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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1915
Page
2
Bill Smith of the Crackers returns to Atlanta today after weeks away to take charge of team affairs for the season. He faces a busy schedule arranging contracts and logistics while overseeing field improvements at Ponce and handling player relations as he assembles a core roster before practice begins.
Tonight at the Montgomery Billiard Parlors William E B Baker of St Louis will play a 100 balls match with Brady Skelton manager of the Montgomery parlors. Afterward Baker will show his fancy shots. Tuesday at 3 30 pm the Montgomery begins a pool tournament for eight players with 25 15 10 dollars prizes.
The Mercer university basketball team will play the Grant Athletic club quintet in a return game here next Saturday night. The two teams met at Macon last Saturday night.
A second class football series is planned at Georgia Tech for next Saturday afternoon with a double header. The first game starts at 1 30 oclock and the schedule includes Juniors versus Seniors and Sophomores against Subs.
The Constitution reports the reception of the Police Gazette Sporting Annual for 1915. This pocket record of all events in sportdom can be secured from Richard K. Fox Publishing Co. in New York City for 10 cents.
After a lapse of several seasons Mercer University and the University of Georgia will resume athletic relations. Mercer basketball will meet Georgia in Athens on a night to be set and a return game will be played in Macon later. Baseball and football teams from both schools are also to meet, completing the resumption.
Rival bantamweights King Merman and Johnny Lygers have finished training for a 10 round bout at the Bijou theater tomorrow night. Merman vows to win the bantamweight title this year, while Eggers and Kelly also promise hard-fought showdowns. The card includes Superior vs Williams and Coyeleskie vs Sober, with tickets selling fast at Rex and local outlets.
The Atlanta prep school basketball league schedules two rounds this week. Tuesday features Peacock at G M A and Tech High at Douald Fraser, while Friday offers Marist at G M A and Donald Wraser at Boys High. Also ads note a men’s golf tournament in Pinehurst starting Monday January 11.
Statesboro Ga January 10 Special Statesboro reports a bold daylight robbery at the W H Ellis company drug store between noon and 2 pm as the proprietor dined entry came through a rear window bars. About 75 dollars was taken a jewelry box was broken but little was removed money was recovered in several places including the cash register desk drawers and two safe boxes police are investigating but there is no clue to the thief
The Atlanta Athletic Club basketball team will face Vanderbilt University Commodores on Friday night. Vanderbilt is known for a strong formid able college quintet, and the game was moved from Saturday to Friday to accommodate the Commodores due to schedule conflicts.
Mike Snyder emerges as Chicago’s new lightweight contender with six pro bouts, defeating respected names like O Keefe and Gallager. He mirrors Charlie White in style yet fights nonstop, avoiding stalls, while White mentors him and aims to pit him against top rivals at 135 to 138 pounds.
The finance committee plans a tentative expenditure sheet to cover a 13060 deficit, eliminating items from the comptroller, with hearings from the public and departments to follow. The freight rates committee seeks 1000 to gather data for a railroad commission petition against Georgia Railway and Power. Councilman Hall says a resolution authorizing spending will be proposed, awaiting council approval.
A former dancing master turned preacher, Rev Charles Dunaway, denounces modern ideas in Atlanta in a vigorous sermon at the old Baptist Tabernacle. He rails at self styled Christians, critiquing politics, theater going, and education while urging revival and moral restraint amid city concerns and salary debates.
Holmes Industrial Institute president B. R. Holmes tells St James A M E church crowd that more than 3,000 colored children in Atlanta cannot enter public schools due to crowding and lack of funds for books and clothing. Rev J W Sangster supports efforts to reduce crime through schooling. Rev J Al Hadley notes colored churches align with city to curb crime and closing blind ghettos.
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