Hemphill Suspended by Columbus Manager in Poor Condition
Columbus Ohio August 10. Outfielder Charles Hemphill, recently manager of the Atlanta Southern league club, has been suspended by Manager Friel of the Columbus American association team. Hemphill is charged with failing to report in condition and making no effort to regain playing form.
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Hemphill
Columbus
Ohio
Speefald
Charles Hemphill
Atlanta
Friel
Lumbus American Association
Georgia's football dates show hard list of games
Athens Ga August 10 Special The official football schedule for the University of Georgia was announced. It lists games at Athens against Chattanooga Citadel Sewanee Auburn and Auburns move to Columbus, plus Atlanta clashes with Vanderbilt Tech and Clemson. The season opens September 28 with a first Turkey Day game in Athens against Auburn.
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Athens
University of Georgia
University of Chattanooga
Sanford Field
Citadel
Vanderbilt
Atlanta
University of Alabama
Columbus
Sewanee
Clemson
Augusta
Tech
Auburn
Alabama
Birmingham
Auburnites
Better Organization Won for United States
Olympic commissioner James E Sullivan praised the U S track team for superior organization and effort in Stockholm. He returned with Matt McGrath Abe Hivet and A T Meyer and predicted an international committee may run future meets with a revised scoring system to be fairer. He noted American distance runners improvement and cited Finns as rising power. A crowd welcomed the party with cheers and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Walter Marchand
New York
Europe
James E. Sullivan
United States
Stockholm
Matt McGrath
Abe Hivet
A. T. Meyer
Sullivan
Phillies Working Crew Feared By All Others
New York August 10 Special Doomn a team is one of the best right now in either league The Big Five Paskett Lobert Magee Cravath and Ludenus facetiously named the wrecking crew may be said without fear of contradiction to be the best run setting quintet in either league The first four are batting over 400 Luderus is hitting at the clip in recent games and his singles come when they are needed But while the wrecking crew produces the runs the pitchers keep their opponents from scoring And for that reason Alexander Rixey Brennan and Moore with Seaton and Shultz as relief twirlers must be given due credit for the recent successes of the Quakers Knabe and Doolan too whose wonderful guardianship of that important keystone sack has brought the press notices Raiore in the west must be considered factors Killifer s catching is a big help for during the games with Pittsburg he threw out base runners who would have scored later had they been successful In their attempts to steal Taken as a whole the Quaker team is playing with that spirit which is bound to bring results Just so long as the wrecking crew continues to wreck and the pitchers infielders and the catchers keep up their classy work the Quakers will win the majority of their games.
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Doomn
Paskett
Lobert
Magee
Cravath
Ludenus
Luderus
Wrecking Crew
Alexander
Rixey
Brennan
Moore
Seaton
Shultz
Quakers
Knabe
Doolan
Keystone
Killifer
Pittsburg
Jeff Thompson
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Oman
John Arthur
Tommy Burns
Jack
London
Ernie Hijertberg
Sweden
England
Richard Dahlgren
Stockholm
Thorp
Craig
Sir Conan Doyle
Lord Desborough Sugesta
Jack Johnsons retirement rumor sparks heavyweight debate
New York August 10 Special. Speculates if Jack Johnson truly retires from boxing with large earnings likely invested. The piece notes Johnson may return for more fights, hints at contenders like Tommy Burns Sam McVey Sam Lonford and Joe Jeanette, and discusses potential challengers from the white ranks.
VOLS LEAD IN FIELDING AVERAGE IN SOUTHEAST LEAGUE
Nashville tops the Southern league in fielding after Tuesday games on August 1 with a .965 team average. Mobile and Montgomery share second place at .104? With figures listing players and positions for Mobile Montgomery Memphis Chattanooga Birmingham Atlanta New Orleans and others.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Memphis
Chattanooga
Birmingham Atlante
New Orleane
Birmingham
Atlanta
Chattanoog
No Fighting in Chicago Closes with Fines
August 10 Chicago report on a failed bid to stage prize fights or self defense exhibitions. Two Black boxers a referee and forty one spectators were arrested during a fight in an abandoned ink factory. Judge Sabath sentenced the fighters to one month in county jail, fined the referee $25 plus costs and each spectator $1 plus costs.
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Chicago
Sabath
Harry Houston
White Sox After Otis Clymer
Minneapolis August 19 Charles Comiskey owner of the C ongo American league club is anxious to get Otis Clymer Minneapolis star outf elder according to Mike Cantillon president of the local association team Whether a deal finally will be made Cantillon would not say.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Charles Comiskey
Otis Clymer
Mike" Cantillon
Cantillon
Knabe Not Named Reds Manager By Phillies President
Philadelphia August 10 President Fogel of the Phillies denied a report that a deal was made with the Ineintati club to send Otto Knabe to Cincinnati and make him manager of the Reds.
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Philadelphia
Fogel
Oto Knabe
Cincinnati
The Postmaster Knew Geary Money Order Gaffe
A Geary post office visit ended in a joke when a man asked for a money order and, after a bungled reply about its amount, the clerk printed a two dollar order. The light moment captures small town humor from the postal counter.
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The
Oklahoman
Geary
Hijertberg Tells Of His Olympic Sweden Work
London August 10 Special Ernie Hijertberg the Swedish American who organized Sweden's Olympic success describes his scientific, nationwide training plan. He visited capital and forty districts coordinating local committees, selecting 60 to 150 trainees, and housed them in a temporary dormitory. He predicts Sweden becoming a top athletic nation within years as athletes seek improvement and repeat efforts after defeats.
Britons Still Lore At Yankees In Olympic Fallout
London dispatch reports England in grief over the Stockholm results and attacks on American athletes. Some Britons scorn the Americans for competing hard, while others seek reforms to modernize British amateur athletics, including foreign training, pooled resources, and empire-wide teams.
McLoughlin Wins Hard Five Set Tennis Championship
Maurice E. McLoughlin of California defended his state title by defeating R. N. Williams of Pennsylvania in a five set final. Williams showcased excellent shotmaking and grit before McLoughlin sealed the victory 1-2, 6-2, 5-7, 4-8, 6-4 before about 2,500 spectators in New York.
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New York
Maurice FE. McLoughlin
T. C. Bundy
R. N. Willian
Pennsylvania
McLoughlin
Williams
Britain to Send Four Boats in International Trophy Races
York August 10 Commodore Melville of the Motorboat Club of America announced that Britain will send four boats to Huntington Bay for the international trophy events on August 31 and September 2. The official advisory confirms Britain's participation in the forthroning races.
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York
Commodore Melville
Mootorboat Club of America
Great Britain
Huntington Bay
L. L
Wiregrass League May Be Organized Cordele Area
Cordele Georgia August 10 Special efforts by local baseball enthusiasts to organize seven towns including Cordele Americus Tifton Moultrie Fitzgerald Waycross and Brunswick into the Wiregrass league for another season meet with encouragement. A separate plan to have a big league team train in Cordele this winter for practice of the wet teams is also discussed. Cordele held the South Georgia championship after winning four of five games last week with Americus which had led the standings before. The Cordele club disbanded Monday after failing to secure more games next week.
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Cordele
Americus
Tifton
Moultrie
Fitzgerald
Wayertss
Brunswick
South Georgia
National Convention of Catholic Societies Open in Louisville
Anthony Matre national secretary of the American Federation of Catholic Societies today announced the eleventh national convention will open in Louisville Kentucky on August 18 and run through August 21 More than 3 000 900 Catholics in the United States will be represented by delegates with participants from Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines Elaborate church ceremonials will mark the opening of the convention.
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St Lewwas
Semeey
Aye Anthony Matre
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Louisville
United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Frightened by Sudden Nighttime Noise
A reader reports a startling clatter heard while someone slept. The noise caused fear and concern, leaving the household startled and curious about the source of the disturbance.
YACHT RACES TO AMERICA IN CHICAGO WATER CARNIVAL
United States won the yacht race over Canada on a 10 three quarter mile course as Michivaga beat Patricia with a 2 17 42 time amid rain and a storm. The Chicago river Marathon swam 2 3 22 won by William Vosberg of the University of Illinois with 43 finishers. Police rescued three exhausted swimmers and a showman couple stirred crowd concern.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Naval Review
Michivaga
Patricia
Chicago River
Wiel
William Vosberg
University of Illinois
Lake Michigan
Dearborne Street
Acres for Sale in Indian Lands Across Three States
About 1 500,000 acres of Indian lands in the former Shoshone, Uintah and Crow reservations in Wyoming Utah and Montana are to be sold at public auction at minimum prices ranging from 59 rems to $1.50 per acre. Not more than 640 acres will be sold to any one person. Sales begin at Lander Wyoming September 19 Provo Utah October 8 and Billings Montana October 21.
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Washington
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Taft
Fisher
Lander
Wyo
Provo
Billings
Mont
Billikens Lead Southern League Slugging. Cracker Team Third
The Montgomery Billikens top the Southern League in slugging through games Tuesday August 6 with 1136 bases on their kits. Birmingham stands second with the Bills leading in extra bases and triples. Nashville leads in two baggers and Birmingham in home runs.
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Montgomery Billikens
Birmingham
Biilles
Nashville
New York Seeks Rivers For East Coast Fights
California lightweight Rivers may tour the east in search of suitable opponents and big purses. Promoters and fighters expect Rivers to draw strong crowds here and believe he could become a popular champion if he earns a title shot. Critics note his crowd appeal after the Wolgast bout and his claimed cleverness and power.
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New York
Oe Rivers
California
East
Rivers
Pacific Coast
Dream Wins Bermuda Return Race In Atlantic City
The motorboat Dream won the Bermuda return race against Rathemma in an on time allowance contest. Both vessels started in Philadelphia two weeks ago and finished with the Dream ahead by a wide margin before returning to Atlantic City. The Bermuda leg began last Tuesday evening as part of the same event.
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Dream
Atlantic City
Bermuda
Rathemma
Philadelphia
Mike Gibbons On The Trail
New York August 10 Special Mike Gibbons the St Paul middleweight has entered the class from all reports He plans an aggressive campaign this fall Holdy Raddy manager says he aims to gain weight and visit Australia like Clabby did He may take Tom Gipbohs on the eastern crusade promising he can beat the weight class Tom now 160 pounds and fast with a sharp punch Guards Fooled by Ruse Newark August 10 As a ruse to lure guards to an upper tier in the Essex court prisoners set up a cry claiming one inmate died in action The guards rushed to the top tier and five prisoners escaped Nashville Defeats Valdosta Nashville Ga August 10 Nashville defeated Valdosta 12 to 3 McCoskey pitched well for Nashville Godwin of Valdosta hammered hard Hall featured in hitting Batteries McCoskey and McConnell Godwin and Whitater
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New York
Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
Tom
Newark
N. J
Essex Court
Nashville
Valdosta
McCoskey
Godwin
Hall
McConnell
Whitater
Sheriff Receives Autograph Ball After Paying Up
New York August 10 The Giants autograph ball presented to Sheriff Julius Harburger features every member of the team. The tale centers on Rube Marquard whose pitching saved the day as an execution on a $149 judgment lagged. Impressed, Marquard paid the bill and the sheriff’s forbearance sparked the gift.
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Julius Harburger
New York City
Giants
Rube? Marquard
Ruby
Sheriff's Office
Harburger
Polo Grounds
Chicago
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