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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
10
Fort Smith reports a world bantam title bout set for late March between Japanese champion Jap After and challenger Young Togo. Togo rose after six rounds with Batting Nelson, backing grows for him in the title bid.
The piece discusses Connie Mack trading star Joe Jackson in 1910 to obtain veteran Lord, a move that secured the Philadelphia Athletics a pennant and world championship. It notes Mack’s pattern of trading youth or aging players for immediate help, citing earlier deals like 1907 with Jimmy Collins and Jack Knight, which boosted contention though not always pennants.
Fuzzy Woodruff warns the Colubian League’s ban on park peanuts risks derailing the national pastime, likening it to the game’s oldest traditions. He cites Cy Young, Julius Caesar, and Harry Wolverton trades as examples of bold moves shaping baseball history while Philadelphia papers debate Mack, Dooin, and McGraw amid the season’s looming stakes.
Mobile Alabama YMCA basketball manager Warren Christian issues a formal challenge to Birmingham Athletic Club for a neutral‑court contest to decide southern champion. He proposes Montgomery as venue and Saturday night play, aiming to settle who is the better team after Birmingham claims title through wins over Columbus, Georgia.
Chicago physicists Blamed for flabby posture and widening waistlines. Delany of the Chicago Athletic Association notes rising fat with business success leads to dropped arches and flat feet. White of the Illinois Athletic Club adds fewer than six percent of business men are symmetrically developed, linking mental strength to physical weakness.
Martin Walsh, brother of Ed Walsh, signed by the Crackers yesterday. He adds to the Crackers reserve list, now at thirty one, and is described as a spitball pitcher. He played for Norfolk in the Virginia League last season, posting 12‑11 in 23 games with a .622 winning percentage, and hit .292 in 75 games in 1911. Walsh joined after a long trade negotiation and strengthens Atlanta’s pitching staff to eleven men.
New York February 29. Columbia University outlines a 20 game schedule with southern institutions. The lineup includes St John Rutgers Georgetown Annapolis Roanoke Washington and Lee Amherst Dartmouth Stevens Institute New York University Lehigh Fayette Boston Trinity Lafayette Maryland Army Cornell Penn New York University again.
Frank A. Gotch, world heavyweight wrestling champion, and Mrs Gotch stay several days at the Piedmont hotel in Atlanta on their return from a Caribbean honeymoon. They visited Jacksonville Saint Augustine Miami and Key West en route home. Gotch, in good shape, says he will likely not wrestle again as he has defeated all top rivals. He owns a ranch in his hometown and enjoys farm life for now.
A compiled list recounts famous misplays and blunders in baseball history. The items include traded players, missed touches, wild pitches, and miscalls involving Cubs, Reds, Browns, Giants, Mets, and others, highlighting notable errors and cheap shots across eras.
Trainer Harry Wolverton and J. J. Mulcahy arrive in Atlanta to organize plans for the New York Americans main body arriving Sunday. They will inspect Ponce de Leon park for a clubhouse and prepare the injured course area. Hal Chase, veteran first baseman and last year’s manager, will lead the squad leaving New York Saturday. Newspaper men accompany the team to report games. The squad starts work at Ponce de Leon Monday morning.
Grantland Rice, a Southern League writer, is in Atlanta ahead of the New York Americans spring training. He will cover their stay for readers of the Evening Mail. The piece promotes advertising value and cites Frank McCabe and Edward Earl as examples of ads changing fortunes. To be continued.
Staten announces a twenty rounds card at his Steiner-Bimery building venue featuring Kreider versus Cregar in a ten round main bout, Lee versus Caras in a preliminary, and Eddie Allen against Frankie McNabb in four rounds plus a battle royal opening at 8 30. Caras from Cleveland challenges local favorite Charlie Lee, while Kreider known as Geor gia's White Hope fights Cregar of Memphis who has a Ketchel past. The show aims to attract a big crowd with two big men headlining and a lively battle royal to start the evening. Curtain rises at 8 30.
The Cleveland team of the Arier l tan League departs for Mobile for three weeks of training followed by dates in New Orleans and other stops. Manager Davis leads a 21-man party including pitchers Kaler James Krapp De Mott Sweitzer and catchers Livingston O Neil Adama Talbot Wasterly Fisher with Swindell Sternook Mitchell joining later.
Cincinnati Reds arrive in Columbus on a Sunday night for spring practice at the Columbus ball club grounds. Players are limbering up with a focus on developing hidden talents as a vigorous try-out session unfolds behind the scenes.
The issue highlights the annual statement of the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association, the world’s largest Negro insurance company, with gross assets of 130,109.27 and a policyholder protection balance of 116,109.27. An increase of about 20,000 over last year is noted, with W. B. Matthews representing the company in this state after previously serving as a principal at a local Negro school.
A Collist’s Weekly meditation argues that true advancement starts with play. Pleasure free activity restores energy and health, spanning walks, rowing, gardening, sailing, and wood chopping. It laments adults neglecting play, urging learning by example to keep minds and bodies vibrant and free from disease.
A newlywed couple and a friend aboard a train plunged into a tunnel with no light. Returning to daylight, the bridegroom was caught in a tense moment while the friend, embarrassed, blurted the first thing that came to mind. A large sum, $2,000,000, is mentioned in the overheard remark.
An elderly veteran born in 1810 recalls service in the Seminole Wars near Tampa, Civil War service around Chickamauga and Atlanta, and later life with his children in Stockbridge. He describes assisting Widow Alexander, cotton picking, and memories of Captain Gorman being wounded. He seeks word to his youngest daughter and son-in-law Joe Plunkett, hoping they locate him.
The article reports a dramatic Five Points chase involving suspect Samuel E Harris who provided little verifiable ID and claimed Lake Charles Louisiana as his origin. Police say 120 North Pryor Street is not valid. Harris denies guilt as others report multiple pocket thefts near Decatur and Pryor streets, with victims citing two men matching Harris’s description.
Monte Carlo February 8 Jeannot Carpentier the French weight champion knocked out Jim Sullivan the English boxer and former middleweight champion of the world in the second round of a fight for the middleweight championship of Europe.
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