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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
6
Kuykendall, recently released to Mountaineers, starred with pitching and clutch hitting as the Mountaineers defeated the Models. Two costly third inning errors and walks opened the scoring, while Stiles and Smith struggled on the mound.
Baseball and scores from the Southern League and major games listed: Birmingham 6 0.65 beat Memphis 54 0 6.205. Montgomery and Nashville games noted. Charleston 3 Augusta 4. Columbia 11 Savannah 2. Columbus 1 Albany 0. Macon 4 Jacksonville 5. Washington 2 New York 3. Cleveland 2 Detroit 4. Philadelphia 3 4 Boston 7 6. Batter and pitcher names referenced for specific games.
Selma won from Rome with a 5 to 2 score after a strong team effort. Chancey drove offense with a two base and a three base hit while Justus Reed Poole and May added speed on the bases. Adams and Llewellyn pitched well with several double plays and seven runs batted in combined.
A playful exchange at the Dime Museum features an angel praising his wife and a giant declaring love for the two-headed girl. The living skeleton jokes about kisses and hats as onlookers react to oddities and humor.
A garbled OCR fragment refers to a tidal royal display and personal troubles, mentioning a friend and a tense moment. The text is incomplete, offering only glimpses of a ceremonial scene and interpersonal strain without clear names or dates.
The Imperial Athletic Games began in London as part of the Festival of Empire and run through the week. Athletes from Canada, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom compete in field and track events plus boxing, wrestling, and swimming.
Stiles struck out six of nine and might have pitched better with fewer errors behind him. Fisher, Morgan, Hert Morton, and Aniston show strong batting, with several players hitting .500 in recent games. Selma adds coach Frank Anderson from Athens and names Sprinkles as a pitcher. Decatur complains of poor play from Fisher.
Southeasterns Forts of code clubs show standings inside the conference. Key teams and coaches cited with recent results and upcoming fixtures. Final outcomes and league positioning noted for readers following college football.
Fragmentary text lists mismatched matchups and city pairings including Atlanta in Mobile Nashville in Montgomery Chattanooga in New Orleans Memphis in Birmingham. The exact teams and dates are not identifiable from the readable OCR.
A sequence of game results reported shows Chicago defeating Pittsburgh by 3 to 0 while Hoston scored 0. Philadelphia won 1 to 0 against an unknown opponent. New York lost 0 to 1, Brooklyn 1, St. Louis 7 and Cincinnati 8 in a day of varied outcomes across the league.
Yesterday results show Huntsville 10, Anniston 5, Selma 5 and Rome 2. Weather notes mention rain across Decatur and Iadsden.
The schedule lists four matchups for today with Huntavile visiting Anniston, Gadsden visiting Decatur, Rome facing Selma. Local fans are advised to attend or follow results from the venues.
A large crowd gathered at the American Line docks in New York to send off athletes departing for an international event. The scene reflected national interest as participants prepared for competition and supporters offered farewell cheers.
Prospective competitors, including Harvard and Yale stars, sail on the steamship St. Paul to England for next month’s international games. They will meet Oxford and Cambridge track men, the strongest opposition.
A short pitch urges readers to use Star Want Ads, arguing steady persistence by advertisers yields results and the value of consistent promotion for items or services.
Savannah in Columbia. Albany in Columbus. Jacksonville in Macon.
A concise record notes matchups with city pairings: Chicago versus Pittsburg, Boston versus Philadelphia, New York versus Brooklyn, and St. Louis versus Cincinnati. The lines imply a set of paired contests or locality pairs without detailing results.
A compact set of city matchups appears with teams shifting venues across major hubs. The lines pair Philadelphia with Boston, Washington with New York, Detroit with Chicago, and Cleveland with St. Louis in a noted arrangement.
A young Black man fleeing a farmer and three sons through a chicken yard is startled when a long-eared jack rabbit suddenly hops onto the road ahead. He calls the rabbit to move aside asking it to let someone who can run pass, his voice quavering with fear.
The schedule lists events from New England A A U track finals in Brookline to the Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace in London. It also notes swimming championships at Travers Island, a Missouri Athletic Club marathon in St. Louis, spring racing at King Edward Park in Montreal, Vancouver race meets, a Metroplitan A A U junior meet at Travers Island, a Quaker City Motor Club hill climb in Philadelphia, Boston Terrier Club show in New York, and Delaware State tennis in Wilmington.
A Houston Post passage notes a convict’s apparent preference for jail as two wives await his release, suggesting faith in his return and implying calculated risk in escape. The dialogue frames the convict as controlled by others and the community’s tolerance.
The speaker notes that Wellington earned the Iron Duke title but jokes about the idea of sculptors immortalizing him in bronze. He concedes the label fits yet admits a citizen prefers simplicity over grandiose bronze likeness.
A teacher asks Johnny to define speculation using a father with 500 dollars hoping to buy thousands of bushels of wheat never to possess. Johnny answers he loses the 500 dollars, illustrating the concept in simple terms.
A terse verse riff contrasts seasonal lies with the stark truth of winter lingering. The poet muses that spring appears delayed, with winter's chill lingering as if hung on a strap.
A New Yorker visiting a Kentucky planter found mosquitoes disturb his sleep while the host reported no annoyance. The colonel’s negro valet offered a humorous explanation that the night’s first part the colonel is drunk and does not feel the skeeters, and in the last part the skeeters are drunk and do not bother the colonel.
An employer rebukes Mr. Green for not shaving, insisting on improved appearance. He explains he is growing a beard, but the head of the firm dismisses it as unacceptable during work hours. The remark echoes a stern, old fashioned corporate reprimand from Life.
A quotation explores fashion dictates demanding oversized hats and shoes. It questions whether style rulers should mandate large footwear and headwear as a rule for society and individual taste.
Poem lines appear in a dialogue about a gown. One character urges a new dress while another suggests the old gown has poetic value though nearing waste. The exchange highlights cost and sentiment in a domestic moment.
An earnest client seeks help from a lawyer who declines the case. The lawyer quips that the client is so thin skinned it would not pay to skin him, reflecting a sharp courtroom-tinged exchange.
A brief exchange recalls a singer’s morning tune and a compliment about a weapon, capturing a casual domestic moment from the Boston Transcript.
A compact note from Harper's Weekly records a playful exchange about progress in a program. Major Stymie, described as an ardent golfer, is noted near the decisive moment with “Seven up and two to play” signaling a close finish.
A father warns his daughter that the piano is his private possession and hints she should not reveal plans to marry and take it with her, suggesting secrecy to protect her chances. The exchange shows a cautious family dynamic and humor about future marriage.
Not Enthusiastic. A town plans to send a graphophone to discuss politics next Thursday night. Prominent citizens are urged to participate on the platform. A citizen offers wooden Indians to serve as a background for the event.
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