All Stars Meet Seventeenth Infantry In Atlanta Football Clash
Georgia stars led by McWhorter Newell and Pitts face West Point coached Seventeenth Infantry in a much awaited game. Tense buildup highlights star power against disciplined team play, with Captain Stone and Lew Hardage promoting attendance for a corking bout in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carruso
Patti
Jennie Lind
Yetraszini
Syaime
Gillem
Majors
Tom Brown
Peacock
McWheeter
Kirk Newell
Ponce
United States
Jet Mone
Seventeenth Infantry
F. Brown
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Bob McWhorter
Georgia
Homer
Pitts
Pea
stherr—Gilem
Majgrs
Trevore
Weat Point Beheme
Spex
Valry
Georgi
Chattanoogs
Lavery
Ray Morrison
Devore
Conklin
Laing
Beadtck
Atlanta
Charlie Stone
Fort McPherson
Lewis Hardage
Tanase
Birmingham
Packey McFarland Engaged to Miss Loughran of Joliet
December reports from Joliet state lightweight boxer Packey McFarland is engaged to marry Miss Margeret Loughran, a St Mary’s College graduate of 1904. Letters from friends and former classmates confirm the betrothal and note a wedding likely within two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitysbuy
Packey McFarland
Marnaret Loughran
Joliet
Eriends
Miss Loughran
Mise Longtran
Bf 1904
St. Mary's' Collec
Ainsmith Trains as Cowpuncher in Texas Ranch Work
Nationals catcher Eddie Ainsmith is working as a cowpuncher on the Nicely ranch in Comfort Texas this winter. He reports being in perfect physical condition and hopes to catch most games next season, believing outdoor ranch work will improve his hitting. Manager Griffith received Ainsmiths letter and plans to have him handle the bulk of catching duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eddie Afnemith
Nationals
Texas
Megid Sinilar
Griffith
Ainsmith
Ainstmith
Nicely Ranch
Comfort
Ueu
Georgia Tech Class Football Starts Soon
Preparations for Georgia Tech class football games underway at Gworgia Tech. First mix will be played one week from Saturday. Freshmen are rated strongest but sophomores expected to challenge. Varsity players not eligible. A varsity coach oversees each class team with daily practice sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gworgia Tech
Pirates in Trades Involves Clarke and Dolan Deal Talk
Pittsburg December 2 Special Fred Clarke Pirates manager will travel with President Dreyfus to New York for the National league meeting. Clarke aims to swing trades as the luncheon gathers with Cozy Dolan Ike Mitchell and Chief Wilson among players rumored to be moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Spe
Fred Clarke
Pirates
Pittshors
Dreyfus
New Yorke
National League
Clarkes
Tac
Cozy Dolan
Ike Mitchell
Chief Wilson
Auburn L S A Game at Memphis in 1914
Memphis Tenn December 2 Special It became known today that Auburn plans a ticketing schedule with several leading Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association elevens for a game to be played in Memphis in fall 1914 It is probable an engagement will be arranged between Donahue s Dandies and Louisiana State These two teams met at Mobile this year but the game proved financially unviable and the plan to move the scene of the contest is discussed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Auburn Cham
Southern Intercollegiate Athlet Association
Donahue
Dandies
Launa State
Mobile
Cunningham to Kansas for winter with son and daughter
Athens Ga December 3 special coach W A Cunningham of the Georgia football and baseball teams left yesterday for Kansas where he will spend the winter with both children who are there. Cunningham will return to Athens early in March in time for spring baseball training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
A Cunningham
Georgia
Kansas
Cunningham
Bessemer A C Five Here On Saturday
The Atlanta Athletic club basketball team is preparing for a key season game against the Bessemer Athletic club on Saturday night. Local rivals aim to improve on last season's narrow loss and face a slate of strong teams including Birmingham Columbus Vanderbilt Mercer Georgia Athens this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Athletic Club
Bessemer Athletic Club
Treamerer
Birmingham
Columbus
Vanderbilt
Mercer
Georgia
Athens
Tech High Eleven Captures Cup For Football Honors
Tech High School eleven clinched the state prep championship by defeating Riverside, with Georgia Military College the only team to tie Riverside. The Cup, offered by Mr Day, will bear each team member's name and be displayed in Daniel Bros. window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day
Tech’ High
Fech High
Tech High
Riverside
Georgia Miliary College
Vncal Prep Sage
Mr. Day
Daniel Bros. Window
Boxing and baseball quip at Cleveland show
Nap Lajoie watched an amateur boxing event at the Cleveland Athletic Club. Larry praised the boxing display and debated the difference between baseball and boxing. George quips that in baseball you hit with a bat while in boxing you hit with a glove, and that in boxing a hit ends the round rather than ending the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nap Lajoi
Cleveland Athletic
wGreat
Larry
George
Vanewall
Le Conte Chosen Captain Of 1915 BH S Football Team
Louis LeConte, elected manager of this year’s Varsity squad, resigned early due to practice injury. He was elected captain of the 1915 BH S football team after a tight ballot with Fraser. Schoen was unanimously chosen as manager. Frayer lost the captaincy by one vote but praised LeConte’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis LeConte
Schoen
Riverside
LeConte
Frager
Fraser
Schaan
Frayer
Tenth Autumn Golf Meet At Pinehurst
Pinehurst North Carolina hosts the tenth annual autumn golf meet at Pinehurst Country Club from Wednesday to Saturday. Qualifying rounds and finals are eighteen holes. Prizes include sterling cups for top qualifiers and division runners-up, with additional trophies for winners of the first and second sixteen and consolation winners. This marks the twenty fifth winter and spring golf tournaments scheduled at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
N. C
Spegiel
Pinehurst Country Club
Dim Winder
Tonight's Basketball Games Likely forfeited matches
The National Guard Basketball league faces a near certainty of forfeits as two games scheduled for tonight will not be played due to disbanded teams and absences. The only guaranteed result this week is the Governors Horse Guard Regulars vs Company G, with the outcome deciding immediate or eventual championship if the Horse Guard win or lose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard Basketball League
Companies B
Companies
Company B
Ita
Ita Worfeit
Governors Horse Guard
Horse Guard
Derby Day at Waynesboro Opens with Sixteen Starters
Waynesboro Georgia hosts an all age stake with sixteen Derby starters and twenty six birds found in the field. Judges pared eighteen entries for the Back and a second morning series will determine finalists. winners to be announced after the afternoon race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Sueciatl
Twa
Mullen Named Memphis Club Captain for 1914 Season
Memphis Tenn December 2 Manager Linn of the Memphis club announced that second baseman Mullen recently obtained from Utica in the New York State league in exchange for McCarthy will captain the 1914 Memphis team. Mullen succeeds Bill Abstein in this role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tann
iSpe
Linn
Mullen
Utica
New York State
McCarthy
Mulien
Bill Abstein
Oxford to Send Team to the United States
Oxford University will dispatch a team to the United States to compete at the annual relay hopes under University of Pennsylvania auspices next April. Frank B. Buis received a letter from Arnold A. Jackson, president of the Oxford Athletic Club, accepting the invitation. The three likely milers are Tabor formerly of Brown, Jackson who ran 1300 meters at the 1913 Glymnople game, and Rudd the South African half mile champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Oxford Uuniversity
England
University of Pennsylvania
Frank B. Buis
Sames
Arnold A
Jackson
Oxford ‘Athletic Jug
Oxford
Tabor
Brown
Rudd
Farrell issues notices to minor league clubs in Auburn
Secretary John H. Farrell of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues issued notices governing minor league clubs. The Empire State League of Georgia is renamed the Georgia State League, Western Canada league classification application is noted, and all league presidents will receive new contract forms, sales agreements, optional agreements, and a player distribution lease form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
John H. Farrell
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Empire State League of Georgia
Georgia State League
Western Canada League
Engagement of Margaret Stone to Harvard footballer Hardwick
Announcement from Brookline parents Mr and Mrs Glen J Stone reveals the engagement of their daughter Margaret to Huntington R Hardwick, a Harvard football player, reported from Cambridge Massachusetts on December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Glen J. Stone
Brookline
Margaret
Huntington R. Hardwick
Harvard
Talbott Yale Captain Elected by Yale Football Team
Nelson Talbott of Dayton Ohio elected captain of Yale football for next year in New Haven Conn Dec 2. He will graduate from Sheffield Scientific School next year and has played left tackle on the varsity team for the past two seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbott
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Nelson
Dayton
Ohio
Tenight
Yate
Sheffield Scientific School
Bar gossip and prospects in Dec Lippincott era notes
A compact fragment notes bar sailors and gossips about mutiny and pupils, with references to Benedictine punch and beer as drinks for undertakers and married couples, highlighting social humor and period beverage lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona
Train robber kills Southern Pacific official in Sunset Express
Horace Montague traveling passenger agent for Southern Pacific was shot to death by a bandit aboard the westbound Sunset express a few miles from Los Angeles. The robber compelled passengers to surrender cash and jewelry, then leaped off as the train neared Puente station. Montague died after a frontal wound. a negro porter narrowly escaped a shot. About $500 in cash and jewels were taken from passengers and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Horace Montague
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Express
Pomona
Montague
Tghwayman
Twa
Puente Station
Riley elected Macon police chief after second ballot
George Riley was tonight elected by the Macon council to succeed W B Chipman as police chief. Seven candidates competed, initial votes were widely distributed, Riley received eight votes on the second ballot, securing the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
council_chief of police of
Macon
W. B. Chipman
Riley
Mahmout Reported Alive in Balkan War
Mahmout the Bulgarian wrestler once reported dead in battle in the Balkans is alive, according to a Waterloo letter or similar communication. The Minneapolis dispatch notes the correction to earlier fatality reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Gecemucs
Mahmout
Sas Re
Seizure of Ammunition Shipments Aboard Steamers
Customs inspectors seized thousands of cartridges aboard the Clide liner Jra quois and another 10 000 rounds taken from the steamship Seminale prior to its sailing for San Domingo. The shipments were believed intended for revolutionists in San Domingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Domingo
Clide
Jraquois
Seminale
Vanderbilt Star Tom Brown Stricken With Smallpox
Nashville report states Vanderbilt right tackle Tom Brown, famed as a top southern football figure, contracted ordinary smallpox at home on 2003 Dutch Avenue. He was under Dr H O Tucker care and will remain home for several weeks, after playing his last game on Thanksgiving while nursing an ankle sprain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tom Brown
Vanderbilt
Dutch Avenue
Brown
H. O. Tucker
Ton Brown
Toms
Ro. Tucker
W. E. Hibbett
Commodore Squad
Tom
Judge Parker urges crackdown on prohibition and pistol crime
In Waycross Georgia Judge T A Parker addresses the Ware county grand jury urging firm enforcement of prohibition and denouncing concealed weapons. He calls for indicting operators and owners of disorderly houses, condemns open lawlessness, and stresses eliminating vice to protect human life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
Parker
Georgia
Charges Against Smith Spark Local Probe
Macon officials report charges filed against A J Smith who allegedly offered to retire from the police race for a cash payoff. An investigation by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will review the matter, with potential lodge action pending. Also reported, Bibb county commissioners re elect all except one official Charles B White while tax equalizer board and police chief candidates are discussed. In Macon a saloon owner W C Byrd faces two counts of intimidation of detectives, with threats to shoot league members and officers in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
A. J. Smith
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Smith
Valdosta
Georgia Southern and Plorids
BIBL
Orriomas
Charles B. White
White
Young
Herbert Brown
W. B. Chapman
Ehent of
Police
Macon Law Ant Enforcement League
W. C. Byrd
Byrd
J.T. Lott
C. ©. Smith
The
League
Law and Enforcement League
Farmers Aid Women in Boycott on Eggs
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois farmers backing women protesting high egg prices by offering to sell directly to housewives through organized co operation. Delegates at the Illinois Farmers Institute urge direct marketing, creamery help, and the potential for cold storage and fixed low prices to stabilize the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illnois
Ur Creamery Association
Bittenbandel
Sherman Law Attacked by a Federal Judge
Boston December 2 Judge William L Putnam of the federal district court declared the Sherman anti trust law retrogressive and said the Supreme Court is drifting from old common law while reacting to government efforts to dissolve the United Shoe Machinery Company The judge cited the bathing case as an example and asserted the Sherman law protects manufacturers seldomly in setting prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Lourt
United States
Judes Willam L. Putnam
United ‘Shoe Machinery Company
Putnam
Panufacturer
Thomas W Hall Dead in Conn at 63
Thomas W Hall president of the American Hide and Leather company died of heart disease at his New Cannon Connecticut home last night. He was 63 and the first acting president of the American company, formerly closely associated with Henry H Rogers. Hall was a New York native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas W. Hall
American Hide and Leather Company
New Cannon
Indicted in Georgia for violating Mann Act in girl case
Joan B. Selions of Banks County Georgia is indicted by a U S grand jury on Mann Act violations for taking an 11 year old neighbor girl to Texas after luring her with promises of marriage The girl was later brought back to Georgia and testified before the grand jury describing the ordeal as deeply sad and implausible motives alleged to be for her to meet a sweetheart in Athens before the trip to Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joan B. Selions
Banks County
Georgia
United States Grand Jury
Fort Worth
Texas
Rellers
Sellers
Athens
Holiers
Erl
Federal Grand Jury
Belggs
Grand Jury
Heflin proposes cotton measures and memorials in Washington
Representative Heflin of Alabama today reintroduced bills affecting the cotton industry. Proposals include handling proceeds of cotton taxes, bale tare marking penalties, regulation of shipments to states nations and the District of Columbia, and anti gambling on cotton futures. Additional measures call for a Prattville fish cultural station costing 25 000 dollars and monuments at the Horseshoe on the Tallapoosa river in Alabama and another streetcar for both races in the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Legas
Bac
Prattville
Ainte
Horsashoe
Tallapoosa
Ala Bama
Colimbia
Alsatian Lieutenant Slashes Lame Shoemaker With Sabre
In Zabern Alsace December 2 Lieutenant Baron von Forstner of the Ninety ninth Infantry halted his company to confront a group of workmen who jeered soldiers. He pursued one lame shoemaker and struck him on the head with a sharpened sabre. The wound is described as dangerous and authorities fear broader tensions if the regiment is moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forwtner
Corn Boys and Girls on Way to Washington
Six special trains carry Governor James M Cox and about 1000 Ohio corn prize winners from the Buckeye state. They parade through Pittsburgh and hear speeches before theater and luncheon. After a Harrisburg reception they depart tonight for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
James M
Cox
Ohio
Washington
Philadelphia
Buckeye
Commonwealth
Pittaburg
Asaptown
Harrisbur
Tener
Ficlala
Three Men Dead in Railway Crash Near Aycock
Pensacola Florida December 2 a logging train broke from a line and rolled down a hill into a work train killing three men and injuring seven. The dead include Hzell Woods logging superintendent Aycock Lumber company fireman Walter Hover of the work train and an unknown negro the report adds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fis
Aycock
Fig
Hzell Woods
Aycock Lumber Company
Walter Hover
Unwritten Law Fails to Save Girl in Crowley Trial
In Crowley Louisiana Dora Murff an 18 year old is found guilty of murder without capital punishment for killing J M Delhaye. Her stepfather James S Duvall is sentenced to life for murder and her half brother Allen Duvall is freed. The trial featured roses on the table and dramatic pleas as jurors weighed the fate of a young woman who claimed the act was under unwritten law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowley
Dora Murff
James S$. Duvall
Allin Duvall
J. M. Delhaye
Dura
Delhays
Delhaye
Dors
Murff
Duvalls
Delbaye
James Duvall
Murry Het
Murtt
Debaye Singe
Campbell
Sioelack
Quebec Miami Road Practically Finished
Richmond Va December A board meeting of the Quebec Miami International highway association reports progress on the road project. Dacrad Baltimore secretary and Tatts Pinehurst treasurer named, with Simard and Wadley among officers. President Hadley says highway construction advances and states will oversee proper patrolling and access. The American Automobile association took no action amid a treason charge against Dr al Br Ohio in a related newspaper article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
D. Wadley
Plattsburg
Quebec-Miami International
Tishway Ciation Og Tis
SOE
Geor Simard
Siomtreat
NS. Dacrad
Baltimore
Leonard Tatts
Pine- Mhursy
NIC
Hadley
prantichNya
Trunn
Geavering
American Automobile Association
Adapte Terdey
al Br Ohio
United States Grand Jury Probes Cooks Import Ring
New York December 2 The United States grand jury indicted Tean Millon a French chef firm for violating the contract labor law by hiring eighty cooks through agents in France. The case opens a government crusade against imported cooks used by large New York hotels and restaurants. Hotel men claim a French cook is an artist and argue foreign hires are not subject to contract law, likening them to opera managers hiring European singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tean Millon
Rane Yu
United States Grand Jury
France
la Sgid
Glasses Gift Exchange at New Year Sale
Gift buyers are advised that QUET GLASSES purchased for Christmas presents should be exchanged after January 2. A pair of glasses is noted as an excellent gift. Jno E Moore and Sons, opticians, 42M, advertise. Brodd priest advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. E. Moore. & Sons
Opticians
Brodd Priest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peerless Packey
Jon the Benedicts
Georgia Tech
Clarke
Carey
Mitchell
Wilson
Rantown
Aetts Pesboity &Co
Ines
A LT
Bessemer A.C
Nap Lajoie
BH. S
Finn
Farrell
Hardwicks
G. S. Riley
Vandy Star
Totera Coward
Judge Parker
Brotherhood
Isha
Malvern Distilling CO
Cincinnate
Louisiana
United States War
Standard Oil Company
Para Oe Oes
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!