Spring Hill College Exibition Game With Mobile Sub
Spring Hill College hosts a Thursday exhibition at Maxon Field against Mobile Southern Association sub. Gulls lineup and coach Charles Schmidt lead a morning workout with faculty. Game starts at 3 o'clock with Christovich and Ching for Spring Hill and Covington and Moore among Mobile's pitchers and fielders.
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Spring Hill College
Mobile Southern Association
Maxon Field
Gulls
Charles Schmidt
Spring Hill
Uts
Christovich
Ching
Schmidt
Moore
Cavet
Ledbetter
Covington
Snell
Holmquist
Waldron
Bromwich
Wilcox
McDowell
Mackin
Sitterle
Crouch
Secong
Day
Curran
Brunet
Hastings
Holbrook
Speaker Reports for Duty with Boston Red Sox
Tris Speaker, star center fielder, had refused joining the team over salary cuts. He wrote President Tannin he would report to train camp at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and address the salary question upon the Red Sox return to Boston. The tendered contract proposed $9,000 for 1914 after earning $9,000 in 1913, with later federal actions boosting his next contract to $35,000 for two years.
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Boston
Tris Speaker
Red Sox
Tannin
Hot Springs
Ark
Bos
Speaker
16000 Baseballs Needed This Season
Sixteen thousand baseballs will be used this season as the training bombardment starts in Dixie. The big league clubs consume 1500 balls per season during pennant play, with the same amount used by each league club. New York uses more balls at the Polo Grounds due to balls not returned from the stands, while Pittsburgh uses the fewest because the stands are 126 feet back of home plate.
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Dixie
New York
Polo Grounds
Pitts‘burgh
Exhibition results across five cities
Scores from exhibition games show Cin- 2 at Shreveport Shreveport 7. Waco Nationals 3 defeated by Waco 2. Houston 5 defeated St. Louis Nationals 0. Little Rock 1 defeated by St. Louis Americans 21. Fort Worth 3 defeated by Detroit 6. Chicago 3 defeated by St. Petersburg 4 Philadelphia 3.
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Shreveport
Waco
New York Nationals
Houston
St. Louis Nationals
Little Rock
St. Louis Americans
Fort Worth
Detroit
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
Chicago
Conlon Plans Comeback Bout in Worn Trunks and Odds
Johnny Conlon ex bantam champion returns to Columbus facing Frankie Dean wearing the same frayed navy trunks worn in 125 battles. He vows to keep the trunks and whale bone omen, a habit linked to his late father, amid a field of boxing lore and old ring legends.
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Johnny Conlon
Columbus
Frankie Dean
Johnny
Chicago Athletic Association
Coulon
Kid Williams
Conlon, Sr
Stanley Ketchell
Willard and Moran Edge Toward Big Title Fight
New York reports both camps say the Willard Moran bout is on edge with light workouts today and rest tomorrow. Moran expresses extreme confidence claiming he will outbox and knockout Willard, while Willard appears calm and ready for a decisive clash Saturday night.
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New York
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Moran
Willard
Kansan
Pittsburgh
Rickard
Jack Johnson
Thoss Defeats Haas Bros in Lyons Park Baseball
The Thoss Sporting Goods Company team won 10 to 7 over the Haas Bros. at Lyons Park on Sunday in a slow but engaging game. Highlights included a long catch by Switzer off McDonald's bat and a far fly by Yost from third base. Next, Thoss faces Crown Theatre at Lyons Park Thursday at 3 p.m.
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Thoss
Haas Bros
Thoss Sporting Goods Company
Lyons Park
Switzer
McDonald's
Yost
Haas
Hamilton
Raines
O’connor
McDonald
Bullock
Crown Theatre
Coquette Captain Claims Sunk Without Warning
Arnold Groom commander of the steamer Coquette says the vessel was sunk without warning by an Austrian flagged submarine. He and crew barely escaped in two boats and the submarine continued bombardment as survivors fled.
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Syracuse
Italy
Paris
Arnold Groom
Serbian Prince Alexander Receives Ovation in Paris
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia arrived for the Entente conference in Paris and was greeted by a large crowd. Workgirls from local factories showered him with violets and carnations as he passed, and he appeared moved by the reception at his hotel quarters.
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Paris
Prince Alexander of
Serbia
Prince Alexander
Vieille du Temple
Court Martial Sends One Soldier to Jail
Rouhl Wilson of the First Regiment A N G was jailed for one day after a court martial found him guilty of failing to attend muster. Several Company A members from Theodore Mobile county were arrested on warrants for missing drills and planned to appear at a court martial at the armory.
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Rouhl Wilson
Walter Bolton
Murry Bolton
Andrew Pollard
William J. Benjamin
James Anderson
Grover Lundy
Theodore
Mobile County
Ala
C.quatermas
Pelicans sign most of squad as roster tops limit
The Pelicans announce contracts for all but Pitcher Jim Gudger with Rube Kissinger and Lou Brenton joining. The 14 man Southern Association limit forces some players to be sold or cut by May 14. Philadelphia Nationals beat Chicago Cubs 4 to 3 aided by sharp defense and two to one hitting. First baseman Wilson joins Gull roster with Tom Tennant adding depth. Memphis signs Hugh Miller after leaving St. Louis Federals.
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Pelican
Jim Gudger
Dobbs
Rube Kissinger
Lou Brenton
The
Pelicans
Kissinger
Walker
Brenton
Smith
Roberts
Weaver
Badger
Eschen
Stansbury
Miller
Sylvester
Vegas
Gooch
Pezold
Knaupp
Bluhm
Massey
Higgins
Deberry
Philadelphia Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Tinker
Baseball opinions and figures whirl in spring camp notes
A chaotic collection of sports quips notes Forks in baseball history with Rankin Johnson sold to Fort Worth for 300 dollars and other players like Fortune with the Phillies. Mentions boxing in Kentucky and jokes about Connie Mack Lee Fehs and Chief Bender. Dispatches from Marlin Texas report a cold Giants camp and references to J Bradley Hogg Shakespeares Bacon and a 4000 bowler meet in Toledo.
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Rankin Johnson
Feds
Fort Worth
Fortune
Phillies
Lee Fehs
Connie Mack
Kentucky
Blue Grass
South
Chief Bender
Comiskey
White Sox
Mexico
War Eagle
Rassler
J. Bradley Hogg
Cub
Shakespeare
Toledo
Villa
Fred Loescher
Columbia University
Marlin
Texas
New York Giants
Gotham
Dixie
St. Louis Cardinals
San Antonio
Japan
Willard
Fielder Jones
St. Louis
Fielder
Browns
Tener
National League
John
New York
Jess
Tom Jones
HEALTH AND INCOME Kept Up on Scientific Food
A Chicago clerk describes how good health, aided by a boarding house diet, boosted her income. She credits Rape-Nuts food with curing dyspepsia and fatigue from overwork, noting renewed energy and capability to work. The letter underscores health as a key asset for self support.
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Chicago
Ocean Springs Plans Carload Hog Shipments This Fall
Ocean Springs Mississippi March 23 Special Farmers forecast carrot shipments of hogs this fall at a meeting by the extension department. J F McKay marketing agent spoke on cooperative marketing of hogs and County Commissioner Thornton urged better stock in Jackson county. Thornton praised Gulf Coast for its superior stock prospects.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Extension Department
Agricultural Department of Mississippi
J. F. McKay
Thornton
Jackson County
Gulf Coast
Ghost Hold Up Joke Ends in Dismissal
Joe Bertram reported a ghost encounter near Biloxi campgrounds. Officers Sardin George and Peter Belande arrested Sam Pedegrue after investigation. Pedegrue told the court he was only running and the case was dismissed by Judge Z T Champlin.
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Biloxi
Miss
Joe Bertram
Bertram
Sardin George
Peter Bellande
Sam Pedegrue
Z. T. Champlin
Young hotel thieves wanted at New Orleans
Charles Dwyer alias Charles Earnest, once jailed in New Orleans, escapes from parish prison while serving a year. He joins Elwood Wright and Melvin Couder, all from New Orleans, in thefts from local hotels and now sought in Crescent City for robbing the Monteleone St Charles and Grunewald hotels of suitcases worth about $1,000. Detectives Burch and Pearson arrested the trio.
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Charles Dwyer
Charles Earnest
Cawthon Hotel
Battle House
New Orleans
Dwyer
Elwood Wright
Melvin Couder
Crescent City
Monteleone
St. Charles
Grunewald
Burch and Pearson
Stonewall Directors Meet at Battle House in Mobile
A noon Wednesday Stonewall Mills board meeting at the Battle House discussed operations and property. Attendees included Captain Tom L Wainwright president Stonewall Miss T B Franklin John T Wood Columbus Miss John L Buckley Miss and George S Weems Shubuta Miss. About thirty five Mobile stockholders attended and reported the mills have had a long, successful career with a recent four month rise in business. Wainwright expressed optimism for future East Mississippi business and a record year for the concern if gains persist.
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Stonewall
Miss
Battle House
Tom L. Wainwright
T. B. Franklin
John T. Wood
Columbus
John L. Buckley
George S. Weems
Shubuta
Stonewall Mills
Wainwright
Mississippi
Daredevil Dick Murphy Sets Gloucester High Dive Record
Dick Murphy known as Daredevil Dick in Haverhill claims a world high diving record. He ascended a Gloucester coal tower and plunged 163 feet into the city harbor. The wind was strong and the thermometer eight above zero as he surfaced 16 feet from the entry point.
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Steve Brodie
Dick Murphy
Haverhill
Mass
Gloucester
Murphy
Freight Blockade In East Prompts Regulators Action
New York dispatch reports a congestion strike by railroads near New England causing factory closures due to coal and supply shortages. A committee of railroad executives and Interstate Commerce Commissioner E. E. Clark will send experts to New England cities to assess and propose remedies. An appeal urges shippers to avoid hoarding empty cars to ease foreign trade disruption.
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New York
New England
Railroad
Interstate Commerce
E. E. Clark
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