Boxing card promises thrill in Atlanta tonight
Dixie Athletic Club presents a six bout boxing night with Clarence English meeting Frank Whitney in a ten round main event. George Lavelle faces Frank Baker in six, Arthur Worthy battles Kid Superior in four, and Kid Hooper also listed for four. A handicap match has English vs Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence English
Frank Whitney
George Lavelle
Frank Baker
Arthur Worthy
Kid Superior
Battling Robinson
Kid Hooper
Atlanta
Dixie Athletic
Lst
Lavelle v. Baker
Lavelle-Baker
Singlish
Whitney
Enghan
Ene- Wish
English
Lke
Consolidated All Southern Eleven Picks By Zen Scribes
Ten writers picks compiled to form a consolidated team with Innis Brown’s selections mostly matching. Voters favor Vanderbilt and Sewanee players at ends and guards while center Morgan tops with ten votes and Hardage and McWhorter garner unanimous halfback mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innis Brown
Appeal’s
Nashville Democrat
E. Brown
Vanderbilt
GlHem
Sewanee
Vandegraff
Alabama
T. Brown
Lamb
Auburn
Meadows
Barker
Mississippi
Henderson
Georgia
Peacock
Thigpen
Burns
Stoney
MacCallum
T. Daves
Center
Morgan
Quartenhs—Tolley
Major
Hardage
McWhorter
Club Quintet Opens Season at Atlanta Athletic Club
The Atlanta Athletic Club hosts the season opener against Bessemer Athletic Club on Saturday night. Bessemer, a strong side with ex-college stars, ranks with Birmingham, Atlanta, Mobile, Montgomery and Columbus as top southern clubs. EB Carter Jr. leads the squad with Joe Bean managing games and coaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Athletic Club
Bessemer Athletic Club
Bessemer
Birmingham
Atlanta
Mobile
Montgomery
Columbus
Carter, Jr
Joe Bean
Bean
Fulton League fixes schedule for 1912 13 season
The Fulton Basketball league schedule for 1912 13 was adopted with two games weekly at the YMCA and two at the Armory each Thursday. Luther Hudson of Atlanta Athletic Club and Fifth Regiment Basketball League president will officiate all games. Fifty six games total are planned with each team facing each other twice starting December 4 and ending February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogle Grice
Fulton Basketball League
Messrs. Thomas and Webster
Young Men's Christian Association
Luther Hudson
Mart Ger
Atlanta Athletic Club
Fifth Regiment Basketball League
Armory Court
Company C
Company H
Agogas
Post Athletics
Baracas
Company Ho
S. Vv. B
V. A.C
Post-Athletics
Agagas v. G. A
H. v
Post-Athetics
Agagas Vy. Post-Athletics
C v. Baracas
Agosas
C Wv
Ss. Vv
H_v. Baracas
C v. Agogas
B. V. Dd
Post- Athletics
Cv. G A.C
Dtv
CG. A
Nuary
Firth Regiment
Fulton
Prep Road Race December Begets Big Field
The annual prep road race is set for next Monday afternoon along the Brookwood bridge to Peachtree Street and back, about a mile and a half each way. Officials expect a strong turnout with around ten to fifty aspirants likely to enter the event this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookwood Bridge
Peachtree Street
Prep basketball season opens with six-team league
By Hal Reynolds the Atlanta Drop School Basketball League opens this afternoon with a winter schedule. Six teams will play twice against each other with games Tuesday featuring Boys High School versus Georgia Military Academy, Donald Fraser versus Peacock School, and Tech High School against Marist College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Reynolds
Atlanta
Boys' High School
Georgia Mintary Academy
Donald Fraser
Peacock School
Tech High School
Marist College
Brush Heirs May Sell Giants
New York reports that the heirs of John T Brush may sell the New York National Baseball Club within days. Edward A Tipton a noted horseman has opened negotiations to buy the club and a sale seems likely if the Brush heirs accept a price. John Whalen a former treasurer and stockholder denies active sale plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York National Baseball Club
John T. Brush
Edward A. Tipton
Mr. Tipton
Club
John Whalen
New York National League Club
Brush
Race Horses Wintering at Brunswick Georgia Stable
The J I S Billings string, a Chicago gas magnate stable, will winter in Brunswick. The group includes Uhian, the $35,000 mile record trotter, and Lou Dillon famed for long distances, plus a Lou Dillon colt. The full stable, valued near $100,000, is trained by Babe Tanner and arrives tomorrow by special northbound cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
J. I. S. Billings
Chicago
Model Farm
Uhian
Lou Dillon
Billings
Babe” Tanner
Ninth District Wins In Gridiron Showdown
In Clarkesville Georgia on December 2 the ninth district A and M team beat Piedmont college 12 to 6 in a hard fought game. Neville the A and M fullback starred with consistent gains and fast running throughout the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkesville
Piedmont College
Neville
Waterways funding request tops river and harbor bill list
Washington December 2 Hat mates aggregating 56,766,992 for improvements to river and harbor works were submitted to congress in General Bixbys annual report. The request totals 96,160,992 for the next fiscal year with 43,829,010 to be provided in regular appropriations. Details chart regional river works from Mississippi to Florida and Alabama with sums ranging from 40,000 to 6,000,000 for specific stretches and harbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
William H. Bixby
Army
Mississinoi River
Ohio River
Missouri
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Brown's Island
Florence
Riverton
Virginia
Norfolk
James River
North Carolina—inland Waterway
Beaufort Inlet
Cape Lookout Harbor of Refuge
Cane Fear
South Carolina
Charleston
Winyah Bay
Santee
Wateree
Congaree
Georgia
Savannah
Savannnah
Chattahoochee
Coosa
Fernandina
Fla
Florida
Miami
St. John’s River
Hillsboro Bay
Apalachicola
St. Andrews Bay
Alabama
Mobile
Alabama River
Black Warrior
Warrior
Tom Big‘bee
Cy Young May Be a Cracker Next Season
Cy Young, the legendary pitcher, may join the Atlanta Crackers in 1913. Manager Billy Smith wired Young after a Cleveland article suggested a southward move, with a reply expected Tuesday. If true, Young could boost the rotation and draw strong attendance, a notable feather for Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy Young
Denton Tecumseh
Atlanta
Cleveland
Billy Smith
Young
South
Smith
Paoli
Ohio
Youn
Rbreitenstein
American Prelates Appointed by Pope in Rome
The pope announced several American prelates including bishops O'Connell of Richmond McGovern of Cheyenne Dowling of Des Moines and fringe Han na auxiliary of San Francisco. A consistory placed red hats on them with Archbishop Farley and Archbishop O'Connell later named Cardinals. Several hundred Americans attended as the pope appeared strong and in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Dennis J. O'Connell
Richmond
Patrick A. McGovern
Cheyenne
Austin Dowling
Des Moines
Edward J. Hanna
San Francisco
Farley
New York
O'Connell
Boston
Francia X. Nagel
Vienna
Giuseppe Marta Cosy Macho
Valladolid
Antonio Vico
Spain
Francis E. Bauer
Olmuets
Enrique de Almaraz Y Santos
Seville
Charles Baron Hornig
Veszprem
Hungary
Penal Palace Planned for Illinois Convicts
Illinois plans for a Joliet state pen costing 3 half billion? Wait. The article says 3 500 000. Inmates will have sunny cells, central supervision, circular cell houses linked to dining hall, separate heating and ventilating systems, and heavy glass between bars to create enclosed cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joliet
America
Europe
Dineen
Ex Gov Taylor Weds Widow in Jamestown Ky
Announcement from Louisville reports the marriage of former Kentucky governor William S Taylor to Mrs Nora Meyers at Jamestown Kentucky yesterday They plan to live in Indianapolis where Governor Palo has resided since the tumult after Goebel's assassination twelve years ago. Steel Records Broken in Birmingham Alabama
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Louisville
Jamestown
William 8. Taylor
Kentucky
Nora Meyers
Indianapolis
Ind
Palo
Magic dollars swindle lands Polish conjurer in court
Chicago reports George A Pupausky charged with selling "magic dollars" that supposedly return after being spent. Witnesses say a copper penny like coin promised to rebound to its owner, while Pupausky faced further allegations from a prior fraud conviction. The case includes claims of invisibility charms and related scams across several victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George A.pupausky
Pupausky
Popansky
Pupanaky
House of Correction
Ustice Landis
Anton Lokoritz
Prohibition Law Sustained by U S Supreme Court
Washington dispatch reports the U S Supreme Court upheld the Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that a contract for sale of beverage poinsettia could not be enforced under Mississippi prohibition law. Justice Hughes argued that banning sales of many liquors whether intoxicating or not does not violate the federal constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Mississippi Supreme Court
Hughes
Bailiff Held for Shooting in Nashville Georgia
Bailiff William Knight is in sheriff custody after shooting John Studestill. He faces a commitment trial Wednesday. Lester Knight, charged as an accessory, is held under $1,000 bond at Wherry, accused of urging the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Wiliam Knight
John Studestill
Avera
Lester Knight
Wherry
Ballitt Knight
Studestill
Two men die as old boat burns in Chicago river
In Chicago a side wheel boat Flora anchored in the river burned killing two men known only as Gurke and the Candy Kid. Thomas Kinney a 41 year old dwarf who was aboard escaped by jumping overboard. Kinney runs a dime museum and side show. the two burned men were acquaintances of his.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gurke
Candy Kid
Saginaw
Mich
Thomas Kinney
Kinney
Dima
Morgan County Cotton Crop Near 21 000 Bales This Year
Morgan county expects about 21 000 bales of cotton this year down from 37 000 last year. Most gins in the county are shut down and nearly all cotton has been picked and ginned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Madison
Morgan County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dick Jemison
Dieac
All-Southern
Brown
Tacki Peacock
Morgam
Guar Lamb
Gillem
Tolley
Haliba. McWhorter
Ballikes
Mr. Brown
J. W. Heisman
Julian Murphey
W. M. Lewis & CO
Peters Building
Constantinople
Brush Heirs
Whalen
Deales
Winchester
Winchester Repeating
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven, Conn
General Bixby
Pope
Illinois
Als
Ensley
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Lokoritz
Lokovitz
Pupansky
U. S. Supreme Court
Jack Johnsng
Supreme Court
Jack Johnson
Cascade
Cascade Bs
United
Ee tenanenHae
Ponba Dibtlaery
GEO. A. Dickel
Tenn
Chattanooga Distilling Company
Chas. Blum Company
Jacksonville
Paul Hayman
Tenn Win
Wise Company
Asto
Ine
Gillette Safety Razor Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!