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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1913
Page
13
Whiffs Witex Alpermanns falter and Whitey is missed as captain Wallie Smith moves to second base with Frank Manush at hot corner. Gulls gain edge while Browns cap a rapid rise and the league buzzes about changes and potential, hoping for a pennant bid.
Spokane reporter Jules Papps, a hard hitting flyer on the Spokane Northwestern league baseball team, has been sold to the Pittsburgh Nationals for 3000 dollars. Other notes: teams listed across Southern, South Atlantic, American, and Empire State leagues with matchups noted in shorthand.
Atlanta outlasted Mobile 6 5 in a nine inning game with Wallop Smith delivering a decisive homer and Robertson and Starr supplying key triples. Mobile led early, but Atlanta pulled ahead in the fourth and seventh, holding on after a tense finish as Cavet and Thompson were worked by both lineups.
George Brickley, 19 year old brother of Harvard star Charles Buckles, reported to the Philadelphia American League team today. If Oldring is out, Brickley may get a chance to play in the outfield as illness confines Oldring to team doctor orders.
Washington pitcher Mitchell and Alexander Hoehling held the visitors to a string of eleven straight wins as Cardinia defeated the Senators 4 to 1. Pratt, Roo, Williams and Lien contributed early runs while Borhilnes and defensive play preserved the lead. Postponed games noted elsewhere.
A garbled OCR of yesterday's Southern and other leagues shows numerous team names and scattered scores such as Mobile 4 Avanta 3, Albany 3 Columbus 2, St Leal 9 Tibeton 4, and Opelika 0, with many unreadable fragments and inconsistent punctuation. The piece reads like a round up of results without coherent structure.
Captain Alpermann of the Atlanta Crackers is in Mobile Hospital after an appendicitis operation performed Monday noon. The team plans to suspend him for the season with pay, naming Wallace Smith as field captain. Bailey suffers a rib fracture, adding to the Crackers injury woes as Love and Holz join in Mobile to bolster the lineup.
National League recap shows Philadelphia beating Pittsburgh 4 to 2 with Seaton pitching well after Camnitz starter struggle. Adams relieved, Beane and others rattled the Pirates’ hurlers in scattered innings. final line 4-2 Phila, Camnitz tagged for four runs, Adams to relief. Umpires: Alger and Byron.
Maurice McLoughlin defeated Charles Dixon 8-6 6-3 6-2 at Wimbledon to give the United States a 3 2 lead in the Davis Cup final. The victory, marked by a dazzling serving display, followed earlier American wins in singles and doubles and capped a historic competition featuring seven nations.
In a 3 to 2 Albany win over Columbus, a late rally featured a catch by Kearne and costly errors by both sides. The game, played in the afternoon, shows scattered scoring with errors affecting each innings, and a final 3-2 score after 9 innings.
Americas defeated Brunswick 13 to 5 with a 6 9 3 6 9 3 scoring pattern. Thomasville edged Mordele 15 to 1 with Roth and Dudley combining for pitching. Valdosta beat Waycross 4 to 3 after a late rally, with Vaughan and Pierre handling the batteries and Um pire Gentle umpiring in Cordele.
In LaGrange on July 28 Gadsden beat LaGrange 6 to 0 as Krentz and Frentz pitched well for Gadsden. Beasley led LaGrange with steady contact but fell short against strong defense. Batteries Bassley Billingsley for Gadsden and Szentz Jorda for LaGrange. Other games saw Opelika and Talladega compete, with Opelika losing 2 to 0 and 4 to 1 in doubleheader style scoring.
Chicago July 28 An unwritten rule supported by umpires declaring a batter out for sliding into first base was upheld by President Chivington of the American association There is no time gained by sliding and in first base where the runner need not dodge a tag the glide only raises dust that fades the play from the umpire
Betsill, a right handed pitcher and batter, 31, 175 pounds, was sold from Asheville of the North Carolina league to the Detroit club of the American league. He had been with Asheville since the season start and earlier played briefly for Spartanburg. The sale price was not disclosed.
Organizing for a big polo match at Fort McPherson with Governor and Mrs Slaton as guests. Each team has four sponsors from the younger set and Colonel John C Xan Orsdale will throw the ball, Colonel Cathew Yorkston will referee. Music by Company M Glee Club, mounted tug of war on horses, and moving pictures to be shown in local theaters soon after.
Chicago July 28 John Strachan and Clarence Griffin, making their grass debut, advanced through two rounds each in the western championship at Onnetsla. They faced strong opposition yet Strachan showed deeper capability than his fellow townsman Griffin in the early stages.
Manager Chance of the New York Americans announces the purchase of Quttlelder Cook from the Austin club and Bitcher Coones from the Butte club. Cooney to join immediately, Cook reporting later. Washington v Madison opens series with three games tomorrow. Madison boasting a strong ball team with 32 games played and only six losses.
Vitt, second baseman for the Detroit American League club, remains seriously ill with a grip. His physician said his condition is not yet critical and recovery is expected, likely keeping him out of baseball until fall.
Union City defeated Company K of the Seventeenth Infantry by 7 to 0 at Union City on July 28. Patton pitched and struck out 13 with 4 walks, while Slater’s bat sparked the soldiers. Moore also fanned four with one walk. Union City has played about fifteen games and lost only two.
A thirty minute team race headlines the motordrome program with six events and a half hour limit to prevent dominant riders from staying on track. The Marathon’s 24 miles in 19 minutes 17 seconds offers a yardstick for pace as teams vie while alternates may be tapped to avoid continuous riding. Six heats include match races Glenn versus Luther and a half hour team race with Graves Schwartz Lockner Shielda Richards Luther Lewis Fene and Glenn among competitors.
The Sporting Editor questions care and records in a confused note about monlie’s twenty games pitched and seventeen wins, seven shutouts, and a world record claim for a single day. He wonders if a duplicate performance would merit a new entry in the record books.
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