Atlanta to Visit Columbus in Saturday Night Match
The Atlanta Athletic Club faces Columbus at home Saturday after Columbus’ strong 41 to 39 win over Vanderbilt. Massey Topo Peddy and Patterson are cited as top players set to join the local YMCA stars against the capital city quint as Columbus aims to reclaim the Southern championship.
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Welchonce Named Manager of Dallas Texas League Team
Sporting editor receives a postcard from Harry Welchonce former Cracker captain announcing he has closed to take charge of the Dallas team in the Texas league as manager. He succeeds former Cracker and teammate Joe Lunn.
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Niederkorn's Father Expects Catcher to Shine for Crackers
Dr Joe Niederkorn of Vervailles writes that his son Norbert Doc Niederkorn, a former helper to Charley Frank, will get a tryout with the Crackers. He believes the young catcher needs steady work and training to prove his goods, and will be ready to play when needed.
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Sayers Defeats Benjamin in Brief 1860 Boxing Bout
In a rare 84 minute championship match at Isie Gravingland Tom Sayers, the defending titleholder, stops Billy Benjamin after a fierce three round battle. The youngster Benjamin, hailed as a rising star, suffers a decisive loss as Sayers retains the title and later retires in 1860 after a controversial draw with John Heenan.
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Looking Them Over With Billy Evans On Bench Talk
A summer scene with Philadelphia club figures Billy Evans Mallc manager Quack and Rube Oldring on the bench. Oldring contemplates retirement to the farm while hints of trading him away prompt a candid exchange. The piece notes Oldring’s still solid ability and the crews’ plan to build a new team around shifts like Eddie Foster’s.
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War as seen by a sporting bard in ring time satire
A humorous wartime poem imagines John Bull as an aging boxer facing a German challenger. The aging fighter refuses to quit, trading blows in the ring as he battles to hold dignity against a younger, stronger foe, with plucky grit evident through the battered but unbroken spirit.
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Champion billiardist A. J. Rogers dies in Philadelphia
A. J. Rogers, famed billiard champion from Philadelphia, died of pneumonia at Grady Hospital after several days illness. He had been staying at the Kimball House en route from Florida to his home. Rogers was well known in the north for his skill, having finished several champion Shin matches before leaving Florida. Body removed to Greenberg and Bent chapel pending relatives' instructions.
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Confessed killer Iver Va ends life in tragic double act
January 2 at Iver Va a former postmaster and Confederate veteran killed his wife by throat cutting and ax strike then shot himself at their home. The 70 year old man was helped by a neighbor Mr Johnson who witnessed the scene before the self-inflicted gunshot.
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LSU Announces 1925 Baseball Schedule With Multiple Road Trips
Baton Rouge lists the 1925 LSU baseball schedule detailing games against Jefferson College Cleveland Americans New Orleans Mississippi College Yank Giants Illinois Tage Institute Lafayette Rice Institute Texas A&M Baylor Alabama and others. The plan includes dates from January through May with several Baton Rouge home games and numerous away contests across multiple cities.
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Sir John Simon Quits Cabinet of Britain
London January The Chronicle reports Sir John A Simon secretary of state for home affairs retires from the cabinet ending a rapid career after notable success at the bar He entered parliament in 1906 served as solicitor general and attorney general He was a pacifist near resignation with Viscount Mersey and John Burns when war broke out He stayed in government amid Belgium neutrality when coalition formed last May he refused the post of lord high chancellor to pursue politics Dr Charles C Barrows Dead New York January 2 obstetrician died at his home born Jackson Mississippi in 1857 graduated Virginia University 1879 came to New York practiced medicine served as assistant surgeon in U S Army 1832 to 1937 Barrows survived by his widow Miss Hettle Curtiss Prescott Ariz a son and a daughter
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San Francisco Hit By 75 Mile An Hour Wind Storm
A 75 mph wind storm struck San Francisco today, injuring a man and others, causing property damage. Weather bureau officials said it was the worst storm in 27 years.
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RUSSIANS STRIKE AND HOLD GROUND IN RELENTLESS ATTACKS
London reports major Russian offensive across a 190 mile front from Volhynia to Galicia, with crossings of the Styr near Chartorysk and advances toward Hovel along rail lines Sarny to Kovel and Rovne to Kovel. Austrian frontiers see renewed fighting with heavy Russian gains north of Buczacz as Italian and Balkan theaters show ongoing hostilities.
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Letter Carriers Seek Tiny Flag Emblem
New York January 2 The New York Letter Carriers Association adopted a unanimous resolution at its annual meeting requesting approval to wear a tiny flag on the left lapel of each carrier's uniform. Copies will go to President Wilson, Postmaster General Burleson and Congress. The resolution asks modifying service rules to permit patriotic insignia and argues flag wear will remind carriers of obligations to Americans and counteract disloyalty.
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Founder of Hoboes' Hotel Seeks Georgia Governor
Jeff Davis alias Cmet Kid, famed as founder of the Hoboes' Hotel in New York, arrived in Atlanta by blind bag last night to see Governor Nate Harris about amending Georgia vagrancy laws. He plans to visit other governors to argue for protection of hoboes and itinerant workers while opposing prosecution of humor tramps.
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New Salt Water Fish Law Protects Oyster Beds of State
The new salt water fish law, effective January 1 after passage in the extra session, licenses oyster beds and establishes a patrol to protect them. Commissioner Charles Arnow toured coast counties to implement the law, aiming to curb depletion from unregulated harvesting and improve oyster quality, while creating state revenue from leases of beds.
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War Censorship Plan by Army General Staff
Washington reports reveal in General Hugh L Scott's annual chief of staff release a prewar censorship framework. It envisions joint army navy drafts with press representatives, congressional action, and phased measures to regulate telegraph cable wireless and newspaper content during national peril.
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Woman tied to husband’s death in Philadelphia Miss
Philadelphia Mississippi January 3 Alex Varter a farm hand confessed to county authorities to killing Sir Winstead Friday night at the Winstead home near here and implicated Winstead wife She is held as an accessory Winstead was shot while seated at a tradesman’s side talking to Sir Winstead when a bullet fired through a wall ended the life Carter had worked at the farm for five years but was recently discharged Carter and Mrs Winstead are jailed here
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Not Sewing From Penn State Froth Reel
A fragment from Penn State Froth features a brusque exchange with a speaker mockingly clarifying that he is a cull engineer, not a seamstress, in a terse, humorous tone.
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