senegalese skulls showed resilience to impact, supporting Dempsey’s view that stomach hits would be more effective than jaw blows.
Princeton Nov 17 Big Bill Edwards former all American Princeton was kept out of the field as the Tiger squad completed its final Yale game preparations. Only players and coaches were permitted in the enclosure. A light session was planned for this afternoon as ticket requests far exceeded supply with about 200 000 requests received.
A list of Saturday college matchups across Ohio and nearby conferences. Teams include Miami at Oberlin, Kenyon at Western, Hiram at Akron, Heidelberg at Denison, Wooster at Mt Union, Marshall at Muskingum, Ohio State vs Iowa, Minnesota awaits, Purdue and Indiana open, Illinois at Chicago, Wisconsin at Michigan, Bates at West Point, Colgate at Syracuse, Albright at Cornell, Dartmouth at Columbia, Brown at Harvard, Penn at Penn State, Yale at Princeton.
Rumor circles New York that Frank Chance or Bill Carrigan will be named to succeed Hugh Duffy as manager of the Boston Red Sox. Harry Frazee, owner, has returned to Boston and is expected to announce the chosen leader within a day or two.
London’s stadium cost over a million dollars and features a half mile outside wall with 37 arches. It used 1400 tons of steel, 500000 rivets, 600 tons of reinforcing rods, 25000 tons of concrete, and 40 miles of terracing. Turf was 51 inches deep atop ashes and clinkers with 76000 turves sized 18 by 12 inches.
The 1924 Empire Exhibition opens in April with the king presiding at the stadium for the final British football championship match. England Scotland and Wales compete as the great football associations plan to hold the final each spring at Wembley to accommodate vast crowds and rail excursions across the United Kingdom.
The Rev. Mr. Vogel of Potsdam, Lutheran minister, marries the former Kaiser and Princess Hermine at Doorn. He wears his military decorations including the Iron Cross. The article notes earth’s equatorial diameter and polar flattening, and remarks that engineering is a very old profession.
New York November 17 Baseball men on Broadway expressed surprise at Ban Johnsons ruling awarding Ty Cobb an extra base hit to raise his average to .400 for the third time since entering the majors The ruling nullified a local scorer Everett Scotts error on a May 15 play amid rain and a sparse press box sparking controversy
Accompanied by many followers, the Athens high school eleven will leave by motor Saturday morning for Lancaster where the strong local aggregation will be played. Coach Torrence takes his twenty five players on this trip as Lancaster, with many victories, backs a tough test.
Lefty O Doul, last year with the Yankees, has moved to Boston in the Bush Jones and Scott deal. He showed strong hitting in 1921 with a .338 average and 25 wins for San Francisco, but in New York he rarely played. If he gains control with regular work, he may become a key starter for Boston despite shaky prior opportunities.
In Washington C RH Tut Jackson knocked out Clem Thompson of New Orleans in the second round of a ten round scheduled bout. In New York Pancho Villa defeated Abe Goldstein in a 15 round decision. Elino Flores and Jack Bernstein fought a 12 round draw in Minila and Yonkers NY.
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