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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1913
Page
4
Philadelphia idol Tomy Okeefe meets New Orleans lightweight Joe Thomas Monday night at the Orpheum. Okeefe, in good condition after a draw in Boston last week, recalls a park brawl that sparked his boxing career and vows to avoid German picnics, while acknowledging his opponent's strength.
The season opens at Ponce DeLeon Park this afternoon at 2:30 with free admission. Manager Bill Smith lists a line-up featuring six new pitchers including southpaw Harter, and plans to field a strong outfield with young players if Dobard is not ready. A mix of notes, jokes, and baseball chatter fills this brief report with club names and player mentions.
Peacock school began baseball practice at Piedmont park with about twenty five candidates while track events await warmer weather. Tech High seniors lose to faculty in a lively basketball game 22 to 10 as Culver and McLarty shine for the faculty. Sophomore A beats Freshman HK 12 to 9 and Sophomore B tops Freshmen 15 to 12 in recent play. Boys High squads shape up under Coach Armstead with fifty candidates. Tech High touts pitcher Jim Parks as a key asset. Marist college lineup features Mahon Callahan Lowry Allen and Roberts as mainstays with Allen a top fielder and Roberts a slugger.
Bill Smith drills his squad at the Ponce Deleon club with a punishing start to spring, as veterans Alperman and Agier lead infield pairing while rookies Osborn and Dohler show promise. The team endures a frigid, fumbled batting and fielding session before gaining rhythm and spirit.
War talk and winter chatter swirl around baseball as Ivey Wingo is touted as the star catcher and managers issue edicts. Recruits, holdouts, and foreign-born players populate spring reports with betting odds and bids, while veterans like Sam Crawford weigh in on contracts and strategy amid a colorful panorama of teams, leagues, and travel.
Massillon Ohio March 8. Dr Bryman superintendent of the Massillon State hospital urges creation of a director of athletics to oversee patients at the new training school opening next month. He says athletic training redirects attention from illness, stimulates mood, and music accompanied exercise has soothing effects with basketball planned as a sport.
New York today reports Charles Siefer once known as the Hoboken Iron Man, a former lightweight fighter famed for his ability to endure punishment, has been committed to Snake Hill asylum in Jersey City. He was arrested two weeks ago and again last Friday amid threats to shoot Lettieluady, a police sergeant.
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