Local Fans urged to back Hemphill's Atlanta club
W S Farnsworth urges Atlanta fans to support manager Hemphill and the team at Poncy Park. He notes the club has struggled but is rebuilding, with players arriving and progress underway. Fans should encourage rather than jeer, accepting a slow climb from last place toward a pennant over time.
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Callaway
Hemphill
Atlanta
Coleman
Sorres
East
Brady
Russell
Dame Fortune
New York Highlanders
Baseball Association
Poney Park
Southern tennis title may crown a Southern winner in Atlanta
No Doyle brothers or Pell plan to compete in Atlanta for the big Southern tennis championship. The event loses Northern entries as Doyle declines a trip to Maine and Pell joins the Olympic team, signaling a shift to local and Southern contenders with a likely open field and strong Atlanta participation.
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New Orleans
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Birmingham
Atlanta
Washington
Conrad Doyle
Doyle Brothers
Irving Murphy
Miss Turle
Brooklyn
T. R. Pell
New York
Pell
W. C
Grant
Hugh Whitehead
Virginia
Whitehead and Winston
Blane Monroe
Nat Thornton
B. M. Grant
Thornton
May Logan
R. G. Hunt
California
Grant and Thornton
Miss May Logan
Sweeper II Derby Favorite Allegedly Doped
London reports claim Sweeper II the American derby favorite was doped before the race. The Looking Glass cites dramatic changes in the colt’s condition after the derby and trainer Duryea’s decision to replace jockey Danny Maher with Frankie ONeill.
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C. W. Williams
Ondon
England
Sporting Weekly
the Looking Glass
Sweeper II
H. B. Duryea
Danny Maher
Frankie O'Neill
Duryea
Newmarket
Maher
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Charley Hemphill
Poncy Park
Doyles
Percy H. Whiting
Sharks
H. K. Doyle
Maine
Dig
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
Atlanta Athletic Club
Carleton Smith
Pittsburg
Muse
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Essig Bros. Co
Whitehall Street
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