Waves of sports events promise busy tennis and fights
A busy week looms with Southern tennis, invitation golf in multiple cities, two world boxing title fights, and doubleheader baseball on Fourth of July. Wolgast and Johnson appear strong favorites to retain belts, while Rivers may upset Wolgast and Flynn. Philadelphia Athletica vs Boston Red Sox fight for pennant heats up as Barons of Birmingham seek Southern League dominance. The Crackers show power with five straight home wins, Dawson plots movie tours for his Indy car, and star pitchers Smith Wagher Odell and Walsh ripple through leagues as Hal Chase seeks divorce.
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Wolgast
Johnson
Aegiea
Rivers
Flynn
Philadelphia Athletica
Boston Red Sox
Mack
Gulls and Billies Battle At Ponce Park This Week
Mique Finn and his Mobile Gulls visit Ponce de Leon park for afternoon and evening games today and again on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday features morning and afternoon games with the Montgomery Billikens, then singles on Friday and Saturday. Ex Cracker Al Dema ree leads the Gulls with Al O Dell at third as Buck Becker eyes debut. Alabama listed players and a probable batting order accompany the preview of a four game set against the Crackers new and old teammates.
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Mique Finn
Gulls
Ponce de Leon Park
Montgomery Billikens
Crackers
al Demaree
al O'Dell
Galle
al Fo
Big al
Montgomery Hillikene
Earl Sykes
Harry Johns
Piggy Palme
Birmingham
New Orleans
Mobile
Atlanta
Maroney
Callahan
Starr
Alperman
O'Dell
Bailey
Yesterday's baseball results across leagues
Yesterday's results show Southern League Mobile 2 Montgomery 1 Memphis 2 Nashville 1 Memphis 3 Nashville 5 New Orleans 0 New Orleans 6 Birmingham 4 National League Pittsburg 7 Chicago 4 Cincinnati St Louis 4 American League Chicago 12 Detroit 6 Detroit 11 Chicago 9 St Louis 6 Cleveland 4 Cleveland 15 St Louis American Association Columbus 10 Indianapolis 4 Columbus 5 Indianapolis 3 Minneapolis 18 Kansas City 4 Minneapolis 13 Kansas City 4 Louisville 4 Toledo 3 St Paul 8 Milwaukee 2 St Paul 2 Milwaukee 4 International Newark 5 Montreal 2 Rochester 7 Jersey City 4 Providence 9 Buffalo 4 Texan Beaumont 4 Houston 2 Galveston 3 San Antonio 2 Allan 4 Austin 2 Waco 3 Fort Worth L.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Memphis
Nashville
Birmingham
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Cleveland
American Association
Columbus
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Mineapolis
Loitaville
Toledo
Louisville
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Questions Answered In Mike Balenti Batting Average
Sporting editor explains that a catcher’s mishandled ball on a wild throw allows the batter to advance as on a wild pitch. The ruling mirrors a pitcher’s wild pitch on the fourth ball, so the batter may take bases to reach on base.
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Dick Jemison
the Constitution
Mike Balenti
EF. M. Mis
Tick Jemison
Sporting Editor
Fltcher
Ne An
Cc. H. Smith
Barons Dominate Home and Away Batting and Fielding Leaders
Dick Jemison reports the Birmingham Barons lead the Southern League in home game win percentage at .583, ahead of New Orleans at .566. Montgomery tops home batting with .279, Birmingham second at .271. Mobile leads home fielding at .963, Montgomery next at .960. The Crackers trail in home wins and sit last at home, while leading on the road include Barons with .688 away wins and Chattanooga strong in away fielding at .971. The data covers games through Thursday, June.
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Dick Jemison
Birmingham Barons
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Crackers
Barons
Chattanooga
Montgomery Invitation Golf Tourney Begins Thursday
The Montgomery Golf and Country Club invites golfers for an annual invitation tournament starting July 4 and running through the week. Southern players are expected, with local notables like G. W. Adair and W. R. Tichenor among those likely to attend. more names may join the list the next day.
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Montgomery Invitation
Montgomery
Demaree Fans Twenty In Eighteen Inning Duel
Mobile defeats Montgomery 2 to 1 in an eighteen inning marathon as Demaree fanned twenty and Maloney homered to win. Paige pitched superbly for Montgomery, Maloney added a three bagger and two singles, game lasted 3 hours 25 minutes, second game called off.
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AL Demaree
Piggy Paige
Mobile
Ala
Montgomery
Maloney
Demaree
Paige
Po A. Maloney
Starr
Walsh
Jacobson
Kn Wei
Paulet
Ea Ee
Gardella
Dunn
Re Oh. Po
Grangle
Ware
Elberfeld
Ziwert
Sykes
Qribbees
McAllister
R. Mobite
Hrrora
Elderfield
Wacrifice
Elwert
Demeree
Demarao
Southern Tennis Tourneé Starts This Week At A A C
The twenty fifth annual southern championship tennis tournament opens Monday July 1 at the Atlanta Athletic Club with men’s singles and doubles, ladies’ singles, mixed doubles, and a consolation event. Entry fees are two dollars for singles and one fifty for other events.
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Atlanta Athletic Club
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
U.S.N. Lta
Conrad B. Doyle
Nat Thornton
Atlanta
T. R. Pell
Chicago
Stary Fe Wright
Ditson
Southern Lawn Tennis Association
C. ¥. Smith
Walton
Frank H Reynolds
Start Matches Today for Cunningham Cup
Play commences today in four flights of the W. W. Cunningham golf trophy with rounds due by July 7. First Flight features W Griffith against Dick Jeminon and others including T J McGill, W R Tichenor, G W Adair, HG Scott, and V Rainwater. Second Flight includes R A Palmer, A Doonan, C Thornton, H C Moore, Hammond, Lippold, Adair, Barnett, and Holland. Third Flight matches list EK Neer vs J Q Burton, Cunningham vs Hopkins, and several others. Fourth Flight pairs include B Jones Jr against L Ingram and G Ottley against R Adair.
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W. Griffith
Dick Jeminon
T. J. McGill
T. D. B. J. A. Hammond
F. Rogers
G. Lippold
F. Adair
Brown
HE. Barnett
Angier
Dr. F. Holland
EK Neer
J. Q. Burton
B. Martin
Where They Play Today in Southern and Other Leagues
Southern League matchups include Mobile at Atlanta, Ponce de Leon at Birmingham in Chattanooga, Montgomery at Nashville, New Orleans at Memphis, Albany at Columbia, Columbus at Savannah, Jacksonville at Macon, Boston at New York, Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Chicago at Pittsburgh, St Louis at Cincinnati, and American League games with Chicago at St Louis, Cleveland at Detroit, Philadelphia at Washington, and New York at Boston.
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Memphis
de Orlesna
Chattanooga i Ae
Mobile
As Ate
Atlanta Montgomery
Nashville
South Atlantic
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Columbia
Jacksonville
Maroni
Albany
CLURS
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Leyte
Batona
American Leerue
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Clias
Boston
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Washington
Cleveland
Detrott
St Tnule
Moble
Atlanta
Ponce de Con
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Montgomery
New Orleans
National League
Pittsburg
St. Louie
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
1897 1905- TODAY IN BASEBALL SUMMARY OF EVENTS
A compact chronicle by George L. Moreland listing notable baseball events by year from 1882 to 1911. Highlights include first American Association umpires in 1882, Gore’s two homers in 1889, Sockalexis five hits in a game the same year, 1901 13-13 tie between Washington and Philadelphia, 1902 Waddell fanning 13 in nine innings, 1904 unassisted double play by Fielder Jones, 1905 Owen wins two games for White Sox, 1907 Highlanders 16 15 over Washington, 1910 White Sox Park dedication, and 1911 Josh Devore in New York game.
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George L. Moreland
American Association
George Gore
New York Giants
Henry Boyle
Indianapolis
Sockalexis
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Philadelphia
Rube Waddell
Athletics
Baltimores
Gene Ford
Highlanders
Naps
Frank Owen
Chicago White Sox
Dugeleby
Sutthoff
Caldwell
Phillies
Bostons
New York Highlanders
White Sox Park
Chicago
Browns
Sex
Petty
Walsh
Josh
Devore
Grand Prix de Paris won by outsider Houll
Houll the bay colt from Achille-Fould wins the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamps in a rain soaked 1 mile 7 furlongs. Count Lemarois Wagram II finishes second, De Vries third, Amoureux fourth as Boull and Wagram II held long odds. Twenty one entries contested the classic worth 73000 dollars with Houll prevailing by one length.
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Paris
Achille-Fould
Houll
Count Lemarois
Wagram IF
Baron Gourgaud
de Vries
Belmont
Amoureux
Boull
Wagram IL
Devries
Longchamps
Hoult
Reda leads Reds past Cardinals 7 4 in Cincinnati league tilt
In Cincinnati on June 30 Sallee pitched tightly for the Reds, delivering a timely hit to back a seven to four win over St Louis. Hoblitzer belted a seventh inning homer with two on to seal the victory as Cincinnati totaled seven runs on eleven hits. Umpires Rigler and Fineman. Time one hour forty five minutes.
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Sallee
St. Louis
Hoblitzer
R. HE
Wingo
Sages
Clarke
Rigler
Finneman
Pirates
Cubs
Chicago
Pittsburg
Richie
Adams
Hendrix
Zimmerman
Wagner
X. H. E. Pittsburg
Gibson
Archer
Klem
Bush
Baltimore Defeats Washington Americans 8 to 6 in League Game
Baltimore defeated the Washington Americans 8 to 6 in an International League match played today. The Orioles collected six hits, four doubles, and an error led to seven runs in the fourth inning.
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Baltimore
Washington
Baltimore International League Club
Washington Americans
Socale
What She Wants From The Detroit Free-Press
A short satirical exchange depicts a woman desiring a fashionable home, asking for a modern style with a living room large enough to feel chilly and a compact kitchen unable to cook well, highlighting a humorous clash of tastes.
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Detroit Free-Press
Atlanta baseball notes on Johnson Rusie and early 1913 outlook
Sporting Editor writes on the Johnson Rusie comparison, noting debate among fans and insiders. Mentions Hobby Wallace Jack OConnor Duke Farrell and McGraw's Rube, plus Atlanta’s improved infield and pitching hopes for a strong season ahead as autumn nears. June 29 1913 Atlanta.
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Atlanta Constitution
Maine
Texas
Johnson
Rosie
Amos
Hobby Wallace
Jack O'Connor
St. Louis Browns
Rusie
Cleveland
St. Louis
Duke” Farrell
McGraw
Rube
Giants
McGlilicuddy
Atlanta
L. Atlanta
Lurline Leads Trans-Pacific Yacht Race to Honolulu
The yacht Lurline from San Pedro California arrived in Honolulu leading its three rivals in the biennial trans-Pacific race from San Pedro to this port on June 30.
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Lurline
Honolulu
Lurlne
San Pere
Cal
San Pedro
Turtles Win Two For Memphis In Nashville Series
Memphis pulled two wins over Nashville in Memphis, scoring 2 1 and 9 3. The first game featured a pitchers duel with Kissinger facing Barr and both runs for Memphis coming in the eighth. The second game was ragged, Memphis scoring early, Nashville tying in the seventh, then Memphis pulling away in the eighth due to poor pitching and fielding. box scores follow.
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Turtles
Memphis
Tenn
Nashville
Kissinger
Barr
Barons
Pelicans
New Orleans
New Orleana
Birmingham
Boyd
Browns and Browns Tie Naps in Doubleheader Split
St Louis and Cleveland split a doubleheader with St Louis taking the first 6 4 and Cleveland winning 15 1 in the second as Adams struggled and Mitchell led Cleveland. White Sox crush Tigers 12 0 and 11 to even series before rain delay. New Orleans and Birmingham split a ragged twin bill with Birmingham winning 5 0 and New Orleans taking 6 4.
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Naps Browns
St. Louis
Cleveland
Adama
Seore
Mitchell
O'Neil
Adams
Nelson
Kritchell
Hart
Connolly
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Works
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Mogridge
Jordan
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Sullivan
Willet
Onslow
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