Five New Major League Managers Anticipated for 1915
A roundup of expected managerial changes across the American and National Leagues. Key names include Browns Rickey, Athletics Mack, Washington Griffith, Boston Carrigan, Detroit Jennings, and Chicago Callahan. Existing skippers like Stal lings, McGraw, Bresnahan, Herzog, Clarke, Moran, and others are noted with potential moves and signings.
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Browns
Rickey
Athletics
Mack
Washington
Griffith
Boston
Carrigan
Detroit
Jennings
Chicago
Callahan
Cleveland
Birmingham
New York
Peckinpaugh
Cardinals
Huggins
Stallings
New York—McGraw
Brooklyn—Robinson
Cincinnati
Herzog
Pittsburgh
Clarke
Philadelphia
Moran
Bresnahan
Henry O’day
Cubs
Hank
O'Day
Roger Patrick Bresnahan
Tralee
Roger
Feds
Robinson
George Stallings
Braves
Johnny McGraw
New York Giants
Wilbur Robinson
Superbas
Charley Ebbetts
Wilbur
Charley Herzog
Fred Clarke
Pirates
Kansas Farmer
Joe Birmingham
Naps
James John Callahan
White Sox
Birmy
Charley Somers
Joey
Sox
Charley Comiskey
James John
Ed Walsh
Frank Chance
P. I
Roger Peckinpaugh
Fielder Jones
Mike Donlin
James Callahan
Ted Kennedy
Connie Mack
Clark Griffith
Bill Carrizan
Red Sox
Hughey Jennings
Tigers
Changes in managers loom as 1915 season opens
As the 1915 baseball season nears, major league teams eye managerial changes. Patrick J. is confirmed as Phillies manager with Charley Dooin stepping away, while other clubs anticipate new leaders and possible fresh bows by two to three bosses.
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Patrick J
Phillies
Sueh Charley Dooin
Courtroom Fainting Delays Trial Of Mrs. Metz
Mrs. Mary Metz, 612 North LaSalle, faints five times during her Chicago disorderly house trial before Judge Newcomer. After a dramatic swoon Dr. Charles Parkes declares hysteria. verdicts pause for medical input and rest periods as proceedings resume with the defendant yielding to fainting fits.
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Chicago
Newscomer
Mary Metz
North
LaSalle Street
Charles Parkes
Newcomer
Metz
Parkes
Edwards Blanks All-Star Feds In No Hit Contest
The Crowns, pennant winners of the City League, defeated the Federal all-star team 6 to 0. Edwards allowed no hits in six innings as the Fed lineup failed to land a hit, with rain halting the seventh inning and preventing further scoring.
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Edwards Blanks
FEDS
Federals
Edwards
Moore
Groves
Courtney
Grove
Mangum
Murphy
Murphy Gisgust
Soutellot
Thomas Fanned
George
Embassy in Paris Nears End of War Relief Effort
The American embassy in Paris winds down relief operations after serving as a bank ticket agency and consoler for Americans in Europe. About 42 staff at peak under Ambassador Herrick and Colonel Spencer Cosby handled relief funds totaling 120000 dollars and arranged 40000 dollars in ship transport. They cashed 18000 dollars in credits. Money for relief flowed through the American Protestant Episcopal church charity, not from state funds.
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Paris
Europe
Herrick
War and State Departments
Washington
Spencer Cosby
State Department
France
American Protestant Episcopal Church
Dutch Seek to Bar German Naval Use of Antwerp
A Daily Express report from Holland states the Dutch will fire on all river Scheldt vessels except mail boats and harbor craft to prevent German ships using Antwerp as a naval base. The rule follows sightings of unfamiliar vessels near Flushing as protection measures.
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Antwerp
Associated Press
London
Navy
Daily Express
Holland
Flushing
River Scheldt
French officer predicts German front will not retreat to Rhine before Feb 1916
The Daily Mail cites a prominent French official who cannot be named but is said to be capable of making such an estimate. He asserts that German forces will not be driven back over the Rhine until February 1916, and that the war’s outcome will not conclude before then.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Rhine
Belgian Relief Drive Draws Chicago Sponsors in Charity Event
Mme Lalla Vandervelde spoke at the Blackstone Hotel on Belgian frontline relief, pledges reaching 18 000 dollars toward a 100 000 dollar goal. Chicago leaders led by Mrs W J Chalmers and Miss Jane Addams hosted the event with prominent supporters.
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Chicago
Navy
Mme
Lalla Vandervelde
Emile Vandervelde
Mme. Vandervelde
United States
Canada
Toronto
New York
Charles Wouters
South
Michigan Avenue
H. C. Frick
Pittsburgh
Belgium
Rockefeller Foundation
Europe
Jane Addams
Mrs McGowan Freed In Murder Case Lined To Dora Murff
In Pensacola Florida a jury acquits Florence McGowan widow nurse of Mobile Alabama in the slaying of J Loren Brown her daughter's fiancé. The verdict follows days of sensational testimony and mirrors the Dora Murff case from Crowley Louisiana with the defendant invoking unwritten law. Brown had allegedly betrayed the girl at a Pensacola hotel prior to the shooting.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florence McGowan
Mobile
Ala
Loren
Buster”) Brown
McGowan
Foot and Mouth Disease Found in Lancaster Stockyards
Lancaster reports foot and mouth disease in the stockyards with about 400 cattle to be killed and buried. The yards will undergo thorough disinfection to prevent spread.
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Lancaster
Over Hundred Claims Before Meeting of Baseball League
More than a hundred claims from club owners and players were docketed for the arbitration board of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. The claims cover sales and drafts of minor league players and related grievances. The meeting drew representatives from nearly all organized leagues and was to be observed by members of the national baseball commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Board of Arbitration
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Association
Canada
Arbitration Board
Traing
National Baseball Commission
Tennessee Looks Like Winner in Southern Gridiron News
Football on Southern gridirons produced no major reversals with Vanderbilt’s 16 to 14 loss to Tennessee, Auburn’s 14 to 0 over Georgia Tech, Sewanee’s 18 to 0 win over Alabama, and Clemson’s 35 to 13 triumph over Georgia. Arkansas beat LSU 20 to 12. North Carolina beat VMI 30 to 7. Washington and Lee beat Swarthmore 10 to 0. Next Saturday’s key tests loom as Vanderbilt hosts Auburn in Birmingham and Georgia Tech meets Georgia in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Knoxville College
Auburn
Georgia Tech
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Aubu
Sewanee
Alabama
Clemson
Georgia
Georgetown
North Carolina A
Mississippi
Tulane
Arkansas
Louisiana State
North Carolina
Washington and Lee
Swarthmore
South
Birmingham
Commodores
Tech
Trailed Husband 10 Get Divorce in New York Case
Mrs Ida O Brien testified she trailed her husband Dr Frank Patrick O Brien dentist seeking divorce in Supreme Court Justice Goff heard details of late night pursuits including an apartment visit on May 8 1914 with Miss Loretta Smith and A W Romi boy Mrs O Brien and witness claimed uncovering him with Miss Emily Burrell in a partly clothed state Justice Goff reserved his decision
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New York
Ida O'Brien
Frank Patrick O'Brien
West Forty Seventh Street
A. W. Romiboy
O’brien
Emily Burrell
Justice Goff
Sickles Will Filed Without Wife or Son Mentioned
The will of General Daniel E. Sickles filed in the New York surrogate court omits his separated wife and his son Stanton Sickles who opposed the general in family disputes. The son’s grandson is named as a beneficiary and housekeeper Eleanor Earle Willmerding receives 5000 dollars as a testimonial for long service. The will was sworn August 30, 1913, with delays in filing noted but not expected to hurt heirs’ interests.
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General Sickles
New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Stanton Sickles
Eleanor Earle Wiilmerding
Menele
Lickie
Diary of Youthful Auto Robbers Hint Whirlwind New Orleans Career
A New Orleans diary recounts Edward Laporte and George O’Connor’s adventures after stealing F Prevost Breckinridge’s car and driving to Baton Rouge. They are jailed, Breckinridge faces three reward claimants for 50 dollars, and a panel may require brief compositions to decide the payout.
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New Orleans
Edward Laporte
George O'Connor
F. Prevost Breckinridge
Baton Rouge
Orpheum Theatre
Mr. Breckinridge
Laporte
O’connor
Henry J. Hopkins
J. Young Schofield
Fred Perkins
Case
British Government Announces Pension Increases for Disabled Soldiers
London reports a Daily News white paper will announce a substantial rise in pensions for disabled soldiers but no weekly pound increase. The childless widow gains 7 shillings 6 pence per week, with 5 shillings for a first child and 0.5 crown weekly for each of the next three, plus 2 shillings for the fifth child and onward.
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily News
Artist Gruelle Dead in Indianapolis
Richard Buckner Gruelle, a renowned 63 year old landscape painter, died of paralysis at his Indianapolis home yesterday after a long career celebrated for his evocative scenery.
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Artist Gruelle
Indianapolis
Ind
Richard Buckner Gruelle
Night Riders Hunted in Louisiana by Armored Planters
In north Louisiana, sheriffs deputies and armed planters guard gins and cotton bins after night rider threats and a gin torched at Rodessa in Caddo parish. Warnings left on gins threaten death and torch if cotton sells for less than ten cents a pound.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Rodessa
Caddo Parish
All-Stars Split Pair as All-Americans Hold Edge
San Francisco November 9 By winning two games yesterday the All-Americans evened the series with the Nationals who now lead ten games. Morning affair ended 8 to 7 with Bush McAvoy Alexander and Clark contributing. Afternoon game finished 2 to 0 with James Killifer and Clark supporting the win, Henry securing the save.
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San Francisco
Nationals
Ath 'Téara
R.H.E
Aeccoet
Aly Purchorns
Cate
Cosias Bush
McAvoy
Alexander and Clark
R.H.E. Atinma
Ccs
James
Killifer
Clark
Henry
World Series may extend to nine games
American League magnates at a Chicago meeting favor a shift from best of seven to best of nine in the world championship series. The proposal will be sent to the National League for consideration at its annual gathering. Connie Mack returned from Chicago and would say little on actions taken.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Connie Mack
Miller sets El Paso-Phoenix road race record
Hugh Miller of Phoenix yesterday established a likely word record in cross country automobile runs by completing the first lap of the El Paso to Bisbee road race 233 miles long in 7 hours 30 minutes 3 seconds.
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EL Paso
Tex
Hugh Miller
Phoenix
Ariz
Directory of local businesses on Dauphin street
A segmented listing shows various local firms by category and address. It includes wholesale candy dealers Henry R. Hawes Candy Co at 659, floral firms Goodbrad Floral Co at 982, and Bell 695, furniture and home goods, picture framing, cleaners and pressers, and a public accountants office F. C. Horton at Van Antwerp Building.
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Henry R. Hawes Candy Co
Dauphin Street
Goodbrad Floral Co
Bell
Home
W. Min Floral Co
N. Conception &At
Bal
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National League
Guardian of
Windy City
M’gowan
Dora Murff
Baseball League
Ida O’brien
Hopkins
Schofield
Perkins
Harold Newman
Commission Council
O'Connor
Edward
Behrman
Kale
Audubon
Thompson
Broadway
Canal Street
Seeberg Fin
Steamship Service
Windward and
Leeward Islands
Central and
South America
Colon
Curacao
Kingston
Jamaica
Port-au-Prince
Jacmel
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Barbados
Trinidad and Demerara
Santo Domingo
West Indies
Seeberg
Norville Bros
St. Francis St
Hillman Taxi Service Company, Ino
Conti
Government St
S. St. Louis
E. Jackson St
W. S. Stocking
Monroe St
Morrill & Lyons
ST. Francis Street
Automobile and Accessory Dealers
FORD
BUICK
Lozier
Adams Machinery and Manufacturing Company
North Royal
Street Bell
Candy Manufacturers
Howells Conte Kitchen
Dauphin
Troy Steam
St. Eman
Uary
Gustave Gauss
Cor. Conception and
St. Louis Sts
Ball
Alvin J. Piterkers Baas
Bidg
Bell 375
AF Company, Inc
Rockwell
Mer
N. Conception St
Business Colleges
Mobile Business College
Bell Phone
McKenzie-Barrett Carriage Co
Staite Street
Nack Carriage & Wagon Works
N. Royal Street
Phin Aerts Aaa Paeen Saal. Af
Langan Hat Company
Dauphinst
Richard Distributing Company
Cook's Beer
Mobile Roofing & Co
Water Street
United Tea & Coffee Co
Dauphin 3
Mobile Stationery Company
N. Water Bell
Ando Book Binders
Commercial Iee Company
St. Michael Street
God Print Co
St. Michael St
A White-Eckert Co
Commerce
St Francis Streets
Verona Lumber Co
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