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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1913
Page
3
Tech students paraded through downtown after a victory celebration in Athens. Their band led a line with signs and fireworks, carrying a Georgia effigy and college songs echoed across the streetfront by the Piedmont hotel before a concluding burning of Georgia effigy.
The article explains No Rim Cut tires have about 10 percent extra air capacity over hooked-base clinchers. It reports average oversize around 16.7 percent, yielding roughly one sixth more air capacity without extra cost, while 23 percent of clincher tires become rim-cut.
W. B. Stalnaker of the Chicago Motor Club and Premier rep in LaGrange, noted for a year of daily trips, inspires his son John to publish a LaGrange Gazette mini paper with ad copy praising Premier features. The item also reports on Ed Walsh, Teddy Edwards, and Goodyear tires, plus Cadillac miracle fire recovery and Ford sales projections, ending with southern district prize news and a Marietta dealer appointment.
In the Empire State League Valdosta defeated Cordele 2 to 1 with a late rally in the final innings. In Georgia action Thomasville edged Brunswick 3 to 2 after eleven innings in a tight, well-pitched contest. Waycross took its third straight by beating Americus 5 to 2.
Naomi Carter Darden wife of E T Darden held by court order to stay in state with their four children Naomi 12 ET Jr 10 Reaney 8 and Emma 3. Darden sought permanent injunction claiming wife planned to move them to Vermont and court set May 17 for permanent ruling.
Friday marked the third day of evidence in Fulton Superior Court in the cases of B. 2 Skipper et al and Matthew Delaney et al against the Guarantee Trust and Banking Company. A petition for receivership is under consideration, and the case likely will not be completed before next week.
Minneapolis, Linn, May 10. A 14 year old boy, Ernest Locke, was lured into a vacant house by a man described as the meanest hold up man in Minneapolis. At gunpoint the boy sang Casey at the Bat as the robber took his watch and fled. Ernest told police he repeated Casey four times at the moment of the theft.
Flames driven by a strong northwest wind destroyed property on both sides of a street in Boston area. The Mystic River section in Charlestown reported damage. overall losses were estimated around 260 thousand dollars. Factory plants of Export Lumber and Atlantic Sugar Refining were affected, with sections ransacked and working disruptions noted.
In the thirty-ninth Kentucky Derby Donerall, ridden by Goose, surged from behind to overtake Ten Point at the wire and win by two lengths. Gowell and Wells filled the money spots as fans enjoyed a record field of eight starters and a popular free-field spectacle. Donerall, owned by T. P. Hayes, clocked 3:04 4 5 for the mile and a quarter with pari mutuel payouts of 284.90 and 2.50 for Ten Point.
Berkeley May 10 A new Intercollegiate record in the 110 meters hurdles was posted today by Fred Kelly of the University of Southern California at the Pacific Coast Conference meet. His time of 15 seconds flat ties Forrest Smithson’s world record and exceeds A B Shaw’s 1908 Dartmouth mark by one fifth of a second.
Sewanee and Cumberland battled in Sewanee Tenn May 10 with Gordon driving in three runs in the eighth to tie the game before a 9 train delay ended play. Eliot fanned eleven as Sewanee scored three in the final frame to win the abbreviated contest 8 to 3.
In Gordon Georgia on May 10 GM C beat Gordon 4 to 3 in an exciting contest. Second baseman Little misplayed a throw allowing a run in the fifth, while Ellison hit a two run homer in the sixth. Gordon battled back with a late rally but McCord and Holland shut the door to preserve the win.
Readable segments show Harvard athletes facing discipline and field challenges as record-breaking hopes fade. Officials and coaches cite footing and weather factors while senior performers struggle to maintain pace.
A fragment notes a 22 yard dash event linked to a place called In the Stret. The wording is unclear but identifies a sprint context and a specific distance. Further readable details are not present to confirm participants or exact location.
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