Atlanta Opens 1915 Baseball Season With Crackers Title Clash
Atlanta preps for the opening day as the Crackers host the New Orleans Pelicans at Ponce de Leon Park. A record crowd is expected with city officials closing offices, merchants closing shops, and rail lines boosting attendance for the season kickoff. Prices range from 25 cents general to 75 cents box seats as fans flood toward the park amid clear warm weather.
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American League rivals Washington topple Boston 4 to 2 in opener
Washington defeats Boston 4 to 2 as Harper shuts down the Americans with strong pitching. Lewis drives in two Boston runs with a late double, while Washington plates in the eighth. Batteries Harper Williams for Washington and Bhore Agnew Pennock for Boston. Time 1:50.
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National League Whistler 4 Braves 0 in Philadelphia game
Philadelphia defeated Boston 4 to 0 as Alexander held the visitors to scattered hits. Niehoff drove in three with two singles and a sacrifice fly. Magee received a diamond pin and coal pedestal before the game. Batteries Rudolph and Barnes with Gowds Travesser. Alexander and Burns. Time 1:47. Reds 4 Pirates 3 in Cincinnati as Chase homered in the tenth for the win.
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Track Meet Result Corrected Error Names Boys High Winner
Officials corrected the indoor track meet results held at the YMCA noting Boys High School won with 64 points, Tech High 53, Commercial High 10, Fulton High 4. A counting error earlier credited Tech High with 59 and nearly misnamed the winner by one point.
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Season Tickets On Sale Today For Atlanta Baseball Fans
Frank Reynolds director of the Atlanta Baseball association will have season ticket books ready for delivery to fans today. Any fans who ordered through The Constitution sporting editor or who plan to buy a season book can pick up at Reynolds office in the Candler building this morning. Books remain on sale this week at 40 cents per game from Mr Reynolds.
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Atlanta Baseball Association
Sporting Editor of the Constitution
Mr Reynolds
Candler
Local Opening Scores Across The Season Mosaic
Opening games on the local lot show a balanced start with seven wins for Atlanta and seven losses overall. Scores include Nashville 8 over Atlanta 2 in 1902 and Atlanta 8 Nashville 1 in 1913, among others such as Montgomery, Birmingham and Chattanooga matchups across 1903 to 1915.
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Birmingham
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Where They Play Today in Southern Leagues and Cities
Schedule fragment lists games across the South and Atlantic leagues with matchups in Atlanta Mobile Birmingham Memphis Little Rock Chatta South Atlantic Augusta Jackson Charlestown Columbus Montgomery Macon Albany. Also National League games Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn and American League contests St Louis Chicago Detroit Cleveland. Also New York Philadelphia and Brooklyn noted among others.
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Memphis routs Chattanooga in 10 6 Memphis 2 3 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 10
Memphis beat Chattanooga 10 to 6 after taking control early, Krapp chased in third while Tillman and Merritt held the line. Powers left in eighth with a finger injury as the scoring spree surged.
Chattanooga Gets Two New Catchers After Injury Spike
Chattanooga Tenn April 18 Injury to Powers hand in today's game left Chattanooga without a catcher for ten days. Catcher Amdreen purchased from Memphis Payne signed and will join Friday. Gamecocks 7 Gulls 4. Also reports Columbia swept Sea Gulls 7 4 in Charleston with Lawrance shining. Albany beat Macon 6 2 as Welch and Dilinger led hitters. Montgomery edged Columbus 2 1 with Proper and Folmar homering. Jacksonville upset Augusta 4 3 as Brinson starred for the hosts.
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Unclear sports scores from multiple city matchups
A stream of scattered results shows Minneapolis 8 over Louisville 1 and Columbus 4 over Kansas City 0, with St Paul 4 over Indianapolis 1 and Toledo 4 over Milwaukee 2. Other pairings include Houston 3 over Beaumont 1, Waco 4 over Fort Worth 3, Shreveport 12 over Dallas 9, and Galveston 5 over San Antonio 1.
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College Baseball Scores From Various North American Sites
Wake Forest beat Clemson 7 4 at Spartanburg while Furman defeated Presbyterian Clinton 6 12. Mississippi A and M lost to Mississippi 3 1 at Tupelo. Hendrix topped Southwestern 6 6 in Conway Arkansas. Millsaps fell to Alabama 2 7 in Birmingham. LSU edged Rice 1 0 in Houston.
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Crackers Partly Covered in Havana Newspaper Page
The La Nación Sporting Page from Havana April 12 features the Crackers with a game recap against Macon at Ponce de Leon and a box score on a frigid day, plus notes on Gutierrez and two Atlanta Journal cartoons. It references Wil son and Lafitte on the mound and mentions Mathews and a Cuban story about Joss walking.
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Columbus Opener Draws Record Crowd In Georgia
Columbus Gn April 18 Special If everyone in west Georgia and east Alabama is not in Columbus next Thursday it will be the town’s fault The opening day crowds will force an afternoon off with merchants closing stores and druggists halting during game hours The mayor has invited neighboring towns within 75 miles to attend and publicize the event against Albany showing strong regional support for the Sally Nsapue season opener.
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Yellow Jackets Top All-Stars in Practice Win
Tech defeated an all star team 6 to 2 in a midweek practice at Grant Field. Eight innings due to supper break, Morrison hit a two run triple in the first. Puckett pitched for the Jackets. Batteries Robertson Walton Puckett Francia Beard.
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Conferees Struggle Over Sugar Bill Amid Pressure
Washington reports conferees from the house and senate failed to agree on the sugar bill. Majority Leader Kitchin says the house will reaffirm its original call for absolute repeal of the free sugar law, rejecting the senate's May 1 1920 free import limit. Senate leaders anticipate House agreement may be required to avert Underwood Simmons law. President Wilson reportedly supports the amendment.</n>
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CITY PREP GAMES MARIST ROUTS TECH INEH
Marist defeated Tech Ineh 7 to 1 as McGloughlin fanned the first six batters and finished with eighteen strikeouts. Harimison and Perri Adtir led the Marist lineup while the whole team impressed in a decisive win.
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R Smith
Income tax ruling assailed by finance and rail interests
Washington hearing before Assistant Secretary Malburn questions a Treasury order claiming the income tax law applies to American securities held by non resident aliens. Proponents fear lowered security values abroad and lack of authority. Effective May 1.
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Catcher Mike Andreen Released to Lookouts
Memphis Tennessee April 18 Hurried negotiations after the injury of catcher Powers of the Chattanooga Southern Association team in today s game here resulted tonight in the release of Mike Andreen of the Memphis clubs staff of catchers to the Lookouts Powers finger was badly cut when he attempted a difficult catch in today s game and he probably will be incapacitated for a week or more Kitchens the other regular catcher was injured several days ago
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Swacina Delivers Pinch Hit for Last-Frame Win
In Mobile on April 18 the Atlanta Crackers fell 2 to 1 to Guila after Gagnier’s error in the tenth. Swacina pinch hit for Covington, singled, raced home on Schmidt’s infield out, and Wilcox scored the decisive run as Guila won the late thriller. Mayer and McMillan starred for Atlanta in a pitchers’ duel amid strong fielding and timely hits.
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Women golfers in medal play for handsome pin
Atlanta women golfers contest at Druid Hilly golf course through April 20 in medal play for a handsome pin by the Women’s Golf Association. Five rounds over 18 holes on Tuesdays and Fridays, best three scores and best average determine winner.
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Greek George Sponsors Prizes For Crackers Hitters Today
Greek George the shoe shine expert who opened a Connally building shop will donate shines for base hits to aid the Crackers. A home run earns 25 freelines, 15 for triples, 10 for doubles, 5 for singles. Cigars for Run. Robinson Soda Water of 275 Cherokee will award to the first run scorer a box of Portina cigars. The Constitutions sporting editor serves as scorer.
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Connally
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Cherokee Avenue
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O. A. C. Beats North Side on Har ris Grand Slam
The North Side team led 4 to 0 entering the ninth inning before O A C rallied with singles by Jones and Williams and F lis walking. Tom Harris lofted a grand slam over left field for his third hit, giving O A C a 4-3 win. Driver pitched well for North Side but walked too many. The teams meet again Thursday.
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Emory Freshmen Beat Sophomores In Oxford Baseball Tilt
On April 18 at Weber athletic field Emory University Oxford hosted a second meeting between the fast freshman and sophomore teams. The Freshmen won 6 to 0 with a strong battery Tom Cater and Passmore for the freshmen and Walker and Allen for the sophomores. Umpire Professor Brik Turner officiated the game. Harris starred for the sophomores with notable batting.
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Sun glare eyes lens offer at Geant Midg street
An advertisement from Jnok Moore and Sons promotes soft tint lenses to protect sight on trips. It highlights glare issues and positions the shop at 42 N Broad Street in Geant Midg.
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Frank Trask Criticized for Calling Moran a Bonehead
A Southern circuit protest letter from multiple signatories defends Roy Moran after Frank Trask labeled him a bonehead following a Mobile game injury. The misspelled names and dated language reflect heated local sentiment and calls for fair treatment of Moran, whose popularity and potential hall of fame case are discussed.
Comiskey Blames Slow Games on Pitcher Overuse
April reports show Charles Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, accusing baseball games in the American League of dragging due to high pitch counts. He noted Connie Faber threw eleven balls to two Louis batters, suggesting pace would improve if this continued.
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