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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1905
Page
8
Partial readable lines reference a sale action and local officials but details are unclear. The garbled OCR mentions sewing, mills, and gain phrases, with no complete entities or dates to anchor a full summary.
The National Association prepared to try Griffiths amid a widening scandal involving club owners and league factions. Reportedly an alliance planned to fund a war chest and place Griffiths, Stallings, and others at the center of a manipulated plot to control Southern League teams and their players.
Box scores indicate yesterday Little Rock beat Memphis 8 to 4. Today’s schedule shows Shreveport in Atlanta and New Orleans in Birmingham with Memphis in Montgomery and Little Rock in Nashville.
National League notes say the homeless Mratea arrives in Atlanta for three games with Philadelphia and Chicago sweeping a recent series. Pirates, out of form in recent road trips, hope to improve as Smith and Barnum may get opportunities while Jordan stresses better hitting and reliable pitching to hold jobs.
The piece outlines Southern league players drafted or sold to Brooklyn, noting wages and deals. It mentions Melintyre, Cy Watt, Beecher, Wigs, and others, plus tales of Charlie Frank, Chief Joyner, and Atlanta’s franchise moves and rivalries. It covers scouting, money offers, and colorful anecdotes from Arkansas to New Orleans about Southern players and team bosses.
Memphis Tennessee July 30 Memphis lost a hard fought game in the ninth to Little Rock as Kitte Rock scored late. Two sensational catches by First Baseman Samms of the ballets highlighted the effort. Attendance 2,000. Detailed score shows two-base hits by Blake McGen Bender a home run by Hecker and other miscues amid erratic play. Umpire Shie. New York 6 Cincinnati. Cincinnati July 3 Poor base running and fielding cost Cincinnati as New York scored most of its runs. Attendance 15,960. First game St Louis 8 Boston 5. Second game St Louis 6 Boston 5. Brown Willis Young Moran Umpire Rem Kiem.
A brief humor exchange in The Yonkers Statesman mocks retirement ideas. Yeat asks if early retirement makes one healthy wealthy and wise, while Crmsorbeak doubts, noting there are things he would have avoided by retiring early.
Advertises round trip tickets from Atlanta on Saturdays to Lookout Mountain Tennessee Dalton Georgia and Monteagle Tennessee at low prices. Tickets are valid for return the following Monday. GAN Chase Harman G AL 4.10 ace.
A Detroit Free Press brief recalls a humorous dialogue where a proprietor asks how the applicant could be useful to an employment bureau and the shiftless job seeker replies that he is always out of work, highlighting a comic misunderstanding about filling positions.
Our dollar line has won a splendid reputation and is at its best now. Manhattan and other fine shirts offered in superb variety from 1.50 to 3.50. Pure Irish linen shirts in natural color with detached cuffs at 1.00. Full negligees of pink, blue and white pongee with cuffs and collars attached at 1.50.
Captain W J Heggie transfers stake in the Augusta baseball club to James F McGowan and other buyers. Transfer to take effect Wednesday. McGowan away from city. New owners praised as lovers of the game with strong means and intent to provide audience with quality baseball. Auto record smashed in Cape May as Walter Christie lowers the 120 horsepower car kilometer time to 26 seconds flat.
Joe Burke, former umpire in the Southern League, has been reinstated by President Kavanaugh. Burke received a telegram stating his reinstatement and directing him to report to Montgomery for duty tomorrow.
Saratoga crowds fill the track as leaders anticipate a record opening day for the Tacng season. The Baratoga handicap offers ten thousand dollars with top horses entered led by Ort Wells Molly Brant Tanya and Water Light as weather favors a strong showing.
A conference at the Aragon features Judge Kavanaugh and peers praising umpire Carpenter as top in the Southern League and recounting fish outings, bench fights, and clashes with Cox and other officials. The piece recalls Birmingham and Montgomery incidents and notes pressure to replace umpires amid rowdy crowds.
Georgia officials affirm the Georgia Auburn game will be held in Macon on Thanksgiving weekend rather than Atlanta. Negotiations between Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia led to a flexible plan allowing either city, with Macon winning the hosting bid for this season. Georgia also schedules Cumberland Clemson and Florida State, the latter canceled by state legislation. Tech and Georgia plan a late October meeting in Atlanta or Macon as part of the broader gridiron slate.
A clipped scene from The Chicago Beard-Herald describes discourse between a man and his sister about appearances and admiration. The narrative contrasts a jolly, pretty girl with a rigid, homely matron who controls the evening, leaving the husband paired with the latter.
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