Much Slugging Tuesday Night at Dixie Athletic Club
Atlanta boxing fans are promised twenty eight rounds of slugging at the Dixie Athletic club Tuesday night in a show likely to be the venue’s last. Promoter arterias aims to move to a downtown hall for 2,500 seats, with battles from the preliminaries to the main event. Main bout features Battling Minor of Memphis vs Terry Nelson of Hattemeya, with Kid Young vs Al Smith and Kid Superior vs Foung Hearted among others in eight and four round bouts.
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Dixie Athletic Club
Arterias
Elb
Battling Minor
Memphis
Terry Nelson
Hattameya
Thrre
Kid Young
al Smith
Spider Britt
Kid Superior
Aua
Clemson Tigers to play Atlanta Athletic Club in Atlanta
The Clemson college basketball team meets the Atlanta Athletic Club Saturday night in Atlanta for their first appearance of this series in the city. Coach Dobson started the program at Clemson and is praised for his mastery and teaching ability in basketball.
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Atlanta Athletic Club
Tigers
Atlanta
Dobson
Dodson
Eight Basketball Games This Week Schedule
Fight games are listed across Fulton Atlanta and Juniority leagues this week. OD faces Wes ley, Im maculate Conception meets Westly House at Knights of Columbus, with midweek Fulton Teague and Atlanta fixtures.
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Atlanta
Wesley
Sealine
Immaculate Conception
Westly House Athletic Club
Knights of Columbus
Fulton Teague
Company
Barz
Agsogas
Bar
Cuban champion Capablanca extends winning run in chess Masters
Capablanca, the Cuban champion, won his sixth straight game in the American National Chess Masters tournament. He leads by half a point over Juto, who drew as Marshall faced him while Capablanca used his irregular defense against the queen's pawn opening. Janowski Morrison and Hates also won while Tenenwurser and Kupchik’s game remained unfinished late.
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S& Rubinstein
Capablanca
Srorent
Jute
Marshall
Janowski
Morrison
Hates
Liebenstein
Seapolen
Kline
Tenenwurser
Kupchik
Smithers alias Smith joins Crackers as third baseman
Wailie Smith, newly acquired by Manager Billy Smith from St. Louis Cardinals, is revealed to use the alias Smithers. The report traces his linked names Wallie Smith Wallace Smith and notes his Philadelphia residence with wife, plus a 1912 incident where he knocked an umpire unconscious.
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Billy Smith
St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball Puble
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Wallie Smith
Atlanta
Smithers
Wallies
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Smith
Philadelphia
St Smith
Cardinals
Mike Mowrey
Brick Owena
Owens
Atlanta to issue free scorecards at Ponce de Leon Park
The 1910s style feature will place attractive booklet scorecards at entrances for grand stand and bleacher fans. It will include last season batting, fielding, pitching and base running records, a complete Atlanta schedule, player photos, daily batting order, and scoring rules. Manager Billy Smith and Billy Sands will oversee the scorecard, replacing the old cardboard version.
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Ponce de Leon
Atlanta
Mane
Billy Smith
Billy Sands
Honey Boy Evans Donates Southern League Batting Cup
Chattanooga Tenn January 26 Special The friendship of George Honey Boy Evans for Kid Elberfeld longtime Chattanooga manager led to Evans offering a silver cup for the Southern league batting champion. Evans will present the trophy to President Kavanaugh with rules for eligibility likely requiring at least 100 games played.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
George Honey Boy Evans
Kid Elberfeld
Chattanooga
Evans
Batsaman
Chattanoogan
Kavanaugh
Negro Mass Meeting Held Sunday Night
A strong turnout gathered at Radcliffe Memorial church for a Negro Mass Meeting led by Dr. Marten MecH Hull. Speakers urged moral improvement and personal responsibility, with Rev. Wootn Alvander substituting for Bishop Turner. The Atlanta Normal and Industrial School requested $260 to secure their deed amid rain and a large crowd, while several white attendees were present and few liberal contributions were received.
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Marten Mech
Hull
Dalene
Sond
W. Foote
Fante & Davies Printing
WwikHam Berd
MB Timbe
Dusky Little Yegs Held for Burglaries
A 16 year old boy and another youth were arrested after detectives Webb Bullard Vickery and Janvby traced a string of robberies. The pair, Mikeates and Hay Colbert of Sah Auburn avenue, confessed and led officers to Klein's store at Auburn and Piedmont Mrs Buchanan's Millinery at Edgewood and Jackson and Sampte's store at Edgewood and Piedmont, with loot totaling between 500 and 600 dollars.
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Bullard
Vickery
Jlanvby
Mikeates
Hay Colbert
Sah
Auburn Avenue
Bogweins
Klein
Carave
Auburn Avene
Piedmont
Engineer Sam Farris Says He Blew Whistle
Cartersville Ga January 2 Miss Carolyn Lan Rose was killed near there on November 34. Engineer Sam Farris told the jury he did blow his whistle but did not slow the train in time to stop. Du Bose testified he heard no sound of an approaching train.
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Cartersville
Speleiahj
Sam Farris
Carolyn Lan Rose
Farris
Mr. Farris
Mr. du Bose
Modern Meaning of Patriarchal Picture Sermon at First Presbyterian
Dr K Walker spoke on Modern Meanings in Patriarchal Pictures at the First Presbyterian Church. He analyzed Terah the father of Abraham, noting Terah’s starting failures stemmed from youth and pagan habits. Walker urged young men to begin rightly, rely on God, and build a life to reach a good old age.
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Drlkugh K. Walker
First Presbyterian Church
Terah
Dr. Walker
Abraham
Canaan
Cansan
Forsuch
Gladstone
Ife
Four Candidates Seek U S Senate Seat in Arkansas
Four candidates announced bids for the United States Senate seat to follow the late Jeg Davis. For the full term Governor Jan T Robinson associate justice W L Birhy Stephen Brundidge and Hal Nerwood seek the six year term. For the short term W M Kavanaugh David L King and T C Jobe contend. GOP supporters predict a first ballot win while others warn of a deadlock.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Jeg? Davis
Arkansas
Jan T. Robinson
WL. Birhy
State Supreme Court
Stephen Brundidge
Hal Nerwood
W. M. Kavanaugh
David L King
Sharp County
T. C. Jobe
Hempstead County
Robinson
One on Solomon and a Maid with Dishes
A witty exchange features Perry Solomon puzzled by a man with a maid and Mrs Perry Well remarking he would be more excited by a maid with a new set of dishes referenced in a light social column.
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Solomon
Perry
Solomon Himeself
Crackers Shuffle Bench to Break Hoodoo
The Crackers bench will move this season as manager Bly Smith believes the current site is cursed. Past seasons at the castle near the bleachers and at Atlanta on the road brought poor finishes, injuries, and misfortune for key players. The plan is to place the home bench where the visiting bench stood last season to restore pennant-winning conditions.
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Crackers
Bly Smith
Bills
Bill
Atelanta
Roy Castleton
George Winters
Georgia Quintet in the Carolinas Schedule
The University of Georgia basketball team will tour the Carolinas this week with games against Wake Forest Trinity Charlotte and South Carolina. The trip includes stops in Winston-Salem Durham Charlotte and Columbia with action on Wednesday through Saturday.
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University of Georgia
Carolinas
Wake Forest
Trinity
Durham
Charlotte
South Carolina
Columbia
Theaters Goings On Eddie Fay at Atlanta Open
Eddie Fay and his Broadway company open at the Atlanta theater with the musical farce Over the River. Cast praised by Werba Duencher. Grand hosts vaudeville headliners Mabelle Adams Grace Hazard Fred Dunnez Tom Davies Trio Bobbe and Dale Cortez Wherence Arika Japs. Lyric has Where the Trail Divides with Ifon Lander. Forsyth presents Isle of and daily matinees with 10 cent prices. George Evans Minstrels at the Atlanta Thursday to Saturday with Cicero Didimus Jones and General Woof Woof. seats go on sale.
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Atlanta
Fay
Werba & Duencher
Keith
Tom Davies
Bobbe and Dale
Cortez
Wherence
Arika Japs
Forsyth
Isle of
George Evans
George E Vang
Honey Boy
Evans
Cicero Didimus Jones
The Men Who Are Opening Up Alaska
Extract from Belmore Browne’s The Coadguest of Mr McKinney describes three Wells brothers and a partner Coffier prospecting to Broad Pass. They freight winter supplies and plan to winter in a distant interior range, using rifles and fish lines to survive. They expect to raft to a frontier post when food runs low and await the railroad to boost value of embryonic mines.
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Alaskan Range
Alaska
Tales of the Diamond Humorous and Otherwise
Baseball veterans reflect on managers who overlook young talent and the chances stars lost by dismissing hopeful players. A rookie pitcher proves doubters wrong in a pivotal game, revealing the cost of undervaluing promising talent and the oddity of a kitchen hire tied to the manager’s view of the umpire crew.
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Lilly Evans
W. G. Evans
Connie Mack
John McGraw
Clarke Griffith
Hughey Jennings
Walter Johnston
Ed Walsh
Ty Cobb
Joe Jackson
Fians Wagner
Garry Dorle
Rubes Marquard
Wrough
Umpire Jim Johnstone Recalls 1906 Cubs Giants Series
National League umpire Jim Johnstone recalls the 1906 pennant race showdown between the Cubs and Giants. He describes tense decisions, McGraw’s ejection, a near riot after a Cubs win, and disputes over officiating leading to forfeited games and a strained ballpark atmosphere in New York.
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Jim Johnstone
National League
W. G. Evans
Cubs
Giants
New York
Chance
Bob Emilie
Bob
McGraw
Algo Arthur Devlin
Devlin
Navin Willing To Boost Cobb's Salary For 1913
Detroit January 21 Tyrus Raymond Cobb star of the club may receive a 12000 dollar salary for the 1913 season while Navin refuses a 15000 dollar three year demand. Mutual friends expect Cobb to accept 12000 for one season as terms are settled.
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Mich
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Navin
Cobb
Schedule Arranged for Southern League Meeting
Chattanooga Tenn January 24 Southern league schedule committee adjourned without details until reports to a late February league meeting in Chattanooga. The text also includes an excerpt from the February issue of the Womans Home Companion about the Housewives league of 500000 women using market reports to lower living costs and compare meat prices, plus a classroom exchange about lamb chops and a student query about math problems.
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