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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1914
Page
11
Edson Hemingway the young outfielder who starred for the Nashville Volunteers this season was returned to the St Louis Browns. He was not retained by the Browns after recovering from illness, as management did not feel he would help the team.
Mayor Curley sent a letter to National League president John K Tener urging punishment for New York Giants outfielder Snodgrass over alleged insulting gestures during a Boston game. He also called for censure of umpires Kiem and Ennis for not acting on the removal demand amid a controversy with Boston pitcher Who.
Chicago dispatch reports the Chicago Federals have made offers to Grover Loudermilk and Hank Severeid, the pitcher and catcher from the Lowsville Association club, for transfer to the St. Louis Americans. The players are weighing the proposal.
Brooklyn Federals crushed Pittsburg 12 to 4 to extend their winning streak to six in the current series. Shaw led with two home runs a triple and a single, driving in multiple runs. Batteries were Dickson LeClair Berry for Brooklyn and Finneran Bluejacket Land for Pittsburg.
Mobile Gulls win both ends of Tuesday doubleheader to push Atlanta Crackers from third to fourth. Briscoe Lord’s club played sharp defense and clutch hitting, with strong starts from Jim Gudger and Carl Thompson and a late Crackers rally in game two stifled by timely Gulls plays. Schmidt homer highlights the second game's late scoring and a fast pace at Ponce de Leon.
Boston surged to the front in the National League series by defeating New York, completing a decisive win in the final game. The home team showcased sharp fielding and base running, with Gowdy, Moran, and James contributing key hits and a sequence of runs that broke the tie. Fromme and Wiltse were stung by Boston’s offense as Marquard and Connolly held steady in relief.
Fragmented sports brief lists results from several leagues including North Carolina, Virginia, International, American Association, and others. Teams such as Raleigh-Durham-Rain, Norfolk, Portsmouth, New York, Baltimore, Providence, and Columbus appear with scattered scores like 16 to 2 and 6 to 4.
Summary notes multiple baseball matchups across the Southern, American, National, and Federal Leagues with teams Mobile Atlanta Washington Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago Pittsburgh Buffalo and others. The fragment also includes stray moralizing lines about work and rewards.
The Peacock school opens after a strong start with many older boys returning. Coach Nickerson of Auburn praises the outlook for football as the season begins with high expectations.
In 1914 Houston lost the Texas league pennant after a protest by the Waco club over a seven inning first game of a double header against Austin. Secretary Farrell ruled first games must be nine innings, tying Houston with Waco for first as the season ended with unofficial standings showing Houston ahead by half a game.
Three masked gunmen robbed the Bank of Keystone in Keystone Oklahoma late today taking more than 10 400 from the cashier at gunpoint then fled toward the Cimarron River with a posse in pursuit. The story ends with an editorial note about governance and propaganda.
A New Orleans telegram claims the minor leagues will quit organized baseball if the major moguls refuse reform. The message warns that leagues outside the majors could unite to form independent rules, potentially wrecking the big leagues by removing their players and undermining authority.
Report from Nashville and Atlanta claims Briscoe Lord will not helm Mobile next season. The Gulls just finished a series in Atlanta, with no denial from Lord and whispers linking him to a Federal League club.
Washington and Philadelphia divided a doubleheader, the home team winning 2 to 0 in game one and Philadelphia taking the second 4 to 3. Sham shut out the Athletics in the first game, and Philadelphia chased Johnson in the fourth inning of the second game amid 12 hits.
In Garden City on September 8 Yale failed to win the Intercollegiate Golf Association title for the first time in eleven years. Princeton edged Yale by a point as Harvard swept most singles while Pennsylvania took all singles. Harvard and Princeton set up a final clash tomorrow at Garden City Golf Club, the first since 1903. The report also notes a London court witness record during a separate case and a lengthy attorney general speech.
New York reports eighty three entrants for the twentieth national women's golf championship tourney at Nassau Country Club near Glen Cove Long Island. Notable players include former champions and Misses Curtis Bishop Hyde and others from Philadelphia New Jersey Connecticut and St Louis with a qualifying round and daily match play leading to a final on September 15. Dr Mary Mills Patrick receives an honor from the sultan with the order of the Shefakah.
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