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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
13
The report highlights Carl Thompson suffering a booting by the Memphis Turtles yet expected to rebound and win more games. It notes speckled feats by Clark Griffiths, Rube Marquard, and Joe Cobb, with team shifts involving Mike Fin’s resignation and Montgomery’s league status, plus infield adjustments boosting the Yanks.
Herbert Caldwell recounts a Memphis game where Carl Thompson tiring after seven innings allowed Atlanta to fall behind as the Turtles exploded for runs in the seventh and eighth. Love hit a pivotal homer and Shanley, Abstein, and Snell produced key hits while Manush stole bases and scored. The Shawnee Riverside clash ends 11 to 2 for Memphis in a vivid, period-voice recap of a high-scoring ballpark victory.
Appalachian League games include Mottown 5 Bristol 4 and Middlesboro 11 Rome, with Asheville 4 Wing B 1 and Durham 7 Roanoke 7 Norfolk 2. International League features Toronto 6 Jerney G 6 Newark and Buffalo 2 Rochester 1. American Association shows St Paul 2 Columbus 0 and Minneapolis 8 Louisville 0. Texas League reports Fort Worth 2 Galton 2 and Austin 1 San Antonio 2% with Dulac B Beaumont 4 Waco 5.
Boston manager O L Blanton announced two ball games will be held Friday afternoon in Moultrie between the home team and the Moultrie nine. The event targets local fans in Boston Ga. on July 23.
Gilbert Price leaves for Montgomery to rejoin the Crackers after suspension lifted. He will likely start Saturday against the Billikens as he contends he did not know the reason for his earlier suspension.
Gadsden shut out Talladega 4 to 0 as Robertson was removed after wild pitches in the fourth. Warner and Richards starred in the field. In Anniston, Stevenson pitched well as Anniston beat LaGrange 9 to 8 in a high scoring game. Opelika edged Newnan 1 to 0 after a late rainy finish, Cantley and Bane on the mound for Opelika.
Newborn Ga July 2X Special-hew horn defeated the Seventeenth Infantry from Fort McPherson here today by a score of 2 to 41. It was a pitchers battle from start to finish as Zickeruinn led the Mentorn boys crusing up to the seventh when one safely Jacaced two runs.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce interurban railway development committee proposed extending the Dike One line from Anderson to Atlanta. President Wilmer L Moore announced the plan at a Capital City club meeting, urging action and coordination with Duke lines and Anderson’s chamber. Members present were Holling W Randolph, P S Arkwright, Frederick Paxon, and Pred Lewis.
The Guinette county farmers institute met in Duluth with State College of Agriculture. About 1800 locals attended a Georgia barbecue by Duluth merchants. Twenty sheep and eight cows provided excess meat. Dr William Burson spoke on good livestock, noting Georgia’s population rise and stock decline. Other speakers included Professors Down Hatton and Stockbridge.
Buffain N July 24 Childs driver of Leita J won the 214 pace first event on the grand circuit card at Fort Grie this afternoon was fined 269 and pools were laid off The Assecxor and Blue Lina were equal favorites in the pools Geers won the first heat Blue Line won the second and third heats Testa J took the fourth fifth and sixth heats Childs was fined and pools declared off The King George V stake 1000 purse for 16 trotters was won in straight heats on the Lexington mares Tenare driven by Benyon Tenare outsold Uncle Bit Cheney won two heats in the Queen City stake for 2 year olds Cascade was the favorite but erratic and refused to stay on his feet.
Mobile Alabama July 23 Spratt a former Montgomery and Alabama Cotton States league player has been sold by manager Schwartz to the Nashville club. He will report to New Orleans Baumgardner to be benched.
Motorcycle races delayed again by weather concerns. Organizers expect clear skies Friday for practice at Marathon distance as riders test machines and aim to break track records with London motors tuned by Jack McNeil.
Sporting editor questions are garbled with stray names such as Zach Wheat Jake Daubert and Tris Speaker. The piece asks about championship aims, players Avanto Agier Price and Duna, and the whereabouts of Wild El Donovan from Chicago, amid a chaotic international league context.
Veteran pairs led by W A Larned and BC Weight win to reach the fourth round of the Eastern doubles championship. Wright and Larned beat HC Johnson and E H Whitney 8 6g 28 8-2 as other doubles results include Harte and Caner, Touchard and Washburn, Niles and Dabney, and Bishop. In singles, Clothier and Gardner win their Longwood cup fourth round matches.
The Crackers, led by Joe Conzelman or George Clark, travel to Montgomery to open a three game series with the top rated Billikens. Dobbs’s club seeks the pennant as Kilmer Brown and the Billikens push toward the league twirling honors. The trip continues to Mobile for four games, then a road swing to Chattanooga, Nashville, and Birmingham before returning home for a nine game stretch.
Philadelphia exploded for eight runs as Bender and Thomas combined on the mound to beat St Louis 8 to 4. Lavin singled and scored on Shottens double with a wild pitch plating another run. Baumgardner relieved Hamilton after the seventh, while Bailey provided late relief for St Louis. Umpires Hynan and Sheridan.
Charleston defeats Columbus 5 to 0 as Charleston scores 6 runs across the first two innings and adds two more in the ninth. McCormack struggled for Columbus while Woolfe and Me Cormack were stingy in relief. Umpire Barr presided.
Ambiguous OCR text lists many cities and leagues such as Southern Leade Atlanta, Nashville, Mobile, Birmingham, Memphis, South Atlantic League, National League, American League, Empire State League, and scattered team names. The fragment mentions Charleston, Columbus, Albany, Savannah, Cincinnati, Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, York, Chicago, and Valdosta with several garbled spellings, offering no coherent event or outcome to summarize.
Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 18 to 8 in a July 23 game. Don Brown used eight pitchers with some pulled for pinch hitters as Chicago built a big lead. Philadelphia rallied briefly but fell short. Batteries Cheney Humphries Needham for the Cubs and Marshall Imlay Chalmers Rizey Brennan Hawley for the Phillies. Time 2:15. Umpires Kem and Orth.
In Cordele two no hit games occurred with Wiss and Valdosta duels. Batteries Jordan Coveney and Eubanks paired as pitchers with long innings and varied scoring across morning and afternoon games. Umpire listed as Derrick and other details include teams Valdosta Thomasville and Americus with final tallies.
Boston reports the Harvard track team will be coached for two years by W E Donovan and J Frey Powers with Alfred J Shrubb directing. Donavan and Powers signed two year contracts while Shrubb agreed to a one year term.
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