Tourists edged Scouts in two pitched games
Augusts Ga August 6 Stone received solid support as Jacksonville held Augusta scoreless in both games. Final scores show Jacksonville winning 6 to 0 in the opener, with Norfolk? no. Charleston 6 Columbus 2 in another game, and Savannah routing Macon 14 to 3 in the later contest. Key plays included Stone's pitching, McMillan's ninth inning double for Charleston, and a decisive eighth inning rally for Columbia over Albany 1 to 0.
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yDoe
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Brunswick Opens with 5-3 Win Over Thomasville in Georgia League
In Brunswick Georgia on August 6 Brunswick defeated Thomasville 5 to 3 in the opener. The game featured homers and mixed hitting with Wood pitching superbly after the first inning. Errors plagued both defenses as Merchant, Willits, and Reynolds contributed on offense for Brunswick. Umpire Failbenders.
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Today s games in minor leagues and beyond
Southern League schedules feature Atlanta at Chattanooga Memphis in Nashville 1 game in Birmingham Mobile in Montgomery South Atlantic League matchups include Jacksonville Augusta Colton Chartton Kisany at Columbia Mucosa at Savannah Western pairs St Louis Detroit and Philadelphia in Cleveland National League clashes Pittsburgh at Boston St Louis at Cincinnati Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Federal League rests Georgia State League lineups include Thomerville in Brunswick Americus at Watoga Georgia Alabama League Rome at LaGrange Newnan at Anniston Garden in Talladega Schma at Opelika
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Booster Day at Cordele Ball Park Planned
Cordele Georgia hosts a Booster Day for the baseball club next Friday. Local businesses will close in the afternoon to boost attendance. A young ladies' canvass sells tickets at four dollars each or more above the regular admission, with strong success reported.
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Briscoe Lord Signs George Luc For Mobbig Ball Club
Mobbig manager Briscoe Lord signs George Luc a semi professional right handed pitcher from Bay St Louis Mississippi. Luc will join the Bay area team as a key arm in the rotation.
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Altitude Record Set by De Lieya Thompson in Seroplane
De Lieya Thompson of Chicago flew an American Bull seroplane and set a new altitude record at 18,500 feet today. The previous record was 11,260 feet set by Lincoln Beachey at Chicago in 1923.
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Chicasro
Birmingham Beats Hoges in Six to Three Victory
Birmingham defeated Bradley Hoges with a 6 to 3 win on Wednesday. Hoges yielded 90 runs and 87 hits in eleven previous games, averaging over six hits per game, while pitching through a tough outing.
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Atlanta Team Players Since Southern League Debut
A garbled inquiry seeks names of every player who has worn the Atlanta team’s uniform since joining the Southern League. It asks for players’ origins, destinations, and entries into or exit from the club, but the fragmented text lacks precise data and dates.
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Atlanta
Dent Too Good for Moosemen Dent Twirling Tops Crackers
Chattanooga game report notes Dent outpitched by Lookouts to give Crackers a 4 to 1 win. Bisland shines at short with twelve chances, Jennings solid in center, Long steals the fifth inning, and Dent survives ninth with fielding miscues behind him. McCormick nearly clears for a homer foul, McConnell and Bisland err on key plays as Birmingham tops New Orleans 7 to 0 in other action.
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Mobile Triumphs Over Montgomery on Booster Day
Mobile opened strong, defeating Montgomery 6 to 3 in front of about 2,500 fans on Boosters Day. McLeod relieved in the seventh and held Montgomery scoreless as Mobile built a 6 0 lead. Highlights included McLeod two base hits and solid fielding from Lordi and O’Dell with multiple runs via timely hits. Umpires Fifield and Hudderham presided at Montgomery’s home field in a 2 hour contest.
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Donn
Lyte
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Dent
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Fifield
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Breitelstein
Federal League results and standings update
Buffalo wins two games in the doubleheader while Indianapolis and Baltimore split. In Buffalo’s first game Krapp and Blair beat Mullin, Warren, and Rariden 4-1 after nine innings. Second game ends 8-4 with Moore and Dial supporting Buffalo. Baltimore defeats Chicago 6-3 behind Sages and Jacklitsch, McQuire, Fisk, and Clemons. Kansas City and Brooklyn split a pair as well. St Louis tops Pittsburgh 5-6 in a 10-inning affair, Davenport, Brown, Simon among the battery for St Louis. Thirty-five consecutive errorless games by Al O’Dell at third is noted.
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Blairnaughey
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Clemons
Turn Over New Orleans scribes note BI Lindsay heat third baseman
New Orleans reports BI Lindsay as a heat prone third baseman in the Southern league. Blaland of Atlanta Groff of Chattanooga McDou of Birmingham and Hemingway Aphonele have evidently played in New Orleans this season.
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New Orleans
BI Lindsay
Blaland
Atlanta
Groff
Chattanooga
McDou
Birmingham
Hemingway
Aphonle
Sue
World and regional baseball scores from multiple leagues
International League results include Jersey City 4 Mint's 2 and Buffalo 4 Baltimore 9 in varied fixtures while American Association shows Indianapolis and Minnesota 6 3 Kansas City 3 and Chicago 4 Kansas City 4. Southern and western circuits report scores such as Fort Worth 4 Dolang Wave 2 and Galveston 1 Galv’n 1 with numerous city and team abbreviations.
Two Hurdlers Pitch as Federal Leaguers Win
The two hurdlers A Ranklin Johnson and the Indian Bluejacket pitched in frat games as Federal leaguers. Thursday the seven winning 2 to 0 Bluejacket pitched for Brooklyn and Downsend for Kansas City. The former jumped from the Giants and the latter from the Naps, to whom he had been traded by Easton.
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Bluejacket
Sevon
Brooklyn
Kansas City
Giants
Naps
Easton
Just Censure In Atlante Series Umpiring
In Chattanooga a complaint criticizes Raymaudi for neglecting duties and poor umpiring this season. A judge proposed unannounced crew checks to boost efficiency and attendance, arguing the current umpiring is the worst the league has seen and could improve with reform.
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Atlante
Chattadoora News
Reds 4 Phillies 2 in National League tilt
Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 4 to 2 as Marshall faltered in the seventh. Benton paces the Reds with four hits. Umpires Eason and Daly score the game amid a tense afternoon in Philadelphia.
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Phiites
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Marshall
Philadelphle
Benton
Henton
Clarke
Rixey
Mattison
Baumgardner
Eason
Talladega wins close Opelkia series game in Alabama league
Georgia Alabama League action shows Talladega 4 Opelika 3 as Knox makes a shoestring catch to save the game. Batteries Shexa Gater and Newell. LaGrange falls to Gadsden in a 5-6 tilt. Selma bats overwhelm Newnan 14-7 while Anniston edges Rome 4-3 in a tight contest.
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Talladega
Opelika
Ali
Opellia
Opellix
Knox
Chambers
Rwe
Onelika
Newell Zod Sheppard
Queries Answered on Baseball Rules and Schedules
A sports column humorously tests readers on baseball rules and inquires about scheduling. Questions cover strikes, outs, tag plays, doubleheaders, and umpire decisions, plus player whereabouts and dates for Atlanta’s tour in August including Nashville and Chattanooga games.
Madison Claiming Amateur Laurels
Madison Georgia August 6 Special the Madison amateur baseball team claims the state championship. They have played 25 games 22 won 6 lost 1 tied. Ponter Madigan's star pitcher has pitched 16 games and won them all.
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Madison
Hig
Ponter
Madigan
Waynesboro Beats Washington 8 3 in Amateur Match
Waynesboro defeated Washington 8 to 3 with Haitertes Brown and Gorman starring for Waynesboro while Tutry and Stone played for Washington in a daytime affair.
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Fulton County Amateur Athletic schedule tips weekend finals
Edited by Dick Jemison outlines Saturday city championship games for qualified teams in the Amateur Athletic Federation of Fulton County. Doubleheader at Ponce de Leon Part starting 2 30 pm, Inman Yards vs Drayrna, National Union vs winner of Yards Smyrna, admission 6 cents, at Marist College diamond. Northwest diamond Piedmont Park James vs College Park at 4 pm. Winners advance to August 18 and 22 finals to crown federation champions.
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Australasia Beats England in Davis Cup Warmup
Australasian tennis stars win two singles to take a long lead over the British Isles for a Davis Cup challenge round against America. Norman Brookes beat J C Parke in five sets 6-3 4-6 6-2 1-4 7-5, while A F Wilding defeated Arthur Lowe in straight sets 6-3 6-1 6- which 14. The Wilding Lowe match lasted thirty games with Lowe near victory, and Brookes narrowly escaped late whose last point went out.
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Georges Carpentier Faces Call to Duty Not in Ring
London August 6 Georges Carpentier the French fighter is obliged to return to France to fulfill military duty and will not engage Gunboat Smith in a return match. The news outlines his patriotic obligation overriding boxing plans and his absence from any proposed rematch.
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Wrightsville Wins 1-0 Over Dawson In Tight Game
August 6 at Dawson Ga Wrightsville and Dawson played a fine contest with Wrightsville prevailing 1 to 0. Batteries Wrightsville Muthyll and Riley Daenan Tillman and Manchester. Teams meet again tomorrow at Carralton 8 Columbus 4.
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Terre Haute Team Beats Cedartown Here In Thrilling Tilt
The Terre Haute squad from Atlanta defeated the local club 12 to 5 as heavy hitting by the visitors and sensational plays by Martin, their standout guard, energized the game played today in Cedartown.
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Quiet in Austria During Three Months Abroad
Robert Hecht of 742 Piedmont avenue an Atlanta cotton linter dealer, sailed from Cushayen Germany on the Vaterland July 22 arriving New York July 29. He says in Austria and Germany for three months he heard no rumor of war Europe was peaceful when he left. Hecht and his brother Walter operate in Atlanta and are Austrian reservists ready to serve if recalled, having written the Austrian consul in Washington offering their services.
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Atlanta
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New York City
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Hecht
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Washington
Salvation Army Chief Returns to Atlanta
Brigadier General Andrew W Crawford head of the Salvation Army southeast division returns to Atlanta with his wife and daughter Rheba after attending the international congress in London. They arrived in New York aboard the Olympic and met Uncle Vice Admiral E H Gumble in Berkshire before continuing home.
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U. T. C. Nine to Play Lakeview Saturday
Italion Council U T C baseball team will play Lakeview on the latter's diamond Saturday at 3 30 o clock Public is invited Take South Decatur var The U T C s will lineup as follows 4 H Parker pitcher Byrd catcher Pennington first base Swaim second base Mills third base W O Parker shortstop Sullivan left Meld Roland center field Wallace right field
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Sullivan
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Cehter
Wallace
Pitcher Jack Coombs Returns in Exhibition Game
Grand Rapids Michigan August 6 Jack Coombs Philadelphia American League pitcher made his first appearance of the year today when he pitched six innings against Grand Rapids Central League champions in an exhibition game He was hit safely eight times The Athletics won 7 to 5
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Augusta German Club Weighs No Action On War Issue
August a Georgia August 6 Special The Deutscher Schuetzen Club of Augusta may take no action on the European war for now, though leaders say German societies in Charleston and Savannah have acted. Local Germans may revisit the matter later if the war continues.
Four Fire Department Officers to Be Elected Tonight
The board of firemasters will elect two captains and two lieutenants for the new fifth ward engine crew at a special meeting at fire headquarters tonight. Alderman Jess Armistead, chairman, issued the call and notified Chief W B Cummings that nominations will be made for two lieutenants and two captains, to replace Captain John C. Fineter who may not return. About forty candidates seek lieutenant roles and over twenty-five seek captain positions. Under a council resolution, Chief Cummings must handle nominations, a practice the board has allowed in the past for vacancies below captain. tonight’s outcome remains uncertain. The fifth ward engine house should be ready after January. Councilman Jesse Lay, fire committee chair, reportedly seeks a captain of his choosing and may have board support.
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Thousands Flock To Road Congress In Atlanta
Local executive committee for the fourth American Road congress hosted a luncheon at the Winecoff hotel to discuss preparations for the November event in Atlanta. Mayor Woodward welcomed attendees as Pennvbacker projected a record turnout of 6000 delegates with 47 associations seeking affiliation and 75 large manufacturers buying exhibitor space. A two member committee was named to coordinate road access with Fulton and DeKalb counties, and another to invite members of the general assembly to attend or send reps.
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Bankers Confident on World Crisis Response Says Hillyer
William Hurd Hillyer, president of the Hillyer Mortgage Company, returns from New York and Philadelphia asserting bankers there plus American cooperation will prevent undue hardship amid the global financial crisis. He notes abundant crops, strong gold reserves, and emergency currency measures as key supports and predicts Europe’s war effects may shift cotton trade to U.S. mills, offsetting southern market declines.
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Reid Describes Augusta Building Deal In Court
In Fulton superior court Judge James R. Brown v Empire Life Insurance case, William W. Reid testified the company planned to move HQ from Atlanta to Augusta in 1912. They bought a $101,000 lot and contracted a $420,000 building with Whitney Co, paying $189,090, but a July installment of $54,000 was unpaid.
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Children in Focus Through Photographic Keepsakes
Advertisement for L Moore & Sons Opticians at 42 North Broad Street promoting child photography. Encourages customers to visit the store to learn how to create lasting pictures of children from infancy to growing age.
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