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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1914
Page
14
Retired captain George Mathews of Titzgirald succeeds isa Porter of Li Paso Texas as last to captain the team. Previous captains Bach Held men.
Arthur Schwind returns to a squad delayed by poor weather and late-arriving players. Brith reports the field improving, the public invited daily to watch practice, and manager Smuth Gathielder pushing workouts to ready the team for an exhibition game against the Louisville Colonels on March 16.
The article recounts Harev Hedgepath, 23, who pitched a two game double header with only one hit allowed, establishing a world pitching record on August 18, 1913 in Petersburg. It follows his early career from Fayetteville amateurs to Elon College and UNC, notes his 1913 Virginia State League rise, later sale to Washington Americans, and mentions contemporaneous police raids on a pool room in San Francisco.
Boxing at Harry Statens club on the Viaduct featured mismatches and humorous excuses. Billy Hooper stopped Desie Kad in four rounds while Jack Monahan fouled Bithng Jones in the fourth. Young Jackson knocked out Shirkey in the second, but the crowd left unhappy at the weak matchmaking.
An all star boxing treat comes to the Columbia tomorrow night featuring Kid Young a top 122 pounder in the south against Jack Gold in a ten round bout Eddie Collins faces Jack WaMahon in a renewed rivalry while Joe Turner meets Kid Wonder in a four round bout The winner earns a date with Happy Joe Irent next week and fans can expect a lively program with several fights on the bill
The Public School League will hold its second meeting on Wednesday at 3 00 pm at 119 Peachtree Street. All teams wishing to enter should attend this gathering.
London March 3 Bombardier Wells the former British champion knocked out Bandaman Blake, the middleweight champion, in the fourth round of a twenty round bout. Blake had never been defeated and was viewed as England's white hope for the world heavyweight title. At the weigh in Blake weighed 28 pounds less than Wells.
Frank Chance, manager of the New York Americ an team, began active practice in Houston Texas as Shuee expects to have Ins men ready. Seven billiard competitors enter the national class A 182 balk amateur championship at the Argantent Bilford club in New York with matches starting March 9.
Robert Stokes of Moultrie has been named captain of Emory College's 1915 baseball squad. The selection followed a team election held last night at the annual banquet hosted by Coach George P Shingler Jr. Stokes, a tackle on the class football team, earns this honor after three seasons of varsity play.
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