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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
3
Detroit wins a third straight AL pennant by sweeping crucial wins as Boston loses to Detroit in a pivotal game. The article notes Detroit’s come from behind effort, key hits, and pitching shifts, with Boston falling 9 to 7. Management and season arc highlight Detroit’s rise from midseason slump to champion status.
Chicago defeats Philadelphia in both games of a doubleheader 8 3 and 9 1 as Detroit clinches the American League title. Digerg wild in first game. Krauss and Coombs key to Chicago win in game two.
Three aeronauts entered a $16900 prize airship race from New York to Albany a 150 mile journey. The contest aims to replicate Fulton’s steam era feat with dirigibles including Captain Baldwin born in Missouri who invented the parachute and John Theeder of Germany piloting a similar craft.
The Yellow Jackets show growing class in practice under Coach Heisman with assistant Frob Dunbar coaching freshmen and guiding varsity backfield. Belmont Park reports Horse racing results and Mercer football players rejoin for Nashville trip with seven on travel roster.
Howard College travels to Montgomery to face Auburns husky eleven while Birmingham College heads to Starkville to meet Mississippi A and M. Howard aims for a real fight under coach Dr. Longwell, who starred at Pennsylvania, as Auburn is favored. Birmingham, coached by Leonard, predicts a victory over Mississippi A and M with a fast, aggressive lineup. Saturday also features the University of Alabama hosting Union College from Jackson, Tennessee.
An advertisement touts toric bifocal lenses offering perfect vision for reading and walking. It claims no frames, no dividing lines, no stems, and no pal a of glasses. The Ballard Optical Co. at 6 Peachtree St. is inviting customers to visit their store for the new lenses.
The body of Mrs Martha Foster of Spartanburg was found mutilated beneath brush and pine needles in a Beaumont mill village woodland. Coroner's jury rules death by blunt instrument blow. Foster, her husband, jailed as investigation continues. he denies killing and recalls last seen with her in a hack with a white man and a negro driver.
Louisville racing fans witnessed a varied program with several selling races at six furlongs to a mile and seventy yards. Youthful edged Magee’s EB as the fourth race winner, while Grenade and Lud hinana posted notable prices in later events, with Derby entries and local names jockeying for space on the crowded card.
Pittsburgh and New York split a twin bill in Pittsburgh on September 30 with New York taking the first 4–3 and Pittsburgh winning 6–1. Kinwright starred in the opener and Freck, a new recruit, shut down New York. Gibson caught in both games, setting a new season record with 133 consecutive games caught.
A farmer from Jonesboro Welburn sustained bruises when a car tailswiped his wagon on Stewart Avenue near Hapeville. A cow towed in back escaped injury as Welburn’s wagon was damaged. In a separate incident, Cato Jenkins a Brannen Drug Company messenger was knocked from his bicycle by Taxi No. 586 at Auburn and Pryor streets suffering several head contusions. Both incidents involved minor injuries.
Chicago report says no meetings occurred between Cub President Murphy and White Sox owner Comiskey yesterday. Both clubs proceed with preliminary plans for a prospective post season city pennant series, while Murphy defends keeping Kilng out of Cincinnati manager discussions.
The case centers on Gauger Stegall held by Sheriff Thurman of Dade County under orders of Judea Fite in the Cherokee circuit. It will determine if Stegall’s failure to appear as ordered and his grand jury refusal amount to contempt of the federal court.
Commander Peary has accepted an invitation to lecture before the Royal Geographical Society in London. The date is not yet fixed.
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