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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1914
Page
10
Billy Evens presents Dick Jemison’s column on umpire decisions in baseball. The piece recalls clashes over rulings, crowds protesting calls, and a notable incident where Captain Anson of the Carriage Club and Clarke Griffith discuss a controversial safe call that changed the game. The narrative highlights the tension between home teams and visiting squads and a rare overrule.
The Georgia basketball team, debuting this season, defeated strong local rivals 47 to 20 as coach Howell Peacock used reserves. The lineup includes Peacock, Lester, Brand, Garter, Rawson, Crump, Rothschilds, Flournoy and Brown. The January through February slate lists games in Athens, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, and Columbus plus a northern trip to face North Carolina and South Carolina squads.
In Berlin on January 16 the budget committee rejected a proposal to appropriate 40 600 dollars for the Berlin Olympic games. Socialist deputies opposed the sum amid protests over government待遇 of workingmen groups. Polish deputies joined the adverse majority as Clemens Delbrueck defended the appropriation, with plans to reintroduce the measure in a plenary session.
Ten English polo players, four to be selected for the West Chester Cup team, will arrive May 8 in New York. A month later thirty seven polo ponies will follow from Spain for spring practice ahead of the June 9 games. Trainers expect the ponies to peak with ten days ashore before the matches to recover from sea voyage.
University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth athletic representatives signed a two year football alliance. The agreement calls for the 1914 game to be played on Franklin Field in Philadelphia and to alternate with Dartmouth’s site each year, contingent on continued cooperation between the schools.
James C Gilmore, president of the new Federal baseball league, aims to organize independent major league play. He has recruited top players from the National and American leagues as part of a battle against the existing National Baseball Commission.
New York reports proposed amendments to Amateur Athletic Union swimming rules. A board and delegates may adopt separate junior and senior championship classes, opening winter competition to all athletes and restricting the junior class to first time winners. Additional amendments address diving rules, record governance, a full list of dives with points, and scoring for outdoor and indoor championships.
London January 19 The Duke of Westminster’s Olympic fund committee will dispose of the funds collected and then resign. The committee aimed to raise 500000 through a national subscription, but the amount subscribed is less than 5000 and about half the premises are conditional. The committee has only 10500 on hand. A considerable amount has been used for expenses. The Amateur Athletic Association asked W Snox the American who trained the Canadian team for the Olympic games at Stockholm to be chief trainer of the British team for a term of three years.
Rogers Spring Tenn January 15 Fanny Okaw won the amateur derby of the All American Field Trial club. Union Town Bo Whitestone’s Beauty finished second, Armstrong’s Freddie third. Hickory Valley’s entry took fourth. Event ends the amateur races. next week Grand Junction Tenn may decide the national championship.
Oakland January 15 The Oakland Baseball club released pitcher Dwight Stone to Montgomery Alabama and pitcher Schwenk to Nashville Tennessee in the Southern League. Both players were purchased last year from St Louis Browns.
In St Louis BD Johnson, president of the American League, reports that 80 percent of league players have signed for the coming season. He provided the figure during a visit to the city, noting high early signings and plans for spring training.
Helen B. Cisen files a civil action in San Jose California seeking $155 from former Chicago White Sox first baseman Hal Chase. The complaint alleges a breach of a supposed agreement and asks for repayment of funds with interest, citing prior events and a claimed balance.
Only one of three Prep Basketball league games will be played this afternoon the Marist Peacock Fleet tilt at Peacock Fleet court. Marist showed strong form in prior game. Standings after opening games list Marist and Donald Fraser atop the table with records and percentages.
Atlanta basketball fans lose two key forwards as Willingham Smith and Tulu Forbes miss the Birmingham Athletic Club game next Saturday night. Smith has a dislocated shoulder keeping him out for two weeks. Forbes just took a new city job and declines absence. The lineup remains uncertain.
The Constitution notes many big league players signing multiyear deals for two or three years at higher salaries. President Gilmore says federals avoid bickering while players have already signed with majors. Brooklyn’s Wheat and Rucker reportedly signed three year contracts as clubs guard against federal competition.
At Pinehurst North Carolina January 15 R M Purves Woodland Massachusetts and Harold Slater Foxhill Long Island won semi finals to push toward the league title Purves defeated ER Memlock Foxhills 6 up 6 to play while Slater beat T A Ashley Woodland 2 up 2 to play Lister’s foe was Ashley Belmont C Dutton Belmont Massachusetts Plummer Springfield Massachusetts won first division semifinals and advance to tomorrow’s final
Flaws are being made for the first annual meeting and banquet of the Atlanta Convention Bureau to be held January 27 at the Winecoft hotel. Invitations will be mailed soon. Ivan TH Allen, president, will be teammaster. Speakers include Governor John D. Slaton, Mayor James G Woodward, Howell, Wilkinson, Senator Hoke Smith, Charles J Haden, Judge W T Newnan, and J P Letton.
January 15 in Duluth Mann reports the American curling team defeated the Canadian rinks 67 to 3 to win the international trophy feature of the Bonspiel. Officials announced the 1915 tournament will be held in Duluth the week of January 13.
Washington January 15 The national board for the promotion of rifle practice today decided to continue its shooting matches for the national trophy and other prizes biennially. The next matches will take place in 1918 at a time and place to be determined later.
Philadelphia January 15 Governor John Tener president of the National league declared that from present indications every club in the league will take the field with virtually the same personnel as last year after conferring with President Baker of the Philadelphia club. He said he believed the Phillies would not lose a player to the Federals except Knabe and noted officials are making rapid progress in signing contracts sent out later than usual.
New York January 13 Pueblo fireman Jim Flynn defeated Brooklyn heavyweight Jack Driscoll in the sixth round of a planned ten round bout Flynn weighed 168 pounds and Driscoll 178 pounds in the stoppage with Flynn delivering the decisive blows early in the sixth frame.
Indianapolis reports show Owen Bush, Detroit shortstop, declines local contract terms and refuses to sign, while George Paulch and Pat Baumann also delay. negotiations with the Federal League end as president Ilmore departs. Brooklyn signs Charles Stengel and Joseph Riecert to National League contracts. Tinker still unsigned. Four Brooklyn players secured contracts and other signings noted in Baltimore and New York updates.
At the Forsyth theater in Atlanta the engagement of J Hartley Sunners presents the youth comedy My Fort with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. The program includes Sophie Tucker and Franela McGinn with a strong supporting company. Next week Irish actor Owen McGiveney headlines with Hackett in a major sketch and The Cow Puncher is promoted alongside Eddie Black Stock.
The Universal production brings a new sensation to New York and major cities. Police reserves are deployed to manage crowds drawn by the film. Cast features familiar western stars and notable special effects. Showings planned daily at Hatton Grava starting Monday afternoon.
Americus Ga January 15 Speeches by Dr William Ainsworth of Macon and Woods White of Atlanta mark the launch of a five day whirlwind campaign. Two hundred business men and local speakers urged support to raise twenty five thousand dollars to liquidate indebtedness and restore the Americus Y M C A under new leadership.
Mrs Tanmer Edwards wife of J Carl Edwards of Copper Hill dies after a short illness. Survived by husband a daughter and parents Mr and Mrs GC Wallace of Atlanta GA. Siblings Mr Mid LM Sanford of London and Miss Nina Wildie plus brothers J Deck and Ralph Wallace, all of Atlanta. Body taken to Knoxville for interment.
John Hardiman, a performer in Van Cleave's sketch, sued for back wages claiming $1695 for silent parts and eight dollar weekly stipends. He filed in municipal court, attaching two donkeys Pete and Denver as exhibit A. The theater disrupted performances until the animals appeared and the case moved toward resolution.
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has asked 500 rural credit providers including bankers fertilizer dealers and commission merchants across the state for opinions on shifting farmer debts from the cotton picking season to three equal due dates in October January and April The aim is to reduce price pressures from harvest time and broaden cash flow for farmers while testing if such a credit adjustment could strengthen the cotton market and broaden growers options The chamber seeks consensus from those extending credit to assess practicality and impact on existing financial arrangements and market stability.
Prominent Columbus business leaders pledged 2500 dollars to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in ten minutes at a luncheon concluding with remarks by President Charles J Haden. Subscriptions were announced as rapidly as the total was reached and may rise to 2606 or 500 above the ask. Plunkett of the Southern railway announced the line will transfer all Georgia territory boll weevil experts to the chamber to fight the weevil, with 38 railroad staff now active in the effort.
A Charlotte bride and her groom, Walker of Walker, were married Thursday at the Ausley hotel in Atlanta. The groom, captain of the Arab Patrol of Oasis Temple, came to assist Shriners during a May convention buildup. The bride, Miss Adeline Chapman of Charleston, accompanied by relatives, begins a new life in Charlotte.
Tifton Ga January 13 Special a 45000 fire this afternoon at 5 oclock. No insurance carried on property. Building used as main exhibition hall for the Empire Garden midsummer fruit fairs burned. Losses include WH Tift property about 10000 value claimed, Golder Hardware about 2500 in machinery, Wit Spooner contractor tools around 1000, and building material owned by B Philips. Fire department prevented spread to nearby lots.
An advertisement from Jno L. Moore & Sons at 42 North Broad Street promotes Waterman Ideal Fountain Pens with a claim that the pen point and barrel seal consistently, inviting customers to try one.
Monroe Georgia January 16 four men stopped motorist Albert Peters two and a half miles south of Monroe on a rural road. They robbed him of valuables after a thorough search and cut a tire before allowing him to drive on. Public sentiment mounts and any summary justice would occur given the excitement over the incident.
In Baléwit County the ghost of Gig Bill Minor figures in a flood of testimony as Emma Widencamp sues insurers for $5900 over her husband Widencamp presumed drowned after an attempted escape from a prison farm. Convicts Samter and others testified about sightings and the boat accident that led to his death.
Englishman John Jislder, aged middle, ore committed death by his own action in the Pucpers home early Tuesday morning. He arranged four wash basins by his bed to channel blood from his wound, then cut his throat with a pocketknife after declaring enemies urged him to sever his head. He was found bleeding by roommates at about 2 am and died in the hospital later that afternoon.
In Valdosta on January 1 a hunter suffered an accidental wound while bird hunting. One eye was destroyed by a shot that penetrated the pupil and a neck wound was reported. He was taken to Bellevue sanitarium with injuries blamed on a miss by another hunter in a party of eight.
The Panama Canal study gains traction in public schools with geography lessons and cooperative clubs sourcing a book titled The Panama Canal by Dredric J. Yaskin, praised by Chief Engineer Goethals and President Wilson as a symbol of American ingenuity. The Atlanta Constitution distributes the work at cost to readers.
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