Southern Stars All Star Baseball Team from Former Southern Leaguers
A regional lineup of former Southern League players now in the majors is proposed. Archer catches, Demaree pitches, Bridwell at short, Daubert at first, Pratt second, Smith third, Speaker left, Jackson center, Wheat field. The group boasts a .288 team batting average, rising to .311 with Demaree in the lineup, and projections favor strong pitching.
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Wemphis
Tenn
Bridwell
Daubert
Pratt
Smith
Speaker
Feld
Jackson
Wheating
Outfield Excellence Highlighted In Major League Listen
The piece praises the top fielding by the major leagues with Wheat in right field noted for power and defense. It lauds Speaker in left for all around play and backpedaling, and centers on center fielder Jackson as Cobb’s rival. It cites Daubert at first, Pratt at second, Bridwell at short, Red Smith at third, Archer as premier catcher, and Demaree with a strong supporting pitching staff.
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Jackson
Ieee
Bridwell Shartstop
Zach Wheat
Wheat
Speaker
Jimmy Ryan
Cobb
Jake Daubert
Derrill Pratt
al Bridwell
Atlanta
Red Smith
Bobby Byrne
Byrne
Shreveport
Jimmy Archer
al Demaree
Slim Sallee
Hub Perdue
Charlie Smith
George Su
Action Drives The L N S Growth In A Living World
A text extols constant action in nature society and business. It praises decisive leaders and the need for activity across agriculture, commerce and transportation. The L and N Railway promotes itself as a cooperative force moving crops, engines, agents, and farmers’ advice nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Napoleon
Gladstone
Washington
Polo Association plans international polo match next summer
The Polo Association announced at a Monday meeting that preparations for the international match against the English challengers next summer have begun. Preliminary practice will start April 1 at the Georgian court field in Lakewood, with candidates and mounts discussed and assigned to committee members including Harry Payne Whitney and J. H. Groome.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Polo Association
Georgian Court
Lakewood
Harry Payne Whitney
J. H. Groome
Charles Wheeler
R. L. Agassiz
William A. Hazard
H. L. Herbert
Louis A. Stoddard
Malcolm Stevenson
Federal effort to coordinate water control across agencies
Secretary Garrison and lawmakers chaired a conference on coordinating water control and distribution among Agriculture War Interior Commerce and other agencies. They aim to reduce duplication, study existing laws, and plan further talks with emphasis on Mississippi river issues and forest watershed management.
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Washington
Garrison
Lane
Houston
Redfield
Agricultural Department
War Department
Interior Department
Department of Commerce
Ransdell
Louisiana
Newlands
Nevada
Tinker Holds Up Dodgers Sale Over Federal League Offer
Joseph Tinker, former Cincinnati manager, considers a $40,000 three year offer from James A. Gilmore of the Federal League for Chicago Federal Club. He prefers to stay in Chicago and will not go to Brooklyn, pressuring Cincinnati to finalize his sale to the Dodgers. Gilmore aims to announce a list of ex National and American League players joining the Federals.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federal League
Joseph Tinker
Cincinnati
Chicago Federal Club
Tinker
Brooklyn
James A. Gilmore
Cubs
Gilmore
Statenent
Montey
Federals
Burnt Al Moms Ice Cream Christmas Promo
Columbia Ice Cream Company promotes a festive Christmas flavor with a playful name and inviting suggestion to try it during the holiday season.
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Columbia Ice Cream Company
Safety at Sea Urges Delay of Seamen Legislation
A New York statement by Paul Gottheil for a committee of foreign trans Atlantic steamship lines urges deferring U S legislation on seamen and safety until the London international conference on maritime safety concludes. The note says the pending bill would not improve ocean travel, seeks uniform global laws, and criticizes compulsory lifeboat passenger placement and two sailors per lifeboat requirements as impractical.
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Associated Press
New York
Paul Gottheil
Wilson
London
Congress
Senate
Giants to Train on the Road Before Opening Season
The New York Giants announce a spring training trip with no Polo Grounds exhibition games. The squad will train on the road March 14 to April 12 visiting Dallas Houston New Orleans Mobile Chattanooga Baltimore and other cities with the second team touring March 7 to April 11 including Dallas Waco Paris Nashville and Knoxville.
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Associated Press
New York
John B. Foster
Giants
Polo Grounds
Dallas
Houston
Beaumont
New Orleans
Mobile
Chattanooga
Baltimore
Waco
Denison
Sherman
Bonham
Paris
Texarkana
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Asheville
Richmond
Portsmouth
Johnny McGraw
Birmingham
Yale and Notre Dame May Meet on Grid
A Yale and Notre Dame football game next fall is reported as probable. Yale's 1914 schedule lists Notre Dame at New Haven on October 17, and Indiana University is close to accepting a place on the slate.
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YALE
Notre Dame
Associated Press
New York
New Haven
Indiana University
Foley Kidney Pills Aid Taunton Woman After 87th Birthday
Mary A. Dean of Taunton Massachusetts reports relief from kidney and bladder trouble after using Foley Kidney Pills. She describes sleep disturbance stiffness and rheumatic pains improving with this tonic remedy and notes the pills contain no harmful drugs. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation markets them.
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Mary A. Dean
Walnut St
Taunton
Mass
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Twelve bombs found in Cleveland city hall safe
Twelve six ounce bombs labeled dynamite glycerine were found in a safe in the former health department quarters of Cleveland city hall. The discovery caused a panic among officials and attaches. A report of an attempted bombing circulated while the bombs were sent to the city chemist for analysis.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Health Department
City Hall
Miss Biggart to Speak at First Christian Church
A social will be held at the First Christian Church Thursday night at 7 30 with a special evangelistic sermon. Miss Mabelle Biggart of New York City will speak on Simon the Cross Bearer. She is a noted authoress and an excellent speaker. the public is invited.
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Miss Biggart
First Christian Church
Mabelle Biggart
Simon
Hunger for 1914 season fuels Ables and notes on league growth
Food for Fandom reports Hary Ables wintering in Texas and training hard for a strong 1914 campaign after prior major league trials with Navy and Yankees. It discusses changes at Oakland's ball yard sunken mound, plans for a Pennsylvania State League franchise in Erie, and Pirates and Giants spring activities including candidate outfielders and a first baseman choice.
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Hary Ables
Texas
Ables
Navy
Yankees
Overall
James
Chip Beats Klaus To Take East Pittsburg Middleweight Title
George Chip of Madison, Pa defeated Frank Klaus of East Pittsburg by knockout in the fifth round at a local athletic club in Pittsburg. Chip dominated early and across the bout, floor knocking Klaus for the count in round five. This marked the second knockout of Klaus by Chip in three months and Chip issued a defiant challenge to all middleweights.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Frank Klaus
East Pittsburg
George Chip
Madison
Chip
Klaus
Man Pleads for Christmas Freedom in Court
Otto Lintz 60 was arraigned in Rochester police court on intoxication. He asked to spend Christmas free, claiming he has spent every Christmas for 38 years in Auburn or Sing Sing prisons. Judge Chadsey granted him the chance to celebrate.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Otto Lintz
Lintz
Auburn
Sing Sing
Chadsey
Kicking in Baseball Compared to Football
The saying notes that kicking appears in both baseball and football but serves a different purpose in each sport. It contrasts the use of kicking as a strategic or informal element in baseball with its formal, rule bound role in football.
Princeton Can Beat Harvard At One Game
New York December 24 Princeton defeated Harvard in the second round of the 22nd annual intercollegiate chess tournament to take the lead over Cambridge. With Columbia remaining, Princeton is favored to repeat the 1908 score.
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Princeton
Harvard
Associated Press
New York
Cambridge P
Columbia
Old Nassau
Yale
Two Bold Highwaymen Carry Out Queer Stunt in New York
Two men attacked Mrs. Katie Fisher on Third Avenue at 8 30 yesterday morning. They attempted robbery, forced contents of a bottle down her throat, rendering her unconscious until late afternoon. Police headquarters issued a general alert for the assailants.
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Associated Press
New York
Katie Fisher
Third Avenue
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