Opening Of Local Amateur Basketball Sparks Three City Leagues
J C Fife Jr reports the season kickoff with three city leagues. City league results feature Agoras 42 Fed Prison 25 and United States Tira 27 Southern Dental 36. Tech High 40 Pi Beta 27 and Boys High 25 Grant Park 23 in Wilson League. Fuchs tops scorers with 26. Hanson Motor defeats Central Bank 34 0 in Girls league. Marietta WCA beats Georgia Baptist Nurses 16 4.
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Boys’ High
Endrant Park Athletic Association
Tech High
Pl Beta
Ace Methodist
University High
Apinter
Wilkinson
Wikinson
Singleton
Burton
Sague
United States Tira Company
Southern Dental College
Pinktestein
Price
Hughe
Trish F Vte
Hea
Minklestetn
Steht
Hrisk
Golden
Goodrich
Giffard
H “ Boys’ High
Grant Park Athletic Annociation
Grant Park
Speer
Waarera
Gerlach and
Cooper
Hanson Motor Company
Central Bank and Trust
Bank
Lary
Glover
Southern School Rook Depository
Amomia
Baptist Tabernacle
Marietta
Nurges
Fulton High Teams to Duel Griffin High Quintets
The Fulton High girls meet Griffin High girls in Griffin while the Fulton boys face Griffin High in Atlanta. County boys boast a strong practice-season record of ten straight victories with Mims and Stevenson at forward, Moody at center, and Nickerson and Miller in guard spots.
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Fulton High
Griffin High
Fulton
Griffin
Griffinites
Atlanta
Mims
Stevenson
Focal
Trav
Jamon Moody
Bob
Nickerson
Miller
Fultonites
Stylish Wasp Wins All-America Derby in Letohatchie
Stylish Wasp is the winning pointer owned by Miss Marion DuPont Mont Welier Station Virginia and handled by R K Armstrong in the All-America field trials at Letohatchie. Wigwan, owned by Lewis Lee Haggin of Lexington Kentucky, finished second and Romance owned by C B Grace of Robertson Texas was third.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marion DuPont
Montwelier Station
R. K Armstrong
Letohatchie
Wigwan
Lewis Lee Haggin
Lexington
Romance
C. 8. Grace
Robertson
Jim DeHart Signs Georgia Contract After Pitt Ties
Fitts bur s Pas January 6 Jimmy DeHart, once Pitt star and Georgia last season coach, told Tom Davies he missed first team All American Walter Camp pick. He signs a two or three year Georgia assistant deal as he weighs West Virginia interest. Mountaineers do not seek a Pitt product. Georgia plans include a future game with Pitt and Harvard at Cambridge.
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Fittsburs
Pas
Jimmy DeHart
Pitt
Hart
Georgia
Hervard
Cambridge
Emory University Athletics Launches Interschool Basketball
Emory opens winter athletic term with basketball organized by Emorians led by Ghorgh MacDonell. Teams will be drawn from university schools, pitting Liberal Arts against Medical and Theological schools. The move aims to spotlight stars and intensify rivalry, with practices set on campus and games in town. The season begins Friday after two weekly city practices and an early start to drills today.
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Ghorgh Macdonell
Emory
School of Liberal Arts
Spert
Medical School
Dripery
Pone
Texmg
Fires Destroy Marianna Garage and Stores in Early Blaze
Two early morning fires in Marianna wiped out the garage of the Marianna Motor Car Company and the Tucker Dry Goods Company store buildings including Viewer’s Haberdashery. Loss estimated at £760,000. Authorities investigate cause and assess safeguarding measures.
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Marianna, Atk, Januery
Marianna Motor Car Company
Tucker Dry Goods Company
Viewer's Haberdashery
Decatur High Opens on New Court Against Lawrenceville
Decatur High girls basketball hosts Lawrenceville in the season opener on the new Decatur court. Coach Frad Saunders and Fielding Dillard lead a team highlighted by Mary Brown and Helen Lockhart with Martha Ehle and Mary Cunningham expected to bolster the lineup. The Decatur squad aims to match or exceed last season’s strong showing through a blend of veterans and newcomers.
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Decatur High School
Decatur
Lawrenceville High
Marietta High
Frad Saunders
Old Tech High
Fielding Dillard
Mary Brown
Helen Lockhart
Martha Ehle
Miss Brown
Mary Cunningham
Herron Golf Star Becomes Benedict at Pittsburgh Wedding
Louise Johnstown, socialite daughter of Norwood Johnstown, wed Davidson Herron, Pennsylvania amateur champion and former U S amateur champion. Ceremony at Third Presbyterian Church followed by a reception at Hotel Schenley. The couple met on Oakmont’s famed course where Herron claimed a great title after a run against Bobby Jones.
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Pittsburg
Snedal
Louise Johnstown
Norwood ‘Johnstown
Shady Avenue
Davidson Herron
Pennsylvania
United States
Third Presbyterian Church
Schdnley
Oakmont Country Club
Herron
Hilg
Bobby Jones
Oakmont
Board to Fix Site of Big Trap Shoot
Chicago January 7 Members of the general committee of the American Trapshooting Association will meet here tomorrow to award the grand American handicap tournament the premier classic of trap shooting and outline plans for the 1921 campaign. Officials said it was practically assured that the national championship at Bingle targets this season would be shot at 200 turrets instead of 300 and that the state championship shoots and the national championship will be placed on the same footing.
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Chicago
American Trapshooting Association
Trandom
Bingle
Tila
Fetzer Accepts UNC Post After NC State Departure
Chapel Hill January 6. Bill Fetzer resigns as athletic director at North Carolina State to take a similar position at the University of North Carolina. He arrived today. His brother Bob Fetzer will be assistant director and begin duties next fall.
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Chapel Hill, N
Binl" Fetzer
North Carolina State College
University of North Carolina
Bob” Fetzer
Chris Carlos Joins Stamos Cafe In Atlanta
Chris Carlos joins Stamos Cafe at 121 North Pryor Street with Pete Stamos and Charlie Mitchell. The veteran restaurant man brings years of Peachtree Street service to the new venture promising prompt efficient counter service and top quality Mocha coffee in a premier dining spot.
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Chris Carlos
Stamos Cafe
North Pryor Street
Gasios
Stamps Cafe
Asone
Atlante
Stamps
Charles Mitchéleux
Amos
Mati Carlos
Pete Stamos
Chris Betzes
Stamos
Vaudeville and film program highlight Atlanta theaters
The Lyric and Loew’s Grand present a week of top vaudeville acts headlined by The Man Hunt with a strong supporting bill. Highlights include Madalon and Paula Miller, Helen Staples, the Melodious Chaps, and Fred La Reine’s electric demonstration act. Howard Theater shows The Love Flower, While New York Sleeps, and other features.
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Lyric
B. F. Keith
Lyric Theater
Hugerie
Keith
Atlanta
Madalon
Paula Miller
Mala
Weiser
Reiser
Rews Christie
To Please One Woman at the Rialto
A silent film review notes Weber's production explores how far a man will go for love and the temptations of a vamp. It traces the Eve archetype from biblical myth to modern cinema, claiming the picture dramatizes women conquering expectations where armies failed.
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Weber
Ois Weber
The Life of the Party at Strand in five reel farce
The Life of the Party, a five reel farce starring Fatty and a plot about Fatty running for office, ends with a sentimental moment with the prettiest girl. It is praised as one of the funniest pictures in local theatres this season. Eyes of the Heart is another drama described as tense and wholesome with swift action.
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Sean
Roltil
Fatty Rong
Fernlar
Fatty Arbuckle
Irvin
Cobb
Saturday Evening Post
Fox
New Uniforms Mark Tech Baskets Opener At Auditorium
Tech begins its college cage season at the Auditorium facing Mercer. Coach Joe Bean steers a 25-man squad led by Al Staton with Jenks Wrigley and Howard at forward, Fraser at center, and freshmen to watch. Jimmy Brewster's ankle injury narrows the forward race, while new jerseys and a 1 dollar admission accompany a doubleheader with the freshmen and Y. MC IA.
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DY Wallace George
Yeon
Josh God
Mercer Quntet
Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jacket
Joe Bean
al Staton
Bully Mayer
Oscar Davis
Buck Flowers
Fraser
McIntyre
Armistead
Mercer
Wammy Brewster
Jimmy
Brewster
Neve
Jenks
Wrigley
Howard
Ulbby Fraser
Staton
Buck Ploweys
Oscar Da’vis
Fnte
al Fa An
Freshnion
MCIA
Columbua
Lexington Trotting Circuit Meets October 1 to 28
Lexington Kentucky announces the Grand Circuit meeting dates from October 1 to 28. The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association names a new president and secretary. The item notes a 76th birthday and a social event linked to political themes.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders
W. Williams
New Film Week Highlights Star Talent at Theaters
Mary Miles Minter delivers a remarkable performance at the 2 pene theater on holiday, with Viola Dana starring at the Cri theater in Black Mall a tale of intrigue and romance. The program features Dave Love’s Whispering serenades and Buster Keaton in The Scarecrow, offering a varied entertaining motion picture bill.
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Frank Dae
Margaret Nevyilla
Artiata
Wilbur
Girlie
Frank Rose
Olive Thorn
Yale
Brady
Mahoney
Bob
Prat
Ty Corinne Griffith
2 Pene Theater Onholiday
Weiter Filpy
Mary Miles Minter
Misa Minter
Viola Dana
Cri
Jaddirst
Chamberlala
Shen
Viola Dann
Dave Love
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