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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1914
Page
13
The Atlanta Motordrome presents two programs tonight at 8:30. Nine races feature twelve riders on twelve top machines. Three 2 mile heats lead to a 2 mile final, three 3 mile heats lead to a 4 mile final, plus a special match and consolation race with details announced from the judges.
Georgia Military academy travels to Macon for a dual meet with Lanier High School. GM A won the Atlanta prep meet while Lanier captured the district title in Macon. Events include sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws, relays with coaches and judges named.
Baseball roundup shows Baltimore defeating Kansas City 3 to 2 with a rough array of innings and battery pairings. Other games include Indianapolis over Brooklyn and St Louis topping Buffalo, while Chicago routs Pittsburgh in a high scoring contest.
Baseball results show Americus 7, Thomasville 6 in seven innings with Pratt and Manchester on the battery for Americus. Brunswick outslugged by Valdosta 48 to 3, with Fillengem and Eubanks pairing for Brunswick. Waycross edged Valdosta 5 to 4 in a separate game, with Wick and Coveney handling the batteries. Games timed around 2:00 with umpires Cordele Collins and Gentle officiating.
Mobile results summarize a 5 to 2 victory over Atlanta pitcher Doscher. Townsend pitched well for Mobile with three hits from Kircher highlighted by a double. Lord hit a two run homer in the first and a solo shot in the third, while Bibel homered for Atlanta in the sixth.
In St Petersburg May 18 the tournament saw Gasker defeat Capablandca and Alechine beat Parrasch. Current scores: Lasker 11, Capablanaca 10 1 2, Alechina 9, Marshall 7 1 2, Tarrasch 7.
Southern League features Atlanta at Mobile Chattanooga at Nashville Memphis at Birmingham Albany at Columbia Macon at Savannah in a regional slate. American League matchups include Cleveland at Washington Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at New York Oakland at Boston. National League sees Boston at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis. Federal League games list Chicago at Bremen Kansas City at Baltimore Indianapolis at Brooklyn St Louis at Buffalo and Keane in Cordele plus Waycross at Allosta. Georgia League matches Anniston at Selma Newnan at Rome LaGrange at Goickal Talladega at Gadsden.
National Union baseball team hosts a tango dance Friday evening at Taft Hall for the team's benefit. Good music and dancing with the Jolly Four quartet as attraction. Big time assured. admission 50 cents, ladies free. Government produced 9,772,424,008 postage stamps last year.
Philadelphia defeated Chicago 3 to 1 in a pitchers battle as Bender and Russell held the opposing hitters. Philadelphia scored five of its six hits in the first and fifth innings and left one runner on base, while Russell pitched cleanly except for one error and did not issue a walk.
In a baseball scoreline from Macon Savannah, South Atlantic Indians beat Peaches 8 to 4. Batteries Lewis Bowden Caus ey Wilking Smith. Time 2 20.1 Umpire Luzon. Also Babies 4 Gamecocks 2 and Foxes 7 Tourista in separate innings reports with similar box details and umpires.
A compact digest lists scores across leagues including the Xtrsinia Norf'l Roan'ko and Richmond, with teams such as North Carolina Lean Greenab’r, Charl ie Raleigh, Asheville, Winston-Salem, and Cleveland, plus International and Texas League results for Buffalo Jersey City New York Toronto Baltimore Montreal, Providence Rochester and Galveston Waco Houston Austin Hearne’s rain effect.
Columbus May 13. United Mine Workers district No 6 sent orders declaring no strike by all coal miners in the area. Miners’ officials began paying weekly benefits to members as mines remained closed since recent administrator orders.
Boston defeated Pittsburg 4 to 1 in Pittsburg with two runs in the eighth aided by singles from James and Evers and a scoring sequence after Maranville’s out. McQuillan pitched the ninth as Boston added two more on Schmidt's single, Martin's walk, Gowdy's sacrifice, an error by Wagner, and a sacrifice fly by James. Also Chicago beat Philadelphia 4 to 2 behind Bresnahan, Vaughn, and Leach. Cardinals shut out Dodgers 3 to 0 with Sallee pitching and Magee and Miller producing the scoring. Reds defeated Giants 10 to 5 as Groh homered with two on base, while New York committed errors and Cincinnati used strong hitting to win.
President Wilson declined an invitation to speak at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. He told the Grand Army of the Republic committee that his appearance might be used for political effect and he preferred not to address the public this year.
Edited By. . DICK. JEMISON. In a pitchers duel between Formwalt and McLoughlin the opening game of the 1914 championship series ended 6 to 5. Wallace fanned eighteen of twenty seven Oakland outs while Melooughlin struck out fifteen Fermalt batters. Formwalt had five hits including a homer, and Oakland’s fielding was poor. Second game set for Wednesday at Brisbane Park with the same two pitchers. A later game at Brisbane Park features Edre wood versus Peeples, runners up in their leagues. Final: Formwalt 6 Oakland 5.
In Rome Georgia on May 1 the Rome and Newnan teams dueled ten innings in a rain of hits until darkness halted play. Howell homered for Newnan while Reidy and Bray each collected four hits for Rome in a high scorin g contest. Rome used three pitchers as the game stretched late.
In Savannah Georgia on May 18 a group of local sportsmen prepared to stage a cockfight across the Savannah River in South Carolina. They rowed a barge to midstream but were confronted by South Carolina officers and abandoned the plan. Mrs. T Weathersbee, secretary of the Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals, informed Governor Blease of the contemplated event.
The Giants from Atlanta meet Morris Brown University on the college campus at 5:90 this evening. The game aims to show if Atlanta’s colored community supports a colored league and season. Morris Brown is described as the strongest colored team in the north and will provide a solid workout for Atlanta’s squad.
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