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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
11
The Southern league reduced rosters to the player and salary limit on May 14. By now all teams must be within the limits and carry minimal changes rest of the season. The race should settle with the best team prevailing.
The first golf tournament of the season in Atlanta starts Saturday at Capital City Country Club with the EH Inman Trophy qualifying round. Players will qualify by net scores and match rounds will use handicaps. Multiple flights will be played, with trophies for winners and runners up in each flight.
Chicago March 14 Jemen A Gilmore president of the Federal Baseball League denied reports of changes this year. He said there is nothing to the rumor of transferring the Kansas City team to Bellevue Kentucky opposite Cincinnati or to Cincinnati itself. He noted a Cincinnati report and a Kansas City transfer claim but stated no deal on a park would be closed today.
In Anniston Alabama on May 14, J F Edmondson resigned as president of the Anniston ball club at a directors meeting. Captain Lamar Jeffers was elected to succeed him, Edmondson having served last year and performed well. Jeffers has long aided Anniston's upbuilding, is a city council member, and captain of Company D of the Alabama National Guard.
Chicago May 14 Arguing for dissolution of the injunction restraining Pitcher Johnson from playing with the Kansas City Federals, counsel for the club made no mention of the reserve rule. Officials from the American League and Chicago Americans affidavits were read.
The Grant Park Athletic club will host a Lakewood dance tonight to raise funds for its baseball team in the Park Department league. Admission is 50 cents with ladies admitted free. Proceeds will help cover expenses for uniforms and related costs.
Doscher pitched the Crackers to a second straight victory over the Montgomery Billikens, 6 to 3, aided by timely hitting and solid defense. Long, Munch, and Doscher featured in key plays while Hollander and Baker provided offense for Montgomery, as Atlanta backed a steady mound effort and Bengal-fielding woes for the visitors.
The Atlanta Motordrome canceled its nightly motorcycle races for the rest of the week. Busy with Shriners entertainment, the management postponed events and planned to resume next Tuesday night with likely three races per week thereafter.
The sporting editor responds to reader queries on Detroit pennant hopes and player moves. Detroit may win if their pitchers stay healthy. Cavet’s status in Detroit remains uncertain. details on Joe Lake and Schwing with the Crackers are unclear. Robertson is with Birmingham and Gainey/Frank Laurie injury talk affects lineup. the Federal and Texas leagues are mentioned with limited clarity.
In a tight game Auburn edged Clemson 5 to 4. Batteries Goulden Browne for Clemson and Davist McNelil for Auburn. Umpire Goodman. game notes mention Friday and Saturday play and a passenger joke from Purple Cow.
The list covers today’s games in the Southern, National, American and other leagues. Teams like Montgomery, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, Mobile, Memphis, New Orleans, Albany, Augusta, Macon, Charleston, Columbia, Savannah, Chsh, Cleveland, Detroit, St Louis, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, and more are noted with matchups and locations across multiple circuits.
Amby McConnell, the Crackers' lively second baseman, is praised for brilliant play both in the field and at bat, showing more hustle than any player in the league to date.
Baseball scores and line notes from games featuring South Atlantic Indians, Foxes, and Savannah with inning by inning results and battery details. Umpires Pender and Moran noted. times range about 1:38 to 1:39.
Cincinnati outhits Boston and wins 6 to 4 as errors spark runs. Benton yanked with Herzog after disputing a call. Cubs blank Dodgers 5 to 0 as Vaughn holds Brooklyn to one hit. Giants top Pirates 4 to 3 on timely hits. Philadelphia edges St Louis 6 to 3 in fourteenth inning. Mayer and Perritt contribute.
Washington defeats Chicago in the tenth inning as Gandil singles and scores on Shank's double after Ayers and Scott dueling on the mound. Scott held Washington hitless through the final frames while Ayers worked for Chicago in a pitcher’s duel.
Tech and Georgia meet in the third game of their series at Grant Field at 3:30 this afternoon. Georgia won Friday 4 0 and Saturday 5 to 4, needing a win or a tie to claim the Georgia and Southern Intercollegiate titles, while Tech seeks to upset the Red and Black with strong pitching from Hitchcock and Corley and renewed batting.
Opelika defeated Talladega 253 to 7 in a slow game marked by wild pitching. Camp and Chambers led Opelika with home runs and multiple hits, while Newell stole home in the eighth. Pitching details note Hawkins and others, with Merrill umpiring in Talladega.
In the Georgia League Thomasville beat Valdosta 5 to 3 with a varied inning by inning line. Game details list pitchers Roth Dugioy and O'Brien with umpires Amerenis and Wergeross. Other scores show Waycross 3 Americus 18 innings, Cordele 28 Brunswick 8 with Payne Brtting and Reynolds among batters, and multiple line scores across teams including Brunawick and Cordele.
Buffalo edges Chicago 5 to 4 as Rae and Krapp lead a late rally. Batters list include Lange Fie Wilson for Buffalo. Krapp, Anderson also named. Pittsburgh, Kansas City games show varied innings and battery assignments across matchups. Brooklyn tops St Louis 4 to 2 with Willett Hartley Sea ton Land credited in a compact scoring card.
Virginia League results include Richya'd 6 North 2 and Winston-Salem 2 Cherteston 0. American Association shows Milwaukee 3 Louisville 2 and Cleveland 6 Minnesota 4. Western League lists Providence 2 Baltimore 13 and Rockford 9 Jersey City 2.
Georgia meets Tach at Grant Field while Auburn travels to Clemson and Tennessee hosts Mercer. Texas A&M faces Oklahoma State in Austin as hopeful teams chase conference wins.
In Hunstanton England on May 14 as Milas Gladys Ravenscroft and Miny Cecile Leitch won their semi final matches in the British women's golf championship. Ravenscroft faced Hurtel Dodd while Leitch defeated Milas Grant-Souls Fach by one up.
The Atlanta prep school baseball league semifinal games are scheduled for today. Marixt Tech faces High vy and Donald Fraser competes in the other semifinal, with winners advancing to the final.
Roanoke Virginia May 14 Day Day of Waynesboro won the southern handicap in the Interstate shoot breaking 86 targets of 100. George L Lyon of Durham NY captured the best gross score with 550 of 600 over the three days. The cup requires three wins for permanent possession, with a different winner each year for the past five years.
New York May 14 The United States Golf Association mails a warning letter to club secretaries. It notes borderline professionalism among amateurs and urges by law changes to define amateur status. It cites paid articles on shots, hotel freeboard for tournament ads, and images of clubs and balls as examples.
Greensboro May 14 Carl Ray of Winston-Salem pitched nine hitless innings against Charlotte to notch the first no hit game of the season in the North Sarafina league. Ray worked all nine frames allowing nohits, securing a standout performance for Winston-Salem today in Winston-Salem.
Galro High School handball team from Carte Georgia announces nine straight victories and claims the amateur championship of south Georgia. They seek games with any amateur team in the state. Contact Dut ton Singletarry in Caro Georgia.
Reinhardt College stopped Jasper with a 2 to 0 win on Tuesday afternoon in Waleska Georgia. The game produced one of the season’s fastest times and showcased Reinhardt’s solid offense and defense.
Buchanan Ga May 14 Special both Mr and Mrs TR Mothershed shot Sunday night at their Carrollton home are improving rapidly and will recover Aycock who shot himself afterward is also improving and doctors say he will recover
Jerome D Travers and other Americans contest the St George cup round at Sandwich England as prospects for the British amateur golf championship sharpen. Travers posted 87, tied for eighth with two others, while open champion Oumet and British amateur Harold Hinton posted 76 and 77 respectively amid strong winds and late scoring.
Fire in West Point Georgia damaged the Dad Baker Grocery company and adjacent tenants. The 10000 plus stock was destroyed. brick walls remained, with insurance partially covering losses. Firefighters prevented spread as merchants moved goods to safety. Eady Baker Grocery plans to resume in temporary quarters. Cause under investigation.
Griffin Georgia May 14 Specially Griffin's fame grows as one of the first men killed in the taking of Vera Cruz. Schumake was a farmer from Griffin. Also Colonel James Beckett, commander of United States troops in the Colorado strike region, a native of this city.
From May 13 to 17 inclusive, sleeping bar tickets must be bought when reservations are requested. Sleeping car diagrams will be at CITY TICKET OFFICES daily, May 13 to 17, at Georgia Railroad Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway Western and Atlantic Railroad Nobs Viaduct Place Louisville and Naghville Railroad 4 Peachtree Street Seaboard Airline Railway 85 Peachtree Street. Sleeping cartograms after p.m. will be at Union Passenger station ticket office.
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