Parrish Wins Gold Medal In Georgia Endurance Run
The Atlanta Motorcycle Club wrapped a three race endurance series on April 19, 190 miles of tough Georgia terrain from Atlanta to Rome and back. RB Parrish achieved a perfect score on the first run and won the gold medal for the best overall total. Johnny Aiken earned the top prize in the final run, with Ayer, Hudson, Thor, and Ewing among the leaders as multiple makes competed. The event structure drew 50 starters with many late departures amid rocky courses and heavy rain, and the April 26 race was canceled due to machine damage from the rough course.
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Atlanta Motorcycle Club
Circle
Atlanta
Kennesaw Mountain
Cary Teraville
York
Brusa
Rene Diner
Rome
Cave Springs
Rockmart
Cedartown Austell
Parrisnd
Jonnmnyaiken
Georgia
Altoona
Parrish
RB Parrish
Farish
Aiken
Ayer
Machine Beore
Rob Parrish
Harley Davidson
Tohnny Aiken
Harley-Davidson
Hudson Thor
H Bedinger
Ewing
Harley-Davidsons
Indian rider wins Jarrott Trophy again in Britain
Ed A Gulliver riding an Indian motorcycle won the seventh Jarrott trophy contest held by the Votor Cycling Club of London, from April 11 to 13, across a 563 mile London to Lands End and return route. 128 starters entered, including leading British riders, and the event tested reliability with non stop climbs. This marks the Indian’s second victory, following Arthur Moorhouse in 1911, and confirms the Indian as the only American motorcycle to win the trophy.
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Great Britain
Votor Cycling Club of
London
Londen
Lands End
Arthur Moorhouse
Ap" Moorhouse
Amercan
Ralph Spotts Wins Amateur Trap Shoot
New York April 25 Ralph L Spotts of the New York Athletic Club won the ninth annual American amateur trap shooting championship at Travers Stand setting a new event record by hitting 188 of 200 targets. Bere led contenders Oasis and Pt Putnam as Boston Athletic Association won the two man interclub team title. The five man interclub team crown went to Philadelphia.
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New York
Ralph L Spotts
New York Athletic Club
Travers
Bere
LW Oasis
Wo Putnam
Boston Athletic Association
Philadelphia
Chalmers Trophy Commission Names 1914 Appointees
Ben Mutford Jr of Cincinnati chairs the Chalmers trophy commission naming newspaper men for 1914. The panel selects the most valuable major league player in pennant races, awarding two automobiles to the top in each league. Members include Tim Murnane Abe Yager Grantland Rice HG Salsinger Sid Keener and others.
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Ben Mutford, Jr
Cincinnati
Hugh Chalmers
Detroit
Sanborn
Chicago Tribune
Tim Murnane
Boston Globe
Abe Yager
Brooklyn Eagle
Jack Rider
Ginebnati Enquirer
HG Salsinger
Detroit News
Grantland Rice
New York Mail
Ralph S Davis
Pittsbore Press
Philadelphia
Sid C Keener
St. Louis Times
J_ Ba Grillo
Washington Star
Henry P Edwards
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chalmers
National Commission
Chalmers Tophy
Chainters
Chalmers Commission
Cobb
Lajoie
Cleveland Stars
Ren Mulford
Mulford
Emory Students Cheer Perryman Star of Atlanta Crackers
Emory College at Oxford Ga watches former pitcher Emmett Key Perryman rise with the Atlanta Crackers in the Southern league. After debuting against Nashville, Perryman allowed only three hits, fueling campus excitement among students and athletically inclined faculty.
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Emory College
Oxford Ga
Emmett Key Perryman
Atlanta
Crackers
Perry
Nashville
Vols
Weber Fia
Miller Dismukes Co Purchases Bull Sign at Park
The Miller Dismukes Co of 41 Peachtree Street buys the bull sign at Ponce de Leon Park. Starting Monday, with the Memphis Turtles game, players hitting the sign earn a new hat ordered from the official scorer, the sporting editor of The Constitution. The Bull Durham company previously used the same method, and Dismukes acquired the wooden bovine and had the sign printed.
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Miller Dismukes Het Company
Peachtree Street
Ponce de Leon Park
Memphis Turtles
Battery
Bull Durham Company
Dismukes
Vanderbit Triumph Over Tennessee in April Meet
Vanderbit track team defeated Tennessee with multiple hits off Perryman during a local era. Several current and former Emory students recall Perry in the box and note earlier meetings with Perryman. Attendance boosts come when Perryman competes, as Cracker moguls and Emory supporters rally behind him.
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Vandy
Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Specelal j—Vanderbit
Perryman
Perry
Daily
Birmingham
Atlanta
Emery
Emory
Federal League suit over Johnson jump to new league
The case centers on a bid by the Federal League club and $10,900 from pitcher George Johnson after his jump to the Federal league. Mach-500 is charged with obtaining a player order contract with Cincinnati, and Johnson with breach of contract. Cincinnati, April 25. Johnson suspended from the players' fraternity per official from D. C. Madison, president of the Kansas City exhibition company, which filed suits in superior court seeking $29,100 damages for disregard of the Cincinnati contract.
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Federal League
George Johnson
Johnson
Mach- 500
Incinnati
Chicago
Cincinnati Johnson
Players’ Fraternity
National League Baseball Club
Ing
Prest
David Fultz
D. C
Madison
Cincinnati
Faverside Defeats Riverside 6 3 In Georgia Game
Riverside Military Academy falls 6 to 3 to Faverside in Gainesville Georgia on April 26 Special report lists scoring by Jonings and Rushmond. Riverside pitchers Miller Page and Jones allowed six runs while Faverside had Philpott Rupert and an 11 hit attack. Umpire Lokey.
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Riverside
Richmond
Gainesville
Richmond Military Academy
Faverside
Jonings
Rushmond
Riverside Military Miller
Page
Jones
Richmond Philpott
Rupert
Lokey
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Ralph Spotts
Chalmers Trophy
Ty Cobb
Chalmers’ Baseball Hall of Fame
Ty “Cobb
Larry Jose
Tris Speaker
Boston
Walter Johnson
Washington
Frank Behuite
Larry Doyle
Ake ‘Daubert
Brooks N
Lozier Motor Company of
J. H. Fali
Piedmont
Lezier Motor Company
Miller
Chen ON
Apelco
Splitdorf Electrical CO
Harris Street
Clat
REDS
Kaysee Federal Club
Goodyear
Goodyear 1 Tire & & Rubber CO Company
Akron
Ohio
Automobile Tire Go
Peachtree St
Auto Ol & Gasoline Co
N. Forsyth St
Dobbs Tire Repair Co
J. H. Sanders
Spring St
Vathinal
Pegram Motor
S. A. Pegram
IVY
H. T. Bradley
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