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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
10
Several games on the gridiron today will influence the final rankings of college teams at season’s end. Teams vie for key wins, while coaches stress focus and consistency as the standings hinge on every score and yard.
Birmingham October 17 Special Everything is in readiness for the big game at Rickwood field tomorrow afternoon when the University of Alabama and University of Georgia football teams meet in one of Alabama’s major clashes this season. Both squads arrived in Birmingham late last night and optimism runs high despite injuries. The anticipated backfield duel between captains Bob McWhorter and Van de Men is the centerpiece, with speculation wide on edge but no clear favorite. Advance sales promise the largest crowd Birmingham has ever seen for a football game.
Local football fans have a treat this afternoon as the Seventeenth Infantry team meets Dahlonega boys at 3 o'clock on government property. The game should be close and evenly matched in experience weight and speed with free admission and 60 cent seats for those who wish to sit down. Officials include Referee Henderson of Wesleyan umpire Jamison of Carlisle Purdue head linesman Captain Bankhead.
MacKenzie, chosen from United Drug Company staff, will manage Elkin Drug Company stores in Atlanta and New York. Dr W S Elkin will stay active in both Atlanta locations while MacKenzie oversees operations and future openings. The New York Liggett store, housed in the McAlpine hotel, pays $110000 yearly rent and Rexall remedies are featured at both Elkin and Atlanta outlets. Dr Elkin recently served as president of the International Association of Rexall Clubs.
New York on October 17 John J McGraw led a group of National League players to Chicago to start a round the world tour with the White Sox. The squad includes world series participants Larry Doyle Charles Tesreau Christy Mathewson Al Demaree Kief Meyers Arthur Fromme George Wiltse and Fred Snodgrass. Several players were joined by their wives.
Officers and crew of the lost Volturno, brought to port by Grosset Kurfuerst and Kroonland, except Captain Inch, will sail for England tomorrow on the Oceanic. He stays to recover and may sail Wednesday on the Mauretania. Cunard offers best suite in salute to the heroic commander. No further inquiry by Uranium Steamship or government.
Tech Yellow Jackets and Mercer Baptists prepare for a football showdown at Grant Field this afternoon with a 3 30 kick. Mercer coached by Lewis W Hardage arrives confident while Tech faces injuries to Westmoreland Parker Loeb Patten and others. Both teams will field strong lineups as fans from Mercer and Macon head to Atlanta for the decisive game.
Georgia Military Academy overwhelmed the Merger Scrubs 49 to 7 in a hard fought afternoon game. G M A scored early with Davis and Smith handling multiple touchdowns while Hartwick added a late score. the Scrubs managed a single TD in the fourth quarter.
A team of eight golfers from Anniston Country Club will visit Rome to play Goose Country Club in a golf match tonight. The 1 pm Saturday match will be preceded by a luncheon at the club house.
Augusta Ga October 17 Ty Cobbs back home for the winter after a big league season returned to his new suburb home greeted by Mrs Cobb He plans hunting this winter He denies predicting the Giants would win the world series saying he favored the Athletics and notes Connie Mack faced pitching changes and weak hitting by Collins Baker and McInnis He praises Mack and the American League supremacy.
The Boys' Weigh school plays Stone Mountain at the Georgia Military academy field in College Park. Kickoff is 3 30 this afternoon with 25 cent admission.
H E Whatts of Atlanta Georgia was elected president of the first year special class in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He has studied architecture at the Georgia School of Technology for the past three years and now pursues special work at Penn.
J J McDermott of Atlantic City clinched the open title at the fifteenth Western Golf Association tournament in Memphis with 72 holes at 295, seven strokes ahead of Boston’s M J Brady. McDermott led after day two, weather dampened conditions marking the soggy course, while Smith and Hackbarth followed in a tight pack. Maiden withdrew before completion.
Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, the British pros, defeated George Rotan of Waco and Charles Dexter Jr of Dallas in a post ball foursome on the Dallas Country Club course. The match went 38 holes with Vardon and Ray winning 2 up and 1 to play. Ray shot 72 to equal the course record. Rotan posted 75 despite poor weather.
In Pittsburg Henry Clay Brick faced ridicule for presenting to his son Childs Frid a $12,080,000 sum and to his daughter in law $2,000,000 after the wedding in Baltimore. The claim was denied as ridiculous fabrication.
Miss Marion Hollins of New York will meet Miss Gladys Ravenscroft in the final for the American championship at Wilmington Country Club after Ravenscroft defeated Miss Muriel Dodd 8 up and 7 to play in the semi finals. Hollins beat Miss Harriet Curtis after a long match, two extra holes decided the winner.
A long list of matches across regions with many colleges facing off. Notable pairings include Tech at Mercer, Alabama at Birmingham, Auburn at Clemson, North Carolina at South Carolina, Tennessee at Sewanee, Davidson at A and M Raleigh, Harvard at Holy Cross, Yale at Lehigh, Princeton at Syracuse, Army at Colgate, Notre Dame at South Dakota, Ohio State at Oberlin, and many more across the nation. A theft report notes D C Martin’s Buick stolen from his West Alabama street office, with police alerted and search ongoing.
New York October 17 President Thomas J Lynch of the National League has lined up with Ban Johnson of the American League in opposition to abolition of the world championship series in baseball The two league chiefs align against ending the world series in its current form and will stand together in the dispute.
In a ten round Madison Square Garden bout Packey McFarland of Chicago outboxed and outfought Tommy Murphy of New York from start to finish. McFarland weighed 140 pounds, Murphy 138, and the Chicago fighter never gave the local challenger a chance.
New York October 17 annual meeting of the Baseball Players fraternity was held last night. Officers elected for the year are David L. Fultz president. Raymond X. Collins Brooklyn Nationals vice president. John P. Henry Washington Americans vice president. John B. Miller Pittsburg Nationals vice president. Howard M. Reulbach Brooklyn Nationals secretary. Advisory board includes Collins Daubert Fultz Miller Henry and Miller.
Rev Laney C Hargett of Hardeman Georgia died in his seventy seventh year. He will be buried at Shady Grove church with Masonic honors tomorrow evening. He was the eldest son of Major Flynn Hargett and brother of Flynn Hargett Jr, long messenger of the state senate. A Civil War lieutenant, he fought around Atlanta Griswoldville. Survived by wife Harriet C Huling and children Charles W Lizzie Blanton Mattie Brawner Emma Blackman Marcellus F Fletcher Edward C Jessie Snow Hargett, all but Jessie in Harris County Georgia. Jessie Snow Hargett resides in Birmingham Alabama.
The Central Bank and Trust Corporation receivers of the defunct Neal Bank announce in superior court that a 3 percent dividend will be paid to depositors November 20. To date, receivers have paid 6 percent.
Auburn is favored with a heavier squad while Clemson fans doubt a win as both teams eye upcoming tests from Georgia Tech and others. Alabama has beaten Clemson and Mercer has fallen to Auburn, making today’s clash a key predictor for remaining schedules.
Virginia changes its lineup as Ray and Gooch miss practice while Davis Landes shifts to quarterback and Randolph fills Landes’ spot. Coach Gloth focuses on centers, Neft on linesmen, and Warren refines backfield punt work. Virginia vs VMI looms with last year’s Cadet upset driving the rivalry. Red Moore is absent for VMI, veterans populate the squad.
Mrs Susan M Pierce filed a cross bill for divorce and alimony in superior court denying her husband J M Pierce’s charges of immorality and slander. She accuses him of cruelty and abuse, says he pressured her to deed lots, seeks custody of their child, $50 monthly alimony, attorneys fees, and a receiver for the lots.
Mrs. Emma Neal Douglass and RH Rothenberg arrange a sacred concert in the prison chapel for Sunday at 3 PM. Sunday school teachers lead the program with singers including Miss Berta de Four Miss Sylvia Spritz Miss Sarah Bastlack Mrs Z Budford Greenfield J C Wardwell B A Werner and G F Lindner.
Rev. H. Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational church, colored, will preach at 11 a.m. on The Responsibility of the Individual and the Efficiency of the Church. At 7:46 p.m. he will deliver a biographical sermon on Caleb the Hero in the Wilderness, praising his faith and courage that saved Israel during the journey from Egypt to Canaan.
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