Dent Signs By Pittsburg Federal Club In Raid On Minor Leagues
Baltimore reports Elliott Dent, star pitcher, has signed with the Pittsburg Federal League club amid Federal efforts to raid minor and major leagues. Chicago reports Federal league moves against minor leagues, pursuing players on reserve lists, with six Giants on the White Sox world tour unsigned. Steve Kane, former NL umpire, signs with the Federal League.
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Pittsburg Federal Club
Owl
Chicago
Federal League
Joe Tinker
Aieraer
Chicago Federals
Cole
Yinker
Itcker
New York Amercans
Nhe
Yankees
Tinker
Killifer
Giants
White Sox
Federals
Crawford
Detroit
Speaker
Boston Americans
Chicago Nationals
Savannah
Cuba
Steve Kane
Prep School Fives Enter Seventh Round in League
The local Prep Basketball league approaches its seventh round with matches set for Friday. Tech Fight faces Marist, Boys' High plays GM, and Peacock Fleet takes on Donald Fraser. Tuesday closed the first round with Boys' High leading at five wins and no losses, Marist second at four and one.
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Marist Boys’ High
GM. A
Peacock~ Fleet
Donald Fraser
Boys' High
Boys’ High
Marist
Wen
B.C
GMA
Governments Are Asked To Patrol the Air Courses
Henry Woodhouse of the Aero Club of America reports a telegram from San Francisco stating the Pan Pacific exposition seeks government cooperation from the United States England France Germany Russia and Japan to patrol the Atlantic and Pacific routes for a round the world air race.
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New York
Henry Woodhouse
The
Aero Club of America
San Francisco
United States
England
France
Guryeany
Russia
Japan
Atlantic
Pacific
Siberia
Manchuria
Annual pushball game at Georgia scheduled for 11th
Athens Ga February 4 The annual pushball contest between sophomores and freshmen at Georgia was announced for the 11th inst at 10 o clock in the morning A change of miles is predicted to add interest The day will be a half holiday with a football game set for the afternoon This marks the first time the pushball game is held under the agreement as the two sides clash amid the rush and ruckus
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Athens
Speriai
Sophomor¢S
Freshene
Georgia
Seven Naps Report Seeks Spring Training in New Orleans
New Orleans welcomed Cleveland Americans manager Joe Birmingham and Wa-Warybury Eastern league club chief Leech with seven players and trainer Charles Hite. The party included pitchers Bill Steen Bo Hovlik Knesel Dillinger and Collins and catcher Bassler. Vean Gress John Hilings and Nick Cullop expected later. Eighteen Clevelanders slated to arrive by week’s end with Jack Adams arriving first for New Orleans report.
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New Orleans
Joe Birmingham
Cleveland ‘Americans
Leech
Conn
Charles Hite
Cleveland
Pelican Park
Bill Steen
Bo Hovlik
Knesel
Dillinger
Collamore
Bassler
Vean Gress
John Hilings
Nick Cullop
Jack Adams
No four oared races at the Poughkeepsie regatta
New York, February 4. The Intercollegiate Rowing Association announced that the four-oared race at the Poughkeepsie regatta will be omitted and replaced by a two mile junior event. The switch aims to widen participation, as a junior eight offers more crew opportunities and increases the pool of candidates for varsity crews across colleges.
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New York
Thara
Poughkeepsie Tegatta
Morton G. Bogue
Board of Stewards
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Basketball Treat For Local Fandom
The Atlanta Athletic Club basketball team hosts Birmingham Athletic Club in a long standing rivalry on home court Saturday. Birmingham won their latest meeting 37 to 32 in Birmingham, but locals hope for victory in front of home fans after a hard fought battle.
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Atlanta Athletic Club
Birmingham Athletic Club
Birmingham
Britain Seeks Davis Cup Challenge for 1920 Tennis
London February 4 Great Britain's bid to defend the Davis Cup was mailed to the United States. The U S LTA received the challenge as formal entry for the international trophy due by March 1. Expected challengers include Australasia Canada France Germany Belgium South Africa with Britain likely to compete regardless of ILTF amendments.
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Great Britain
Dwight F. Davis
United States
Yeas
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Australasia
Canada
France
Geraighy
Belstmena
South Africa
International Lawn Tennis Federation
Exciting golf played on Pinehurst links in tenth annual St Valentine tourney
Pinehurst N C February competition opened in match play with G L Becker of Woodland Mills beating Miller of Englewood N J at the twentieth hole. Becker halved the eighteenth with a 20 foot putt and took the final hole 4 to 3. Becker to meet Swords of Oakland tomorrow as FAUST and Martin produce today's upset.
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N. C
St. Valentine
G. L Becker
Woodland
Miller
Englewood
N. J
Becker
W. ¥. Swords
Oakland
H. K Kerr
Greenwich
W. H. Faust
Buffalo Country Club
Faust
A Martin
Vermont
I. ‘Topping
Greenwich (Conn
T. A Ashley
Robert Hunter
Weeburn
H.C. Fownes
Oakmont
Miller and Karr
S. Leroy
Newport
Rev. T .A. Cheatham
Salisbury
N. G
H.C. Chamberlain
Columbia
J. W. Watson
Philadelhia
HH. Fotune
St. Charles
Canada
J. HL Clapp
Chery Chase
Five Die In Hotel Fire At Kelliher Minnesota
Bemidji Minnesota February 4 five men are dead and several missing after a three story frame hotel at Kelliher burned in frigid weather. Fire started from the furnace and was discovered by two passersby who raised the alarm. Many escaped by jumping from windows as flames reached the second floor. Loss estimated around $25000.
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Bemidji
Minn
Kelliher
Here
Gain Mikkelson
Gabriel Shoberg
Charles Larson
No Pratt
Farmer
Mt. McQuinn
Dest River
Players Signing With Major Leagues Reported
Boston on February 4 reports two infielders Oscar J. Dugey of Waco Texas and Joseph C Schultz of Baltimore have signed contracts with the Boston National League club. Detroit also announces first baseman Gainer has signed a three year deal with the Tigers after turning down a $20,000 offer.
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Boston
Oscar J. Dugey
Waco
Texas
Joseph C. Schultz
Baltimore
Dugey
Waco Instear
Detroit
Mich
Per Gainer
Detroit Baseball Club
Tigers
Navin Today
Gainer
Fed~ Sparnay Real Hee
Vanderbilt five on a road jaunt
Athens Ga February 4 Special A game that will probably decide the race for southern basketball crown will be played here tomorrow night when the Georgia and Vanderbilt university quintets meet Coach Peacock has his men playing hard and the Commodores are prepared for a life or death battle. This is the first of three Georgia games this week with others Friday and Saturday night. Friday they play Georgia Te at Crystal Palace. Saturday Vanderbilt travels to Columbus to face the YMCA team of that city.
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Georgia and
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Peacock
Rand
Commodores
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Georgia
Georgia ‘Te
Crystal Palace
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The
Jackets
Columbus
Young Men's Christian Association
Atlanta
Virginia
Brodie
Mies Brooks
Joan of
Southern Baseball League to Adopt Shorter 134 Game Schedule
President Kavanaugh of the Southern baseball league said club presidents agreed to a 134 game schedule instead of 140. The schedule committee will meet in Memphis Saturday to submit both short and long versions, with official action deferred to the league meeting in Mobile on February 23.
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Little Rock
Ark
Kavanaugh
Southern Baseball League
Exonerated Runners Clear of Fake Race Charge
New York February 4 Hanness Kolehmainen and Abel R Kiviat were exonerated by the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union registration committee over an alleged fake 3 mile race at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory in Brooklyn on January 24. Their dead heat finish in 10 54 3 drew criticism and a prior ban until the race could be shown unplanned.
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New York
Hanness Kolehmainen
Abel R. Kiviat
Metropolitan Association of the Amateur, Athletic Union
Thirteenth Regiment Armory
Brooklyn
Kolenmainen
Kiviat
Sud-American Athletic Club
Pi Thia City
French Aviator Garaix Sets Altitude Record With Five Passengers
Chartres France February 4 French aviator Garaix established a new altitude record reaching 7382 feet with five passengers. He flew a new biplane by Paul Schmitt which yesterday carried seven passengers to 5000 feet. The previous five passenger record stood at 3291 feet set at Jonannisthal by Austrian Sablatnik.
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France
Garaix
Paul Schmitt
Jonannisthal
Sablatnik
Bleacher Collapse Injures Students at Michigan College Basketball Game
In East Lansing on February 4 several Michigan Agricultural College students were badly injured when bleacher seats collapsed at a college armory during a basketball game. Moments later a rope lowering chairs from the balcony broke, injuring a group of women students. About six women sustained minor injuries.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan Agricultural College
College Armory
McFarland Seeks Gibbons Bout After Guarantee Snag
Packey McFarland leaves Chicago for New York to press a revised plan to fight Mike Gibbons of St Paul. The February 12 match was called off over a dispute on the guarantee, with McFarland favoring a higher percentage instead of a fixed sum.
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Chicago
McFarland
Gibbons
Big Jim Baskett to Join Johnny Dobbs on Reserve List
Sporting editor seeks word through The Constitution on whether Big Jim Baskett will join Johnny Dobbs on the reserve list. Baskett was an old friend of Ming and may be able to provide his whereabouts. Dobbs has not yet signed the list.
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Dick Jamison
the Constitution
Chase
Big Jim Baskett
Johnny Dobbs
Ming
Mike
Dobbs
Hag Hot
Stories About Stars By Billy Byasa
A nostalgia filled piece recounts college team vetting of players and a Princeton star Charley Sterrett. The anecdote covers Sterrett’s benching, a pinch hitting decision, and a postgame clash with an umpire that ends with Sterrett moving to the Pacific Coast League two weeks later and a remark about umpiring.
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Chance
Sterrate
Sterrett
Ron
Princeton
Charley
Twenty-Eight Rounds of Boxing Friday Night Card
The show in Steiner Lemery building on Viaduct Place features Eddie Manion versus Mickey Gannon in a 10 round bout, Spider Britt against Jimmy Grant, Kid Young versus Young Goldman in 6 rounds, and Battling Brown versus Kid Wilks in 4 rounds. Promoters Staten and Taylor promise eight earnest boxers, no top stars, with a solid, well-run card for Atlanta fans. The first bout starts promptly at 8:30.
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Eddie Manion
Mickey Gannon
Spider Britt
Jimmy Grant
Kid Young
Young Goldman
Battling Brown
Kid Wilks
Staten and Taylor
Steiner-lemery
Viaduct Place
Earnest Mill
Atlanta
Willie Ritchie Receives $30,000 Offer for Australia Return
San Francisco reports heavyweight champion Willie Ritchie will likely leave for Australia for two seasons and three fights under a $30,000 guarantee after his upcoming defense with Harlema Tommy Murphy. An Australian promoter announced the plan. details pending. Potential foes include Hughie McKeegan and Herb McCoy, with all bouts set for twenty rounds.
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San Francisco
Wifh Ritchic
Australia
Hidght
Harlema Tommy Murphy
Butchie
Hughie McKeegan
Antipodes
Herb McCoy
Dansant Barred From Boston Hotels
Boston license commissioners banned The Dansant afternoon tea events at fashionable hotels for exceeding license limits by charging admission to dances. The ruling notes that the tango dancing itself did not factor into the decision.
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Boston
State Baseball Commission Proposed in New York Bill
Albany N Y February 4 a state baseball commission of three members is proposed in a bill introduced by a New York City assemblyman The panel would supervise all games with admission fees and five percent of the gate receipts would go to the state
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Schwert Named Captain of Penn Baseball Team
Philadelphia February 4 Pius L Schwert of Angola will captain the University of Pennsylvania baseball team next season. The election followed the resignation of George Coleman who was chosen last season but had to leave college.
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Philadelphia
Pius L. Schwert
Angola
University of Pennsylvania
George Coleman
Exendine to Coach Georgetown Eleven
Washington February 4 Albert Exendine of Oklahoma famed Carlisle Indian School star and two time Walter Camp all American selection has been chosen to coach Georgetown University football next season.
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Washington
Albert Exendine
Oklahoma
Carlisle Indian School
Walter Camp
Georgetown University
McDonnell Named Coach of LSU Football Team 1914
Aaton Rouge February 4 T. McDonnell former Colgate back was elected coach of the 1914 LSU eleven. He will succeed James K. Dwyer after three years at Jefferson College.
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Aaton Rouge
T. McDonnell
Colgate
Louisiana State University
James K. Dwyer
McDonnell
Jefferson College
New Ice Skating Record at Lake Placid
A new world amateur record in ice skating was set by Robert McLean of Chicago at Lake Placid on February 4. He covered the 10 yard dash in six seconds flat, surpassing the previous mark by one fifth of a second set by Mark Wood at Pittsburgh.
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Lake Placid
Robert Mclean
Chicago
Marci Wood
Pittepure
Earl Blackburn Signs Contract in Cincinnati
Cincinnati February 4 Earl Blackburn a catcher who played on the local National League team last year came to terms tonight with President Herrmann and signed a contract for the season. Local baseball headlines focus on the signing as the club moves to finalize its roster.
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Cincinnati
Earl Blackburn
Herrmann
Johnson probe nears finish in Chicago grand jury
The federal grand jury inquiry into alleged relations among Jack Johnson the Negro heavyweight champion, banker Lewinsohn, and federal officials, is expected to end with the editor of a Chicago morning paper called to testify. Witnesses include claims of a cable message from Johnson, later said to be received in New York, amid rumors of favors for Lewinsohn’s customers.
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Federal Grand Jury
Sdloman —Lewinsohn
Cissing
Jack Johnson
Stanebury
Department of Justice
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
Lewisohn
Lewinsohn
Johnson
Bond
Pittsburg Track Men in Quarantine Amid Fever Outbreak
Pittsburg February 4. Twenty Pitt track athletes and the entire basketball team are in quarantine at Trees Stadium as scarlet fever outbreaks. Clyde Schuyler and Roy Frazier were moved to a hospital last Monday and the city quarantined the house, canceling Friday’s game with Washington and Jefferson College. Students will continue studies while quarantined.
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Pittsburg
University of Pittsburg
Trees Stadium
Clyde Schuyler
Roy Frazier
Washington and Jefferson College
Nelson Norgren Offered Coaching Post at Western Reserve
Chicago February 4 Nelson Norgren captain of the University of Chicago football team last fall has been offered the football coach position at Western Reserve University in Cleveland Norgren said he was awaiting pledges of harmony and support from Western Reserve alumni before accepting
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Wnelson Norgren
University of Chicago
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Norgren
Western Reserve
American skaters set for Trondheim Norway races
A party of American entrants for international skating events at Trondheim Norway is slated to depart New York on February 19 aboard the Kristiansfjord and return from Bergen on March 7. The group includes 19 participants.
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New York
Trondhiem
Kristiansfjord
Bergen
Great Britain's Tennis Challenge Mailed for Trophy
New York reports Newark club players of the International League ordered to report for spring training to Manager Smith at Columbus Georgia on February 26. United States won last year’s Dwight KF Davis trophy.
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Great Britain
London
Dwight KF Davis
United States
Newark Yeam
Columbus
New York
Newark
Smith
Shriners to Light Capitol Dome in Shrine Week
Shriners will illuminate the entire state capitol dome and the Jlverty statue atop it with thousands of bright lights during Shrine week. It will be the first time in twenty two years the statue has worn such luminous attire and, due to the glare, can be seen seven miles around Atlanta. The idea came from prominent electrician FV L Smith. This marks a notable stunt by the Shriners in Atlanta.
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FV. L. Smith
Atlanta
Soul Mates Case Draws Government Scrutiny In Atlanta
Genevieve Goodin, linked to Attorney Thurman in a white slavery probe, was detained at police headquarters after months of searching that stretched to New Orleans. She supplied bond and claimed intent to marry Thurman after his divorce, while federal investigations resume.
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Arthur Thurman
New Orlean
Thurman
Lewis J. Bailey
United States
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Chief Beavers
Cincinnati
Metropolitan
Musual Comedy Company
Misa Goodin
South Georgia
Pinevilla
AT THE THEATERS IN ATLANTA HAILED FORD IT
The capital city saw two performances of Officer 666 at the Atlanta theater praised for thrills and humor though the cast lagged behind last year. Miss Wharton’s Asian role drew applause, with an enthusiastic reception. Tonight the big San Carlo Grand Opera troupe opens with Quella at the Atlanta, promising international singing talent and a strong orchestra.
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Atlanta
George M Gohan
Wiharton
da Big Staling Opera
San’ Cario Grand Opers
Atlants
Pacific
Nhat
New York
The Hotel Girls and Boxing Card At Columnia Burfewrue
The Columnia Burfewrue theater presented The Hotel Girls featuring Charles Gramiick and Helene Hall as favorites this week. Next week Fred Neffert and Ada Bennon lead a new company in The Female Drummer. On Friday a program of amateurs is planned and Saturday adds a major boxing card to the usual show.
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Columnia
Charles Gramiick
Helene Hall
Andrew Richardson Veteran Dies in Macon Ga
Andrew J Richardson aged veteran died here today in Macon Georgia He lost his left leg in a significant engagement at Chickamauga during the war He leaves two sons and two daughters.
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Macon
Andrew J. Richardson
Chickamauga
Stains
Shreveport Shriners Arrive in Atlanta for Quarters
The Shreveport Shriners visit Atlanta to arrange quarters for a funeral party and fifty additional nobles from his temple.
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Shreveport
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