Managers lining up for the 1914 pennant race in the South
The Southern League gears up as teams report formation of rosters for 1914. Birmingham and Atlanta sized up, with emphasis on outfield and infield strength, key signings, and promising prospects like Kircher and Flanagan. Managers expect to fill first base and catcher slots, while pitchers Dent Price Kissinger and others shape up.
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Southern Up
New Orleans
Molie
Birmingham
Outlaws
Amby McConnell
Forley Jennings
Schwind
Chapman
Bible
Harry Welch
Tommy Long
al Nixon
Crackers
Flanagan
Kircher
Bill
Elliott Dent
Gill Price
Rube Kissinger
Turtle
Jack Doescher
Jersey City
Lawrence
Efird Hedgepeth
Perryman
Frank Browning
Smith
Joe Dunn
Ham Reynolds
Munch
Washington
Walsh
South
Carlton Molesworth
Moley
Medsride
Knisely
Igely
Mac
Magee
Herndon
National Commission
Leary
Utica
Browns
Bill McGilvray
Lil Marcan
Marcan
Singtown
Roy Ellam
Edwards
Shay
Ellam
McDonald
Molesworth
Charley Schmidt
Larry Brown
Bill Campbell
W. Robertson
Larue
Charlie Fritz
Detroit
Boston Braves
Calhoun
Tepe
Clayton Perry
Fred Smith
Lord
Tommy Clark
George Miller
Moose McCormick
Mickey Coyle
Cari
Flick
Balenti
Bean
Honey Boy Evans Gifts Trophies to Southern Association Hitters
Honey Boy Evans, famed patron of the theatrical and baseball worlds, extended trophies to minor leagues last summer. In the Southern Association Harry Welchende led with a .338 average earning Evans’s Trophy, a silver piece with Evans’s portrait. He also awarded prizes to the Canadian, Three-I, Central leagues, and batting star Ty Cobb, with Joe Jackson close behind. Evans plans another trophy for Southern Association hitters next summer.
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Evans
Southern Association
Havans
Harry Welchende
Atlanta
Welch
George Evans
George
Honey Boy
Joe Jackson
Baseball Team Roster Rumors Spark Memphis and New Orleans Scribes
New Orleans sports writers expect Wilson Bagby Lush and Galvenich to shine this season. Evans may be valuable while Buck Weaver faces an unsure role. Mike Finn at Memphis has cleaned house and faces a hard-to-predict lineup with Paulett Mullens Shanley Stark McDermott Love Snell Schei Parsons Merritts and others.
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Weaver
Lush
Gudger
Bagby
Peddy
Wilson
Evans
Galvenich
Stevenson
Hill
New Orleans
Buck Weaver
Memphis
Mike
Finn
Gene Paulet
hodKed
Joe Mullens
Shanley
Stark
Red McDermott
Jack
Love
Snell
George Schei
Parsons
Rose prize winner edged for batting title
Dave Robertson, Mobile star and last season’s Rose diamond medalist, led the Southern League in batting before Harry Welch surged on the final stretch and narrowly denied him the batting honor.
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Dave Robertson
Rose
Harry Welch
Dave
Southern
Penn Hosts Annual Big Relay Carnival At Franklin Field
Preparations for the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival at Franklin Field trail toward completion with nearly fifty colleges entered. Oxford University joins as a vast entrant for the four mile race alongside Pennsylvania and Princeton. Smaller colleges and high schools boost the invite list, with about 30 institutions expected on April 25.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Colbge
Boston College
Oxford University of England
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Colleges and Preparatory
Lipton Vessel Shamrock IV Progress Report
International dispatch reports very good progress at Gosport on Shamrock IV with the yacht taking shape and set for spring trials in the Solent. Designers dismiss London speculation about the rig and note the boat will likely have a deep heavy lead keel with no centreboard due to past testing.
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Lipton
Shamrock IV
Penn Nine-Game 1930 Schedule Includes Navy and Michigan Trip
The University of Pennsylvania releases a nine game football schedule for 1930. Annapolis meets Penn at Franklin Field on September 17 marking Navy’s first away game against a non Army opponent. Michigan travels to Ann Arbor for a November 7 game, Dartmouth visits November 14, and Cornell closes the season on Thanksgiving. Penn State and Brown are dropped from the slate.
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Philadelphi
University of Pennsylvania
Annapolis
Pennsy
Franklin Field
Navy
Army
Penn State
Brown
Michigan
Jorney
Harvard
Penn
Wolverines
Ann Harbor
Dartmouth
Cornell
Americans Enter Ski Competition at Holmankollen
Several Americans have entered the international skiing meet at Holmankollen on February 19 22 and 23. The athletes sailed from New York last Tuesday and will stay for the tri national event on March 1 between Sweden and Norway before attending the international skating rates at Trondheim. They will sail from Bergen on March 7.
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Christians
Norways
Holmankollen
New York
Sweden
Norway
Trondhjem
Bergen
Howell Kroh and Summers lead hurling at Nashville
The piece notes Howell Kroh and Summers likely to carry most of the pitching, with unsettled Nashville issues from the Hirsig Schwartz dispute. Artie Hoffman on reserve writes he was released by Hirsig before quitting office. Schwartz may start, Lindsay will man shortstop, and Davy Callahan with Del Young are fixed in the outfield. Pinch McCabe and Al Shaw compete for the remaining outfield spot.
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Pinch McCabe
al Shaw
Rite
Fine Swimming Tank For Madison Square Is Being Erected
NEW YORK February 14 One feature of the Sportsman's Show at Madison Square Garden February 21 27 is a large water tank under Oto Woehle head of the AAU swimming. The program includes all swimming races diving and water polo with a Metropolitan championship to be contested in the yard dash and a record likely to be set in that event.
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International News Service
New York
Madison Square Garden
Oto Woehle
The
Amateur Athletic Union
the & Yard
Wahle
More Foemen to Face by Americans for Davis Tennis Cup
New York reports that Australia and England were seen as the US main rivals to retain the Davis Cup this summer. However French player George Aranyi German Robert Spies and Austrian Counts Otto and Alexandre Salm have visited the U S and shown strong indoor play as they plan to enter the indoor national championship.
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International News Service
New York
United States
Australia
England
George Aranyi
Robert C. Spiés
Otto Saln
Alexandre Salm
Austria
Americans Enter Big English Races
London reports several Americans entering major steeplechase events. Cavero and Cayero, both owned by New Yorker Lewishohn, are among the top entries for the Grand National and Lancashire Steeplechase. Alexander Smith Cochran also enters Post Boy. Meanwhile George Edwards, a renowned theatrical figure, retires from racing, plans to sell his thirty-horse stable and Irish stud farm after his health declines.
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Cayero
Lancashire
Manchester
Alexander Smith Cochran
Post Boy
United States
Canada
Cirscles
George Edwards
Edwards
Ireland
Contia
Oxford Cambridge Eight-Oared Race Set For March 28
The annual Oxford against Cambridge eight-oared race is scheduled for March 28 from Putney to Mortlake about four and a quarter miles. Oxford leads 39 to 30 in seventy clashes, with Cambridge last winning three races prior to Oxford’s five straight victories. The best time recorded is 18 minutes 36 seconds by Oxford in 1911.
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International News Service
London
Oxford
Cambridge
Putney
Mortlake
Moran Winning Favor With English Sports
Frank Moran the Pittsburg heavyweight has become a favorite with the English sporting public ahead of his scheduled title fight with Jack Johnson. He headlined a Manchester bill, with sparring partner Willie Lewis, and every seat in the ten thousand capacity Free Trades Hall was sold. Moran and Lewis are based at the Hotel Cecil.
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International News Service
London
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Jack Johnson
Manchester
Manchester Free Trades Hall
Moran
Willie Lewis
Cecil
Free Recipe for Weak Men Promises Cure for Vigor Loss
An advertisement offers a prescription for nervous debility and weakened manhood claimed to cure 80 men at home without medicines. It promises free full instructions by mail to any man who writes, presenting a sensational cure for dem onhood and vigor failure with a simple envelope request.
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Hardgrove
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Harben
Ponder
Sloan
Fittery
Evansville
Finneran
Travesser
Boston
Dilger
Barons
John Dobbs
Pels
Charlie Starr
Cotton Knaupp
Kibble
Barbare
Bill Lindsay
Edmundson
Sylvester
McDowell
Jake Atz
Dobbs
Jack Adams
Bob Higgins
Northern
Hendryx
John Cochran
Cochran
Appalachian League
Jack Reidy
Pets
Nta
Honey Boy” Evans Trophy
Kunnel
Old
Kentucky
Rose Prize
Madison Square
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