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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1916
Page
9
Atlanta manager Charles Frank says he will announce spring camp sites and four new players this week. He will decide on current players by the ten day waiver deadline and push for changes to speed up games including seven inning doubleheaders and stricter umpire powers.
The Auburn five under coach Mike Donahue will face Atlanta Athlone club in Atlanta next Saturday.
A fragmentary portrait of Mez Fletcher Reid a prominent English boxing patron and financier of the sport in the early nineteenth century notes his wealth athletic devotion and influence over champions like Jem Belter. It recalls hard living boxers and the era that helped shape Great Britain’s boxing history. Also mentions the 1893 bout where Hilly Smith KOed Australian Bills Edwards in New York on the fourteenth round.
S V D and Wesley Memorial basketball teams, champions of 1913 truston league, plan a three game series starting next Thursday with eight games each Thursday after. Both teams have strong followings and expect large crowds. Games start at 8:30 with 15 cent admission for gentlemen and five cents for ladies.
Fragments recount Frank Chance managing the New York Americans and Ty Cobb’s daring baserunning. Umpires Hildebrand and Mullaney are noted for close calls and playful banter about Cobb and other stars. Emphasis on reputations, decisions, and the clash of big league legends.
The article argues Cooperstown New York deserves recognition as baseball’s birthplace, citing Abner Doubleday’s early life there and the town’s historical role in developing the game. It notes Doubleday’s birthplace Ballston Spa, New York, and traces early rules and names of the sport.
In Chattanooga Tenn January 33 Special President Baugh of the Southern league announced that Pitcher Allen and Shortstop Bisland of Atlanta were awarded to Chattanooga via waivers from Birmingham. Crawford Johnson a Birmingham stockholder represented Chattanooga and pulled Allen from the Lookouts list. President Andrews says there will be no more local changes for a few weeks.
This year the Grand National steeplechase will not be run due to military use of the course at Aintree. Sousa leads the American Amateur Trapshooters Association. Milwaukee sportsmen propose a new clubhouse with two pools and symposiums, costing about 300000 dollars. Gibbons notes his sons will not pursue boxing. England appoints Captain Greer as director of the national stud. France Germany and Russia maintain government studs. Kansas City plans an amateur baseball league modeled after Cleveland Omaha St Louis Tacoma and others.
Veteran trainer Jack Moakley signs a ten year contract to coach Cornell track and cross country. Moakley joined Cornell seventeen years ago and during that period the university won six intercollegiate track meets and fourteen annual cross country meets.
Richmond Virginia January 23 Billy Smith former manager of the Atlanta Crackers will likely sign to manage Richmonds International league team Monday The local club has a five days option on his services and will answer at the league meeting in New York Monday Smith is almost certain for the berth.
The Clemson college baseball schedule is announced listing opponents and dates from March 27 to May 13. Games include West Virginia Wesleyan College Georgetown Auburn Furman Wofford The Citadel Trinity Trinity Trinity Trinity University of Georgia Trinity Trinity South Carolina at various sites including Clemson College and Greenville.
Yank O'Brien and Jake Abel will sign for a ten round bout in Atlanta today with promoter Harry Downey meeting managers to finalize articles and date. Downey will organize the card, aiming for a major local boxing event. Lotz predicts O'Brien can rise with a win over Adel.
The third series of city prep league games is scheduled for Friday afternoon. Matches include Boys High at Peacock GM and Al at Tech High.
Classified ad rates show six ordinary words per line with a per word flat charge. Advertisers must provide discontinuance in writing. The paper accepts no phone cancellations and will not be responsible for multiple insertion errors.
Courteous operators familiar with rates rules and classifications provide complete information. Telephone ads can be opened for accounts and published immediately or sent by mail or solicitor the same day. Every home has use for con want ads.
A jumble of lost and found notices listing items such as a Chinese handbag at Unitarian church and rewards for returns. Other notices reference a whitehall area auto part, a black fur trimmed muff, a wedding ring with keys, a diamond stud, a gray motor tube, and calls to Ivy or Pyrena to claim rewards at specific addresses.
An assortment of vintage classified lines lists beauty products and services. Items include a pimples beautifier, a cosmetic powder substitute, and a long lasting package. Also advertised are private sanitarium care for infants, a nurse and masseuse graduate offering massages, dressmaking lessons, and a hairdressing parlor with trimming and combing services.
Professional card listing partners Brewster Howell Dorsey Heyman with offices at 202 204 205 208 210 Hiner Building Atlanta Ga. Long distance numbers 102 3036 4025.
Sought are tool makers, pattern makers for wood and metal, die makers for heavy blanking and forming dies, working on automobile fenders radiators windshields. Reports require age, former employers, and earliest date available. Address Box Pair Constitution and Box F-15 Constitution for applications. Also barber college offering training with wages, location Mitchell Street.
A chaotic mix of classified line items offers sales positions in New York and the South, with appeals for experienced solicitors and canvassers. It lists firms such as Booker T. Washington memorial editions and various publishers seeking agents and sales staff, plus legal and miscellaneous study opportunities. Multiple locations and contact points appear, including Richmond, Atlanta, and Washington, with promises of commissions, salaries, and supplies.
A mixed set of old classifieds advertises job openings and courses in Atlanta. Listings include a female housekeeper position with daily tasks, a baby care helper, millinery courses at New York Millinery School and Ideal Millinery School, and government clerical work opportunities. Also notes employment agencies and shorthand instruction offerings.
Piano and other musical items offered for cash with quick sale. Advertisements mention piano, player piano, and rolls, with prices around 500 pounds. Listings request contact at Constitution, music and dancing notices. Potential buyers urged to act swiftly for bargains.
An advertisement note describes how Situation Wanted responses may be sent in within a week after an ad appears in The Constitution. It explains the service, how to prepare responses, and how to obtain special rates for Situation Wanted ads with advance payment and delivery at a Constitution office.
Numerous terse notices seek clerical and retail positions. entries include a male superintendent, a young man with banking and stenography skills, bookkeeper and manuscript work, and a female stenographer. addresses and box numbers indicate centralized classified pages for Constitution area.
Notices show multiple money to loan offers. W J Dibble lists 163 Summit Ivy 1620 3, 41 500 loan as first mortgage on real estate. Fourth National Bank Main Street advertises 61 ¢ balance. Alston 1203 Third National Bank building offers city property loans. C McGehee Jr 622 634 Empire Building seeks loans on improved real estate.
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