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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1915
Page
12
New York July 12 the National League adopted a rule setting the player limit at twenty one for each club. The rule had been in abeyance since December and excludes suspended players from the disabled list while allowing flexibility to avoid crippling a club in play.
The article outlines that teams must maintain twenty one active members with a suspended player counted among them. Reinstatement requires national commission appeal. Transfers to disabled list must be certified within forty eight hours after injury. Disabled players cannot play in a championship game for at least ten consecutive days including injury day. President Tener notes this was the first regular monthly league conference.
G W Adair and his son Perry will represent the south at the Western Amateur, to be held at Cleveland Onio next Monday. They depart Atlanta Thursday, arrive Friday for two days of practice on the championship course.
Rick Woodward, Barons owner, offers a six weeks Cuba trip next spring as a pennant premium to spur Barons to win a second straight title. The Birmingham mogul funds innovations like the band and Florida training trips while seeking milder Florida weather for winter sessions. Woodward never played pro ball but captained MIT’s varsity team in college.
Pirates prevail in both games at Philadelphia on July 12 defeating Alphia 10 to 2 and 4 to 3. Beck homer and key hits spark opener rally. Mamaux strong in second win as Hinchman adds four doubles in nine at bats.
Poole's no hitter and ten strikeouts powered Dothan to a 1 0 win over Waycross with Attridge scoring on a walk, Poole's sacrifice and Burruss single. Valdosta defeated Thomasville 5 1 in a six run sixth inning, while Gainesville rallied past Brunswick 5 4 in the ninth after trailing.
Brooklyn defeated Buffalo 8 to 4 as Yale pitchers struggled early, allowing a nine run lead for the visitors. Hal Chase drove in Buffalo runs with a bases loaded triple in the sixth inning and scored again on a wild pitch. Batteries were Bluejacket Walker and Biman for Brooklyn with Ford Marshall LaFitte and lawn for Buffalo.
Cochran Ga July 1 Special Cochran defeated Dawson in a hard fought game 6 to 3 Willams wins his fourth game in eight days Corley pitched well but rugged support. Score by innings RHE Cochran 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 4 Dawson 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 Batteries Willams and Meehan Corley and Harper Umpire Barr
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Buchy and Juniper Compound as a solution for kidney and bladder weakness caused by uric acid. It asserts the product cleanses impurities, ends urinary symptoms, and cures diabetes, claiming it regulates kidneys and has helped thousands, with drug company supply prompts.
Columbia defeats Savannah 3 2 as Bernsen hits a game winning triple in the eighth. Crowell Finnegan fielding and Winston’s grab highlighted the win over Gardin and Connolly. Charleston blanks Augusta 8 0 behind Fillingim and Beoth with Bankston homering. Columbus tops Babies 3 0 as Redding shines. Macon wins 7 3 in 14 innings over Jacksonville.
The Father and Son golf tournament began Monday at Capital City Country Club with fourteen teams entered, forming two flights. Qualifying rounds produced pairings and preliminary scores, including JR Gray with J. Gray, and Tickey with Tickey among others as they head to semifinal rounds.
Monticello Georgia July 12 Monticello won 7 to 1 over Macon in the opening game of a three game series at the local diamond. Collier the Monticello pitcher fanned 16 batters and allowed two hits while issuing two walks. Cloverhouse lasted six hits and five strikeouts for the visitors. Tomorrow Battle will start for Monticello with Collier and Gibson behind the plate. Attendance 450.
Adairsville defeated Cartersville 14 to 3 after Cartersville recruited players, including a league pitcher, only to be exposed and driven from the box. Chilton pitched well and Satterfield contributed at the plate in a decisive win. Batteries Verner Bradley Joljaed Chilton Sandha.
In Newborn on July 12 a white woman, Mrs. J. W. Hendrix, wife of the former Newborn postmaster, was tried for disorderly conduct in the mayor's court and fined 10.70 or twenty days in jail. The trial drew sensational testimony and she announced she would not pay the fine but appeal to the city council.
Six tall indignant men in police court accused Buddy Lovejoy alias Sweet of sneaking into a Decatur street poolroom and flipping end when the pool players laid cigarettes on the table. They testified with burned lips as evidence and Buddy was fined $16.75.
Lyons July 12 Special The Toombs County commissioners have bought several thousand dollars of new road building machinery and with more than a hundred convicts the county's roads will be improved quickly. Sand-clay roads already extend from Lyons to the county line and work is expanding to crossroads and lesser highways. Superintendent J B Jonson is praised for a road system regarded as among the best in the state.
Dutlin Underwoon, 12 year old son of J. Q. Underwood, was seriously wounded when a pistol he had hidden in his playroom discharged during a tussle with another boy, William Tillery. The injury pierced his intestines in four places and he remains in Union Hospital in Dublin.
News from Savannah and Jacksonville dated July 12 details turpentine and rosin sales, receipts, shipments, and stock figures for several firms with prices and itemized lots. It lists A B and other price quotes, window glass and water waste values, dairy product notes from Chicago and St Louis markets, and general commodity movements across raw goods and dry goods sectors.
Rock Island Lines offers a folder detailing 42 popular routes to California Expositions with maps and an authentic hotel list with rates. The round trip from Atlanta costs 71.90, includes multiple trains and through cars, with both Expositions on one ticket at no extra cost. Contact Rock Island Travel Bureau, 411 Peters Building, Atlanta, Ga.
New York sugar futures show a steady close with centrifugal prices ranging from 4.93 to 4.88 and refined steady at 4.06 to 4.09. Details include various confectionery and sugar types. notable figures list January through December contracts with mixed quotes and monthly settlements.
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