Y. M. C. A. League Ends with Close Season Title
The Y M C A league wrapped a lively season finishing with six teams. The Cardinals took first with five wins and two losses, the Pelicans were second, Cubs placed third with four wins and three losses, Browns and Crown followed, Crescents lacking a center hurt several games, and Owls had mixed rosters. A new four team league forms on the 20th with eight players per squad and a one dollar entry bond.
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Cardinals
Pelicans
Cubs
Browns
Crescents
Owls
Williams
Y M C A Track Team Prepares For Mardi Gras Race
The Y M C A track squad under Captain Powell gears up for Mardi Gras competition in Mobile. Fifteen men expected to enter the scratch race on February 23, with new uniforms arriving soon. A five mile run will follow about six to eight weeks later, open to city amateurs under policy safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Mobile
Tance
Volunteer Manager To Have Free Rein in Steering the Team
Nashville officials plan to give the Vols manager full control over team affairs for 1914. President Hirsi g and the board will confer with the manager on trades and sales, aiming to create harmony and a winning club with Artie Hoffman or another manager at the helm.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bill Schwartz
Vols
Britton
St. Louis Cardinals
Miller Huggins
Huggins
Artie Hoffman
Hirsig
Ager
Hiri
Nashville Vols Move to Hire Regular Players in 1914
Good team represents Nashville in 1914 under new business manager Dr. Frank C. Bassett and exerts effort to secure regular players for the Volunteers.
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Nashville
Frank C. Bassett
Vols
Messier Poised to Enter 1000 Mile Walking Race
Dan O'Leary promoter invites Henry Messier of Milwaukee to join a 1000 mile straightaway walking race in Los Angeles. Messier eyes the challenge but demands tangible prize money before he will commit, noting past years out of the game.
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O'Leary
Henry
Northwestern's 7 Foot 3 Player Aims for Basketball
Chicago Jan 10 Northwestern University claims the tallest varsity athlete Am Van Dyke 7 feet 3 12 inches tall and a candidate for the basketball team. He should find scoring easy with his height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicago
Northwestern University
Alva van Dyke
van Driye
Y M C A Classified Sports League Action
The Y M C A junior and intermediate leagues are moving fast with inter mediate contests begun last Monday. Players chase high scores for individual silver and bronze medals as the season continues. Junior teams are evenly matched and progressing rapidly.
Dobbs to Take Over Pelicans Monday
Johnny Dobbs, leader of the Pelicans, will formally assume the toga of Cholly Frank Monday morning. He had planned to leave Chattanooga Friday night for New Orleans but postponed until Sunday night due to business reasons.
Penn Varsity to Meet the Athletics at Shibe Park
The University of Pennsylvania will play two games with the Athletics at Shibe Park before the regular baseball season. The games are set for March 30 and 31, forcing cancellations of other college games to face Connie Mack's world champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Shibe Park
Collegians
Connie Mack
Velvet Beers to Meet Cream of Kentucky for Second Winter Game
The Velvet Beers and Cream of Kentucky collide on Kling's diamond at 2:30 PM in a rematch this winter. Manager Clark has strengthened the lineup and expects a hard fought contest. Velvet Beers lineup includes Wilson second Stever Pistole Johnson Wost Smith Long King Sims Wiseman West and pitchers. Cream of Kentucky features Erhardt Mangum Imland Smith Ross Burch Holt Day Courtney Cramer Clark on the mound.
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Velvet Beers
Cream of Kentucky
Kling’s
Clark
Wilson
Stever
Pistole
Johnson
Wost
Short
Smith
Long
King
Sims
Wiseman
West
K.s—Erhardt
Mangum
Imland
Ross
Burch
Holt
Day
Courtney
Cramer
Dad Moulton Chosen for Frisco Expo Stadium Track
New York report says Dad Moulton will supervise the 1916 San Francisco Exposition stadium track. He will be recommended by James E. Sullivan, to oversee a one third mile track with a 440 yard straightaway, praised as the world’s best. Moulton left Stanford California duties to pursue the post as Sullivan visits the coast to start construction work.
Odd Fellows Address On Alabama Fraternity Values
Honorable Samuel C Jenkins from Baldwin County speaks at Temperance Hall on Odd Fellowship in Alabama, praising truth, charity, and brotherhood. He notes Mobile as Mother of Odd Fellowship, cites membership gains, and lauds the Baldwin County lodge for orphan care and hospital work.
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Samuel C. Jenkins
Bay Minette
Odd Fellowship
Alabama
Mobile
Odd Fellows
Temperance Hall
Albert D. Bloch
The
United States
Masonic Fraternity
Baldwin Lodge No
Foley
Ala
Samuel Jenkins
Baldwin County
Baltimore
Odd Fellow Lodge
Semmes
Father Ryan
Augusta Evans
A. GB. Meek
Red Eagle
Tensaw
Gulf
Tropics
D. W McGaughey
Cullman
Grand Lodge
A. D. Bloch
Bloch
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Daphne
Club Breakfast and Supper Menu Hours
A club offers a breakfast from 6 30 to 10 00 a m and a combination supper from 5 30 to 8 00 p m with a la carte meals available all day.
Bathing cure for Albert Ross shocks Denver court
Judge Stapleton orders a daily bath for Albert Ross who fears water. Police Clerk Burkhardt testifies Ross slept in jail for two weeks and refused baths at the municipal lodging house. Faced with a forced bath or self help, Ross undresses and enters the tub despite protests of illness risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Stapleton
Albert Ross
Burkhardt
Ross
Lausten
Who Is Our Neighbor Good Samaritan Sermon Message
A sermon extols friendship and charity inspired by David and Jonathan and the Good Samaritan. It urges readers to help those in distress, warn against temptation, and show mercy in line with the Sermon on the Mount and the Golden Rule. It cites St. Paul and a poet on compassionate deeds and service as paths to God.
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David
Jonathan
St. Paul
Knights and Ladies of Security Meet Wednesday
Knights and Ladies of Security announce a meeting on Wednesday January 14 at 7 30 p m sharp. All members should attend as important business will be addressed and committees newly appointed will report. The national council and booster special start immediately and visiting members are welcome.
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Knights and Ladies of Security
National Council
Election and Installation of Officers at Mobile Lodge No 93
Members of Mobile Lodge No. 93 Fraternal Union of America elected and installed officers for the year during a Monday meeting. Names include Ernest J. Grove as Worthy president M. L. Wells vice president Edward L. Cahall secretary Geo Sei fert treasurer John L. Elsworth past president and Mary A. Tierney chaplain Lillie M. Pierre guide E A Bolling captain D E Williamson inner guard D E Wards outer guard J T Hawkins R B Nash and B B Boone. Afterward the group met at the Windsor Hotel for oysters and oyster gumbo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Lodge No. 93
Fraternal Union of America
Ernest J. Grove
M. L. Wells
Edward L. Cahall
Geo. Seifert
John L. Elsworth
Mary A. Tierney
Lillie M. Pierre
E. A. Bolling
Knights of Honor Lodge Installs Officers and Amends By laws
Mutual Lodge No. 501 Knights of Honor held its regular meeting on Friday night and installed Laz Schwarz as Past dictator Lucien C Curtis as dictator Lem Tarver as vice dictator H G Roman as assistant dictator S H Marx as guide N Crane as chaplain William Brabner as sentry L Schwarz N Crane and R In Goubil as trustees The by laws were amended changing meeting night to the third Monday each month.
Knights and Ladies of Honor Installation Night
Cornelia lodge of the popular order held a large meeting on Thursday night and installed officers including Past director D W McGaughey as grand protector and Miss Isabelle A Miller as past protector. Other officers were John A Dole protector Mrs Mary B Lindstrom secretary E L Cahall treasurer Abe G Levy guide Mrs Maggie King chaplain Mrs Mary A Tierney guardian Mrs Mary A Townsend sentry Wm Brabner and trustees D W McGaughe W L R Cahall J A Calcina. After installation members were treated to refreshments.
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Cornelia Lodge
D W. McGaughey
Isabelle A. Miller
John A. Dole
Mary B. Lindstrom
E. L. Cahall
Abe G. Levy
Maggie King
Mary A. Tierney
Mary A. Townsend
Wm. Brabner
D. W. McGaughe
W. L. R Cahall
J. A. Calcina
Everything Gets to London in the End
Anatole France during a centenary visit comments that Paris is elegant while London is solid and comfortable. He says English people value comfort, view Britain as cosmopolitan, and that Paris radiates ideas while London concentrates them. He adds English genius is practical and notes the island mindset.
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London
Anatole Fra
Paris
Don
England
Ali Baba
Tribe Reelects Officials for Second Term at Public Installation
The tribe re elected Joseph Swain as second term prophet and E W Richie as second term senior sagamore along with A J Brettel keeper of wampum and C F Sheldon collector of wampum. P C Boule is re elected to the board of trustees. Installation in Temperance hall planned for February with a January 13 1914 meeting to appoint committees and prepare the wigwam for visiting Red Men and pale face friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Swain
E. W. Richie
Sagamore
J. H. Forsythe
A. J. Brettel
F. H. Allen
C. F. Sheldon
O. H. Harris
Great Council
A. W. Konstanzer
Junior Order Council installs officers and plans Fourth of July outing
The Jr O U A M United American Mechanics Council No 6 met at the hall on Dauphin and St Emanuel Streets. Officers were installed including Councilor H W French Jr and Walter L Ellis. six members were named to a planning committee for a July Fourth outing. The council voted unanimously on a Theodore public school flag request to be unfurled soon by Walter L Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flag Committee
H. W. French, Jr
W. L. Ellis
E. W. Russell
S. J. Rhodes
T. A. Hamilton
C. F. Sheldon
Walter Griffin
J. Barrett
Inside Sentinel
J. G. Goodman
Outside Sentinel
S. R. Smith
Knights of Pythias Lodge Installs Officers at Castle Hall
Rescue Lodge No. 24 Percivale No. 102 and Red Cross Lodge No. 132 hosted weekly meetings with Friday night installations. J F Hogan, F L Wilson, George W. Smith, and Charles L. Smith led the rites. Officers for Rescue No. 24 and Percivale 102 were installed by noted Pythians. Robert E. Gordon delivered a strong address on the good of the order. The Very Rev. G. C. Tucker presided at organ. refreshments followed as the crowd departed after midnight.
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Knights of Pythias
Rescue Lodge
Percivale
Red Cross Lodge
Charles L. Smith
G. M
Bergemann
Herman Leinkauf
F. T. Hatteau
Af A
C. M. Kilborne
O. Enholm
J. J. Pilgrim
Ernest Lumley
O. G. Percivale
J. N. Williams
P. Peaks George
L. Mountain
C. C
James P. Redding
X. C
T. F. Mitchell
W. E. Prewitt
William Marshall
W. M
C.F. Sheldon
Charles Spies
R. H. Pitard
I. G
J. M. Forbes
O. G. Red Cross Lodge
P. M. Walker
Ernest J. Grove C. C
R. A. Levisohn
V. C
J. H. Kruse
H. P. Horton
J. E Twomey
Kin
F. T. Harteau
George W. Smith
H. L. Pruitt
C. G
Robert E. Gordon
Mobile Lodge No. 67
G. C. Tucker
Castle Hall
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Chockawe
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Viccote
Dobbs
Penn Varsity
Dad Moulton
Frisco Expo Stadium
S21 Ltd
DR. F. L. Tapia
Dauphin ST
Britton’s Shoe Store
S. D. Copeland & Son
Conti Street
Mr. Jenkins
Lord Byron
Order of
Judge
Paradise
Order of Red Men
Anatole Frange
Weiter
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