Birmingham Seeks Final Southern Basketball Championship
The Birmingham Ledger reports Birmingham wants a final championship game between Mobile and Columbus to decide the Southern basketball title. Columbus accepts Birmingham’s neutral‑site offer. Mobile delays, preferring Montgomery though Columbus resists. Experts say both teams are top in the region and a playoff is hoped to be arranged on a neutral floor.
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Did Overconfidence Cost Mobile the Pennant
Chattanooga report after the Southern League meeting suggests overconfidence by Mobile players influenced last season. Mike Finn recalls the Baron Gulls series and their 4 game run in Birmingham, with over 35,000 fans watching the four Birmingham games and the Sunday Mobile clash.
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Buck O'Brien Signs with Boston Americans
Thomas J Buck O'Brien signed a contract to pitch for the Boston Americans. Ray Collins is the only undefeated champion yet unsigned. He may confer with President McAleer before players leave for spring training in Hot Springs Ark.
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Buck) O'Brien
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Catcher O Neill Holds Out as Cleveland Signs New Players
In Pensacola Florida on February 28 Vean Gregg and H A Peddy joined the Cleveland Americans. Catcher O Neill sent back his contract to Manager Birmingham and says he will not play this year unless his terms are met.
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Tiger Pitcher Suffers Injury at Gulfport Practice
Detroit Tigers in Gulfport under Manager Jennings and Trainer Tuthill conduct early workouts. Pitcher Hall sustained a thumb injury from a line drive during Thursday's session. Exhibition games planned with Hattiesburg Normal School for March 6 and 7 ahead of a march to Mobile for two games with Cincinnati.
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Welterweight Wins Suit For Damages
London report says American welterweight boxer Harry Lewis won $3,000 damages against a taxi company over injuries from a taxicab crash. He claimed the accident impaired nerve and ability to fight.
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Last of New York's To Sail Saturday
The last contingent of New York American League ball players will sail for Bermuda at 1 o'clock Saturday morning.
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Racing Game To Be Revived In New York State
New York reports say horse racing will return next June after anti-betting laws stalled turf activity. Four tracks Belmont Park Aqueduct Yonkers Saratoga are named for reestablishment with a cooperative plan to share losses and profits. The Jockey Club met to review impact of a Supreme Court oral betting ruling and plans another meeting for official word.
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Tinker’s Team Heads to Mobile for Spring Training
Cincinnati manager Joe Tinker and six players left for West Baden Indiana yesterday to join others. The full party will depart Monday for Mobile Alabama for spring training.
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Tiger Moriarity In a New Role
Misa, Feb. 28. Abbley, Dixie Theatre manager, advertises a picture written by Third Baseman Moriarity of the Detroit Tigers to be shown next Friday. Moriarity wrote the scenario after a discussion with trainer Harry Tuthill in New York. The story earned Moriarity $25 from Lubin Company after he quickly drafted it.
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Oklahoma Senate Bans Prize Fighting With Penalties
Oklahoma Senate approves a bill prohibiting prize fights and animal contests such as bull fights. Anyone aiding abetting or promoting a prize fight faces a penitentiary sentence of one to five years.
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Confesses Crime and Surrenders in Kansas City
Claude Kimbrell twenty one years old voluntarily surrendered to police in Kansas City and confessed to vanishing from Atlanta two years ago after misappropriating several hundred dollars from former employers. Atlanta authorities notified. His father is a Tucker Georgia merchant.
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Lewis Set to Report to Red Sox Camp in Hot Springs
Outfielder Duffy Lewis of the Boston Americans says he will join the team at the training camp in Hot Springs on March 9 after reportedly returning three contracts this season. He is expected to report from San Francisco on February 28.
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Chevy Chase Club Awaits Developments on Honorary Membership
Washington report says Chevy Chase Club members say nothing more can be done after invitation to President Wilson for honorary membership was declined. Club officials note the offer remains open hoping the next president arriving here will reconsider.
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Troops Pass Through Bound for Galveston from Fort Thomas
Special trains carrying troops from Fort Thomas Kentucky will travel through Mobile Friday afternoon on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad heading to Galveston Texas. They are ordered to rendezvous there if the United States intervenes in Mexico.
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One Hundred Years Old In Newton New Jersey
One hundred years old Mrs. Anna Rutan second cousin of Commodore Perry celebrated with twenty three descendants across four generations at her daughter’s home. Blieven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren joined the visit.
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St Josephs Triumph Over City Independents In Fast Bout
St Josephs defeated City Independents 19 to 15 in a fast basketball game last night. Goodman and Erhardt starred for St Josephs. After the game a picked team practiced for the state champions, the Crowns, ahead of their upcoming game with Pensacola. Box score follows.
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Mills Takes Jackson Manager Post For Cotton States League
Ollie Mills arrived in Jackson from Texas to manage the Cotton States League club this season and start recruiting. He is a veteran pennant winner with a .800 batting average last year and will oversee player reporting in early March as solicitors begin fundraising for the team's season.
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Seventeen bandits executed near Mexico City
Seventeen Zapatistas captured eight miles from the capital were executed after dawn clashes with rurales. Commander Juan Vargas reported to President Huerta that the outlaws were slain in outlawry and rebellion.
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New Orleans Yacht to Enter Wilson Cup Defense
Boston reports the American fleet for the President Wilson cup defense will include eight new boats and three older vessels. New additions are sought from New York Cleveland Chicago and New Orleans ahead of trial races off Marblehead in August.
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Pitcher Overall Retires From Game
Overall, a former Chicago National pitcher recently reinstated by the National Baseball Commission, announces retirement from professional baseball. He says President Murphy was right to require reporting to Chicago before any trade, cites fear of being dubbed a has been if he returns in poor form, and notes a wish to avoid Chicago.
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Kupchik Ranks Third After Victory in Havana Chess
In Havana on February 28 Kupchik defeated Chajes to move into third place as only adjourned games remained. Janowski and Chajes continued their game but was adjourned after ninety moves.
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Steamer Manteo Planned for Tampa to New Orleans Run
The coast steamer Manteo, once linking Pensacola and gulf ports, now bought by unnamed parties amid suspected ties to a Gulf coast expedition, will be placed on a Tampa to New Orleans service.
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