Harry Davis Signs With the Athletics
Harry Davis formerly captain of the Philadelphia club and last season manager of Cleveland will rejoin the Athletics for the coming season. Connie Mack announced that Davis signed a contract and would travel with the team to San Antonio Texas for spring training.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Harry Davis
Philadelphia American League Baseball Club
Cleve
Athletics
Connie Mack
Davis
San Antonio
Texas
Naps Advance Guard Now In Pensacola
The Cleveland Americans advance guard led by Manager Birmingham arrived in Pensacola to begin spring training at Maxtent Park. About twenty five people including players officials and newspapermen are in the party.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Cleveland Americans
Birmingham
Infield
Battery
Maxent Park
Mobile Juniors Dominate Model Laundry In Season Opener
The Mobile Juniors defeated Model Laundry 22 to 1 in the season opener on Sunday. Pitcher Courtney struck out fourteen and allowed only one hit, while Pryor excelled at the plate with seven hits in seven at bats including a home run, a three bagger and three two baggers.
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Mobile
Model Laundry
Courtney
Pryor
R. H
Negroes Protest After Arrest in City Incident
Horace McCall, a Black man, was jailed in the city prison on a charge of being dangerous after a dispute at his home left his wife injured. She claimed she was knocked down with a chair during a alleged assault. Patrolman Ske Kruse arrested him as a crowd gathered and partisanship flared in the northern city area.
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Horace McCall
McCall
Ske Kruse
Kruse
Mysterious letter threatens Rock Island leader's family
Detectives watch the home of George P. Mudge in Kansas City after he found a letter in a pill box threatening the lives of his two young children. No money demand was made, and authorities suspect a follow up threat may be planned.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
George P. Mudge
H. A. Mudge
Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Jennings Tigers Arrive in Gulfport for Spring Training
The Detroit American League special car carrying Manager Jennings, 42 players, newspapermen, and guests arrived in Gulfport Mississippi yesterday. The squad will train at the fair grounds diamond and use the Grand Southern hotel as headquarters, prepared for their stay.
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Gulfport
Miss
Jennings
Gulf and
Ship Island
Fair Grounds
Gerat Southern
Insurers Urge Elimination of Preventable Diseases
In New York on February 24 the Association of Life Insurance presidents urged better vital statistics registration to prevent diseases. They claim eliminating preventable diseases could save about 1.5 billion dollars yearly and reduce 630000 deaths annually, urging states to improve birth and death records.
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Associated Press
New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Marshall Ties Capablanca in Cuban Chess Tourney
In Havana on February 24 two adjourned games were completed. Jaffe defeated Chajes while Kupchik drew with Marshall. The result leaves Marshall and Capablanca tied for first with 4 to 2.
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Associated Press
Havana
Jaffe
Chajes
Kupchik
Marshall
Capablanca
Cigar Store Robbery Victim Clerk Bound By Bandits
New York February 24 three men robbed a busy cigar store in broad daylight taking about 300 dollars from a safe and cash register. They tied bound and gagged the clerk Albert Jacobson who managed to attract attention by tapping on a glass panel with his manacled hands. Police are trailing the suspects.
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Associated Press
New York
Cigar Corporation
Albert Jacobson
William Barnes Dies In Nantucket At 89
William Barnes a founder of the Republican party in New York and longtime national political figure died Sunday in Nantucket from pneumonia at age 89. He is survived by his widow and two sons William Barnes Jr and Thurlow Weed Barnes of New York.
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Associated Press
Nantucket
Mass
William Barnes
New York
Thurlow Weed Barnes
League Season Opens April 10
Secretary Charles Colsson reports Southern League meeting in Chattanooga approved a harmonious schedule. Opening date set for April 10 and closing for September 7 with changes including Birmingham at New Orleans July 3 and Atlanta at Mobile July, plus adjusted dates to allow travel for July 4 games. Manager Mike Finn attended. Colsson fell ill on the trip but plans to resume work tomorrow.
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Charles Colsson
Mobile Baseball Club
Southern League
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham
Atlanta
Baugh
Callaway
New Orleans
Mobile
Nashville
Montgomery
Memphis
Mike Finn
Mobile Club
Colsson
Gulf City
Arthur Wallace Transferred to Springfield Club
Gulfport Mississippi February 24 Arthur Wallace a well known baseball player wintering in Biloxi with relatives has been informed by the Norfolk club president of a transfer to the Springfield club of the Three I League. The Norfolk club gains an infielder and a cash bonus in the deal Wallace says he is in prime form and expects his best season yet.
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Gulfport
Miss
Arthur Wallace
Biloxi
Norfolk Club
Springfield
Wallace
Norfolk
Walace
New Woman Swimmer Sets 800 Yard World Record
Sydney New Zealand Feb 24 Fanny Durack Sunday set a new record for an 800 yard swim by a woman with a time of 4 minutes 12 seconds. The previous mark 4 25 2 5 belonged to Daisy Curwen.
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Associated Press
Sydndby
N. Z
Fanny Durack
Daisy Curwen
Brand and Leonard to Join Red Sox
Grover Brand and Dutch Leonard of Fresno signed as pitchers for the Boston Red Sox and left for the training camp at Hot Springs Arkansas to begin work on March 1.
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Associated Press
Fresno
Cal
Grover Brand
Dutch” Leonard
Boston Red Sox
Hot Springs
Ark
Lynching of 17 year old Black lad shocks Manning era
Marion Cantri, a 17 year old Black youth held on assault and battery charges, was seized by masked Whites near Paxville and shot dead as officers attempted to transport him to Manning. About a dozen men, identities unknown, overpowered constable and deputies. inquiry opened.
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Associated Press
Manning
D. C
Marion Cantri
Cantri
Paxville
Head On Collision Kills Engineer Near Jennings
Richmond Va Feb 24 Engineer W L Cogbdill was killed instantly and Engineer T N Burzin injured in a head on collision between two Southern Railway passenger trains at Jennings thirty miles south of Richmond. Eight passengers were slightly hurt as several cars derailed amid orders confusion.
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Associated Press
Richmond
W. L. Cogbdill
T. N. Burzin
Southern Railway
Jennings
Tirty
Vesey Sees Western States Granting Women’s Suffrage
In Chicago Robert Vesey former South Dakota governor urged that the entire West will grant suffrage to women within years. He argued women are fit to legislate for humanity and would improve schools prisons and social and political life. The article ends with a light aside about pride in a first baseball uniform.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert 8. Vessey
South Dakota
West
Wells Brings Bride as Mascot and Honeymoon Pairing
English heavyweight champion Bombardier Wells arrives from London with his bride Kilroy to train near New York for a second run against the White Hope crop. He bas Cooperates with his wife overseeing meals at Johnson's roadhouse while seeking a bout with American champion Father McCarthy to avenge Palzer loss.
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New York
Bombardier Wells
London
Wells
Johnson's Roadhouse
Luke
England
Kilroy
Father McCarthy
McCarthy
al Palzer
Palzer
Madison Square Garden
Bombardier
Paize
Pitcher Bokenfohr Helped Woulfe Become Notary
The Times-Democrat recounts how Joseph Bokenfohr of Laurel street once struck out James J. Woulfe four times in a Sunday New Orleans game. Woulfe later became a notary public, a career change that the story ties to Bokenfohr’s pitcher’s performance and a lost chance at baseball glory.
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Joseph Bokenfohr
Laurel Street
William Bokenfohr
James J. Woulfe
Bokenfohr
Woulfe
Times-Democrat
Jimmy” Woulls
New Orleans
Mobile
Robert BE
Wees
Orleans
Acid Iron Earths
John Kelly
Jimmy” Woulfe
R. E. Lees
Lees
The
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Lees of
Bok
Bob
Enfohr
Slugger
Diamond
Notary Castell
Central League Reorganized By Association
The Central League reorganization was completed in Indianapolis on February 24 with club owners and President Louis Heilbroner of Fort Wayne. The 1913 season will feature 140 men, running April 23 to September 7, with six clubs: Fort Wayne Terre Haute Evansville Dayton Grand Rapids and Springfield Ohio.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Heilbroner
Fort Wayne
Terre’ Haute
Evansville
Dayton
Grand Rapide
Springfield
Ohio
Novel Fight Planned Against Dance Halls in Chicago
St James Episcopal Church aims to combat alleged evils of public dance halls by hosting parish house dances in Chicago with lent not interrupting. The first event is Tuesday night and social leaders plan to attend and dance with shop girls and office boys. A nominal fee will be charged.
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Associat Press
Chicago
St. James Episcopal Church
Rabbis for Chaplains in the Army and Navy
In New York on February 24 a meeting to establish army and navy branches of the Young Men's Hebrew Association was held. Army and navy officers and others spoke as Jews and Christians about moving to place rabbis as chaplains in both services. The effort aims to serve Jewish enlisted men through formal religious support.
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Associated Press
New York
Army
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Mexicans in Douglas Denounce Killing Across Border
About a thousand Mexicans from Douglas and Agua Prieta denounced the killings of Madero and Suarez. Speeches by C. G. Sariano and others sparked cross border protests. Tension rose to fever heat as troops from Agua Prieta gathered and the governor refused Huerta recognition amid feared uprising and gunfire reports.
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Associated Press
Douglas, Aris
Douglas
Agua Prieta
Madero
Suarez
C. G. Sariano
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Mel Sheppard
A.C
Peerless
Mel
Brand
Leonard
Red Sox
Vessey
Bovbardier Wells
Jas. J. Woulfe
Lee
Casey
Deesee Partera
U.S
Cor. Government
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