Crackers edge Pelicans as Lafitte shines in opening win
Ed Lafitte pitched brilliantly for Atlanta, guiding the Crackers to a 2 1 victory over New Orleans in the season opener. McDonald powered a fourth inning homer, Eschen made a sensational one handed catch, and Tommy Moullan contributed key plays in a tightly contested game before a crowd of 11 614.
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Ed Lafitte
McDonald
Dick Jemison
Crackers
Pelicans
Lafitte
Frank
Atlanta
Smith
Felitana Smith
Eschen
Lee Donald
Texar Donald
Une Hschen
Alison
Hdmonidsor
Jidenald
Cracigers
Hall
Jake Munch
Fischen
Cy Perkins
Perkins
Flo
South Atlantic Scouts 14 Tourists 8 in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida April 1 the South Atlantic Scouts defeated the Augusta Tourists 14 to 8 after a fast start. Lenning was knocked out of the box in the sixth, Palmer from Stetson University came on to fan the first four Augusta batters. Final line shows Sikes Gateen Fu banks Lenning Palier and Baker. Time 2 08 umpire Moran.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Brinson
Augusta
To & Lenning
Palmer
Stetson University
Augusta Club
E. Augusta
Season Tickets Available From Atlanta Baseball Association
Frank Teynolda, director of the Atlanta Baseball Association, reports remaining season tickets for men are for sale at his office in the Candler Building. Anylan or others who ordered through the sporting editor at The Constitution should contact Mr Reynolds soon. Tickets cost 40 cents per game in the grandstand and are valid for any game or any number of tickets on any day.
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Frank Teynolda
Atlanta Baseball Association
Candler
Anylan
Sporting Editor of the Constitution
Mr Reynolds
Georgia pool champion to meet Lloyd Hoyt tonight
Ed Prater the Georgia state pool champion will play Lloyd Hoyt of Buffalo New York tonight at 8 o'clock at the Lawrence Biliard Parlor 9944 Whitehall Street. Admission is free.
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Ed Prater
Lloyd Hoyt
Buffalo
N. Y
Lawrence Bliard Parlor
Whitehall Street
Devore Joins Brewers From Philadelphia Nine
Josh Devore formerly with the Philadelphia Nationals has been purchased by the Milwaukee club in the American Association. Announcement made here today.
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Toledo
Ohio
Josh Devore
Philadelphia Nationals
Milwaukee American Association
Firsts at Poncey Highlight League Debut Events
A fragmented report lists multiple firsts from a game at Poncey. Names include Lafitte, Smith, Knaupp, Gagnier, McDonald, Edmondson, Lennox, Munch, Allison, Thrasher, McMillan, and Alison. Highlights cover first hit, run, home run, two-bagger, three-bagger, sacrifice, stolen base, strike-out, base on balls, and double play.
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Finis Wilson
Dixie Walker
Dan Pfenninger
Williams
Massey
Allison
Stansbury
Edmondson
Eschen
Knaupp
Bluhm
Higgins
Smith
P . Yow
Atlanta
R. H. Po
A. Thrasher
McMillan
Mayer
McDonald
Lennox
Munch
Perkins
Gagnier
Lafitte
Tnnnings
New Orleans
Wagnier
Pfenninger
Willams
Poncey
Cy Smith
New Orleana
Len
Alison
Orleans
Thrasher
aAtlanta
Muunch
McMilan
Chattanooga Season Opener Sees Nashville Win 6 3
In Chattanooga Nashville defeats the home club 6 to 3 in the opening Southern League game. Karr and Martina struggled locating the plate in the fourth, while Lee homered for Nashville. Kroh pitched erratically but steadied. attendance was 7,482. Summary includes two base hits by Kroh Williams and Graff, and Pitter’s home run.
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Chattanooga
Venn
Karr
Martina
Nashville
Lee
Kroh
Nash Aber
E Leech
Nich
Sheehar
Kores
Rarrnsib
T Clanss
Grattae
Sureet
Rob P
OlAndreme
Liie
Andreen
Ampires
O'Toole
Hart
Gainesville High Defeats Auburn Christian College 7 to 3
Gainesville High beat Christian College of Auburn 7 to 3 at home. Pitcher Reynolds allowed three hits while Gainesville totaled eleven. Morris started for Christian College and was relieved by Dickens. Johnston and Reynolds brothers receive credit for the win as Gainesville shows strong batting.
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Gainesville
Gainesville High
Christian College
Auburn
Reynolds
Morris
Dickens
Johnston
Reynolds Brothers
Riverside Military Academy
Birmingham Wins Attendance Crown for Opening Game
Birmingham claimed the Southern league opening day attendance trophy with 12,126 paid at doors, topping Atlanta’s 12,012. The league posted an overall opening crowd of 59,484 across eight games, with strong local records in Atlanta Memphis and Chattanooga. Managers and editors thanked merchants and fans for support as Atlanta vowed to challenge Birmingham next season.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
Perryman
Barons
Gulls
Derrick
Coombs
Clark
Atlanta
Memphis
Chattanooga
Frank
Sporting
the Constitution
Wee
Nashville
Little Rock
Schedule of today’s Southern and Atlantic League games
Southern League actions include New Orleans at Atlanta Mobile in Birmingham Memphis in Little Rock Nash at Chattanooga South Atlantic features Albany at Columbus Columbia at Augusta Jackson at Charleston Macon at Montey National League matchups Brooklyn at Hastings Philadelphia at New York Cincinnati at Chicago St Louis at Pittsburgh American League contests Chicago at Detroit Cleveland at St Louis Western New York at Washington Boston at Philadelphia College games list Alabama at Tuscaloosa Southern Alabama at Birmingham Vanderbilt at Nashville Mississippi at College Station Texas A at College Station amid scattered matchups
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A Mobile
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St Louis
WNY
Washington
Alabama
Southern
Tuscaloosa
Nerverly Howard
Vanderbilt Mississippi
Texas A, & M
College Sta
Jake Abel Beaten in Bout with Lewis
Chattanooga Tennessee April 9 Ted Lewis the Briton claiming the welter weight boxing championship of the world tonight won a decision over Jake Abel of Chattanooga after eight rounds of fast fighting Abel found it difficult to reach Lewis with any force but by clever defensive fighting avoided severe punishment.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ted Lewis
Jake Abel
Abel
Lewis
College Baseball Roundup From East to South
Navy beats Harvard 8 to 4 in Annapolis while Georgetown defeats Washington College 39 to 4 in D C. Penn and Holy Cross are blanked 6 to 0 in Worcester. Cornell edges Bucknell 2 to 1 at Ithaca. Tufts tops Army 5 to 1 at West Point. Villanova defeats Pennsylvania State College 7 to 5 in Philadelphia. Swarthmore slips past Ursinus 2 to 1 in Swarthmore. Furman nips Clemson 4 to 3 in Greenville. Tennessee over South Carolina 4 to 0 in Columbia. Lafayette 4, NYU 1 in New York.
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Annapolis
Navy
Harvard
Washington
D. C
Lehlight
Catholic University
Georgetown
Washington College
Worcester
Mass
University of Pennsylvania
Holy Cross
Tthaca
Cornell
Bucknell
West Point
Tufts
Army
Villanova
Pennsylvania State College
Swarthmore
Ursin
Clemson Meets Georgia in Athens Friday and Saturday
Athens Ga April 19 Special The upcoming Georgia Clemson games in Athens are slated for Friday and Saturday this week despite circulating reports of date changes. The cadet regiment departs Saturday for Gainesville for a week long spring encampment. Clemson has been playing strong baseball this spring and the pair of games is expected to draw notable interest.
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Athens
Georgia
Clemson
Gainesville
Crackers Win Shifts Standings In Season Opener
The Cracker victory over the Pelicans altered the standings as Dobbs' men drop to second place while the Volunteers surge to the pennant lead. Memphis suffered a defeat to the Little Rock Travelers, sinking to the cellar as the Crackers outwitted them.
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Crackers
Pelicans
Dobbs
Volunteers
Memphis
Little Rock Travelers
American League tightens as Yanks edge Athletics 2–1
New York defeats Philadelphia 2 to 1 on April 19 behind Markle who limited the Athletics to three hits and Crowell’s seven innings of four hits. Gilhooley doubled for an early NY run as Maisel scored on Pick’s wild throw.
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Athletics
New York
Philadelphia
Markle
Crowell
Gilhooley
Maisel
Pick
Gillhooley
Chiring
Baker
Faniies
Crowell, Myers and Meyer
Murphy Markle
Nunmaker
Sevens
Connolly
Dodgers 7 Giants 3 opens Brooklyn season victory
Brooklyn defeats New York 7 to 3 as O Mara and Getz benched. Olson drives in three on eight plays including two doubles. Giants err in field. Tesreau and Rariden vs Smith and Meyers. Umpires Kigler and Harrison. Time 1:55. Philadelphia 6 Boston 6 earlier. Bender debuts in ninth.
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Brooklyn
New York
Robinson
O'Mara
Getz
Olson
Short
Mowrey
Smith
Tesreau
Rariden
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Boston
Bender
Reulbach
Gowdy
Maye Rixey
FE Burns
Klem
Emsle
Time
Roth wins American Marathon in 2 hours 21 minutes
Arthur V. Roth of the Dorchester club won the American Marathon, a 25 mile road race from Ashland to Boston, finishing in 2 hours 21 minutes and 16 25 seconds. It marked the 20th race conducted by the Boston Athletic Association.
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Boston
Arthur V. Roth
Dorchester Club
Ashland
Boston Athletic Asociation
McDonald Wins Portina Cigars for Homer Home Run
Tex McDonald slugged a homer that earned him a box of Portina cigars. The Robinson Soda Water Co of 873 Cherokee Avenue offered the prize through The Constitution to the Atlanta player scoring the test run in Wednesday's game.
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Tex McDonald
Robinson Soda Water Company
Cherokee Avenue
Constitution
Atlanta
McDonald
Douglasville Lifts Season Opener In Extra Innings
Douglasville defeats Fifth District A M School of Macklin 3 to 2 in 12 innings on the Macklin field. Harding allowed three hits and struck out 12 for Douglasville while McWhorter fanned 7 and yielded nine hits for the school boys. Smith delivered a two base hit scoring a runner from second with two out in the 12th to win it.
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Roukers
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Mobile
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Coombs
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Schmidt
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Clancy
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Jeft
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Little Rock
Ark
Wares
Barger
Memphis
Coachman
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Heming
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Stark
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Little Rock Oe
Hemingway
Manning
Paulet
Jacobsen
Chadbourne
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Starr
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Rumier
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Couchman
Kirby
Jantzen
Rumler
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Time
Kerin
Breitenstein
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A. & M. School
Macklin
Harding
McWhorter
Smith
R.H.E
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Martin
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Kemp
McKoy
Bender Celebrates Fourteenth Season in Major League
Old Chief Bender, the star pitcher nicknamed the Big Injun, marks the 14th year in the majors today after a rough 13th season with the Federals. Once a standout against the Red Sox, he now aims for a comeback with the Phillies and a record-breaking run. His major league debut came on April 20, 1903, at Boston, relieving Plank in a win over the Red Sox. Vanderbilt defeats Mississippi 6 to 4 in a college baseball game noted in the report.
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Bender
Athletics
Federals
Phillies
Pat Moran
Boston
Plank
Red Sox
Swiss Government to Charter Vessels
Berne April 429 Via Paris The Swiss government directs its commercial department to charter neutral steamers mainly American for Swiss imports from the United States and Argentina. Steamers names and sailing schedule will be shared with belligerents to prevent misdirected attacks. Switzerland relies on America for food supplies, imports constrained by wartime merchant ship use.
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Berne
Paris
United States
Argentina
Switzerland
America
Sixty-Five Shines Awarded to Atlanta Players
Greek George, a local shoe shine expert, awarded sixty five shines to Atlanta players after yesterday's game. Tex McDoonder earned twenty five shines for a home run, Jake Munch received fifteen for a triple, Ed Die Lennox ten for a double, and Thrasher Lafitte and Perkins five shines each for their singles.
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Greek George
Atlanta
Tex
Baseball Scores From American Association and Texas League
American Association results include Kansas City 4 Columbus 2 and Minneapolis 7 St. Paul 1 with Indiana 1. St. Louis listed 7 Ohio? Toledo and Milwaukee 1. Texas League scores show Beaumont 10 Houston 2 and Shreveport 10 Dallas 3. San Antonio 4 Galveston 4. Waco 8 Fort Worth 7.
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Columbus
Loute'lie
St. P
Indiana
Porcelain tableaux and Dumb Girl of Portics at Forsyth and Piedmont
The Forsyth offers Maria Lo and company porcelain tableaux with Nellie V Nichols and others, plus Cranberries sketch by Everett S Ruskay. Piedmont features The Dumb Girl of Portics with Anna Payviowa, and The Georgian screens Molly Make-Helleve. Stran d presents The Half Million Bribe at matinee, while Savey showcases Red Feather drama Thrown to the Lions with Mary Fuller. Victoria hosts Beverly Bayne and Francia X Bushman in Man and His Soul, a Metro drama on economics and conscience.
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Keith
George Hickman
Maria Lo and Company
China
Nellie V. Nichols
Miss Nichols
Everett S. Ruskay
Misa Marian Day
Frederick Karr
Neill Pratt
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Savey Theater
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Scence
Rome
Hons
Nera
the Victoria
Beverly Bayne
Francia X Bushman
Ang Hi Soul
John Conscience
Mary Knowles
Norwegian Steamer Terje Viken Sunk Near Lisbon
A Lloyds dispatch from Lisbon reports the Norwegian steamship Terje Viken sank Monday in Cagcas Bay about 14 miles west of Lisbon after three explosions aboard. The crew were rescued. The ship, 3579 tons gross, 34 feet long, built in 1903 at Newcastle and owned at Tonsberg, had sailed from Galveston for Lisbon on March 16.
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Lloyds
Lisbon
Terje Viken
Cagcas Bay
Galveston
Newcastle
Tonsberg
Moran Back in Lineup Soon for Crackers
Roy Moran, popular Crackers left fielder, will miss two more days after doctors ruled his dislocated arm untrue. He is resting per physician orders and plans to return by Saturday, delighting Atlanta fans while Manager Frank ponders possible lineup changes.
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Roy Moran
Moran
Atlanta
Frank
Athens High Beats Commerce High 3 to 2 in Ragged Game
Athens High School defeated Commerce High here today in a rough contest by 3 to 2. Rawson stood out for Athens with strong hitting while Sooper starred for Commerce. Batteries for Athens were Wingfield and Rawson. for Commerce Dowdy, Barmett and Thomas.
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Athens High School
Commerce High
Rawson
Athens
Sooper
Commerce
Athes High
Wingfield
Dowdy
Barmett
Thomas
Foodless Cure Claimed Death Of J R Stratton
Hot Springs Arkansas April 19 J R Stratton a Peterboro Ontario MP died after 34 days of water fasting under a controversial treatment. A coroner's jury ordered coroner Feige to face manslaughter charges. Peixe, recent Oklahoma City arrival, released on 1000 dollar bond. Charges of practicing medicine without a license pending as Stratton’s wife and nurse testified.
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Ark
J. R Stratton
Peterboro
Ont
K Feige
Peixe
Oklahoma City
Stratton
Richard Ellis
Fermie
Vandenberg Ends Own Life in New York Hotel
Yuaak Vanden beg, Balti more resident and leader of Gulf States railway and Arunsan Harbor Terminal, shot himself in a New York hotel. The act was discovered by J Pystt, Gulf States railway president, with no motive evident, per business associates.
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Yuaak Vandenbeg
Baltimore
Gulf States Raiwas
Arunsan Harbor Terminal Company
Temple Business
J . Pystt
Gulf States Railway
Franco British Note Sent To Washington
London reports the Franco British reply to the American note on interference with maritime commerce by the entente powers. The long note and a supplementary French government document will be presented in Washington by French and British ambassadors. Cable changes were made to the original note after arrival.
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Britain
France
Washington
Wasahington
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