Jackets Lose Holliday as Mercer Series Opens
Tech baseball prospects suffer a setback as star first baseman Goat Holliday is ruled out for Mercer games this Friday. Amason shifts to first base, with Dunwoody and Pardo dropping to the second string. coach Heisman tightens infield and intensifies batting drills after the Clemson result.
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Robert L. Hughes
Tech
Goat" Holliday
Jackets
Mercer
Eriday
Dunwoody
Pagdolfre
Heisman
Clemson
Holliday
Amason
Amasyn
Stone Mountain
Pardo
Outfelder
Hrtsman
Feathers 10 Battle for Title April 29
Los Angeles April 2 Johnny Kilbane the titleholder will defend against Johnny Dundee in a twenty round featherweight championship at Vernon arena on April 29. Kilbane of Cleveland Dundee of New York ready to fight for the title in a major prize bout.
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Feathers
Los Angeles
Cal
Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
Johnny Dundee
New York
Vernon Arena
Savannah Grand Prize A Gentleman's Race
Three wealthy northerners plan to enter foreign made racing cars in the Savannah Grand Prize event next fall. They will likely drive the cars and replace machines as needed, aiming for the finest car obtainable. The trio’s identities remain undisclosed.
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Savannah
Arthur W. Solomon
Savannah Automobile Club
Abe
Lmit
Stahl's Rah Rah Days Recalled By Contest
Urbana April 2 A college baseball note recalls a 12 year old game where Jake Stahl then a Michigan outfielder struggled in the field against Illinois. A week later against Indiana he batted and fielded well driving seven plate appearances with a perfect game caught and multiple hits. Illinois scored 35 runs in that contest.
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Urbana
University of Tinois
Jake Stahl
Boston
Tlinois
University of Michigan
Indiana University
Stahl
Michigan
Illinois
Toledo Cancels All Exhibition Games in Flood City
Mobile Alabama April 2. Flood conditions force the Toledo base ball club to cancel all engagements in Birmingham Nashville and Dayton and stay in Mobile. Pitcher Cy Falkenberger who has been with Toledo since the season began was sent to New Orleans to join the Cleveland team.
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Mobile
Ala
Toledo Baseball Club
Birmingham
Nashville
Dayton
Cy Falkenberger
Toledo
New Orleans
Cleveland
Waycross Names Mascot Fred Brewer Jr as Team’s First Contract
Waycross Georgia April 2. Fred Brewer Jr signs the first contract for the Waycross Baseball Association. His position is mascot and he will have no competitors. Alderman Fred Brewer, his father, is a strong supporter of baseball in Waycross and the junior has long been a favorite with local players. It is predicted he will become a fine player.
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Waycross
Fred Brewer, Jr
Waycross Baseball Association
Fred Brewer
Lookouts Seek Speedy Pickups Ahead of Southern League
Chattanooga April report says the Lookouts aim to add a fast man from major league lists to boost base speed. They seek an infielder or outfielder, with Red Massey movable between positions. Balentt’s return from St. Louis could resolve infield and outfield questions as the season nears.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henose
Red Massey
Balentt
St. Louis
Wagner and Beard Reach Indoor National Tennis Finals
New York April 2 Miss Wagner national champion advances by defeating Erna Marcus while Mrs Beard overcomes B Weaver to reach the finals. Wagner drives win with clean long shots. Beard struggles with net play as she and Clara Kuttroff win the doubles semi final for a possible title.
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New York
Ma. Wagner
C. N. Beard
Miss Wagner
Erna Marcus
Beard
Weaver
Missards
Tech star Marty Holland draws Providence club offer
Marty Holland, captain and third baseman of the Tech Yellow Jackets, receives a substantial offer from the Providence International League club for the coming season. He also has minor league bids and was reportedly courted by the Philadelphia Athletics before last season ended. Holland will keep his job with the Georgia Railway and Electric company, with baseball losing a valuable acquisition to the pro ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty Holland
Tech Yellow Jackets
Providence
Basiall
American tennis stars in tryouts
New York April 2 R D Wrenn announces acceptances from R W Williams W I Johnson H H Hacknett and S D Little to compete in trial matches for places on the American Davis cup team. M E McLoughlin and T C Bunny to travel east from California. W W Clothier also seeking to play. If selected the team will go abroad after Americans defeat Australasians at West Side Tennis club in June.
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New York
R. D. Wrenn
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
R. W. Williams
W. I. Johnson
Philadelphia
H. H. Hacknett
D. Little
M. E. McLoughlin
T. C. Bunny
Trap Shooting Leaders in New York Event at Traversland
R L Spotts of the New York Athletic Club led 130 shooters in the 200 target event at Traverssland with 183 breaks amid bad weather, ahead of Olympic winner D F McMahon of the Slams Club and A Hobart of Paterson New Jersey. The meet served as a preliminary for the national amateur 200 target championship, with over 150 entries expected. An intercity team contest was won by New York, Boston second, Philadelphia third, on 1708, 1692, and 1608 points respectively out of 2000 targets.
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New York
R. L. Spotts
New York Athletic Club
Stockholm
Traverssland
D. F. McMahon
A. Hobart
Paterson
N. J
Boston
Philadelphia
Cordele Signs Sixteen Players Ahead of League Open
Cordele Georgia reports baseball fever as McDonough native KB L Reagan arrives next Monday to manage the local team He has signed sixteen fast players who will convene April 14 for tryouts amid Empire State League season buildup.
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Cordele
KB. l L. Reagan
McDonough
New Orleans Lightweight Jon Thomas Eyes Promoter Challenge
Jon Thomas, the fast New Orleans lightweight, leaves for home after receiving a match offer from promoter D J Toroorich to face Young Shugrue in New Orleans on April 14. Thomas plans to decide after returning home and also aims to challenge Joe Rivers next if he defeats Shugrue.
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Jon Thomas
New Orleans
Crescent City
Joe
D. J. Toroorich
Young Shugrue
Thomag
Joe Rivers
Rivers
Shugrue
Prison Baseball Opener Promises Parade at Atlanta Facility
Baseball returns to a federal prison next Saturday with a grand parade from the isolation building to the ball grounds. The Giants pennant will be raised at the flag pole as the season begins under prison band music and a guarded crowd. Teams include The Athletics The Pirates The Climbers The Hustlers The Tigers The Cubs The Crackers and The Giants with staff lists and work details attached.
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United States
Atlanta Federal Prison
Federal Prison
Sousa
Giants
Prison League
Emery
Womeen’s
the Pirates
Dean
Caldwell
Tigers
Foreman Huches
Cubs
Foreman Quinn
Crackers
Maysfield
The
MacElroy
Field Day Winners at Locust Grove Institute Meet
Locust Grove Ga April 3 annual field day drew a large town attendance. The event named L G I representatives for the district meet in Barnesville April 18. Winners include Harkins in the 100 yard dash and 120 hurdles Nicholson in running high jump and broad jump Culpepper in 220 yard dash Melemie in 440 yard dash and Warren in mile race plus Weekley in shot put and Greer in pole race with others named for relays and sack race.
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Loaust Grove
Spe
Locust Grove Institute
Barnesville
Harkins
Weekley
Nicholson
David
Melemie
Heedingfield
Culpepper
Wilson
Herkins
McKennie
Torbert
Greer
Action deferred on Massee pay franchise petition
Macon Georgia April 2 The city council prefers action on W J Massee petition for a pay franchise and will have Massee before a committee to outline requests He withdrew objection to returning the $10 000 check to Georgia Railway and Power Company which was posted when the company was granted a franchise for electric lighting A records search shows only a resolution not an ordinance and the city attorney will decide on the check possiblity of no right to hold it
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Macon
W. J Massee
Massee
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Atlanta
Rush Florida Lumber to the Flood District
Tampa April 2 A solid train of 18 freight cars loaded with heavy lumber was rushed from here to the flooded districts of West Virginia and Ohio for bridge construction and repair by railroads. The train is a limited with no stops before Richmond Virginia. Order came from Seaboard Air Line to assemble all heavy lumber and rush it to the middle west flood area.
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Tampa
Fila
West Virginia
Ohio
Richmond
Seaboard Air Line
Middle West
Prohibitionists Defeated in Colorado Election Towns
Denver April 2 Returns from most Colorado towns report anti prohibitionists victorious in a large majority of yesterday's local elections.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Brooks Seeks New Trial in Alabama Case
Attorneys for Percy Brooks, jailed in Hunteville Alabama awaiting sentence for a criminal attack on a young lady school teacher, are preparing a motion for a new trial to be heard by Judge Ballentine in the law and equity court on Saturday. If overruled, the judge will pass sentence on the prisoner.
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Brooks
Hunteville
Ala
Percy Brooks
Ballentine
Law and Equity Court
Gowns to Be More Daring at Newark Summer Fashion
Paris designer Worth arrives in Newark to showcase daring gowns for summer and fall. He aims to curb dealers and dressmakers who fraudulently use the Parisian label, pledging action against misuses of the house name.
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Newark
Paris
Aftar
Parisian
Boykin Arrested for Auto Theft in Macon
Macon Ga April 2 Special J R H Boykin of Atlanta admitted in police court he and a companion named Afie Bray robbed a local drug store for $10 a night or two ago. He said the car was left in Vidalia. He described a scam to buy medicine with a counterfeit bill and change, then flee. A telegram from Atlanta sought his arrest for stealing a black Hudson automobile No 2703 from Atlanta.
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Macon
J—R. H Boykin
Atlanta
Pal
Afie Bray
R. H. Boykin
Roberts
Boykin
Gajid
Vidala
Waa Unique
Mr. Johnson
Case Against Folds Goes To Jury Today
The case against Officer M C Folds charged with murdering Will Daniels at 100 Fraser Street December 16 is expected to reach the jury by noon. Testimony and minor points consumed Wednesday from 11 to 6 as Folds claimed self defense after Daniels allegedly threatened then refused to stop. Prosecution witnesses say Folds beat Daniels and fired after Daniels defied orders while others corroborate the officers tale. Jim Gresham and C B Sdell are among witnesses tied to earlier trouble sparked by a bottle-throwing incident.
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M. C. Folds
Will Daniels
Fraser Street
Folds
Gordon Ashley
Ashley
Rachel Ashley
Daniels
Jim Gresham
C. B. Sdell
Eugene Huff
Moore & Branch
William M. Smith
A. W. White
Carl Hutcheson
Hugh M. Dorsey
Furriers Union Officers Case Dismissed After Elm Altercation
New York April 2 Abraham Altman withdrew the complaint in the trial of four furriers union officers after 110 witnesses had testified. He said he feared for his life. the magistrate denounced him as a coward but Altman persisted and the case was dismissed.
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New York
Furriers’ Union
Altman & Weinberg, Furriers
Abraham Altman
Altman
Mrs. Rebecca Padgett Killed by Palm Limited Train
In Bath, April 3, Mrs Rebecca Padgett aged 60 was struck and instantly killed by the Palm Limited train on the Southern railway. She was walking between the tracks wearing a large bonnet that obscured her view. the coroner's jury returned a finding.
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Bath, & C
Rebecca Padgett
Palm Limited
Southern Railway
Padgett
Georgia Corn Show to Be Held First Week of December
A Georgia corn show for boys and canning club girls, with about 15 000 to 20 000 participants, is set for the first week of December. Dr A M Soule and Atlanta Chamber of Commerce leaders attended a planning conference, praising past shows and outlining plans for 125 county contests and higher yields statewide.
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Georgia
Corn Club
Canning
Sil
Capitol
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Committee
A. M. Soule
Georgia State College of Agriculture
J. Phil Campbell
William Bradford
J. K. Giles
Atlanta
Mr. Campbell
Augusta
Savannah
Tifton
Columbus
Macon
M. L. Brittain
W. H. Leahy
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Big Road
J. F. Jackson
Central of
T. O. Plunkett
Southern
H.C. Fischer
Will Ask Pardon for J. J. Mangham
Griffin Georgia April 2 Special Pardon for J J Mangham serving four year Milledgeville state prison for embezzlement will be asked of prison commissioners in a petition presented May 65 Notice posted at Spalding county courthouse by McDaniel Black Atlanta attorneys for Mr Mangham The notice has stirred discussion in the city Mangham was sentenced for embezzling funds of the Boyd Mangham cotton mills having served less than one year The petition's approval is expected to be bitterly fought by county officials
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Griffin
J. J. Mangham
Milledgeville
Spalding County
McDaniel & Black
Atlanta
Young Stripling Aids Father In Jail Quest
William Stripling, 17, son of ex Danville Police Chief Thomas Edgar Stripling, traveled from Columbus, Georgia to Atlanta to seek help from Associated Charities for work and to aid his father in getting out of the state pen. He is staying with Mrs. C. W. Kennedy in Kirkwood while efforts to secure a job continue.
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William Stripling
Atlanta
Columbus
Associated Charities
Hie
Thomas Edgar Stripling
Danville
America
Jean Valjean
Georgia
Stripling
Carl A. Darby
Beavers Debate on Atlanta Charter Proposed by Committee
The fourth monthly debate will be held at the Independent Order of Beavers hall at 57 East Hunter Street. The question asks if Atlanta should adopt the new charter proposed by the committee of twenty five. Speakers Bernard Sattler Lawton Riley Councilman J R Nutting and Colonel Edgar Watkine will present with Joseph T Dabney presiding.
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Hall of the Independent Order of Beavers
East
Hunter Street
Atlanta
Committee of Twentyfive
Bernard Sattler
Lawton Riley
J. R. Nutting
Edgar Watkine
William M. Hairston
Joseph T. Dabney
Georgia
Tragic Misfire Ends Life Of Local Man In Muskogee
In Muskogee Oklahoma on April 2 a Black man named J A Hall reportedly cursed white people and wished for disasters before dying. He was pacing inside his home with a 22 caliber rifle when the weapon accidentally discharged, striking him. Police say the accidental shooting ended Hall's life at his residence.
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Muskogee
Okio
Goa
Ohio
J. A. Hall
Tagé
Georgia Railroads Cite 1912 Casualties in Steam and Street Cars
State railroad commission reports show 4 540 people killed or injured by steam railroads and street cars in Georgia last year. Central of Georgia led with 1 037 victims. Atlanta saw 11 killed and 41 injured by street cars. totals indicate higher casualties in 1912 than 1911 across lines. Georgia and Florida and other combos accounted for multiple injuries and deaths. interstate figures nationwide reached 10 376 killed and 166 281 injured.
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Georgia
State Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Wee
Highteen
Hnea
Aiaam
Central of Georgia
Central
Southern
Birmingham
Atlantic
Atlantic Coast Line
Augusta Southern
Georgia Southern
Florida
Alabama
Loulaville
Nashville
Mason
Dublin
Savannah
Chattanooga
St.Louis
Seaboard Air Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union
Dragged by His Mule, Farmer May Not Live
J. H. Jeter of Mitchell county lies in serious condition after a mule dragged him across a field. He rode the mule bareback during a rain, his foot caught in gear, causing the animal to dash and jolt him repeatedly until his wife freed him. Recovery described as doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie, Gs
J. H. Jeter
Mitchell County
Jeter
Beulah Blackburn Drowns in Tennessee River Back Water
In Huntsville Alabama on April 2 a tragedy occurred when Beulah Blackburn wife of Rev. Blackburn and mother of Langat baptist church drowned in back water of the Tennessee River while with Miss Clyde Meyers and Paul Fennell. Fennell saved Meyers but could not save Mrs. Blackburn formerly Miss Beulah Lobart of Opelika.
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Huntsville
Ala
Beulah Blackburn
Or. & Blackburn
Methodist Church
Langat
Tennessee River
Clyde Meyers
Paul Fennell
Fennell
Mne
Blackburn
Blacburn
Misa Beulah Loebart
Opelika
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