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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1915
Page
5
Basketball season opens this week with highlights from the Federal league. Benny leads with notable batting and fielding feats. Magee of Brooklyn tops averages. Lanny’s season mark sits at .311 with others close behind.
Ad Wolgast and Frank Whitney arrive in Atlanta ahead of their ten round lightweight title bout at the Lyric theater. Wolgast, claiming peak form, vows to knock Whitney out, while Whitney insists he will prove himself against the former great. Ticket sales move to the Lyric with ringside seats in high demand as promoters and fans eye a packed house and a double billing night.
The 1915 baseball season left most major league clubs with financial losses or small profits. Boston's Red Sox led the gains with about $11,000, while Washington, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and others posted substantial downturns. Detroit stood out as the notable profit, while several teams including the White Sox and Cubs reported modest or break-even results amid rising costs and player purchases.
Philadelphia Nationals third baseman Milton Stock will marry Myrtle McNamara of Mobile in Mobile Alabama on a Wednesday night. The couple met while Stock played for Mobile Southern league team in 1912.
Readers are teased with new 14 carat green gold and 10 carat gold options. The notice highlights eye catching pieces described as the latest in jewelry fashion and design from Whitehall Ve.
The final Southern league meeting will occur in Lamingham Wednesday to approve the coming season plan. A 140 game schedule is hoped, with committee members to draft the new plan. Atlanta reps Charley Frank and Frank Reynolds attend, with Reynolds likely presenting Frank as the Crackers' future delegate. Knoxville reportedly bids for the franchise and will have a representative at the gathering.
The Columbus delegation, in Washington to discuss Chattahoochee River improvement and freight-rate suspensions with the War Department engineers and Interstate Commerce Commission, returns with news of better-than-expected progress. A report will be shared at the Chamber of Commerce smoker at the Waverly hotel Tuesday afternoon.
The Grant A. C. five will compete widely this season alongside the Atlanta Athletic Club team in southern basketball. It is their second season, having shown strong performance against top southern teams. Scheduled games include a December 17 clash in Columbus with the Columbus YMCA team, plus matches with other YMCA and college squads. The club aims to be second in Atlanta, with workouts ongoing and intense competition for starting spots.
Jana Vasquez the Spanish billiard champion will exhibit tonight at the Crystal parlors and again next Friday, offering dazzling shots and a probable match game with an Atlantean. The Crystal management secured the famed cue master after a week of exhibitions in Atlanta.
The Johnny Kilbane versus Ritchie Mitchell contest set for tomorrow night in Cincinnati has been postponed to next Wednesday after Kilbane was taken ill and an attending physician said he cannot enter the ring tomorrow night.
The Georgia society of Washington held a winter gathering at the Hotel Bat with a lively program. Speakers included William J. Harris of the Federal Trade Commission and Judson C. Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Emmet Key Perryman, former Cracker pitcher now with the Birmingham Barons, posted an errorless season in 1914 while with the Crackers. He appeared in 24 games for the St Louis Browns before returning to the Southern League and again delivering a clean record. The 1916 campaign with the Barons will reveal further gains.
Republican National Committee members converge on Washington for the 1916 convention venue vote. St Louis and Chicago favored, Philadelphia least likely. Senators Borah Weeks and Sherman among possible presidential hopefuls expected to speak at gatherings with the National Republican League and state clubs. Convention timing seen likely soon after Democrats, perhaps late June or early July.
An official statement from Berne dated December 12 via Paris reports about 29,900 refugees from German areas distributed to villages outside the war zone, with roughly 15,000 housed in chalets or shelters.
The advertisement urges theatergoers to buy seats now for The Birth of a Nation as matinees run daily all week. It notes many enjoyed screenings last week and encourages timely purchases to avoid disappointment.
The Birth of a Nation at the Atlanta theater draws long lines and packed houses daily, touring cities nationwide. Also on the Forsyth vaudeville bill are McIntyre and Heath highlights, Six Little Song Birds, Pietro on piano, and a parade of comedy sketches and musical novelties. The Paramount feature The Cheat debuts with Miss Ward, and The Battle Cry of Peace screens at the Auditorium with a star cast led by Norman Talmadge.
In Washington a mass meeting raised over 41000 in fifteen minutes for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to fund a nationwide campaign for the Susan B Anthony amendment. The largest gift was 1000 from Mrs Belmont for the New York delegation, honoring Miss Blanche Tolliffe and Mrs Sara Raid Field, envoys who traveled from the West with a petition to Congress. Senator Sutherland and Representative Wendell urged momentum for ratification.
In Pittsburg on December 1, about 1100 to 1406 iron molders in local foundries walked out as part of a national push for an eight hour workday. Notices were posted at various shops urging workers not to return until the eight hour day at current pay rates is granted.
Berlin reports a German press debate on recalling military and naval attaches from Washington. Comments question if recalls stem from politics amid British and American press pressure. Articles warn of strained US relations with Austria, critique Wilsonian policy, and frame the recall as an international obligation rather than a moral act.
Overcast skies kept sun and warmth from Atlanta on Sunday. Heavy clouds foiled outdoor recreation plans though precipitation stayed dry, with a forecast predicting similar conditions today.
Rome December 12 Premier Swandia secured approval in the chamber of deputies for six months of full financial powers amid an enthusiastic demonstration by about 400 deputies. Enrico Herr, former socialist leader, opposed the measure but was barred from speaking. In Goerlitz a reported ex Metropolitan Opera director Heinrich Confeld was found dead in a hotel, believed to be suicide, amid looming medical procedures.
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