Will Vets Land Frank On Top
The Atlanta Crackers prepare for the season with a strong core, facing a battle for the keystone between Eddie Gagnier and Lil Marcan while Gutierrez and Niederkorn compete for an extra catcher. Opening game set for April 14 in Mobile after exhibition starts in Atlanta and Montgomery.
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Atlanta
Keystone
Eddie Gagnier
Lil Marcan
Birmingham
Osborn
Moran
McDonald
Thrasher
Gutierrez
Doc Niederkorn
Mobile
Crackers
McMillan
Marcan
Lennox
Munch
Montgomery
Gulls
Food for Fandom and Schmidt’s Mobile Nine
Jeems Gudger, longtime Mobile Southern Association employee, was defeated in a spring tryout with the Chicago Cubs and will likely join a Class B league. Nig Clarke’s arrival shifts Charley Schmidt to the bench temporarily as he rebuilds a willing eighteen-man squad. Fans hope the 1918 days are behind them and three key initatives from Schmidt and Secretary Parker aim to please the public with steady improvement and hype at the opener.
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Jeems Gudger
Mobile Southern Association
New Orleans
Chicago Cubs
Gudger
Nig Clarke
Charley Schmidt
Schmidt
Parker
St Mary's Amateurs Organize City League Play.
Local club announces open invitation games in the city and county with contact John Duffy at 1600 Bell. Lineup includes Vautrot Reinhardt F Reinhardt Fuller Batson Heller McCowan Duffy Toones Callahan Wall. Thoss Sporting Goods beat Beech Paint 12 to 5 with Yost strong at short and on offense. Askin Marine squad wins double header 8 4 and 5 0 over St Vincent’s and Hookworms. Eslava Street Sluggers beat Pie 8 4 and Fry’s 8 3 with Cohn and Reiserth top pitching.
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St. Mary's
John Duffy
Bell
Vautrot
Reinhardt
F. Reinhardt
Fuller
Batson
Heller
McCowan
Duffy
Toones
Callahan
Wall
Thoss Sporting Goods
Beech Paint
Kling
Frouse
Courtney
Brotuse
McDonald
Yost
Bullock
Thoss
Lyons Fark Diamond
UGHB
Beach Paints
Askin & Marines
St. Vincent’s
Hookworms
Askin & Marine
St. Vincents
M. Cooper
Pocase
Clark
Morrison
Jones
Haywood
Roberts
The Dot Farm serial puzzle begins in The Mobile Item
Uncle Frank invites Tommy to the country to live on a farm and join a daily puzzle. Readers mail in dot numbered answers to complete The Dot Farm story and win Empire movie tickets with prizes increasing on Sundays. Entries must reach The Item by 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Tommy
Frank
Bob
Uncle Frank
Benny Leonard's rise from skylight stumble to boxing fame
Benny Leonard, a Bronx-born fighter once falling through a skylight at the Fairmont A C in New York, rose through rough beginnings to beat Freddie Welsh in newspaper decisions. He broke a window during a youth and earned five dollars, later funding a frankfurter party for his circle.
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Pugdom
Benny Leonard
Fairmont A. C
New York
Freddie Welsh
Benny
Bronx
Squared Circle
Fairmont Club
Billy Gibson
Gibson
South Carolina Street Sluggers Top Crichton 11 to 9 in Sunday Game
South Carolina Street Sluggers beat Crichton 11 to 9 in a slow but interesting junior match Sunday afternoon. Batteries were Vuberg and Clausen for the Sluggers and Jorden and Hansen for Crichton.
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South Carolina
Crichton
Carolina Street Sluggers
F. Vuberg
Clausen
Jorden
Hansen
Toulminville
St. Joseph
LeGros
Claude Koppersmith
Streb
Felis
H. Finch
Moran bets on rematch after big Pittsburgh win
Frank Moran earns 26 750 in a race over 80 minutes and hints at a rematch with Willard. The text also mentions Texas state Joe Jackson facing troubles this spring and notes wrestling with Paice as part of the mix.
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Frank Moran
Willard
Texas State
Joe Jackson
Sports rumors mix boxing, swimming, and baseball chatter
The piece notes an aspiring swimmer Davy Jones and a rising star Young Willard shaping talk about boxing. It mentions Connie Mack cautioning baseball players at a world champions banquet and hints at Willard's retirement affecting boxing coverage, with light jabs about golf and circus roles.
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Jess Willard
Connie Mack
Willard
Rube Benton
The
Giants
Jess Willarg
Joe Cannon
Tris
War Heroes Get Jobs as Caddies at Walton Heath
War heroes are hired as caddies at Walton Health links in Great Britain. The elderly and infirm receive priority over younger players, with the aim of helping partially incapacitated soldiers earn a living. The article notes a fixed allowance and describes the program as supportive for veterans who can work.
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Walton Health Links
Great Britain
Willard recalls hard punches from Johnson and Smith in Cuba
Jess Willard recounts the hardest blows he ever took in boxing. He says Jack Johnson drove a right to his stomach in the twelfth round in Cuba, breaking two ribs, and Gunboat Smith delivered a devastating right to his chin when he was green. He notes a straight left as a counter.
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Jess Willard
Jack Johnson
Cuba
Johnson
Willard
Jess
Gunboat Smith
More Donts For Diamond Greats
The piece notes growing sport restrictions on players. Joe Tinker after two Tampa auto accidents orders athletes to avoid motoring. George Stallings agrees. Buck Herzog bars bowling and Connie Mack tells the Athletics to drop golf. Now Clark Griffith bans bowling.
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Joe Tinker
Tampa
George Stallings
Buck Herzogg
Connie Mack
Clark Griffith
Rulings Hem in Barnstorming Ball Tossers
After a ban on barnstorming, ball tossers face new rulings shaping their work life and schedule. The change affects performers, organizers, venues, and fans awaiting outcome and enforcement details.
Fighter Hammer to race hydro airplane speed boat
Danish lightweight Ever Hammer of Chicago plans hydro aeroplane racing after defeating Joe Welling. He trains with Dynamite Jim Pugh and will serve as mechanician for the speed craft. If Battling Levinskey delays, officials may suspend him for loafing. Levinskey fought only eleven times in March.
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Ever Hammer
Chicago
Joe Welling
Hammer
Jim” Pugh
Pugh
Levinskey
New York Fighting Commissioners
Bat
Severe Cold Remedy Endorsed by Weather Column Writer
In a December note O J Metcalf recalls a severe cold that nearly kept him in bed. He bought two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and recovered quickly, praising the medicine as one of the best and saying he will use it again for future colds. Obtainable everywhere.
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O. J. Metcalf
Weatherby
Adv
Some Men Never Have Anything But Steady Employment
A concise sociocultural remark noting that certain individuals consistently secure steady jobs rather than fluctuating work patterns, reflecting on labor norms and personal stability.
Ge-Rar-Dy Tea Promised To Aid Kidneys And Blood
Old time advert claims Indian herbal tea Ge-Rar-Dy Tea cleanses poisons from blood liver and kidneys. Marketed as inexpensive ten cents a package and available at druggists with a free sample offered by Phil P Cresap Co New Orleans.
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Phil. P. Cresap Co., Ltd
New Orleans
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Richmond
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Hemingway
Fort Worth
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Eslava Street Sluggers
Fry the Tailor
Government Street Sluggers
Cohn and Reiserth
Frys
DOT
Harold Johnson
Wild Tigers
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Nine Devils
Mutts
Danzey
Hamilton
Smith
Martin
Stecher
Davy Jones
Davy
Big Smoke
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the Item
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Panama Auction CO
St. Francis St
Phone Bell
Royal Street Lurco
Talcade
D. Palliser
Rosedale Creamery
Dauphin
Brandon & CO
St. Francis St. Bell
Exchange Alley
Central Market
Comany
Florida Fish CO
N. E. Cor
Royal and Church
J. G. Mangeldorf
Gen. Mgr
Dauphin St
Tennessee Furniture CO
CE Cream
Mobile Ice Cream CO
Ocksmith
Hardward
WI Williams
Conception St. Bell
RET Lumber CO
Arinello
Marinello
Seecalice Bar
Lovie McKinstry
City ‘Usical Instruments
Hill
Buerger
S. Water St
P Ictures
R. L. Maxwell
Conti and
St. Emanuel
Sts. Bell
H. Lindsero
St. Bell
Vette Stottenens
Sastans Furrnitur Rean Ring
Cparkis
Satae
Transfer CO
South Commerce St
Home
Circuit Court of
Mobile County
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court
Mobile, Ala
Norvelle R. Leigh Jr
Ala
Circuit Court
Chancery Court
Edward D. Laurendine
Palmetto St
Phelan B. Dorson
Roper Street
Saffold Berney Law and Equity Court
Lex H. Smith
Ice Williams
P. Williams
Claude A. Grayson
van Antwerp Bldg
John S&s. Drago
Dr.n. A. Madler
St Francis St
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