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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
12
The Crackers beat the local nine in Gainesville amid a huge turnout near 1,000 fans. Hitcher Kircher's coaching kept the crowd laughing as the grandstand collapse injured Whitman Carter. Final score 7 8 to 3 3.
New York won 3 to 2 as Fromme held Cincinnati to two runs while Schoeider struggled. Bescher and Fletcher produced key plays for the Giants, with Merkle driving in a run on a double and fromm contributing a bases loaded threat in the ninth.
Today at 3 pm the Welchonce benefit game features the Atlanta Crackers and local teams to aid the ailing captain in Asheville. Fans join a Southwide support effort with proceeds from Coca Cola sales and box receipts donated to the fund as attendees from Norcross and Riverside Military Academy gather to show support for Harry Welchonce.
The Boston Braves may win the National league pennant with a core of fourteen veterans who have previously reached pennant success. The list includes Evers with Chicago in the National League era and Moran with Rochester in the Eastern league, among others, highlighting a wealth of past championship experience across the leagues and teams.
Macon Ga September 18 Special with twenty seven men reporting for practice Coach Robbins expects to develop a fast eleven to represent Mercer this season New faces include Swann Welch Lae Crawford Sousebee and Baker Also returning are Hawks Bell Florence Johns Adams Dowls and Hawking The team shows promise with Cochran Sammons and Parker Ilgnes among the faster players and the goal to develop a stronger quarterback group under Robbins watchful eye
American League games feature New York Chicago Washington in St Louis Philadelphia in Detroit. Boston faces Chicago in Chev. National League matchups include Pittsburgh in Boston Cincinnati in Brooklyn Chicago in New York St Louis in Pittsburgh. Bedorst League notes St Louis in Pittsburgh Chicago in Baltimore Man City in Brooklyn Indianapolis in Buffalo.
The sporting editor notes the largest attendance this season was twelve thousand five hundred on opening day in Birmingham.
Glencove N Y September 16 Miss Jaine V Rosenthal of Chicago defeated Mrs Ronald P Barlow Philadelphia district champion by 1 up to reach the final of the women's national golf championship at Nassau Country Club H Arnold JacksonEastern champion and former title holder defeated Mrs J H Vanderbeck Philadelphia 2 up and 1 Today Rosenthal will meet Jackson in the final tomorrow
Kansas City ends skid with a 6 to 1 win over Baltimore. St Louis loses to Buffalo 8 to 1 in Buffalo. Buffalo bats surge in the eighth. Pittsburg defeats Chicago 8 to 5 after early infield errors. Indianapolis sweeps Brooklyn to seize first place while Chicago falters.
A terse score roundup lists results from various leagues and teams including New York, Paris, Baltimore, Toronto, and Michigan with scattered scores and standings. Key mentions include American Association games with figures like Minneapolis, Kansas City, Cleveland, Columbus, and Louisville, reflecting a busy schedule across multiple cities.
The Sunday sports section promises a unique feature with a full page of final Southern league averages. Compiled from AP box scores, it includes batting, fielding, base stealing, sacrificing, slugging, team figures, and pitchers records for every player who appeared in the season. The page also adds batting and pitching figures for the American and National leagues on the same spread.
Little Rock Ark September 13. Attendance reached about 6000 per game as the Southern Association closed. President W M Kavanaugh reported the season had the largest gate in league history except 1908, noting overall good finances but uneven team support. He warned Montgomery may lose its franchise if local backing does not improve.
George Church, Princeton captain, defeated national champion H Norris Williams in the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association final at Haverford. Church won three sets to one 8-5 1-4 0-? 7-? to claim the singles title for Princeton. He and A M Kidder of Princeton will face Williams and Richard Harte of Harvard in the doubles final.
Nashville Tennessee September 18 A special from the University of the South football training camp at Foster Parks shows 38 men, mostly promising material, reporting for preseason work in the mountains near Sewanee. Captain Talley, Byerly, Roddy, Dobbing, Blam, Fort, Ray, Palmer and Scott return as the old guard. Turner, formerly of Georgia, joins but is barred by the one year rule. Predictions say the team could be the best since 1868.
The golfers from Druid Hills Golf Club will qualify today for the President's Cup tournament. Players qualify by gross scores, with club handicap applied in match play. The first flight plays 36 holes, others 18. First two match rounds must finish by September, semis and final by October 4. A prize awaits the flight winner and runner up.
In Cleveland on September 18 Boston defeated Cleveland 4 to 3 in ten innings as Score drove in the winning run with a two out triple and Speaker hit a Texan leaguer. Cleveland had six hits before the eighth but poor coaching cost them. Umpires Connally and Chi.
Winston-Salem defeated Norfolk for the third time in the interstate championship series this afternoon by a score of 4 to 3. Myera pitched a strong game for Winston-Salem allowing only three hits, while Markle and Stewart paired with Milliman for Norfolk. Batteries: Myera and Milliman for Winston-Salem. Markle and Stewart for Norfolk.
New York reports tomorrow opens the Eastern Intercollegiate football season with Carlisle Indian School meeting Albright College in the principal Carlisle game at Carlisle Pennsylvania. The football rules committee will review the 1914 code and resolve doubtful points in the regulations.
Birmingham Alabama hosts the American Amateur Athletic Union all round meet with ten field events scheduled. Each contestant competes in all ten events and the highest total points wins the championship. Notable entrants include Avery Brundage Pat O Connor Harry Gortls Nathan Fyler Le Githe Ritchie and Herry Wrapet rick.
Griffin Ga September 18 special The Griffin athletic club organized a few days ago has drawn a rapid response from local youths. About forty members enrolled with a director of the Atlanta Young Men’s Christian Association named as athletic director. Quarters secured and classes to begin. A basketball team started training and a football team with about thirty members has begun. fifteen players to be selected. Charlie Sanders named captain and Warren Williams manager.
St Joseph Mo September 18 Catcher Bchahe of the Western league team and brother of the Athletics' backstop was ordered to report to the Pittsburgh Nationals in hasten. He was told to finish the season here after contract was purged.
The Times of Ghent reports German raids in north Belgium tied to 1,200 Uhlans sent in small parties to probe for British landings. They were ordered to push through at all costs, with promises of Iron Cross decoration for those who return with reliable information. The correspondent fears few will return.
Tokyo reports Vice Admiral Sedakichi Kato's second squadron conducted seaplane recon and bombed ships in the harbor at Hiao-Chow bay. One bomb appeared to hit a large ship, sending smoke into the air, with other strikes aimed at the wireless station and electric motor house.
Secretary McAdoo vows drastic action against banks hoarding money and refusing loans. He scolds a southern governor over state banks keeping reserves high while national banks tighten credit, urging enforcement if chartered banks curb lending. Warburg warned the shift toward hoarding would ease with the federal reserve system launching around October 1.
Washington reports the department of agriculture predicts a much larger commercial apple crop for the United States in the year ahead. Distribution will be complex due to World War I effects, with Europe taking about 2 million barrels in normal times. Domestically, demand should rise with careful handling, and exporters are urged to expand shipments to Latin America and the Orient in cooperation with the commerce department.
Chauncey M. Depew, ex senator from New York, recounts fleeing Switzerland after bank withdrawals jammed. mobilization notices appeared as his party crossed into France. He recalls French crowds cheering his side whiskers, mistaking him for a longer service member, and his awkward travel by train to Boulogne.
Montgomery September 18 Supposed mutiny in Alabama National Guard Battery of Montgomery Mobile led to mustering out by Adjutant General Scully on Major Dorrance recommendation Captain Roswald claims dismissal was without investigation and demanded in a public statement the battery was dismissed today
London dispatch says German authorities in the Kallez area of Austrian Poland ordered all German inhabitants ages 16 to 45 to report for mobilization. Many fled. some were captured and twenty were hanged.
German forces with 50 men and three machine guns attacked a British post at Naxon on Thursday. The seven policemen in the garrison fought until ammunition ran out. those not killed were captured. The report from Capetown, Union of South Africa, is dated September 18.
New York dispatch reports the Dutch steamer Commewijne stopped and searched off Ambrose Channel by the British cruiser Lancaster. Twenty seven men identified as German reservists were taken off the ship and transferred to the Lancaster.
Secretary Redfield told the Senate that a broad general trade campaign in South America is not opportune now. He advised against government joint displays of products and urged studying policies to build long term trade rather than expect big immediate purchases. He warned only risk takers or capital investors may gain early benefits. commerce officials will deploy signs in Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Santiago and Lima.
Washington reports Mrs W J Bryan wife of the secretary of state endorses equal suffrage in a signed statement released through the Nations American Woman Suffrage Association. She denies anti suffrage rumors and notes support for the movement for twenty five years citing her daughters as examples of involvement in Colorado and Nebraska institutions.
Memphis Tenn September 18 The death of C J Statson a salesman today raises the death toll to twelve from a grade crossing wreck when a Central freight train crashed into a street car last night. The injured are reported on the road to recovery. Sheriff Riecman ordered the arrest of the freight train crew and street car crew on manslaughter charges. A coroner led jury began an investigation to fix blame.
An explosion at the Wright Chi Company gun cotton plant in Springfield near Elizabeth, New Jersey, blew up five buildings and damaged nearby houses. At least three workers are missing as rescue teams comb the ruins. hundreds of thousands of pounds of material were stored on site.
Washington September 18 Republican Leader Mann tied the house in parliamentary knot by objecting to everything. After four roll calls and only reading the journal, Democratic leaders adjourned in despair.
Newport News dispatch reports Army transports City of Memphis and Denver departed for Vera Cruz to move American troops from the Mexican port to Galveston Texas. The Sumner sailed for Vera Cruz late yesterday as part of the operation.
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