Mississippi Aggies in prep for Southern intercollegiate tourney
The Mississippi Aggies enter the Shutnens intercollegiate association championship basketball tournament amid doping concerns. Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky State, and others join as the South’s teams chase a new format, with Georgia Tech and Georgia guiding preparations in Atlanta. Sixteen squads planned to arrive by Sunday, with tickets soon on sale. Two Americus alumni, Clifford Pantone and "Bevo" Webb, headline Georgia and Tech lineups as they pursue hard schedules.
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Georgia Bulldogs
Mississippi
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Georgia
Kentucky State
Agefes
Atlanta
al A. Doonan
Atlanta Athletic Club
Alexander and Stegeman
Georgia Tech
University of Georgia
South
Doonan
Americus
Sapiteh
Sumver County
Clifford Pantone
University, of Georgia
Bevo” Webb
Georgia ‘Tech
Golden Tornado
the Americas High School
Pantone
Webb
Amerseus
Douglas Ageles
Bill White
Bulldogs
Bevo
Benny
Moley Pantone
Cliff
Howard
House of Pantone
Chit
Final Plans for Tourney Announced
Twelve applications have been received from colleges for entry into the A. A. U. basketball tournament to begin Friday at the Auditorium. Georgia Tech, Alabama, Kentucky, Tulane, Tennessee, Furman, Mercer, Clemson, Millsaps, and others have returned entry blanks with hotel accommodations reserved. The winner receives a silver trophy and gold medals for team members. the runner up gets silver medals. The event uses the same superstructure as last year with extra lighting and running-score bulletin boards for spectators. Georgia is favored. Kentucky, Tulane, Mississippi A. & M., Auburn, and Tennessee ranked as strong contenders.
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Georgia School of Technology
Missippi A. & M
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of Tennessee
Furman University
Millsaps College
Clemson College
Mercer University
Tulane University
University of Morida
Birmingham Southern College
Textra
At & High Stase
Atlanta
Tech
Georgia
Berret
Ole
G M A Dominates Prep League With Undefeated Cadets
Georgia Military Academy Cadets clinch the prep hoops title and boast an 11 game league run without a defeat under Coach Burbage. Tech High and Marist trail, with Commercial and Fulton battling for cellar amid a tight standings race.
Hapeville Lassies Conquer Boltonites in Close Battle
The Hapeville High girls basketball team beat Bolton 10 to 6 in a tight contest. Isses Cooper scored two points and Smith eight as fouls rained on the home team in the first year with a girls squad.
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Hapeville High School
Bolton
Hapeville
Isses Cooper
Smith
Minor League Class Ratings Granted Amid Arbitration
The national board of arbitration of minor league associations granted the South Atlantic league a class B rating and advanced the Piedmont league from class D to C while denying the West Second association a class C rating. In Kansas City the 100-target international wing shot championship extended to tomorrow after 28 shooters completed their rounds.
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Auburn
N. Y
South Atlantic Baseball League
National Board of Arbitration of Minor League Associations
Piedmont League
West 2Rd Association
Kansas City
Harry Shyder
Indiana and Illinois Tie for Western Conference Lead
Chicago February 20 Indiana and Illinois share first place in the western conference standings after six wins and one loss in the seven game stretch. Both teams are tied for the top spot as the race narrows toward the season’s end.
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Chicago
RYB
Indiana
Illinois Tost
Alabama Baseball Schedules 1921 Lineup and Notable Returnees
University of Alabama announces 1921 baseball schedule featuring games against Boston Nationals Cleveland American and Birmingham Southern teams as well as Yale Illinois Michigan Georgia LSU Mississippi A M Oglethorpe and Vanderbilt. Former stars Joe Sewell with the Cleveland Americans and Derrill Pratt with Michigan to play here on April 6 and 11 respectively.
Final Round Prep Closes as Prep Basketball Upsets Loom
Tomorrow features three high school games as the Bluebirds meet Fulton on county court, Boye High faces Marist at Boys High, and Tech High lines up with Smithies Commercial in a clash ahead of Friday finale. University School for Boys and Boyes High battle for second place.
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Georgia Military Academy
G. M.A
University of Georgia Freacmen
Athena
Yadets
Awe
Heuce
Atlanta
Burbage
GMA
Colleza Park
Tech High School
Tolbert
Smithies
University School For Boys
Boone
Boys
0.K. David
Marist
Joe Bean
Bean
Marlat
Commercial High
Fulton High
Commercial
Diayad
Jeague
Bluebirds
Fulton
Fourteenth Street Lade
Judeime
Boys' High
Hoys’ High
Boys’ High
Tech High
Davia
Smith
Slate
Ruth Leaves New York to Begin Training in Hot Springs
Babe Ruth departed New York for Hot Springs Arkansas to begin two weeks of conditioning before joining Carl Mays Wait Hoyt and Harry Harper for the Yankee training camp in Shreveport. The plan is to renew effort toward adding to his home run record.
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New York
Babe Ruth
New York Today
sHot Springs
Ark
New York American
Carl Mays
Wait Hoyt
Harry Harper
Shreveport
Yankee
Appearance of Jack Johnson at Benton Harbor Stirring Controversy
In Benton Harbor Michigan on February 20 ministers led by Dr. Paul H. Yourd called on Governor Groesbeck to ban Jack Johnson’s appearance as a scheduled Emancipation Day event. Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons defended the boxing program saying all shows are legal and clean. The dispute cites concerns over morality and the impact of prize fighting on the community amid plans for several future bouts.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Paul H. Yourd
First Congregational Church
A. J. Groesbeck
Jack Johnson
Michigan
Floyd Fitzsimmore
Youd
Fitzsimmons
St. Joseph
Berrian County
Jourd
Yourd
Dicht
Cadets Again Champions in Prep Basketball Title
Cadets claim prep basketball crown as coach Burbage guides G. M. C. Cadets through a full season dominance. Key players King Meiers Carter Whipple rally around captain Carter while Mumford and DiChristina lead Tech High notables. Boys High and Commercial strong in rivalry.
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Star
Anderson
Gomez
Carter
Joo
Whipple
Champs
Burbage
Smithies
Tech High
Ibert
Yech High
Mumford
DiChristina
Bluebirds
University
G. M
Laird
Rubenstein
Palmer
The
Blue
Prospects Bright for Brisbane Nine in Coming Season
Brisbane nine shows early success with 36 runs to 6 in two scrimmages. Manager J M Gantt lists returning players Haney Lott Knight Peek Wall Lester plus pitching by Joe Gable and Joe Cotton sharing duties. New trials include L Bryant H Bryant as outer pastures. season schedule features games with Seventh District A M School. For team names, contact Fred Haney at Main 5000.
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J. M. Gantt
Brisbane
Gantt
Brishane
Haney
Lott
Packer
Knight
Peek
Wall
Lester
Joe Gable
Marietta
Joe Cotton
L. Bryant
H. Bryant
Fred Haney
Cadore Recalled for Early Season Strain at Brooklyns Camp
Fragmentary account recalls pitcher Leon Cadore at the Brooklyn camp and the strain from hurrying to keep pace last year. It notes a teammate or figure urging him to slow down and avoid burning out early in the fray. The fragment hints at prior overexertion and protective advice to pace himself for the season.
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Leon Cadore
Brooklyn
Angel Fo
Withert Robinson
Tad Cadore
Buford High Triumphs Over Gainesville in Close Victory
Buford High School defeated Gainesville High 12 to 9 before a small enthusiastic Buford crowd. The Buford quint led by faster floor work and sharper passing, edging the visiting team in a tight contest.
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Buford
Buford High School Quint
Gainesville
Yale Tank Athletes Beat Columbia In Intercollegiate Meet
New York February 20 Yale defeated Columbia 43 to 11 in an intercollegiate swimming meet and also won the water polo match 14 to 8. Yale swimmer L Jellisze tied the Intercollegiate record with 56.25 seconds in the 100 yard event, a mark set by Columbia’s H B Vollmer in 1926.
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New York
Yale
Columbia
B. L. Jellisze
HH. BE. Vollmer
Columbia Fencers Defeat Harvard in Crimsons First Setback
Cambridge February 20 Columbia fencing team defeated Harvard by four points marking the Crimson's first setback of the season. Luxe Placid February 20 Arthur Staff of Chicago who won the American professional speed skating championship here last week today challenged Oscar M Mathiesen who won the world title last year from Bobby McLean the former American professional champion.
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Mase
Columbia
Harvard
Crimson
Luxe Placid
N.Y. Pebruary
Arthur Staff
Chicago
Oscar M. Mathiesen
Bobby McLean
Lewis Fights Headlock Ban From Wrestling Sport
Savannah wresting champion Strangler Lewis rejects moves to ban his famed headlock. He argues the hold required years to master and compares scrutiny of headlocks to other holds, urging fair treatment for all wrestlers. A flying boat flight from New York to the South reported storm warnings and quick onward journey with seven aboard.
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Lewis
Stecher
Frank Gotch
Steclar
Nebraska
Sala Lawils
Wilmington
Ponce de Leon
Southport
Here
New York
Fernandina
Fila
West Indies
Pan Sépgers
Colored students honor retiring head at Alabama college
In Normal Alabama February 20 a crowded Palmer Hall chapel program paid tribute to Walter Buchanan, head of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Colored, as he resigns. Dean T P Harker presented a sterling silver loving cup. Buchanan praised Hopking, who served under him, and Hopking thanked him in writing. Buchanan becomes business manager of The Competitor, a monthly magazine in Bitteburg, Pa.
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Normal
Ala
Palmer Hall Chapel
State Agricultural and Mechanical College For Colored
Pesident
Walter
Buchanan
T. P. Harker
H.C. Hopking
Hla
Bitteburg
Coor Anal
Extensive Development In American Finance
Francis H. Sisson argues that foreign financing in the United States has surged postwar, citing a $24 million Chile loan as an example. He says this shift alters national investment thinking, underscores the link between foreign investment and foreign trade, and calls for expanded overseas credit to sustain American exports and domestic prosperity.
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Francis H. Sisson
Unr Trust Company
United News
New York
Republic of Chile
Ioan
Great Britain
Europe
Cotton Market Gossip in New Orleans Week Summary
The New Orleans cotton market eased modestly last week amid expected March tenders. March futures swung to 13.90 before settling around 12.75, with spot middling down 25. News cited balanced acreage cuts and mixed mill activity, while forecasts pointed to heavy tenders next week and Washington’s holiday. Weather and acreage projections dominated sentiment.
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New Orleans
Manchester
Washington
Ford Tractors In Germany Stir Cabinet and Public Interest
Berlin reports eight Ford tractors entered Germany as samples for a potential Ford plant. Government officials debate whether they are for sale or to showcase production. Cabinet will review the issue before Reichstag session, while German manufacturers argue they undermine home industry and workers watch the outcome.
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Berlin
Ford
Germany
Reichstag
Ford Company
Vessel Lucero Del Alba Wreck Near Vera Cruz
Mexico City reports the steamer Lucero Del Alba with 17 passengers and 2 crew wrecked at the entrance to Vera Cruz Bay. One person drowned and the rest were rescued with difficulty after a storm drove the vessel from Campeche into port.
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Mexico City
Lucero del Alba
Pissengers
Bay of Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz
Campeche
Inauguration of Alabama Polytechnic Institute President
Dr. Spright Dowell, former state superintendent of education, will be inaugurated president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday morning February 22 following a student military regimental review led by Major Ingac Spalding. Public notices urge bids for Hunt School building construction and heating contracts in Decatur Georgia with required certified checks.
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Auburn
Als
Spright Dowell
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ingac Spalding
A&a
Decatur
Constitution
Avatis
Hunt School
FF. T. Hopkins
F. T. Hopkins
T. Hopkins
Isle. Tazigab
Atlanta Quotations Spot Cotton Market
Atlanta quotations show receipts, shipments, and stocks for spot cotton trading. Market activity centers on prompt delivery and price movement as buyers and sellers adjust to daily volume figures.
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Atlanta
Atlanta cotton seed products price listing
A fragmented table of cotton seed products with prices and grades. Mentions Crude oil basis prime tanks meal ammonia and various linters and hulls. Includes figures likely per ton or hundredweight across multiple product lines and grades.
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Weal
Elean Mill Run
Wheat and Corn Exports Reported for Week and Year
Wheat exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending February 17 total 6,327,018 bushels, down from 7,545,053 the prior week and 2,436,058 a year ago. For 33 weeks ending February 17, exports reach 298,716,865 bushels, vs 188,212,678 a year earlier. Corn exports for the week amount to 1,505,700 bushels, vs 1,530,520 the prior week and 261,644 a year ago. For 33 weeks, corn exports total 13,125,189 bushels, up from 2,219,626 a year ago.
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United States
Canada
Brandstreet's
Nike
Declines Outnumber Advances in Foods, But Index Is High
Last week's food index, based on prices per pound of thirty-one articles, stood at 311 dollars, up 16 percent from the prior week but down 37.8 percent from the same week last year. Of eighty quoted commodities, fifteen advanced, twenty-four declined, and forty-one remained unchanged.
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Marist
Bean
Ivy Street
Healey
Commercial Bigh
Pryor Street Lady
Welch
Pitts
Fulton
Commercial
Weekly Failures in Business for Week Ending February 17
The report shows 438 business failures for the week ending February 17, compared with 389 the prior week. Historical context notes 106 in the same week of 1920, 112 in 1919, 180 in 1918, and 287 in 1917.
AT&T Declares Quarterly Dividend for 1923
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. declares a quarterly dividend of two dollars per share to stockholders of record at close of business March 18, 2023. Transfer banks will be closed from March 10 to March 29, 1921 due to the Annual Meeting. G B Milne, Treasurer, notes the dates.
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Tle Transfer Banke
Ratnbay
Taya
G. DB. Milne
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