SIAA muddle harms college baseball title claims
The S I A A muddle leaves three top teams Georgia Alabama and Clemson with the strongest claims yet no clear winner emerges as defeats by Mercer Auburn Alabama Sewanee and Vanderbilt muddy the field. Alabama gains a better percentage with a Georgia defeat but overall no definitive champion exists. Meanwhile track progress at the Motordrome nears completion and Atlanta sports notes report on schedules players and condition of key figures including Whitey and Sack Coomus.
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Red Smith welcomes daughter Margaret Douglas in Atlanta
Brooklyn Dodgers star J. Carlisle Red Smith, famed as a powerful third baseman, reports the birth of his daughter in Atlanta. Announcement cards were sent to local friends noting the christening of Margaret Douglas.
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Cracker Bats Edge Rain Suspended Turtles 11 6
In a rain interrupted game, the Cracker team defeated the Memphis Turtles 11 to 6 on Ladies' Day. Chapple pitched excellent for the Crackers supporting a sharp offense with Whitey White and Bisland delivering key hits. Rain halted play twice. Cracker singles piled up during five innings while Chapple held the Turtle bats in check.
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Memphis Turtles
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Crackers
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Cap Whitey
Bisland
Brunswick Edges Valdosta 4 1 In Empire State League
Brunswick used strong defense and Cates pitching to defeat Valdosta 4 1. Valdosta scored in the first but Brunswick answered with three runs in the first inning and held on. Batteries Cates and Wite Tillman and Pierce. Waycross 9 Cordele 4. Americus routs Thomasville 15 2 with Werner strong on mound.
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Andy Roth
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Boys' High v Peacock Prep Championship Trial
A city prep school championship game is set this afternoon at Peacock school. Boys High and Peacock meet in a decisive tilt that could decide the pennant, with the winner gaining the lead in the standings.
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Lipton Challenge Accepted for America's Cup races
London May 20 The New York Yacht Club cabled acceptance of Sir Thomas Lipton s challenge for the America's Cup races to be sailed in September 1914 under NYYC rules. Lipton calls acceptance a victory and notes potential towing issues before the voyage. The NYYC says races will proceed under current measurement, time allowance and racing rules with certain class rating exceptions.
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Formwalt and Edgewood to settle public school title
Formwalt school and Edgewood school meet this afternoon at Marist college grounds to decide Atlanta public school baseball championship. It is the third game of the series with Formwalt leading two games to none. Fans from both sides are expected to fill the stands as schools and supporters rally behind their pennant winners.
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Foxes 3, Peaches 2 in Macon. Columbus tops Macon 3-2
Macon at home fell to Columbus 3 to 2 after Pryseck starred with a one handed grab a hit and two stolen bases Baumgardner Kraus and Krebs also produced in a tense game. Albany lost 7 to 1 at Savannah Bremmerhoff homered for Albany while Charleston edged Jacksonville 1 to 0 in ten innings with Foxen and Kipp delivering the decisive plays
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Australian tennis players arrive for ten days practice in Boston
Boston May 20 The Australian team led by Captain Stanley M Coupt and including Horace Rice Aubrey Jones and manager E W Hicks arrived for ten days of practice at Longwood Cricket Club. Later in the week the American side led by Maurice McLoughlin Norris Williams H H Hackett and R D Little will appear for exhibition matches. Each side will have a chance to see the other in action ten days before the first international matches.
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Maurice ©. McLoughlin
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Norris Williams
Philadelphia
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R. D. Little
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Tigers 8 Phillies 7 in 10 innings at Detroit
Tigerno and Philadelpia played a high scoring game with Detroit taking an 8 7 lead in the 10th after Gobb doubled on a misplayed ball and Brown drew a base on balls before the winning run. Batteries Houel Brown Lapp Klawitter Lake Stanage time 2 29 umpires Connelly Mc Geavey.
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Where They Play Today Southern League schedule summary
Southern League games feature Memphis at Albany with Puasa de Leon as site, Mobile at Birmingham, New Orleans at Nashville, Montgomery at Chattanooga, and Savannah at Albany. Georgia Alabama League matchups include Talladega at Opelika and Anniston at Newnan, plus Gataden at LaGrange. College games list Yale, Brown, Harvard, Pilgrims in Cambridge and other pairings across several campuses.
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Puasa de Leon
Mobile
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Nashville
Montgomery
Chattanooga
Big Crowd Expected Today As Wilmer Moore To Pitch
A large afternoon crowd is expected at Ponce de Leon park for the Crackers versus the Turtles game benefiting the Atlanta Ad Men. Wilmer Moore will throw the first ball, Elliott Dent debuts for the Crackers, and the event aims to defray costs for the Ad Men’s national convention in Baltimore next month.
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Ponce de Leon Park
Elliott Dent
Atlanta
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Avanta Chamber of Commerce
Roial Club 13
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Barons
Woodward
Cubs Rout Boston Behind Seven-Run Second Inning
National league action shows Chicago scoring seven runs in the second to overpower Boston 7 to 3. Purdue’s pitching kept Boston’s hitters scattered while Connelly homered in the seventh for New England. Batteries: Overall Archer for Chicago. Time 2:03. Umpires Brennan Mason.
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Chicago
Perdue
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Whaling
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Yesterday's Results Across Multiple Leagues
Yesterday's scores show Atlanta 11 Memphis 0 and Chattanooga 3 Montgomery 0 in the South Atlantic League. Columbus 3 Macon 2. Chattanooga 1 Jacksonville 9. Beevannah 4 Albany 1. National League led by Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 1 and Detroit 8 Philadelphia 7. Cleveland 16 Washington 9. International League News 7 Bullets 2 Jersey City 8 Rochester 4. Carolina Association Charlotte 2 Winston-Salem 1 Greensboro 2 Durham 3 Raleigh 0. Virginia League Roanoke 8 Portsmouth 2. Richmond 4 Port News to Peterabors 12. American Association Ada postponed. Georgia Alabama Opelika 5 Talladega 3 Anniston 8 Newnan 1. LaGrange 5 Gedaton 3. Empire State Newark 4 Valdosta 1. Waycross 9 Cordele 4. Atlantic States League Pennacolt 4 Meritian 1 in 10 innings. Jackson 6 Clarksdale 0 Selma 4 Columbus 2. Texas Beaumont 4 Fort Worth 1. San Antonio and Houston 2 Weep 0 Austin Galveston rain. Agneslet and Lear 2.
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Opelika Defeats Talladega in Baseball Thriller
In Opelika Alabama on May 20 Opelika beat Talladega 5 to 3 highlighting Semple s home run and strong fielding for Opelika. Score by innings lists Opelika scoring in multiple frames while Talladega struggles to recover.
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American golf pros in final practice in Massachusetts
West Newton May 20 three aspirants for the British open golf championship Mike Brady Wollaston Tom McNamara Boston and Alec Campbell Brookline Country Club completed their last public workout in the ninth Massachusetts open championship which began today The three pros will depart for England later in the week aiming to arrive at Hoylake early in June to gain practice for the British championship starting June 19.
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Pythians Ride to Waycross for Grand Lodge Meeting
Members of Colonial No. 18 uniform rank Knights of Pythias left Atlanta for Waycross Georgia, where the grand lodge convenes starting today. They gathered at the Pythias temple at 9 o'clock and marched to the depot.
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