Yantz Will Not Become a Pelican
Cincinnati report indicates baseball commission set aside a release for Yants from Chicago and New Orleans clubs. The commission explains inter-league waivers require notification to the National Association secretary and outlines steps if a drafted player is claimed by another club within five days.
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Incinnati
Na Baseball Commission
Chicago
New Orleans
Siegal
Yartts
Associamn
Asiation
National Association
Jud Daley Signs With the Volunteers
Jud Daley former Montgomery left fielder signs with Nashville for year. He mailed the contract from Montgomery and is ready to report in Nashville as soon as Manager Schwartz approves. Daley has been wintering in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jud Daley
Montgomery Baseball Club
Nashville
Schwartz
Nelson A Benedict Marries Fay King Denver
Battling Nelson, the prize fighter, wed Miss Fay King Denver in Hegeswich Illinois yesterday. Chicago dispatch reports the ceremony and the couple’s nuptials in local society notices.
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Chicago
Battling Nelson
Fay King Denver
Hegeswich
Former Barons Manager Harry Vaughn Ill With Pneumonia
Harry Vaughn, longtime southern baseball figure and former Birmingham Southern League manager, is critically ill at his Cincinnati home with pneumonia. Vaughn guided Birmingham to the 1906 league pennant and earlier starred as a catcher in the majors, sharing a battery with Theodor Breitenstein. His condition is described as precarious with little chance of recovery.
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Cincinnati
Harry Vaughn
Birmingham
Vaughn
South
Theodor Breitenstein
McLean Signs with St. Louis Nationals After Cincinnati Run
John Larry McLean, formerly with Cincinnati, signed a contract with the St. Louis National League club for next season. Miller Huggins of St. Louis spoke with Chicago president Charles Murphy but no trade made at the meeting. The announcement came from Cincinnati on January 24.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John
Larry) McLean
St- Louis
Miller Huggins
St. Louis Nations
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago Nationals
Phillies to Train At Southern Pines
Philadelphia National League team will train at Southern Pines North Carolina. The squad departs February 24 the same day the Philadelphia Americans leave for San Antonio Texas.
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Phillies
Southern Pines
Philadelphia
Philadelphia National League Baseball Club
N. C
Philadelphia Americans
San Antonio
Texas
Y M C A Team to Play Columbus Ga Five
The Y M C A basketball regulars will face the Columbus Ga Y M C A team on February 17. Daily practice is under way as Mobile eyes a memorable drubbing after a previous loss at Columbus. The Birmingham Athletic Club and University of Texas teams will visit Mobile later, with the southern championship at stake depending on those results.
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Columbus
Snodgrass Signs With McGraw's Team
Fred Snodgrass center fielder of the New York Nationals has signed again with Manager McGraw. He notes a substantial salary increase over last year’s pay for the coming season. The deal follows his costly muff in the deciding World Series game last fall.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Snodgrass
New York Nationals
McGraw
Snodgrass
Higginson Leads Amateur Trap Championship Field
B M Higginson of the New York Athletic Club presided over the sixth annual midwinter handicap trap shooting tournament at Pinehurst as the national amateur champion. His 191 breaks topped Henry Powers of Atlantic City who scored 190, with S W Putnam of Fitchburg and F G Fuller of Mukwonago tied for third at 188.
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Pinehurst
N. C
B. M. Higginson
New
Capablanca Tops Whitaker to Lead Masters Standings
Jose R. Capablanca, Cuban champion, defeated Norman T. Whitaker former Penn University champion to take a three straight win in the American Nation Masters tournament. Whitaker showed early promise but faded after adjournment, while the Kline Tenengwurzel game ended in a forty seven move draw. The fourth round was set for today and a London sale noted five hundred dollars for a coffee stall good will.
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New York
Norman T. Whitaker
University of Pennsylvania
Jose R. Capablanca
Whitaker
Harry Kline
Boston
I. Tenenwurzel
London
Trammell Named Superintendent of Florida Insane Hospital
Worth Trammell assistant U S attorney for the northern district of Florida has been elected superintendent of the Florida asylum for the insane in Pensacola. He will resign as assistant attorney and report March 1 to take charge, succeeding Captain B F Whitnet who resigned after eight years.
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Pensacola
Fila
Worth Trammell
United States
Northern District of Florida
Florida Asylum For the Insane
B. F. Whitnet
Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Trammell
The
Insane Hospital
Tuskegee Infantry Adds to Membership
In Tuskegee Alabama on January 24 fourteen new members joined Company K the local National Guard unit. All recruits hail from Notasulga and will form a detachment there under a sergeant with monthly drills in town. The Opelika detachment strengthens the company making it one of the strongest in the state as Captain Lewis eyes a strong March inspection.
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Tuskegee
Ala
National Guard
Notasulga
Lewis
Noasuiga
Opelika
Amateur Hunters Are Setback in February Match
In Monts Mery Alabama Montgomery Country Club members planning a February hunting match received a warning from State Game and Fish Commissioner Wallace to secure licenses stay within bag limits avoid off season birds and follow the law. He notified the county game warden and deputies to monitor compliance as novices and senior members alike must heed the rules. Captain of one team is M H Sullivan and the other James Wilcox son of an influential citizen.
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Monts Mery
Ala
Montgomery Country Club
State Game and Fish
Wallace
M. H. Sullivan
James Wilcox
Johnson Too Heavy And Bout Ca'led Off
SAN FRANCISCO January 24 There will be no six round title bout tonight between Ernie Clark of Los Angeles amateur welterweight and Archie Johnson youngest son of Governor Hiram Johnson. Johnson weighed in at 178 pounds three over the welter limit Clark at 138 pounds and his manager said Clark could not risk facing a man ten pounds heavier.
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San Francisco
Ernie Clark
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Archie Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Olympic Club
Clark
Willard Breaks Hand Forcing Fight Cancellations
CHICAGO Jan. 24 The Willard Daly bout scheduled for next Saturday in Philadelphia was cancelled after Jess Willard broke a bone in his right hand while boxing Frank Bauer in Fort Wayne Wednesday night. It will be at least a month before Willard can fight again.
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Chicago
Jess Willard
An Daly
Philadelphia
Willard
Frank Bauer
Fort Wayne
Captain Wade N Jolly Dismissed From Service
The Navy Department announced that President Taft approved the verdict of a Norfolk court martial finding Captain Wade N Jolly of the Marine Corps guilty of absence without leave and non payment of debts. He is dismissed from the service. Jolly was appointed from Iowa in 1899 and recently stationed at the Marine Barracks Philadelphia.
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Washington
Navy Department
Taft
Norfolk
Wade N. Jolly
Marine Corps
Jolly
Iowa
Marine Barracks
Philadelphia
L N Installing Heavier Rails At Pass Christian
Special to The Stem report from Pass Christian Mississippi dated January 24 states the Louisville and Nashville Railroad is replacing 70 pound main line rails with 80 pound rails. Old rails are moved to extend switch tracks, some extended over 4 miles, with worn rails sent to steel mills for rework. The project began in New Orleans and now proceeds across the Bay St. Louis bridge.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
New Orleans
Bay St. Louis
Bequest Opens Medical Fund For Destitute
Nashville news confirms a $20,000 bequest from J. B. Toberman of Los Angeles to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The gift memorializes his son Homer Toberman and stipulates that the interest be used for medical work among the destitute.
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Nashville
Tenn
Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
J. B. Toberman
Los Angeles
Cal
Homer Toberman
Toberman
Suffragists Berate Crowd Near White House Amid Hooting
A party of suffragists faced hoots from a minstrel band as they harangued a crowd blocking traffic for fifteen minutes near the White House. Cheers from Washington society figures accompanied the protest in January.
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Washington
White House
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