Double Header Today as Crackers Face Champs at Ponce
Weather halted yesterday's game between Nashville and Atlanta. A 2:30 pm start is set for today with Crackers leading Champs in prior meetings five to three. Pitchers for Crackers include Johne Castleton and Atkins. for Champs, Perdue Duggan Kellum and Case. Scores show Crackers 43 runs to Champs 26, with Chicago-like totals across eight matchups.
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Nashville
Atlanta
Crackers
Champs
Johne
Castleton
Atkins
Wiebahn
Johns
Fisher
Maxwell
Perdue
Duggan
Kellum
Case
Volunteers
Weaver
Champa
Hite
Atlante
Standing of the Clubs Pennant Lost
Hat cleaning and reshaping service listed with Bunsey at 26% Whitehall.
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Pennant
Bunsey
Whitehall
Montgomery 12 Birmingham 2 in rain shortened opener
Montgomery defeats Birmingham 12 to 2 in a home opener called after eight innings due to rain. Dickson allowed nine hits for Birmingham before Molesworth replaced him in the fifth. Guese steady for Montgomery, 16 hits for the home team with two homers. Daley Rockenfield and Pepe homered for Montgomery.
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Climbers
Barons
Montgomery
Ala
Seri
Birmingham
Dickson
Molesworth
Manuel
Innning
Guese
Ab. R. H. Po
Ab. R. H. Po. A. E. Heniine
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DOT McGilvray
Enam
Persons
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White
Ellam
Pepe
Rockenfield
Fitzsimmons
Arkansas League Quits Attendance Too Small
Louisville isae July 8 Independence week proves bad for small southern ventures as the Arkansas Baseball League and a Paducah race meeting abandon season. League president Ridder cites a perpendicular drop in attendance with every team falling behind.
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Arkansas Baseball League
Paducah
Ridder
Jonesboro
Paduceh Mest
State Racing Commission
Kentucky
Augusta Defeats Jacksonville In Rain Delayed League Game
South Atlantic League report from Augusta shows Jacksonville and Augusta tied with a late rain interruption. Augusta wins 6 to 5 after the delay, two umpires absent and the game halted at the seventh inning. Batteries: Pierce Hannifan for Augusta and Carson Weaver Lee Roth for Jacksonville. Umpires Woodward and Reiss. Time 2 hours. Macon tops Columbia 1 to 0 in a cloudy, drizzly afternoon. Morse homers doubles pace Macon. Weems and Robinson secure the shutout for Macon with a 1 to 0 final. Umpire Van Syckle.
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Keen
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Augusta
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Columbia
Morse
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van Syckle
National League Giants Defeat Pirates 5 1 in New York
Giants top Pirates 5 to 1 as Willis Leever Wiltse and Sahjel hold and hit. Umpires Emilie and ODay. Philadelphia and Chicago games listed with scores 3 8. Doves beat Cardinals 10 6 and Boston 10 8 with varied batters and times. Cincinnati 9 Brooklyn 8 in a 2:02 affair.
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O'Day
Naps Rally Past Senators 3-2 In Tight Tilt
In Washington, Cleveland pushed ahead with a two run burst late. Falkenburg and Easterly allowed three runs to score while Johnson, Groom and Street finished for the Senators. Dumpires Egan and Evans.
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H. E. Cleveland
Washington
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Johnson
Fitzherbert Wins Advance Stakes at Sheepshead Bay
Fitzherbert led early and never headed to win the Advance Stakes by eight lengths over Hilarious at Sheepshead Bay. Jockey Junkey Power rode four winners. Crowley was suspended for rough riding. Race results list multiple stakes events and entries for a July meeting.
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Ketchel Faces Weight Gain For Sept Fight In New York
July 8 report from New York details two days of discussion on the Ketchel Papke bout with sport men arguing Ketchel should cease weight cutting and gain ten to twelve pounds by September to endure a longer contest. Papke exposed Ketchel’s weakness through heavy weight loss, and the piece notes Ketchel’s plans to counter by adding muscle for a longer match. It also notes in Butte that the Inter-Mountain Basball League ends the season due to poor support and high rail costs.
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Jack Johnson
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Baugh Wins in Alabama Golf Tourney Qualifiers
In Montgomery R H Bergh of Birmingham topped the qualifying round trophy with an 80 out and 38 in to lead the Alabama Golf Tourney, beating G C Oliver of Birmingham. In Macon GA the Sons of Veterans met to map plans for the annual reunion in Athens with W Lamar Williams returning as head.
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Sons of Veterans
Ality
Athens
W. Lamar Willams
Where They Play Today in Major Leagues
Southern League games list Nashville at Atlanta Ponce de Leon park two games first at 2:80 o'clock New Orleans at Memphis Little Rock at Mobile Birmingham at Montgomery 200th Atlantic League Columbus at Knoxville Columbia at Magon Savannah at Chattanooga Augusta at Jacksonville American League Philadelphia at Detroit Washington at Cleveland Boston at Chicago New York at St. Louis National League Pittsburgh at New York Chicago at Philadelphia St. Louis at Boston Cincinnati at Brooklyn
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National League
Armory Hall Promises Big Atlanta Card on July 13
Promoter Jarvis brings a major prize fight to Armory Hall in Atlanta on July 13 with two top contenders, Tommy Dugan of Detroit and Jack Bishop of Melbourne, Australia, set for ten rounds as the main event. Dugan headlines with a sharp jab and world of punishment tolerance, while Bishop boasts a record against Stew art and Bradley and stands six feet tall with a 76 inch reach. Also scheduled are Happy Trent and Knockemoffish in a ten round bout and a crowd pleasing battle royal to close the night.
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Principala
Tommy Dugan
Detroit
Mich
Jack Bishop
Melbourne
Australia
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Christensen
Jim Stewart
Fred Bradley
Klke
al Kubiak
Sandy Ferguson
Asui
Trent
Knockemofishl
Weather Today Brings Rain Across Valley and Cotton Belt
Heavy rains sweep the central valley and eastern cotton belt as a barometric low mood over southern Georgia and another low in the Mississippi valley feed showers. Nashville and Savannah report 3.38 inches. Atlanta drops twelve degrees with a 68 degree high and overcast skies. Intermittent rain marks the day at East Lake club house, as described by the Gopher.
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Moonlight golf row prompts committee action
A district committee aims to ban moonlight golf playing with a rule to meet at eleven sharp. The piece mocks lovers serenading loudly at night and notes conflict between a golf game and singing, arguing the two do not mix when people try to sleep.
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Inittee
Convicted Negro to Be Hanged in Washington Ga
Ed Fallin, condemned for the June murder of Robert Johnson of Washington, Ga, will be hanged tomorrow between 10 and 12. He admitted guilt and described entering Johnson’s home, killing him at the door, and retracing his steps in bare feet to mislead pursuing officers.
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Washington
Washington, Ga
Ed Fallin
Hd Fallin
Rober Johnson
Johnson
Weather Delays Tennis Tournament Scheduling Rounds
Rain postponed the tennis tournament by one day. Play resumes at 9:30 a.m. with many tentative pairings and matches listed. Players must report by 9:30, ready to begin, with matches called and 15 minutes allowed per game.
Joyner Chosen to Head Teachers in Denver Race
Denver, July 8. By a lead of six votes over its nearest competitor, J. Joyner of North Carolina was selected to head the teachers organization. The result signals a pivotal shift in leadership for the association and outlines future plans for statewide education advocacy.
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J. ¥. Joyner
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Nomination Committee Picks NEA President Candidate
Benjamin Blewett of St. Louis was named to the nominating committee for president of the National Education Association. Other officers elected include A. H. Chamberlain of California as treasurer, and L. M. Harvey of Wisconsin as first vice president, reelected.
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Benjamin Blewett
St. Louis
A. H. Chamberlain
California
L. MH. Harvey
Wisconsin
Mass Meeting In Interest Of Education At Bethel Church
An educational mass meeting under Morris Brown college Industrial department will be held at Big Bethel A M Y church corner Auburn avenue and Butler street. Dr James W Lee presides. Speakers include ex Governor W J Northen Dr H A Atkinson Rabbi David Marx and Bishop J S Flipper among others. The Bethel choir and colored Congregational church choir will perform. R O Stinson outlines plans claiming it will be one of the most interesting school events yet held.
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Terry McGovern Held as Crazy at Kings County Hospital
New York report says former featherweight champion Terry McGovern was committed by a Brooklyn magistrate to observation at Kings County Hospital after witnesses noted recent mental decline. If doctors approve after two weeks, he may be sent to an institution for treatment. His arrest followed a complaint by his wife Tolph Manning and A C Manning, of Manning & Manning in Butlers.
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Terry McGovern
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Boy Kills Father in Defense of Mother at Mansfeld Texas
Mansfeld Texas July 8 J S Lamb a prosperous farmer was stabbed to death by his son James Lamb during a family quarrel. Evidence from the preliminary examination before Justice Smith shows the boy struck the fatal blow in defense of his mother. Bond set at eight thousand dollars for the young Lamb who was released.
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