Tabb's Turtles Open Four Game Set With Crackers
Charley Tabb's Memphis Turtles visit the Atlanta Crackers at Ponce de Leon for a four game series. Both teams have played 16 games with the Turtles at 9 wins and Crackers 6 with one tie. Johns vs Fritz and Fisher vs Allen matchups headline the opening action.
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Crackers and Turtles Play By Weakened Ball and Bat Matchup
Fractured game notes describe Atlanta and Memphis area teams the Crackers and Turtles battling through a messy scoreline with pitchers Fisher Crandall and Klawitter posting wins and losses. Standings show Cracker hitters Moran and Warner leading with late steals and erratic fielding from both sides.
Hoodoo Nine Delights Birmingham as New Orleans Falls
New Orleans 3 Birmingham 9. Covaleskie struck out nine, Heas wild pitched nine balls, and nine costly plays helped Birmingham pull away. Final score 9 to 3 in favor of Birmingham with key hits by Mes senger Lindsay and others.
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Highlanders May Lose Hal Chase For Rest Of Season
New York August 14 The hopes of the New York Highlanders fans have been dashed as Hal Chase may be out for the rest of the season. Captain Flat Chase is suffering eye trouble and could be sidelined for months. If he returns, it may take about two months to regain form.
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Break in the Game Break as Key Factor in Southern League Wins
Dick Jemison notes that the margin of one run decides many games in the Southern League. Through Sunday 428 contests featured close outcomes, with 158 decided by a single tally. The Crackers led in games decided by one, while Mobile suffered most in one-run losses, Nashville and Chattanooga close behind.
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New Orleans Pelicans Lead In Shutouts Across League
In a turbulent season the Pelicans and Atlante share the top for most shutouts with 22 wins apiece. The text notes several game results including Mobile, Birmingham, Nashville, and Chattanooga with varied shutout outcomes, highlighting New Orleans’ strong defensive stretch and other teams’ scoring droughts.
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Ty Core Leads Nap Lajoie In American League Stats
Ty Core leads Nap Lajoie and Baymont Cat, of Georgia, in the American League with a .681 average. Yeading Lajoie hits .868 and Speaker has 242, Bush of Detroit leads in runs with Cobui second, Spanker of Bouton trails, while Coby tops in hits with 188. Collins of Philadelphia is 3rd in hits, Gollige sits third in stolen bases, and Bum of Detroit ranks high in sacrifice flies.
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Mull's Score Card and Rainy Baseball Tales
Specking of rainy weather Airlie Lathem recalls a game from about eighty years ago where rain dictated play. A special rule allowed outfielders to use boats, turning a championship clash into a watery spectacle as a line drive through a fielder’s boat yielded three bases. Larry McLean denies aiming to fight Jack Johnson, commenting on being miscast as a goat for the white race, while Frank Smith of Chicago looms as another potential challenger.
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Diseases of Men by Dr. Wm. M. Baird
Doctor Baird promotes his 38 years study of men's diseases and 45 years in practice. He claims curative methods for stricture and chronic gonorrhea differ from harsh treatments and advertises free examinations and his booklets Diseases of Men and Health Essays. Office hours listed in Atlanta Georgia.
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Crackers Road Trip After Key Series
The Crackers face a long road trip after the Mum phin Turtle series ends on Wednesday. They will travel to Chattanooga for three games, then Birmingham, Montgomery, New Orleans, Mabna, and return home depending on results. The slate includes tough opponents Mobile and the Pelicans as they pursue the pennant. Outcomes are conjectural, but a stronger lineup could yield roughly two wins in Chattanooga and Mobile, with cautious hopes for two from Birmingham and three from New Orleans.
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Sporting notes on sliding and base technique
The sporting editor answers questions on baseball slides explaining how players use feet and hands. It discusses timing and stance, noting that in early play a runner may slide with feet flat and one leg hooked around the base.
Unclear 1900s Baseball Schedule Fragments From Regions
Fragmented notes list multiple league regions and cities with mismatched pairings. Entries mention Southern, South Atlantic, National and American Leagues with places like Memphis Atlanta Ponce de Leon Chattanooga Nashville Montgomery Birmingham New Orleans Columbus Maton Augusta Savannah Brooklyn Philadelphia New York Chicago Cleveland Detroit Washington Providence Montreal Baltimore Newark Rochester Buffalo and Jersey City.
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Pirates Lead Teams With The Stick
White Caps defeat Battle Hill 10 to 1 at Poplar Springs last Saturday afternoon. Chewsing and Harbison spearheaded the White Caps with Harbison keying the offense and Chewning pitching well. Donelason, the White Caps shortstop, starred on the bases with five steals and two hits, while Holliday and Colter contributed solid defense.
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Doubleheader results split as White Sox beat Yankees 4 to 1
In Chicago August 14 New York and Chicago split a doubleheader. White Sox won the first game 4 to 1 with strong pitching by Walsh and Lange and hits off Hughes. Chicago took the second 5 to 1 behind Criger and Fisher, with Walsh yielding the loss to the Yankees. Time 2 hours. Umpires Collifiower and Evens.
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Beetle pennant scrap shows Birds ahead in tight race
The race wall chart notes the Crackers four games back of the Birds with only a single game between second and third place. It questions if the Haron host will hold or fall as another week passes, hinting at a decisive upcoming game.
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Charleston 8 C rifle squad to guard national shoot at Camp Perry
Charleston awaits a half day of practice as the South Carolina rifle squad departs for Camp Perry Ohio to represent the state at the national shoot. Major T T Hyde leads the unit with officers and sergeants from the National Guard across regiments and ordnance departments.
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Four men killed and six injured in yard accident at Handiey West Virginia
In Charleston, West Virginia, August 14, an equipment train backed into a moving yard engine at the Chesapeake and Ohio yards in Handiey, killing four men and injuring six. The deceased are engineman John Powy er, track foreman Benjamin Altman, coal miner Andrew L Pack, and Macksmith Reuben Dean. The latter two are noted as colored and were riding on the equipment train. Responsibility for the accident has not yet been fixed.
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Pickens Sent to Jail After Jury Verdict in Capps Death
In Asheville on August 14, the coroner's jury ruled Furmana Jerome Capps died from a pistol shot fired by Clarence Pickens. Pickens was committed to jail pending a hearing after the verdict. Also, Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana general assembly will convene an extra session to discuss public sanitation in support of the Panama Exposition proposed for New Orleans in 1918.
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Fred Snodgrass Leads National League Batters
Fred Snodgrass leads the National League as the top outfielder with a high batting average after games through August. Vic Rest Campbell of Pittsburg and Sharwood Magee of Philadelphia follow, with Bobby Byrne of Pittsburg and Bob Bescher of Cincinnati among the leaders in runs and hits. Parkert of Cincinnati and Magee of Philadelphia jockey for position in RBIs, while Daubert of Brooklyn and Steinfeldt of Chicago contend for lead in extra-base hits.
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Aviation meetings fail in France dampening promoters hopes
Paris August 14 aviation meetings across Europe including France collapsed this summer with many promoters facing financial losses. Rheims saw a $4000 loss while grand purses drew top pilots from France and abroad, now many foresee no meetings next year. Backers argue aviation will grow in practical utility rather than spectacle.
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Emperor of China Sends Message to Taft
Beverly Mays reports President Taft received a cordial message from Emperor Tsai Tan thanking the United States for hospitality shown to his mission. The letter notes open courtesies and closer relations between China and the United States.
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Greek in Atlanta Suicide After $15,000 Loss
George Samanis a Greek former Atlanta restaurateur killed himself in Chattanooga after a failed armed struggle with a carving knife. He leaped from a barge into the Tennessee River, with friends unable to recover his body. His friend Brow said the Atlanta loss of $15,000 may have driven the act.
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