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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1924
Page
8
The National League briefly used a split season in 1892 with two halves. Cleveland won the first half and Boston the second. Boston earned the pennant for having the better overall season total.
Stuffy McInnis, veteran first baseman for the Boston Braves, led the league in sacrifice hits in 1923 with 87. He played 152 games, batted about .315, and remained a steady presence despite not finishing atop the defensive chart. He posted 14 errors in 1603 chances and shared the double play record with Walter Holke of the Phillies, each engaging in 130 double plays.
Dazzy Vance kept his pitching arm warm on a cold day by shoveling snow outside his Omaha Nebraska cigar store. The Brooklyn Dodgers star and National League strikeout leader last season runs a highly profitable side business while stepping away from the mound.
John Stearns or rather John McGraw states during a vacation in Europe that English players lack the proper throwing arm. He explains their throwing style mirrors cricket and predicts little chance of English teams challenging American baseball soon. The manager cites schoolboys as base for future development but calls the prospect far off.
Fragmentary OCR yields a cryptic note mentioning three men swimming a channel and a reference to impossibility and commonplace sayings. No clear people, places, or dates could be confirmed from the text. Further readable context is needed to craft a precise caption.
The notes cover ongoing sports headlines including the 24 feet pace for a race horse, veterans remaining in majors after 12 years, and politics as golf humor. It highlights Stanislaus Zbyszko denying retirement, Bodied interest in Olympian games rising with basketball, Ban Johnson confirming no baseball bat changes, Clarke Griffith lamenting southpaws, Preston Gray to manage Rock Island in the Mississippi Valley league, Joe Beckett opening a boxing school in London, Gordon Cochran signing with Portland, umpires Mike Jacoba and Jack Wilkerson joining the Western association, Eddie Collins praising White Sox shortstop McClellan, and McClellan advancing to a regular role after time on the bench.
In Shelby during Dempsey training, Italian heavyweight Rocca Stramagita recalled Jack Kearns arranging gloves with him. He described an unintended hard exchange when Dempsey landed a heavy punch, leading to Kearns ordering him out and insults exchanged.
In a spring South trip exhibition Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Nationals dominated, striking out three batters in the ninth inning after breezing through earlier frames. Chance kept him in for the finale, mimicking a lone catcher and first baseman setup as the crowd watched.
Esthonia after separation from Russia revived sports including billiards in Tartu. When an old table lacked balls players substituted with baseballs, using three-base balls on the table, delivering a curious thrill. A large gymnasium opened recently, drawing about 4,000 at its first class, with daily sessions continuing from morning to night.
Yale intends to build an 18 hole golf course in spring to enhance its golf program. The university aims to rival top layouts and encourage the sport. notable Yale men have achieved championships and records in athletics.
Lethal gas death of Gee Jon, Hop Sing Tong highbinder, shocks authorities and weakens tong wars. Accidental modern death device exposes fear of new method, driving Hop Sings toward disintegration as other tong societies face similar fates. Money failed to save Gee Jon. his body unclaimed amid Chinese rites doubts.
A field party of the Arkansas Valley Archaeological Survey led by Warren Moorehead reports that prehistoric Kansans felled Four Mile creek with buffalo bone gouges and paddles to divert water via a large ancient canal. J B Thoburn notes canal features show skilled earthworks without wheeled tools. Ruins remain near Beaver county Oklahoma and Kansas sites.
Michigan officials outline a two 40 foot concrete pavement Lincoln highway section between Pontiac and Detroit. The plan features a 44 foot interurban strip, 38 foot gravel shoulders, and double right of way. Designed for 20 000 daily vehicles, the project aims to comfort 40 000 with anticipated growth and modernize a once narrow corridor.
EW York reports Virginia Pope, a single woman living on West Sixty fifth Street with about 800 boarders, is the only bird surgeon on this side of the Atlantic. She studied birds in Carnegie lab, performs medical care for birds, charges 2 a week per regular case, and makes house calls in Manhattan and Brooklyn at 8 per island visit and 5 across the river.
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