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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1911
Page
7
The Southern League opens Saturday with a nationwide crowd expected. Chattanooga fans travel in from multiple towns as the Lookouts meet Atlanta at 3:38 PM after 2 PM gates. Tickets and reservations are ready, with Mathieson’s band to provide pregame and in-game entertainment.
Cambridge April 14 Theo dore Vable, a Negro student at Harvard, seen as the most promising new sport material, won the 16 pound hammer throw at the spring meet with a best effort of 41 feet 10 inches. He is regarded as a sure winner in meets this spring up to the collegiate events where students compete for top honors.
New Orleans opens Southern league day with a 12 to 3 win over Schwartz Stars in a tune up. Local recruits Angemeier Nagis Kirke and Callahan played. Kinwitter Breitenstein pitched three hitless innings each. Fraser scored thrice and injured sliding at home. Barr finished with two innings of solid relief.
Readable scraps show Southern and South Atlantic league matches with scattered city pairings and teams such as Montgomery Birmingham Memphis Augusta Savannah Columbus Macon Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Boston and Cleveland St Louis Chicago Detroit Auburn Clemson Michigan and other college and local games. Listing style is fragmentary with many garbled names and places.
An advertising line urges readers to choose a Havana La Vada five-cent cigar praised for cleanliness and a sweet smell, encouraging trial with a direct sales appeal.
The national baseball commission announced it will not settle exhibition time disputes between major and minor league clubs unless the games are arranged by the presidents or certified agents of the clubs. If an agent acts, the president must file proof of authority. President A C Coakley, previously ineligible, is reinstated and major league clubs may arrange exhibitions with clubs under his control.
Harvey Bussay who pitched for Danville in the Virginia League last season and who was with Washington this spring will not be argued by Atlanta Jourdan does not want him.
New York April 14 The department announced that the Nationals will play their home games at American League Park while Polo Grounds undergoes complete repairs delaying use of their Polo Grounds. Giants schedule and venue shift affect fans and upcoming games. The move places Nationals at a neutral AL venue in New York during Polo Grounds repairs.
Jamuiss Mle April 4 pitcher Ha Gan ford and outfielder John Burke were released by the Louisville American Association Club to the Columbia SC South Atlantic League club. Louisville retains a string on these players era.
In the eleventh district educational contest held in Baxley today, South Georgia College won four of six athletic events. Douglas Stewart of Helena won the 440 yard dash. The college also captured the baseball title by a 6 to 1 score.
At Jamestown track in Norfolk on April 14 a large crowd attended races. Hoffman with Olson won the Old Point Comfort purse ahead of Guy Fisher. In the first race for 3-year-olds Black Branch won. jockeys Bell and Adama were badly hurt and sent to hospital. Adams broke his leg, and Dugan was suspended for the remainder of the meeting after blocking Bell and causing Whin to be injured. Whin was shot on the field. Remaining races featured several close finishes and a long list of entrants and results including Sea Cuff, Third Fall, and Col Ashmeade among others.
The Tennessee Futurity, a $4 000 purse, closes tomorrow. Entries pour in from Kentucky New York Michigan Indiana Haineis Texas Florida Georgia Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Tennessee Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina. Prominent owners include John E Madden Lexington L W Berness New York W H Dakes New York M W Savage Minneapolis W H Moore St. Clair Michigan E F Greers Memphis R C Estill Lexington United States Senator J W Batley Gatesville Texas Congressman Henry Clayton Eufaula Alabama The Harriman Estate Goshen NY and others.
Ted Coy, former Yale football star, is in Atlanta on a business trip as a traveling coal wholesale salesman. He appears firm and determined, with his jaw lines signaling strength and the same drive that helped him stand out on the football field.
Jockey Ralph was banned for life by Judge Brown for riding Gus Hartridge in the second race at Kup frlan Park. The ruling followed a stout pull that allegedly helped Charlie O'Brien win by a margin. The meeting closes next Tuesday with multiple race entries listed, including First Race selling for 3-year-olds and up and various purses and times.
Pinehurst North Carolina April 14 victories in the first and second rounds of the third annual mid-April golf tournament today create a father son final pairing Henry C Foundes of Oakland and his son W C Foundes amateur champion set for tomorrow morning's semi finals. Milliken of Indianapolis and P S McLaughlin of Wyckoff stand in the bracket. other noted play includes J Hurd of Pittsburgh versus J E Kellogg of Alpine in a long 22 hole match won by Kellogg in the morning before losing the afternoon round.
New York April 14 Sam Langford a boxer who seeks to beat Jack Johnson laughed when told Johnson was jailed for speeding an automobile Langford amused by the news.
Kelly and Cyclone Johnny Thompson, both claimants for the middleweight title, agree to a ten round bout at the Drexel Athletic Club in Racine Wisconsin within two weeks. Representatives will meet tomorrow to sign articles and post forfeits.
M Cohen a Deortur street merchant long fighting a 30 day term for prohibition violations surrendered yesterday to serve time with his son in law Sam Loeb who faced a similar charge. Police found liquor and beer in Cohen store refrigerator during a raid on 104 Decatur street three years ago.
A string of obituaries and death notices from Perry and nearby Cordele and Macon list Mrs. Laura P. Hose of Perry aged 71 widow of Judge John H. Hose, plus Elizabeth Watson of Cordele aged 82 pioneer settler, Albert W. Lilly aged 43, Mollie L. Morgan, J. M. Bowden and many others with survivors, funeral plans, and burial details at Evergreen and local cemeteries. The reports include infant deaths Melville G Williams and Nellie Chapman, and Confederate veteran deaths Nathan M. Cook and R. J. Mills with service details and family survivors.
Arthur J. Morris of Norfolk explains a Fidelity Mutual Savings and Trust Company concept to fund small loans at legal rates. He notes higher Virginia rates and weekly repayment reduces indorser risk, citing strong endorsements and no losses in Norfolk, Newport News, and Suffolk. Morris hopes Atlanta stock subscriptions rise as plan expands nationwide.
Charles F. Rager, recently demoted from superintendent of Cincinnati division railway mail service, is ordered by Washington to go to Atlanta and fill the vacancy created by J. F. Blodgett’s removal as lighter clerk. Rager plans to move with his family early next week.
The vested choir of forty voices at Christchurch Macon presented the cantata Olivet to Calvary in the season’s notable church musical. The event marked the first local Easter program. George Cary Besseton, author famed for civil war and southern tales, died today in New York.
The Forsyth theater hosts a Saturday farewell for vaudeville acts headlined by William Farnum and Company with Claude and Fannie Walter Frank Morrell and Rex Comedy Circus. Easter week features Mme Violet Besson in The Woman Who Knew at Forsyth, Grand, and Orpheum clusters stage Three Twins.
Lakewood New Jersey April 14 In preparation for the international cup polo contest to be held May 31 to June 7 there are more than 300 polo ponies stabled in this town The collection is likely the most valuable of its kind with an estimated value over 350000 dollars About 270 of the ponies are owned by Americans
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