Managers With Free Reins Always Up In Race For Pennant
New Orleans reports that teams with managers free from director interference consistently contend for pennants. The piece cites Nashville, New York Giants and other clubs, noting autocratic leaders like McGraw and Stallings succeed when unhampered. It contrasts frequent managerial changes with steady leadership under Barney Dreyfus and Connie Mack.
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Finn
Dusty” Miller
Dusty
Johnny Dobbs
Bunch
Sulphur Dell
Nashville
Dobbs
Chattanooga
South Atlanta
Bill Bernhard
Bill
Bill Schwartz
McGraw
New York
Connie Mack
Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
Clarke
George Stallings
New York Americans
Week's Double Header At Y M C A Tonight
The Y M C A basketball league schedules two Friday games in the association gymnasium. The Cubs face the Crescents and the Crowns meet the Pelicans. Games start earlier due to no gym classes this week. An upcoming January 8 make up and a new league with medals are planned.
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Cubs
Crescents
Pelicans
Association Gymnasium
Owls
Cardinals
Cy Morgan Draws Back Pay From Reds
Cy Morgan will travel to Cincinnati to collect 35 days' salary after the national commission ruled Cincinnati must pay him. Kansas City traded Morgan despite knowing his arm was damaged. An appeal followed the sale and a probe of the trade examined his medical status and pitching limit.
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Martins Ferry, CO
Harry B
Cy” Morgan
Cincinnati
Reds
National Commission
Kansas City
A. A
Morgan
Bonesetter Reese
Milwaukee
Lindsay Headed to New Orleans as Third Sacker
Portland manager McCredie announced that Bill Lindsay third baseman for Portland in the Pacific Coast league will be sold to New Orleans. All coast league teams have granted waivers on Lindsay.
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Portland
Ore
Bill” Lindsay
New Orleans
McCredie
Lindsay
Lonely Christmas for Mystery Woman in Monticello Jail
Miss Adelaide M. Brance spent Christmas alone in the Monticello jail after a dispute over a photograph of the late Melvin H. Couch. Couch’s widow Mrs. Louise Couch recovered the picture from Brance, who had lived in a secret room in Couch’s attorney’s office for three years. Brance hoped for her brother’s arrival and received over fifty sympathetic letters, while Couch’s effects yielded no will. A search found Brance’s own will naming Couch as beneficiary of her possessions.
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Associated Press
Monticello
N. Y
Adelaide M. Brance
Melvin H. Couch
Couch
Louise Couch
Miss Brance
McGraw Signs Cuban Left Hander Palermo for Giants
The Cuban left handed rookie Palermo, coveted by many scouts, signs with the New York Giants for 1914. His standout performances against teams touring Cuba have created strong expectations for his major league impact.
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McGraw
Palermo
Giants
Cuba
Greek Olympic Games Postponed After War
The Greek Olympic games planned for spring 1914 in Athens have been postponed due to insufficient time for preparations after the war. The organizing committee cites the shortened period as the reason for delaying the event.
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Associated Press
Athens
Food for Fandom and 1914 Baseball Signings Summary
Cincinnati signs four Cuban pitchers and Boston Red Sox list five players for 1914 including manager Joe Carrigan and star Wood. The Reds plan the youngest infield in the NL with Dodge Niehoff Herzog Groh and aging stars. Braves schedule spring exhibitions in Macon and several cities, Giants eye Snodgrass at first, Brooklyn bets on a strong 1914 infield under Wilbur Robinson, Phelps and Lumley linked to minor league jobs, plus notes on Dreyfuss Ebbets and Steen. St. Paul leads the American Association batting, Milwaukee close behind, others follow.
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Red Sox
Joe Carrigan
Joe Wood
Heine Wagner
Larry
Gardner
Foster
Browns
Sportman’s Park
Reserve Banks Move to Choose Eight to Twelve Cities
Secretaries McAdoo and organization committee consider hearings in Washington or personal investigations to locate eight to twelve cities for federal reserve banks. Seattle leads a vigorous bid citing Alaska proximity and financial center status, with other cities like Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Atlanta New Orleans Dallas also pressing claims. Banks in Beaumont Austin Union S C Little Rock Mobile applied for membership. Milwaukee used the reserve facility least.
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McAdoo
Tiesite
Echrem
Washington
Reserve Bank
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Kansas City
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
South
Atlanta
New Orleans
Dallas
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Beaumont
Austin
Tex
Union
S. C
Little Rock
Ark
Mobile
Ala
Bostick Ready to Plead Guilty and Hang
John Bostick, in custody after the El Monte Sunset Limited hold up killing Horace E. Montague, says he will plead guilty and accept penalties. Sheriff Hammel reports a full confession including a prior November 24 robbery near Richmond, California.
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Associated ‘Press
Los Angeles
John Bostick
Gnd Sityer
Horace E. Montague
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Bostick
el Monte
Richmond
Cal
Federal prisoners enjoy high old time on Christmas day
Atlanta December 26 prisoners at the federal penitentiary staged minstrel shows vaudeville acts and a wild west farce for a merry Christmas. Eight hundred inmates laughed at jokes sang with an ebony chorus and reenacted plantation scenes then received a turkey dinner and were allowed to write an extra letter home.
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Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Newfoundland Seen as Major Future Petroleum Source
Newfoundland is regarded as one of the most promising future sources of petroleum within the British Empire with oil indications spanning two hundred miles along the west coast.
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Newfoundland
New Reds Manager Charms Fans With Strong Temper
Charles Lincoln Herzog, recently named manager of the Reds, earned a reputation for a harsh, directive style after a history with McGraw and Cocash. The piece notes his past discipline and the buzz among players about how long before tempers flare in Cincinnati.
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Reds
New York
Charles Lincoln Herzog
Cantaloupe King
Cocash
Herzog
McGraw
Boston
Charlie
Marlin
Fort Worth
Dallas
Young Co. Cash
Charles Lincoln
Giants
Baltimore
Gianti
Cincinnati
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Charles Ebbets
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