Reach's Baseball Guide 1916 Preview and Review
The guide surveys the 1915 baseball season in both American and National Leagues with portraits, action pictures, and scores. It covers minor leagues, interleague fall series, and a major editorial review. It includes revised playing rules for 1916 and championship schedules, plus league rosters and season highlights.
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Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Nationals
Boston Red m
Philadelphia
Nationals
National Association
Ken State Racing sets first-year meet days in four venues
The Ken State Racing Commission staged two days of racing in Bovisville with 62 days scheduled across Lexington Schill Downs and Latonia venues. Lexington gains April 27 to May 10, Schill Downs May 3 to May 27, Douglas May 29 to June 14, Latonia June 1 to July 11.
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Bovisvillm
Kentracks
Ken State Racing Commission
Y . Lexington
Schill Downs
Douglas
Latonia
Philadelphia Nationals top Cubs in six to two rout
Philadelphia Nationals beat the Cubs six to two scoring in the second and fourth innings off Hendryx. Mayer and Demares held Chicago to limited hits and Demares Williams went deep for home runs. Giants beat San Antonio seven to one with 21 hits led by Kauff’s four safeties.
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Philadelphia Nationals
Cubs
Hendryx
Mayer
Demares
Williams
New York Giants
San Antonio
Giants
Kauff
Spring Training Salvos From Mineral Wells Highlight Baseball Banter
In Mineral Wells Texas the White Sox prepare as Ed Walsh reports his arm ready for another bench season. Across the page talk shows Connie Mack banning golf to protect the batting eye while Eddie Collins Cobb Speaker and Doyle brace for lapses at the links. Moran vows a fighting scheme against Willard with a plan to drop him in the first round and a push toward psychology. Journal notes touch on football rule changes and wage disparities in baseball between 1915 and 1916.
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White Sox
Mineral Wells
Tex
Connie Mack
Eddie Collins
Cobb
Speaker
Doyle
Moran
Rank
Willard
Jim Flynn
James Elm
Mike Donovan
Michael
Jess
Kid Grippe
Tris
Tilly Walker
Browns
Toledo
Bresnahan
Stovall
Ed Walsh
Javelin Instruction Arrives From Sweden for U S Athletes
Swede Jamney F. Anderson recently arrived in the United States on a mission to study American track training methods. He will visit major colleges and athletic clubs to gather data and, in return, teach javelin techniques to American athletes. Anderson is said to be in the employ of Czar Nicholas and has served as chief administrator of physical culture at a European war officers school.
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Jamney F. Anderson
United States
Anderson
Petrograd
Czar Nicholas
Pine Grove defeats Whistler White Sox in season opener
About 250 attendees watched Pine Grove beat Whistler White Sox 15 to 10 on Dutch Carlie’s diamond in Whistler. Sam Therrell led batting with a home run a triple and a double in five at bats as Diamond, Soutullo, and others contributed multiple hits and runs.
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Whistler
Ala
Whistler White Sox
Pine Grove
Dutch Carlie
Sweetzer
Diamond
Erste
Cdagcrckeseebeere
Wueids
Alccal Posse Secese
White Sox
Ab.h.po
Laig
Morris
W. Sweetzer
Soutullo
Wilkins
Flynn
S. Therrell
Dahlgren
L. Sweetzer
Foster
McCarty
O. G. Dougherty
W. E. Dougherty
Lyle
Therrell
Gilbert
Martin
Pritchett
Dougherty
Girls Must Swim in Street Togs at Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin makes swimming compulsory for female students. Co-eds must swim in full street clothes, covering about 76 yards with several strokes to learn self protection. The staged exercise aims to meet course requirements and demonstrate water safety.
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University of Wisconsin
Charley White Edges Matt Wells in Ten Round Bout
In Cincinnati a ten round no decision bout produced a hard fought rally by Charley White of Chicago who edged English lightweight Matt Wells. Wells led with straight lefts and rights to Whites jaw but lacked power, while White excelled in close range and delivered notable body blows.
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White
Wells
Cincinnati
Charley White
Chicago
Matt Wells
War losses from European conflict exceed 2000 ships
March 21 reports from the commerce department show the European war has cost more than 2,000 merchant vessels totaling about 4,000,000 tons. Germany leads with 600 vessels sunk, captured or detained, while Britain and its allies report heavy submarine losses. Neutral ships also suffer, with 92 submarined and 94 sunk, many later released.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
Turkey
American destroyers meet contract speeds in trials
The torpedo boat destroyer Wainwright completed Delaware breakwater trials at Camden with 81.62 knots top speed and an average 29.97 knots on five runs, exceeding the 29 knot contract. Destroyer Tucker, during standardization trials off Rockland, achieved 29.12 knots on a four hour run, with a top speed of 29.83 knots and several fuel tests satisfactory.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Wainwright
Camden
Tucker
Rockland
Death of W R Wyatt Southern Ry traveling agent
W R Wyatt of Montgomery died of typhoid at St Vincent's Hospital Birmingham after a monthlong illness. He served as a traveling freight agent for the Southern Railway and was regarded as a top man in the South. He is survived by a family.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. R. Wyatt
Southern Railway
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Wyatt
Southern
Sherman Harris
Henderson
Lamar County
State Board of Pardons
William F. Feagin
Bay Minette
Monroeville
Lula Bradford
Spright Dowell
Clara Pitts
R. E. Ledbetter
Southern's President Hands Medals to 146
In Birmingham Alabama on March 21 President Fairfax Harrison presented loyalty medals to 146 Southern Railway employees across the Birmingham and Mobile divisions who had over twenty five years of service. The list includes a Taylor Park man a colored hammerman in Selma whose tenure dates to 1858 when he was enslaved by the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad. Recipients span ranks from a general freight agent to division superintendents and counsels.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrison
Taylor Parkman
Selma
Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad Company
Southern Railway Company
Accused Clerk Cleared Of Cigarette Selling
W. C. Rivers, clerk at Sutton Drug Company, was acquitted in the recorder's court on a charge of selling cigarettes to a minor. He was accused by R. L. Williams of selling to his 16 year old son Clifford. Testimony showed Rivers had not been at the counter until 11 pm and could not have sold the cigarettes.
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W. C. Rivers
Sutton Drug Company
Recorder’s Court
R. L. Williams
Clifford
Rivers
Moran Wins Legal Battle With Former Manager
Frank Moran, rival of Jess Willard for the heavyweight title, won a court case against Dan McKetrick who sought $1,462 as advance money from Moran. Moran testified the Paris 1914 bout settlement was due after the fight, but he received only $70 with the rest tied up by war-related litigation.
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Moran
New York
Frank Moran
Jess Willard
Dan McKetrick
McKetrick
Jack Johnson
Paris
McKerrick
Handy Baseball Dope Book Publishes 1915 Season Details
The Dope Book by C. C. Spink & Son from St. Louis offers 1915 schedules, player biographies, scoring tips, and 1915 records, with notes on Casey at the Bat and diamond feats. International League opens April 26 after owners ratified the 1916 schedule. Co K Barker fined $50 for violation of prohibition law after a raid in the Inge building.
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C. C. Spink & Son
St. Louis
Casey
New York
International Baseball League
PROHI
K. Barker
Recorder
Barker
Inge
Tanlac sales set Southwide record in sixty days
G F Willis of the Southern Distributor reports a trainload of Tanlac sold through Atlanta alone in sixty days, with 265 476 bottles needed for eight weeks across Atlanta Birmingham Macon Nashville Jacksonville and Montgomery. North to south the region ships over 100 000 bottles via Nashville Birmingham Knoxville and Macon with a South total well over a million bottles yearly if trends continue.
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Atlanta
South
G. F. Willis
Tanlac
Fourth National Bank
Birmingham
Macon
Nashville
Jacksonville
Montgomery
Knoxville
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Prominent Men Across Nation Endorse Tanlac
Prominent figures in public life including Judge McKenzie Moss and Moses R. Glenn declare Tanlac beneficial. Also cited are Col. John B. Gaines and George W. Hinton among other city and business leaders who report positive results with the medicine.
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Tanlac
South
McKenzie Moss
Kentucky Judicial District
Moses R. Glenn
Kentucky
John B. Gaines
Bowling Green Daily News
George W. Hinton
Warren County Equity League
Pegg
Newport Business College
Cc. C. Cooper
Georgia Cotton Oil1 Company
Lawrenceville
H. W. Hill
South Pittsburg
Tenn
J. F. Carroll
Chattahoochee
C. M. Conover
Foote & Davies
Atlanta, Ga
S. S. Shepard
Ocity
Atlanta
Tanlac Promises Gentle Aid for Elderly Stomachs
The advertisement claims Tanlac is ideal for older people as it has no harmful stimulants or minerals, avoids upsetting weak stomachs, and supports strength from the start based on hundreds of experiences.
Tanlac makers pledge to aid every sufferer nationwide
The Tanlac promoters express a commitment to each and every sufferer, urging relief from disorders of the stomach, mucous membranes, and liver and kidneys. They insist the Tanlac treatment will reach all who are afflicted and restore health and strength.
Former Birmingham Mayor endorses Tanlac in letter
Frank V. Evans former mayor of Birmingham Alabama and former State Examiner of Public Accounts writes from Birmingham February 2 1916 praising Tanlac after reporting gastritis and related symptoms he says improved after starting the medicine He notes he is not given to puffing experiments and intends to continue treatment with confidence in final results.
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Tanlac
Frank V. Evans
Birmingham
Ala
Examiner of Public Accounts of
Alabama
South
Birmingham Age-Herald
Atlanta
Evans
Fulion Sheriff Praises Tanlac In Health Claim
Hon. C. W. Mangum of Atlanta sheriff of Fulton county says Tanlac helped him after a nervous worn-out period. He reports improved appetite digestion and sleep after two bottles and has recommended the remedy to many families. Mangum is 70 and previously robust but was ill recently.
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Tanlac
C. W. Mangum
Atlanta
Fulton County
Dr J T Edwards Endorses Tanlac In Georgia
Fayetteville physician Dr J T Edwards labeled Tanlac the best medicine he has seen in thirty years of practice. He reports widespread patient success including a prodromal pellagra case where a bedridden daughter improved rapidly after Tanlac. He notes daily endorsements from locals praising tangible relief.
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J. T. Edwards
Fayetteville
Georgia
South
State of
Dr. Edwards
Tanlac Demand Sets Record in South State Firms
The greatest drug firms in the country report record Tanlac sales. A Birmingham Alabama dealer sends a urgent order for a third carload since December 22, noting 45 882 bottles sold since August and inviting verification.
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Tanlac
Birmingham
Ala
G. F. Willis
Atlanta
Doster-Northington Drug CO
Atlanta Firm Sells Carload in Ten Days
A firm in Atlanta Georgia reports rapid Tanlac sales with a carload sold in about ten days. They note shipments exceeding one thousand dollars on several days and record totals of 206 dozen 3,172 bottles on January 10 and 78 dozen 936 bottles the next day. They describe Tanlac as the largest proprietary medicine line they have handled in the period.
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Atlanta
G. F. Willis
Lamar & Rankin Drug CO
Lynn Fort
Tanlac sales break city record with 49104 bottles sold
In Nashville a Tennessee distributor reports 49 104 bottles of Tanlac sold in five months, breaking city records and urging an immediate shipment of another car via Cincinnati and Tennessee Central. The letter from SPURLOCK-NEAL CO. notes Tanlac as the undisputed leader and a lasting sensation in the territory.
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Nashville
Tenn
G. F. Willis
Fourth National Bank Bldg
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Care Q. & C
Tennessee Central
Tanlac
Spurlock-Neal CO
C. S. Martin
Mer
Tanlac moves fast in Macon three week sale
A Macon Georgia drug distributor notes Tanlac is selling rapidly with 108 dozen left and plans to order a carload after a three week surge. The letter from Lamar Taylor Riley Drug Co signed by E J Jacobs praises the South Georgia market and urges restocking as the campaign gains momentum.
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Macon
G. F. Willis
Tanlac
Atlanta
South Georgia
Lamar, Taylor & Riley
E. J. Jacobs
Tanlac sales set record in Montgomery citywide rush
Drugstore veteran E G Fowler touts Tanlac as unprecedented in Montgomery and south Alabama. He reports 2592 bottles sold to locals in a few weeks and 111 customers seeking refills over a single weekend, claiming repeat sales and strong satisfaction.
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Montgomery
Alabama
E. G. Fowler
Andy
Tanlac Records Break Through in Mobile Market
Tanlac is celebrated for unprecedented merit in proprietary medicines. Businessmen doubted the production figures until proof was shown. Mobile exclusive sales are handled by Van Antwerp Drug Corporations.
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van Antwerp
Ady
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