Local Friday Schedule Highlights High School Matchups
Anniston visits Opelika while Rome travels to Talladega. Gadsden goes to Selma and LaGrange plays at Newnan in a string of regional high school games. Strong lineups and district implications draw student sections.
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Newnan
See
Selma
Rome
Opelika Eee
LaGrange
Anniston Gadsden Eee
Talladega Eee
Anniston
Opelika
Talladega
Gadsden
Football scores and matchups in the regional slate
Nashville beat Birmingham 6 to 1 while Atlanta edged Mobile 1 to 0 and New Orleans won 3 to 1 at Memphis. Montgomery defeated Chattanooga 3 to 0 and Birmingham hosted Nashville amid a list of upcoming games.
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W. L. Pet
Mobile
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
Birmingham
Nashville
Memphis
Montgomery
Medical Director Frank Anderson Retires From Navy
Washington July 20 Medical Director Frank Anderson who has acted as president of the naval examining board was placed on the retired list of the navy today on account of reaching the age limit for active service.
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Washington
Frank Anderson
Naval Examining Board
TIZ Promises Relief For Painful Feet
Get a 25 cent box of TIZ from druggists or department stores to end sore burning and swollen feet. Say goodbye to corns bunions and aching toes with a year’s foot comfort guarantee or your money back.
Anniston Baseball Club Heads to Opelika For Key Series
Anniston leaves for Opelika with Proctor in center and batting order set to face the stumping Opelikans. Killinsworth will pitch with Sheppard catching, while Glazner and other local players vie to rebound from earlier setbacks. Umpire White reportedly resigned, with family illness cited. league commissioners threaten action against scorers not fulfilling duties.
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Anniston
Opelika
Proctor
Stephenson
Sanford
Opelikans
Ragsdale
Tisdale
Baumgardner
Donaldson
Lamar
Abbott
Killinsworth
Sheppard
Boykin
F. L. Wyatt
Whitey Glazner
Glazner
White Sox extend seven game win streak over Red Sox
The Chicago White Sox reel off seven straight wins against the Boston Red Sox with pitcher Faber emerging as a key life saver after earlier blowups. Owner Bob Hedges of the St. Louis Browns travels with his club on the Eastern trip for the first time in years, a move once feared to invite danger to the team.
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Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Faber
White Sox
Ed” Walsh
Sox
Bob Hedgses
St. Louis Browns
Hedges
Browns
Anniston batters pound Davis as league race tightens
Anniston hitters tag Davis for 14 hits in a high tempo game. Georgia State League suitors claim Stephen son signed with Americus and failed to report, but the matter centers on Gard ner Stephenson and contract status. The narrator urges a truce with Talladega and pushes the club to win every remaining game to climb the standings.
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Speed
Anniston
Davis
Americus
Stephenson
Boykin
Steve
State Normal School
Jacksonville
The
University
Gardner Stephenson
Hindu exclusion bill before immigration committee
Washington lawmakers consider a proposed measure to bar Hindus from entering the United States. The bill, backed by Representative Church of California, seeks to exclude Hindus and other Asiatics as part of a compromise amid Western opposition to Asian immigration. Chairman Burnett supports Hindu exclusion and plans to push the issue before the committee.
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Washington, D. C
United States
House Committee On Immigration
Church
California
Burnett
Alabama
Pugilists Gates and Prospects Stir 1910s Boxing Scene
Social correspondence notes boxing gate records over decades. Jeffries Johnson Moran Corbett Fitzsimmons Sharkey Hall Coffey Langford loom as potential matchups. Plans include Johnson Langford in London and Coffey backed by Croker with Irish staging touted.
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Coney Island
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Jim Hall
New Orleans
Fitz
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Nevada
Jim
Sharkey
Frisco
Gus Rubblin
George Chip Regains Stature With Knockout Win
George Chips knockout of Billy Murray in a recent ten day span elevates him near the middleweight top. Chip previously held the lightweight crown until Al McCoy—a controversial figure—landed a punch that felled Chip. Observers compare Chips favorably to McCoy and note Murray outpointed McCoy in two New York bouts before Chips stopped Murray early.
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George Chip
Billy Murray
California
Chip
al McCoy
McCoy
Chip McOy
Murray
New York
Jacksonville Social Notes Reflect Visitors and Travel
In Jacksonville on July 20 Mrs. Lou Edwards of Florence with son Gus Edwards visits Tate Springs. Guests include Mrs. Mami Aderholdt and two children of Rome, Mrs. George H. Grey of Nashville, and many locals visiting Anniston, Atlanta, Gadsden, and Montgomery with trips to White Plains and Choccolocco valley.
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Jacksonville
Lou Edwards
Gus Edwards
Florence
Tate Springs
Mamie Aderholdt
Rome
T. R. Ward
George H. Grey
Nashville
Tenn
J. D. Hammond
Addie Hammond
Birmingham
F. W. Watson
Atlanta
KE. E. Vaughan
C. W. Daugette
Anniston
Somers
Forney
Louise Pelham
T. J. Leslie
Henry Jennings
Choccolocco Valley
Jack Ward
Selma
Frank Privett
Lewis Downing
Choccolocco
C. J. Porter
Miles Mary Porter
L. Rivers
Ernest Mathis
Lispcomb
Henry Edwards
W. R. Brice
N. Milligan
Gadsden
Margaret Liston
Montevallo
Martha Dean Crow
Mary Bowling Stewart
Sallie Hoke
Peck
George Rowan
Sewell
Robert Hardie, Jr
Alexandria
William Hardie
I. W. Greenleaf
Dick Wilks
Caldwell
Robt, Hardie, Jr
Uniontown
Co. H. Sewell
Marion
George H. Rowan
Chautauqua
N. Y
G. H. Rowan
Sallie Rowan
Annie
Sarah Gaston
John Watkins
James Webb
Montgomery
New Champion Dubbed After Controversial Carpentier Fight
London reports a controversial sixth round foul ruling by Referee Corri in the Smith Carpentier bout. Gunboat Smith appeared to floor Carpentier with a straight right to the stomach, but Corri credited Carpentier with the win, prompting doubt over the lightweight championship outcome.
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London
Corri
Smith-Carpentier
Carpentier
Gunboat Smith
Smith
Gunboat
Graves Idea for Lee Monument on Stone Mountain
Col John Temple Graves proposes a Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain near Atlanta. He envisions a 30 by 100 foot carved granite block 1,000 feet above the plain with a life sized Robert E Lee figure and a granite hat atop the head. The design would place the statue high above the landscape to loom over Atlanta.
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Atlanta
John Temple Graves
Stone Mountain
Ia Place
Lorado Taft
Robert EB. Lee
Col. Graves
Stomach Troubles Lessen After Black Draught Cure
A Kentucky man writes that five years of stomach trouble and severe headaches faded after three months of Thedford's Black Draught. The letter touts the medicine as safe for all ages, urging households to keep a package on hand and noting it costs a quarter.
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Heh
Bill White
White
A. H. Sheppard
Walker Reynolds
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Phebebber
Talladega Club
Bop Gann
U. S
PF. Menke
Frank G. Menke
Social Correspondence
Frank Moran
Paris
Jeffries-Johnson
Reno
Jim Corbett
Kid McCoy
Madison Square Garden
Corbett
San Francisco
Hoe-Gans
Battling Nelson
Goldfield
Nelson
Jimmy Britt
Colma
Cal
Jimmy Coffey
Dublin
Jack Johnson
Coffey
Ireland
Mike Donovan
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Billy Gibson
Desis
Johnson-Langord
Langford
TCM OF
Mary Bettie Lunceford
Lee Burton
A. P. Johnston
Mildred
Camp Hill
J. BD. Pate
Sloodwater
Seer
Annishton
Iuly
Mr Ereprerererne
Imay
George Carpentier
Graves
Lee
Hughes
Pomerayton, Ky
A. J. Hughes
Thedford
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