Advertising Young Players Biggest Knock of Them All
A 1913 reminiscence by Billy Cyan on the Chicago White Sox purchase of Larry Chappell for 13,500 plus players, analyzing the impact of big price hype on Chappell’s career and public expectations, with reflections from managers and players about advertising value versus onfield performance.
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Chappelle
Billy Cyan
W. G. Evans
Chappell
Milwaukee
Charles Comiskey
Chicago Americans
Chicago
Onte
Lg Record
American Association
Larry Chappell
Larry
Constant Streas
Comiskey
Chicago Fang
Fang
Cobb
Athletics
Prin
White Sox
Mack
Acle
Connie
Srout
Doubleheader Victory for Chicago Americans Over Giants
Chicago Americans split two games with the New York Giants in San Francisco on November 16, each club now at 14 wins since the world tour began. Mathewson and Meyers did not accompany the Giants, per agreement with Manager McGraw. Morning game score Chicago 12 New York 3. afternoon game Chicago 9 New York 4.
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San Francisco
Chicago Americans
New York Giants
Giants
Medford
Ore
Christy Mathewson
Meyers
McGraw
Chicago
New York
Faber and Daty
Hearn
Wingo
Russell and Schalk
Tesreau and Myers
Aviators Tumble Into Bay At Panama Exposition
Three aviators fell into San Francisco Bay during hydro aeroplane contests near the Panama Pacific Exposition grounds. Their machines were damaged but no one was hurt, and both men were rescued by a lifesaving crew. Adolph Sutro was piloting a craft with a passenger when it plunged forty feet into the water.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Bay
Adolph Sutro
Revival Series Opens at Central Baptist Church
Rev Caleb A Ridley, pastor of Central Baptist Church, opened a revival series last Wednesday with services reaching a peak Sunday morning at 11. The crowd filled the church as Ridley preached from Genesis about Abraham and Lot. Ten new members joined by letter and baptism. Evangelist Dr Neighbour, famed in the South, arrives today to speak daily at 11 a.m. and 7:20 p.m. through the week, with his first message tonight.
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Caleb A. Ridley
Central Baptist Church
Ridley
God
Abraham
Lot
Bell
The
Sicoes
A EF Tod
Vin
Julus Whaley
Wveatern Electric Company
Hall
Baker
Cari
Dr. Neighbour
Tabernacle Church
Athens
L A. M.o
Neighbour
Sixty-Year-Old Man Seeks Jury Duty Rule Change
Dalton solicitor general Samuel P. Maddox argues before the Georgia Supreme Court that age should not disqualify a juror. He cites Staton’s conviction overturn attempt and asserts that a man over sixty may serve on juries if challenged for cause.
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Samuel P. Maddox
Dalton
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Maddox
Ansley
Staton
Bryant Staton
Deeree
Rival Band Leaders and Some Rooters at Georgia Tech Game
The annual game between Georgia and Tech features rival band leaders Dottery of Georgia with his cornet and Mike Green Blat of Tech with a trombone. A group of cheering fans appears nearby, capturing the campus spirit.
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Georgia
Streit Family Produced Souths Best Athletes Across Sports
The Streit family of Birmingham is highlighted for producing notable football, baseball, and track stars since 1908. Bill Streit starred at Auburn as an All-Southern tackle and fullback and later coached Auburn basketball. Bradley Streit played at Princeton and Auburn, drawing All-American talk. Douglas Streit, 17, shows promise as a halfback and trackman. the piece notes multiple Streit siblings’ contributions to Birmingham’s athletic scene and Southern college teams.
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Streit
Birmingham
Dixie
L In Benedetto
Southern Amateur Athletic Union
Bill" Streit
Amateur Athletic Union
Alabama
Bill
Auburn
Bradley
Princeton
Tiger
Dixie Lad
A Bradley
Birmingham High School
Douglas Starling
Douglas Streit
William
William Streit
Washington and Lee
Duncan
South
Fifth Plans an At Home To Honor Wives of Officers
A regimental event at the Armory on Thursday night November 20 honors the wives of Fifth regiment officers. Only officers and their families invited, with 700 enlisted men, including the band and hospital corps, to attend. Colonel Orville H. Hall leads a committee for music, refreshments and entertainment. Major Walter C Henry and others named as committee members. December plans include an elimination drill for top four drilled men per company, with medals and a grand ball to follow.
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National Board of Georgia
Orville H. Hall
Walter C Henry
Oscar Palmour
Commans
Asa W. Candler
Frank He Lichtenwalter
Armand Morgan
Battalon
Prand
Hall
W. J Preston
G. A Stokes
W. J. Stoddard
W H Leahy
William Slaton
Coburn
C A Langford
R. M. Anderson
AFL to Consider Disputes at Second Convention Week
Seattle November 16 The American Federation of Labor begins its second convention week amid reports on trade controversies and electrical worker splits between regular and insurgent factions. Debates over press men newsboys and carriers, typographical union stance, and calls for federal mediation on strikes in Colorado copper Michigan copper and Hariman shopmen feature among agenda items. President Gompers faces no strong opposition to reelection.
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Seattle
Wash
American Federation of Labor
Electrical Workers
Reid
McNilty
Executive Council
Chicago
International Pressmen’s Union
International Typographical Union
Tisans
Colorado
Harriman System
Michigan
Gompers
Baron Bonde Dies After Wife's Death Report
Stockholm November 16 Baron Bonde speaker of the Swedish parliament’s second chamber collapsed and died upon hearing the sudden death of his wife. Apoplexy given as the cause of death.
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Stockholm
Baron Bonde
Southern physicians in annual convention in Lexington
Five hundred physicians from southern states attend the seventh annual Southern Medical association in Lexington with four sections medicine surgery ophthalmology and hygiene and preventive medicine. Distinguished speakers cover eugenics health conditions in Kentucky and public health topics while public health officers and railway surgeons plan related meetings and a women doctors organization is anticipated.
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Lexington
Southland
Southern Medical Association
Oscar Dowling
Shreveport
Joseph M. Matthews
Louisville
Christ Church Cathedral
C. Bass
New Orleans
Central Christian Church
Fred J Meyer
Woodland Christian Church
Broadway Christian Church
A T. McCommick
Kentucky State Board of Health
Kentucky
Frank A. Jones
Memphis
Henry G. Hatfield
West Virginia
American Medical Association
South
Graham &. Henson
Jacksonville
Flin
W. A. Ban
Nashville
Tenn
A. 8. Bird
Tampa
Mia
Porter
Fla
Southern Health Oficers
Conference of Public Health Office of the
Southern States
Southern Association of Railway Surgeons
W. A. Evans
Chicago
American Milk Commission
WH. Rowan
Jackson
Miss
Women raid Downing Street in suffrage protest
London November 16 suffragette raid on Downing Street ends in disorders and four leaders arrested. A delegation from the Women’s Freedom League including Miss Boyle Miss Murray and Mrs Kerr visited Prime Minister Asquith’s residence to press a resolution. Police cleared the steps after a scuffle as Mrs Despard and others protested.
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London
Downing Street
Women's Freedom League
Caxton
Miss Boyle
Olice
Too Tired to Talk Edith Thayer Declines Interview
A fatigued Edith Thayer, star of the Piedmont and Atlanta theater, refuses a Constitu tion reporter after a Sunday request. In the Piedmont rest room she quips that sleep requires cinders and jokes about one night stands and fatigue from touring, ending with a polite request to be excused.
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the Piedmont
Edith Thayer
Maude Adams
Thayer
Atlanta
Constitution
Piedmont
Nalther
Zelaya Addresses Murder Rumors and Nicaragua Row
New York dispatch reports General J Santos Zelaya denying government surveillance rumors and stating he never faced port entry issues in New York. He recalls meeting Porfirio Diaz in France and insists he will not return to Central American politics. He defends the execution of American soldiers Leonard Grace and LeHoy Cannon as actions of Nicaragua’s national party, and offers to publish a telegram from attorney Fowler to support his stance once located.
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New York
J. Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
France
Fowler
Grace
Cannon
No Change in Sunset Lines Strike Expands Uncertainly
Houston reports little change in the Sunset Lines strike by Atlantic division land engineers of the Southern Pacific. Only two trans continental passenger trains operated El Paso to New Orleans with no freight movement. A San Antonio engine incident injured several workers. cause undetermined. Texas Railroad Commission may seek arbitration while federal mediation eyes settlement as W. W. Manger arrival from Washington looms.
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Houston
Texas
Atlantic
Southern Pacific Railroad
Trans-Continental
el Paso
New Orleans
Passengr
San Antonio
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
W. D. Williams
Federal Board of Mediation
W. W., Manger
Washington
Scott Named to Succeed Lynch as ITU President
At a New York printers meeting Marsden G. Scott, president of Typographical Union No. 6, was nominated to be president of the International Typographical Union. A referendum vote is planned for May. James M. Lynch recently became state labor commissioner. Jamies M. Duncan will act as president for the remainder of Lynch’s term.
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New York
Marsden G. Scott
Typographical Union No. 6
Big Six
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Glynn
International Union
Scott
East
Middle West
Jamies M. Duncan
The
International
Lynch
Express office robbed of eleven thousand dollars
In Tampa on a Saturday a man claiming to be a Southern Express auditor took control of the St Peters burg office books and papers, later disappeared with money orders and traveler's checks totaling 11000. Superintendent Wolfe and company agents traced the missing funds as investigators search for the suspect identified as A C Simpson of Chattanooga.
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Tampa
Fla
Southern Express Company
St. Petersburg
C. Wolfe
Jacksonville
A. C. Simpson
Chattanooga
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